Creating a Balloon Zip Cannon: A Fun and Inexpensive Project

Today's Show is brought to you by Harry's, stay tuned for a special New Year's offer after the project build today we're going to make a balloon zip Cannon now this is an inexpensive project cost you about five bucks and it's easy to make and a lot of fun so let's get started we'll be using some halfin PVC pipe and some fittings which you can get at your hardware store the standard half-in endcap will be used for the handle along with an elbow and a/2 in t fitting you have a couple of different options to hold the balloon in place you can use a small hose clamp if you have one or an ordinary zip tie

The first step in creating our balloon zip Cannon is to cut three pieces of PVC pipe. We're going to measure out a 12-in piece and make a mark, then another Mark 3 in down from that and another Mark 2 in down from that. This will give us the length we need for our barrel. Next, we'll hold the PVC in place with some tape or clips and get out our hacksaw or other means of cutting the PVC pipe to make our cuts so we'll end up with a 12-in piece, a 3-in piece, and a 2in piece when cutting PVC you always have burs at the end and it's an easy way to just take your finger and run it around the hole and clean out those Burrs

Now that we have our three pieces of PVC pipe cut, we need to make a modification to one of them. We're going to use a round file that my dad had lying around, which is actually pretty old but works great. We'll only be doing this to one end of the 12-in piece, and we're going to file inside at an angle. The point here is to reduce the thickness of the wall on one end so you want to file at an angle and when you're done it should look like this and this compares to the other side you can see how much thinner the wall is on the one end of our Barrel

Once we've made our modification, it's time to put our balloon zip Cannon together. We'll attach the T fitting to the other end not the end that we filed then on the bottom end of the T we'll attach the 3-in piece of PVC followed by the angle and then we'll attach the 2-in PVC and then the end cap. As you can see, I'm not gluing anything in place because it's really going to stay together without having to do that. You can hit it with a rubber mallet just to make sure everything's nice and tight but you don't necessarily have to glue it

Now that our balloon zip Cannon is finished, we need to figure out what kind of ammo we'll use. We're going to use some dry chickpeas or garbonzo beans which are the perfect size and they're hard so I'll take one and drop it down the barrel into the balloon pinch the end of the balloon pull back and let it fly. It's hard to tell in this shot how far the chick Bean went but check this out it really packs a punch

Creating a Balloon Zip Cannon is a fun and inexpensive project that can be done with just a few simple materials. With Harry's as your sponsor, we're going to make some smart decisions in 2015 and one of those should be not overpaying for razor blades from the drugstore. Now I've been telling you for some time now how great the shaving products are from Harry's and if you haven't tried them yet now is the time to make the Smart Switch to Harry's their high-quality German-engineered blades are crafted for sharpness and precision they really are amazing they're half price of the big-name drugstore brands and of course they're shipped completely free to your door

