About 20 years ago I built a potato canon that used blank shotgun cartridges instead of gas 🙈🙈🙈🙈

"We're really scraping ze bottom of ze barrel, aren't we?" "Ja."

Damn it man, now I must have one! I was an Army Artillery Forward Observer for 8 years and I have to tell you that you’ve made an awesome howitzer. I seldom actually fired the guns, being up “on the hill” mostly, but I did help shoot mortars on occasion when they were short of crew. I also fired several “Sundown guns” for ceremonies, and you have what is close to a 75mm pack gun howitzer. I’d love to have one and adjust fires with it. Making mashed potatoes! Kudos!!

ATF: Sir what are you building in your garage Him: Potato Pack Howitzer ATF: *Confused screaming*

Imagine going to war and getting hit by a flying potato.

Another diy guy wearing sandals in the shop. Lol

when your nerd friends invite you to paintball with them show up with this...am ready

Honey, I went to the cemetery yesterday and I kept finding all these smashed up potatoes lying around everywhere.

The "stabilizer" thingy are called gun trails. Great cannon!

I enjoyed the night shots with the muzzle blast. You may get even more impressive results by adding a muzzle brake like found on the M198 howitzer.

I'm disappointed in KZfaq. They recommend everything under the Sun to me...except THIS!!! How have I missed this video!!??

I am heavy weapons guy. And this is my weapon. It takes 500 farmers to fire this weapon, for twelve seconds.

Now just imagine how this would look on the bow of a boat.....pirates be warned.

Teacher: were doing crafts today Girls: i hate building stuff Bois:

That's 1 hell of a way to say "GET OFF MY LAWN"! Lol. Good times.

this man could build potato flak canon from the exploding potato

Pop: Whatcha doin', boy? Me: Rockin out to potato guided armament reviews. Pop: Oh....Is that a new band?

Scrap Mechanic: **uses spud guns as weapons** This dude: why not try it

I would add an Arduino and an electronic gas valve to make a timed gas release, so that you can dial in an exact amount of gas based on the time the valve is open, and always be able to repeat that same amount of gas. You could even have various preset options for more or less gas to hit a target distance. Or go all out with a laser rangefinder too and design an algorithm that calculates exactly how much gas and at what angle is needed to hit that target! Lol Edit: you'd probably need a pressure sensor also to measure gas pressure, because as the pressure in the gas tank drops after a few shots you'd need to hold the valve open longer to get the same amount in the firing chamber.

Back in the 70’s when I was a kid, there was this one summer where we had this long, on going crab apple war with a group of other kids. We had only one rule...duck! That cannon would have been very handy!

YT suggestions finally suggested something cool!

Now you need a lawnmower faux Jeep to hitch it to. It would be a great combo for parades.

Never have I enjoyed the word potato so much. Heads up!!! 🥔

"Hans did you get ze right gun?" "Nien, I grabbed ze wrong one.." "WELL SHISSEA!"

His howitzers made all the difference for the brave dogs, who fought the battle of Chestnut St. against Squrell shock troops.

This guy makes me want to be a field artillery officer even more

Good job on the cannon. I also enjoyed the music. I almost forgot I wasn't watching beyond the press channel lol. I can't wait to see the future upgrades. It makes me want to build one that looks like an M198 howitzer that I used to shoot in the marine corps.

Thanks ! This really helped , ever since I made this my neighbour won't dare step on my lawn

My best friend showed this to me. I love it.

Amazing how you made this all from free junky parts, unlike any diy youtuber I've seen. Keep up the awesome builds!

This dude be straight out of the game scrap mechanic.

Convinced that we're living in the best timeline

cant wait till you make a potato tank or a potato battleship that you sit in

Would love to see this with a longer barrel with accurate aiming and modified for paintball. Imagine 2-4 of these call for fire during paintball? That would be epic!

I love the improvement ideas. Suggestion, if you are going to add oxygen as part of the fuel, then have the actual barrel be all one piece with no holes and inject the gaseous fuel directly inside that barrel and the igniter also inside the same barrel. This will give your gun quite a bit more umph! Might freak the neighbors out a bit as it will also give a much louder report! But then, not just potatoes, but how about bloated tins of old food? Since the new power will give you a greater range, then you would not have to worry so much about breathing he stench of rotted food! lol

a thing you never know you needed, until you saw it. great job

It not only works great...but looks fabulous. You seem to have a real knack for esthetics. ☮

Excellent PC! You have found a new subscriber, my cousin and I used to build monster spud cannons all the time. Feels.

really puts the HOW in howitzer

I really love the design of the cannon. Keep up the good work. :D

The 24 thumbs down are from his neighbors.... :-)

Epic montage and music combo! LOL

When I get my own place, I really wanna have a workplace where I can do cool trinkets like these. Kudos for the awesome build you got there buddy!

i love that build especially that you got most of it for free. the oxygen is a bad idea because it makes the combustion to fast and the pressure spike to pointy (risk of shattering). what you could do to improve reliable and repeatable combustion is to measure the fuel and mount a small cpu fan inside the chamber to mix the gas since you wanted to have a battery powered igniter anyway. use a 3 dollar arc generator module for that. the box shaped ones are usually plasma and the round ones usually stun. the stun ones are not as electronics friendly and draw more ampere. it has been one year we would love to see a part 2

This is ridiculously pointless overkill. The Internet salutes you!

