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Re: Air Cannon
One of my good friends built a potato gun using PVC pipe as the air storage tank.
He was outside, with the tank pressurized and loaded, getting ready to launch one. He accidentally dropped it from a height of <3 feet...the tank exploded sending shards of PVC everywhere. One of those shards lodged itself into my friends forehead.
He's ok, but he still has a harry potter like scar on his head. I'm not advocating the use or non-use of PVC as a tank here...but a story like this is definitely something to consider. Safety is always imporant, especially when working with pressurized vessels...
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