watergun – ~scriven

DIY Water Gun- V1

As promised in my DIY/Homemade Water Guns post, here are some pictures of the various stages of our build process following this Instructable: Easy-Peasy PVC Water Gun [All Steps].

We started with a collection of parts, and the kids and I cut the 10′ pvc pipes into 6 pieces. Each gun used:

PVC: 1 1/4″, 20″ pipe
PVC: 1 1/4″ End Cap
PVC: 1″, 20″ pipe
PVC: 1″ T
PVC: 3/4″ (IIRC) Threaded Cap
Rubber O-rings x2
Teflon Thread Tape
PVC primer and glue

DIY/Homemade Water Guns – Collected Thoughts

The heat of this summer (2015, Vancouver, BC Area), along with something that happened to my youngest child, prompted me to look into how to DIY a good water gun.

My youngest was at an end-of-the-school year party at a local park. The kids were told it was OK to bring water guns, yay! So we went out and bought a couple of cheap water guns. Long story short, my kid had fun, but was severely outgunned…

So I thought maybe I’d see if the internet had a solution to that. 😉
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