{"id":39,"date":"2015-11-13T10:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/?p=39"},"modified":"2015-11-13T12:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:31:54","slug":"diy-water-gun-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/diy-water-gun-v1\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Water Gun- V1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/diyhomemade-water-guns\/\">DIY\/Homemade Water Guns<\/a> post, here are some pictures of the various stages of our build process following this Instructable: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Easy-Peasy-PVC-Water-Gun\/?ALLSTEPS\">Easy-Peasy PVC Water Gun [All Steps]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We started with a collection of parts, and the kids and I cut the 10&#8242; pvc pipes into 6 pieces. Each gun used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PVC: 1 1\/4&#8243;, 20&#8243; pipe<\/li>\n<li>PVC: 1 1\/4&#8243; End Cap<\/li>\n<li>PVC: 1&#8243;, 20&#8243; pipe<\/li>\n<li>PVC: 1&#8243; T<\/li>\n<li>PVC: 3\/4&#8243; (IIRC) Threaded Cap<\/li>\n<li>Rubber O-rings x2<\/li>\n<li>Teflon Thread Tape<\/li>\n<li>PVC primer and glue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.01-parts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.01-parts-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Water Gun V1- Collected Parts\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.01-parts-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.01-parts-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.01-parts.jpg 1719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Water Gun V1- Collected Parts<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I did all the gluing myself, to not expose the kids to the nasty fumes:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.02-gluing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.02-gluing-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Water Gun V1- Gluing\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.02-gluing-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.02-gluing-1024x929.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.02-gluing.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Water Gun V1- Gluing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Resulting in:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.03-glued.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.03-glued-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Water Gun V1- Glued\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.03-glued-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.03-glued-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.03-glued.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Water Gun V1- Glued<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>The final part was fitting the O-rings around the threaded cap. Many, many layers of thread tape were added, 2 dozen-ish IIRC, with frequent testing to see if the fit was close enough for water testing.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.04-glued_pusher_closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.04-glued_pusher_closeup-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Water Gun V1- Pusher close-up\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.04-glued_pusher_closeup-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.04-glued_pusher_closeup-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.04-glued_pusher_closeup.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Water Gun V1- Pusher close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>After much testing, which the children were only too happy to help with, may I present:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.final_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.final_-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Water Gun V1 Final\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.final_-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.final_-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/diy_watergun_v1.final_.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Water Gun V1 Final<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>We had lots of fun, especially when we finally got to a water park to test them with friends, and now we&#8217;re ready for any water gun fight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8242; pvc pipes into 6 pieces. Each gun used: PVC: 1 1\/4&#8243;, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/diy-water-gun-v1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DIY Water Gun- V1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5,17,11,7,6,8,10,9],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-diy","tag-family","tag-gun","tag-home","tag-homemade","tag-made","tag-water","tag-watergun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}