############################################################################### ## AN#001 ÄÍðZhit Axis Nation presentsðÍÄ W () W ## ## Tennis Ball Launcher \||/ ## ## || ## ## Written by: The Baron _/ \_ ## ## Dated: 6/1/1991 ## ## Greet(s) to: EightBall and äà, ZANists!, and all who are reading this... ## ## ## ## Ying Yang BBS The Baron's Bistro FuNHouse BBS ## ## ZAN Promised Land ZAN Mosque#001 ZAN Mosque#002 ## ## SysOp: CoP SysOp: The Baron SysOp: Erasmus ## ############################################################################### Disclaimer: What the fuck! I'm not going to tell you that this file is for enlightment purposes only. What the fuck do I care if you go ahead and make one of these things and then knock yourself unconcious and give yourself 3rd degree burns. Hell, there alot of fun to play around with... So go and make one today! ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[ In case your wondering just what a tennis ball launcher is, it's a nifty little device that you can build in a matter of minutes. It works under the same principle as a bullet does except doesn't have the potential to mortally wound people. Though I do suspect it would be somewhat painful if you got shot right in the stomache with one of these things. Anyway... on with the show! Materials needed to be bought (stolen): 6 or 7 cans the size of a tennis ball I find that Hunt's tomato puree cans work the best. Make sure you clean these things out pretty well first! Some electrical tape A good flammable liquid Try Ronsonol lighter fuel. I suppose gasoline would work but I wouldn't suggest it... probably blow your freakin' head off. A can opener that makes the little triangles Like the ones you use to open the big cans of Hi-C. Lots 'o matches Don't try to use a lighter. You'll burn yourself numerous times. Allright... how to assemble this crap to make a good tennis ball launcher: I'll assume you have all this crap... don't try to experiment too much. I've done these things many times and this is the best way to do it I've found. First. Take your cans and cut the tops and bottoms of all of them off (except for one... I'll explain what you do with this one later). Clean them all out real good. Try to get it so you can't smell the whatever was in it anymore. OK, Time for the one I told you not to open up. Take this one and with your handy-dandy can opener, cut triangles in the top all the way around. There should be about 8 triangles all around the top of the can. Then clean this one out as well. Then take a hammer and a nail about 5mm in diam. and punch a hole about 1/4" above the bottom of the can. Now take all these cans and tape them together. Make sure the one with the triangles is on the bottom. Line 'em up pretty well. They should look like this when you got it: ______ | | | | | | ------ | | | | | | ------ | | | | | | ------ | | | | | | ------ | | | | | | ------ | | | | | o | ------ That "o" at the bottom is the hole you punched with the nail. Congratulations! You now have your very own tennis ball launcher! I suppose your going to want to know how to work this thing... Alright, this is how you go about it: Take your flammable liquid (I really suggest you use Ronsonol lighter fuel. It's just the right flammability and has a little spout that makes it easy to put the stuff in through the hole). Anyway, put a little of this stuff in the launcher through the hole. Don't overload the thing or it won't work. Then take those lungs of yours and blow into the hole. This vaporizes the fuel and makes it explodable. The more times you blow into the hole, the better the ball will shoot. Anyway, do this a couple of times and then take a match, light it, stick it next to the hole and watch it fly! If you've done everything right, you should hear a sort of muffled bang and see a tennis ball flying high in the air. Some of my best shots have gone over 500', which is pretty good if 'ya think about it. It's extremely powerful and works somewhat like a bazooka when you hold it in your hands. You need 2 people to do it that way though. If you don't get it the first time.. keep trying. It took me awhile to get good at it. Once you know what you're doing though.. you can get it about every time. A few pointers: Make sure the tape is on tightly and it's airtight. Sometimes, if the ball fits in really tightly, it helps to cut a hole in it to shrink it a bit. When you put the ball in, push it down about 3 or 4 cans. You have to make sure there is enough room for the fuel to vaporize and not down too far to keep the ball from escaping out. Keep trying! If you need any other pointers you can reach me at: The Baron's Bistro (708) 869-1501 ZAN(c)1991