As a welder and fabricator, I find this totally friggin awesome. I have seen old army jeep with a .50 cal mounted in back with a propane “pop-pop” system to simulate full auto. Man, you are definitely my kind of guy. I’m constantly bringing stainless and carbon steel scraps home. My wife calls me the “White Fred Sanford “. 😂🤣🙄🙄😎. I own it😁. This is awesome. Much love and new sub from NC. 🤙🏻

Nice build montage and beautiful hackjob Love it

I don't know how I got here but I love it lol it's awsome !!!!!!

first video I've seen from you, and you've made a good first impression

well now you've got me wanting to make my own potato cannon.

Bro ur genius! You needed few days but if I try I will need few years to start

Years ago we made a propane powered potato gun. We used 2 quarter turn ball valves with a pipe in-between. The way it worked was gas would come in the first valve with the other shut filling the between pipe. Then you close the first valve and open the second valve to release the gas into the combination chamber. This way can be fine tuned by adding length or cutting the pipe between the valves shorter. It took a while to get it right but when it the right volume size it was very consistent.

I initially started watching your channel for your boat videos. However, all of your other videos are just as cool. It has been a pleasure to subscribe and see what you come up with next. I still don't know why you don't have 100 times more subscribers. I doubt if it will help but I featured you on my channel. Too many other channels are focused on how to make money from their channel and are all slicked up, you just focus on the fun of DIY and are an amazing improviser. Keep em coming.

I love that it actually works like a howitzer

I like the fact he’s shooting at a cemetery

Amazing build!

This is the best thing I've seen on KZfaq.

40 squirrels living in the nearby trees dislked this video,.

This awesome construction music reminds me of the game Red Alert, which has amazing music.

This is one of the most awesome videos I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!! 😎

this guy is a male mechanic from scrap mechanic, which coinidentally is a game where the only weapons you have shoot potatoes

I bet a billiards ball would fit perfectly.

This may be the greatest video I've ever stumbled across 😂

It really would be a lot of fun to take that where people are playing paintball, or airsoft, and ask if you can play!

Awesome cannon! 3d print some shells!

This .. is .. AWESOME! I'm kinda impressed with how straight it shoots. Granted it looks to be only about 30 feet, but that's still good shootin'.

I made one similar. It didn't look as correct as that. It was more of a battleship style. I cut the cap threads in 3 positions so that it had a quick unlock instead of unscrewing, I used a steel tube from leftover conduit as a barrel and mine breech loads, but uses black powder....... It's not as sophisticated but it's loved at 4th of July parties!

I love it. I am a Propane technical trainer. I too built a hand held potato gun. I used map gas when everybody else was using hair spray. What I did to get a reliable mixture was I took the turbo torch and I used the venturi that comes with it. I was getting 300 yards out of a 4' x 2" barrel. I had a ball valve I would open, shoot in the gas and then close the valve to fire. I also sharpened the end of the barrel so as I shoved an over sized potato in, it was sized to fit. With the perfect mixture and a tight seal in the barrel, it was epic. I like the idea of the drilled breach. Perhaps a test could be performed at Sand Land to see which it better.

0:11 Lol the squirrel at the top of the tree is like hey man stop shooting my house haha 😂 🐿

how the hell does this not have a million views already

This is way to cool, I'm impressed........

This is pretty sick!! Late to the comment section but imagine melting down aluminum cans and casting a potato. 🤣

Dude that was pretty cool

It’s videos like this that are perfect examples of how people still have passions in this country

I would also suggest making a rifling button try rifling the barrel. I'd also get a cheap rifle scope as a sighting system. I'd also make another adjustment so you can adjust for windage. I think the potato howitzer is awesome!

The best part about it is that it really acts as fragmentation ammo cuz it makes shrapnel at impact

You have inspired me, I shall attempt to create a potato howitzer.

great job, too much fun. keep up the good work. thanks

10/10 for the music lad

You can caulk the line where the sheild comes together and paint over it so it looks like it’s been welded

This guy can easily invade Poland only Whit his smile

this guy deserves more views

I don't know how much research you've done into performance upgrades but a few things like multiple ignition points spaced equally apart and any cheap body spray for propellent can really give it a boost

That looks like a lot of fun

THAT is the coolest tning I've seen this year... Well done ! I would add a circular seal between the potato and the gas... like we do in black powder shooting. Watch playing with oxigen man...

@ savittorparts Made my own version of a Gophenator using a cheap stun gun for the igniter. Mine has flip out prongs so charging is easy. Just plug it in to any wall receptacle. Just soldered Romex wires to the two prongs. WORKS GREAT!!!

Two things use a steel pipe. Make every potato the same diameter. When you feel ready to move up the danger level to 20. Use acetylene and oxygen. This also means the potato has to be in a container. But the range is much more than a football field 🤫

Greatest Idea EVER. Potato Howitzer... Potatitzer? Howitato? Powitzato?

automatic like and subscribe just for the the vid title. You're just brilliant

Pretty sure the government watches his videos and there freaking awesome

Dude! I was talking about making one of these yesterday with a friend of mine. I wanted to make a potato launcher like the German Pak 88. Then you popped up. Creepy but cool!

This Dude has BRAINS 🧠 and SKILLS! Plus he looks like a Giant version of a Leprechaun!

This was awesome! I'm a new subscriber.

I think we have the same boneyard. Nice build!

Aww yes sir real music, so awesome

Great video. Awesome shirt "Goonies never say die"

Well done, as usual.

That was sweet, thank you for sharing.

Man, you put one hell of a dent in all the "Good" copyright-free music you-tube offers... Dig the Spuds Bro. Best wishes from Central Texas.

Fantastic! It's so refreshing to see someone build something really cool without using brand new materials and a f~(#ing CNC plasma table!