Cork PopGun

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I made this for my son for Christmas. I used this website: http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/popgun... for the mechanics of the tube and the cork. I free-handed the buttstock from 3/4 cherry. I turned the handgrip on the lathe. I probably should have figured how to put the groove in the wood for the PVC to set in before turning it because it wanted to roll. I wanted it to be self loading so I attached twine from the end of the dowel to a screw eye that I screwed into the small end of the cork. I bought the cork from Lowe's. After he used it a bit, and broke the cotton twine I changed to nylon line. I also had to drill a hole through the cork and run the line through it because the screw eye didn't hold. with the line in the cork I filled it in with glue so that it would still pop. • 8/24/14 updated blog to include this project: http://justthewood.blogspot.com/2014/...

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