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Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
I want to be able to produce a loud pistol-type bang at the push of a button.
I want to have a small box, and then close the box and then have a bang come from within the box (at the push of a button) (and it has to be safe, of course). It doesn't have to be as loud as a real pistol, but something a little loud. I was thinking of setting up a mousetrap with rollcaps setup, but roll caps do not always fire, and I prefer it to be electrical instead of mechanical. Can you set off those plastic toy caps (the red/orange ones with the gatling setup) with an electric charge? I was also thinking of using nail/drywall gun charges, but I think those require compression to fire, just like a real bullet. Any (inexpensive) deas?
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George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3042 Posts |
Have you considered a sound recording? Nowadays, with the IPod-type devices and tiny speakers available, you can probably make a pretty much fail-safe gadget and get exactly the same sound every time, complete with reverb.
You can probably also set it up with a time delay (blank tape, so to speak). This way, closing the lid starts the device, and you can step back and have the sound go off on cue.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
You could put something like this in the box or better on the back of the box so the noise would sound good and tie a thread around it. Just pull the thread and get your bang.
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Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
O considered a sound recording, but put that in the "too expensive" category, but thanks for the idea.
I think the exploding toilet seat is what I am looking fo, and the price is right- thanks!
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Matt Ferro Regular user Minnesota 128 Posts |
As wmhegbli I think what he is referencing is the pull fireworks. I used to play with them all the time and it is basically two strings coming out of the middle piece and when you pull both ends they pop. It would work if strung the strings around the top and bottom of the box, and anchored them on the top and bottom piece so that when it closed, the stings would pull and it would pop.
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