tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post5927078423944549647..comments2024-01-12T12:52:08.097-07:00Comments on Billlls Idle Mind: The WorkshopBillllhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post-2348431756299374872011-09-09T12:07:54.234-07:002011-09-09T12:07:54.234-07:00Launching them straight up is certainly photogenic...Launching them straight up is certainly photogenic, but launching them into the fence insures they won't be back.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post-23857212351202102502011-08-29T07:04:34.839-07:002011-08-29T07:04:34.839-07:00A thought on the compressor issue (and now that I ...A thought on the compressor issue (and now that I think about it, the tilting, too.)<br />Use a cheap motion sensor--like the kind for floodlights, but instead of turning on a light, it turns on juice to the pump. Also, a few electric timers and you could automate the whole operation, based off when the squirrel enters the barrel, or even better, *after* it enters the chamber. A small hole alongside the barrel, tape over the sensor head except where the hole is, and viola!<br /><br />One other thing... do you have to launch them into the stratosphere, or is there a suitable target... like a sheet of plywood or a brick wall nearby?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078486081774303546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post-26680605385802494482008-07-29T20:37:00.000-07:002008-07-29T20:37:00.000-07:00It didn't work as such, but I'm not ruling out the...It didn't work as such, but I'm not ruling out the production of a launch video later this year. See the various posts above on the topic.<BR/>The problem is that the inherent slow leakage of the sprinkler valve caused the compressor to run too ofter, annoying the wife.<BR/>This means that I'll have to catch one using the pipe and bucket rig described above, but without the water, and launch him personally.<BR/>Film at 11, whenever 11 turns out to be.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post-36576286144991193162008-07-29T13:31:00.000-07:002008-07-29T13:31:00.000-07:00did you ever get one? how far did he go and were ...did you ever get one? how far did he go and were there survivors/did he come back?<BR/><BR/>I love the basic idea. . .JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017870812159268231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472211903033725545.post-73973733379931540522008-05-02T13:51:00.000-07:002008-05-02T13:51:00.000-07:00Bill, that is just evil.I like it./me used to have...Bill, that is just evil.<BR/><BR/>I like it.<BR/><BR/>/me used to have a potato cannon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com