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enToday's Show is brought to you by Harry's stay tuned for a special New Year's offer after the project build today we're going to make a balloon zip Cannon now this is an inexpensive project cost you about five bucks and it's easy to make and a lot of fun so let's get started we'll be using some halfin PVC pipe and some fittings which you can get at your hardware store the standard half-in endcap will be used for the handle along with an elbow and a/2 in t fitting you have a couple of different options to hold the balloon in place you can use a small hose clamp if you have one or an ordinary zip tie the first step is to cut our three pieces of PVC so we're going to measure out a 12-in piece and make a mark and then make another Mark 3 in down from that and another Mark 2 in down from that and now it's time to hold the PVC in place and get out your hacksaw or other means of cutting the PVC pipe and make your Cuts so you'll end up with a 12-in piece a 3-in piece and a 2in piece when cutting PVC you always have burs at the end and it's an easy way to just take your finger and run it around the hole and clean out those Burrs and now it's time to make a modification to our 12-in piece so for this you're going to need a round file I had this one that was actually my dad's it's an old one but works great we'll only be doing this to one end and we're going to file inside at an angle the point here is to reduce the thickness of the wall on one end so you want to file at an angle and when you're done it should look like this and this compares to the other side you can see how much thinner the wall is on the one end of our Barrel now it's time to put it together so we'll attach the T to the other end not the end you filed then on the bottom end of the T we'll attach the 3-in piece of PVC followed by the angle and then we'll attach the 2-in PVC and then the end cap now we've got our handle now as you can see here I'm not gluing anything in place because it's really going to stay together without having to do that you can hit it with a rubber mallet just to make sure everything's nice and tight but you don't necessarily have to glue it our ammo will be stored in an ordinary balloon now you want to have at least a 10in diameter balloon for this and we'll take the balloon and we'll slip it over the filed end of our balloon zip Cannon I decided to just use the zip tie to secure the balloon in place because the balloon may break down the road and then I'll just replace the zip tie when I replace the balloon okay our balloon zip Cannon is finished and now we need ammo so I'm going to use some dry chickpeas or garbonzo beans they're the perfect size and they're hard so I'll take one and drop it down the barrel into the balloon pinch the end of the balloon pull back and let it fly now it's hard to tell in this shot how far the chick Bean went but check this out it really packs a punch and that's how to make a balloon zip Cannon go ahead and make your own well as you know 20 2014 is history 2015 is here and it's going to be a great year now what smart decisions are you going to make in 2015 well one that should be on your list is not overpaying for razor blades from the drugstore that's where Harry's comes in now I've been telling you for some time now how great the shaving products are from Harry's and if you haven't tried them yet now is the time to make the Smart Switch to Harry's their highquality German engineered blades are crafted for sharpness and precision they really are amazing they're half price of the bigname drugstore Brands and of course they're shipped completely free to your door now their starter is just 15 bucks and that includes the Sleek razor three blades and either Harry's shave cream or their foaming gel which is what I like plus as an added bonus you'll get $5 off your first purchase with my code Kip K 5 that's an entire month of shaving for just 10 bucks so start the new year off right and support My Show by heading over to harry.com happy new year thanks for watching and we'll see you next timeToday's Show is brought to you by Harry's stay tuned for a special New Year's offer after the project build today we're going to make a balloon zip Cannon now this is an inexpensive project cost you about five bucks and it's easy to make and a lot of fun so let's get started we'll be using some halfin PVC pipe and some fittings which you can get at your hardware store the standard half-in endcap will be used for the handle along with an elbow and a/2 in t fitting you have a couple of different options to hold the balloon in place you can use a small hose clamp if you have one or an ordinary zip tie the first step is to cut our three pieces of PVC so we're going to measure out a 12-in piece and make a mark and then make another Mark 3 in down from that and another Mark 2 in down from that and now it's time to hold the PVC in place and get out your hacksaw or other means of cutting the PVC pipe and make your Cuts so you'll end up with a 12-in piece a 3-in piece and a 2in piece when cutting PVC you always have burs at the end and it's an easy way to just take your finger and run it around the hole and clean out those Burrs and now it's time to make a modification to our 12-in piece so for this you're going to need a round file I had this one that was actually my dad's it's an old one but works great we'll only be doing this to one end and we're going to file inside at an angle the point here is to reduce the thickness of the wall on one end so you want to file at an angle and when you're done it should look like this and this compares to the other side you can see how much thinner the wall is on the one end of our Barrel now it's time to put it together so we'll attach the T to the other end not the end you filed then on the bottom end of the T we'll attach the 3-in piece of PVC followed by the angle and then we'll attach the 2-in PVC and then the end cap now we've got our handle now as you can see here I'm not gluing anything in place because it's really going to stay together without having to do that you can hit it with a rubber mallet just to make sure everything's nice and tight but you don't necessarily have to glue it our ammo will be stored in an ordinary balloon now you want to have at least a 10in diameter balloon for this and we'll take the balloon and we'll slip it over the filed end of our balloon zip Cannon I decided to just use the zip tie to secure the balloon in place because the balloon may break down the road and then I'll just replace the zip tie when I replace the balloon okay our balloon zip Cannon is finished and now we need ammo so I'm going to use some dry chickpeas or garbonzo beans they're the perfect size and they're hard so I'll take one and drop it down the barrel into the balloon pinch the end of the balloon pull back and let it fly now it's hard to tell in this shot how far the chick Bean went but check this out it really packs a punch and that's how to make a balloon zip Cannon go ahead and make your own well as you know 20 2014 is history 2015 is here and it's going to be a great year now what smart decisions are you going to make in 2015 well one that should be on your list is not overpaying for razor blades from the drugstore that's where Harry's comes in now I've been telling you for some time now how great the shaving products are from Harry's and if you haven't tried them yet now is the time to make the Smart Switch to Harry's their highquality German engineered blades are crafted for sharpness and precision they really are amazing they're half price of the bigname drugstore Brands and of course they're shipped completely free to your door now their starter is just 15 bucks and that includes the Sleek razor three blades and either Harry's shave cream or their foaming gel which is what I like plus as an added bonus you'll get $5 off your first purchase with my code Kip K 5 that's an entire month of shaving for just 10 bucks so start the new year off right and support My Show by heading over to harry.com happy new year thanks for watching and we'll see you next time\n"