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He makes it too complicated. The way it used to be done was to pound a capped pipe in the ground until it's level, fill it with powder, stick in a fuse and set the anvil on top. He probably gets more altitude but the old way gets more shots off in the same amount of time. One thing that's important is have the anvil sitting level so it doesn't get tossed the wrong direction.
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Wonder what sort of grouping he gets?
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Right when you thought you've seen it all...... Anvil launching comes up in the feed. 🤔
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WOW! Never knew there was a competition to blast anvils in the air. Learn something everyday! God Bless, David B.
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I made a golf ball cannon with the welder and lathe. Now I feel like I need to up my game. 😕
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Right when you thought you've seen it all...... Anvil launching comes up in the feed. 🤔
It was a standard 4th of July event for generations before fireworks were readily obtainable.
If done right, the anvil will make a loud ringing sound from the concussion.
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Wonder what sort of grouping he gets?
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VIDEO
Not sure if they still do, but company south of here has a employee day with anvil shooting and boiled crawfish.
Company prolly made some of the anvils.
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Cra Cra. What a hoot. Wish the photographer had been better.
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Dude must be very good at it, he didn't move his truck very far away.
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We used to make cannons out of pipe and powder, but I've never been bored enough to do that. Anvils are probably safer though.
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We used to make cannons out of pipe and powder, but I've never been bored enough to do that. Anvils are probably safer though.
Reminds me of making potato guns. Mercy.
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We used to make cannons out of pipe and powder, but I've never been bored enough to do that. Anvils are probably safer though.
Reminds me of making potato guns. Mercy.
Hell yeah...made those into my forty's. Then my son joined the Marine Corps. I became a better role model after that.
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The first time I saw an anvil launched into the air, it was done by a coyote in the Arizona desert trying to catch a road runner. Didn’t end well for the coyote.
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Haven’t y’all ever seen em shoot the anvil in the movie “Shane"? In background in one scene. Used to be a big thing up in the hill country here.
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We used to make cannons out of pipe and powder, but I've never been bored enough to do that. Anvils are probably safer though.
Reminds me of making potato guns. Mercy.
Hell yeah...made those into my forty's. Then my son joined the Marine Corps. I became a better role model after that.
I wonder if kids today would even know what a pea shooter was? Having a local zoo where the animals slept all day, made them essential.
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Haven’t y’all ever seen em shoot the anvil in the movie “Shane"? In background in one scene. Used to be a big thing up in the hill country here.
You guys have a few years on me.
This is the first time I heard of this.
Maybe our parents made sure of that best they could
I noticed that the world renowned guy made sure that his head was just over the end of it when he lit that fuse.
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