2xfoI just had the idea to make a cork gun. Is that a thing? I want an overpowered nerf gun that uses regular wine corks as ammo. You know, for home defense.
2xfoI feel like the terminal velocity of a cork might mean it has limited range. That might be good? Or i could try sharpening them like fat stubby pencils
2xfoI bet i can dent my wall with a cork launched by something made from a spring and my 3d printer. Sound fun!
Steve@RnDanger@infosec.exchange with the right material you could probably print the spring too
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I've considered that but i think the plastic might wear out? I don't know. But i already have a couple of 3" (7.5cm) torsion springs that hold about 7.5ftlb (10 joules) each. I had to change the arm geometry of my little catapult that was powered by one - it was snapping until i removed a bend and made it into a continuous radius
Steve@RnDanger@infosec.exchange for that type of spring yeah, probably better to keep it metal.
With some work moving to a leaf type spring plus some gearing you could probably get some pretty decent force, but its probably not worth it when you have a few of those sitting around