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Re: T-shirt cannon help please!

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
People distrust hand-built pvc as a pressure vessel, but we have successfully fired hundreds of T-shirts at 155 PSI (Firing nearly clear over our stadium [which is huge]), without incident. It was PVC cemented on the day we built it and has had zero maintenance in the 7 years we've had it.
I think a great parallel is operating machine tools with gloves on. It is entirely possible to drill tens of thousands of holes with gloves on and not lose a finger, but why would you expose yourself to that risk?
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