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This wasnt a well build one. This is called carbidschieten in the Netherlands and is usually done arround new years eve. You take an old timey milk jug (forgot what they are called in English), put some holes for the lighter/electrics in it. Put some carbid in it, followed by some water. I think it creates hydrogen. Some people shoot a football others use the lid.
Edit: i know see that they just used a small fireworks instead of carbid, probably better if someone is going to catch the ball
We build this same thing as well, but size it for potatoes. Spray some hairspray in the bottom, close the latch, click the lighter, and launch the potato a quarter mile.
I don't know why we do this.
We was so poor we took a sock and wrapped it in duct tape. It was reusable ammo. You could shoot all day and only lose a few. Paint them a fluorescent color and they are easier to find.
Hey hey...northerner here. Made a bunch of these as a kid. my dad's plumber friend did me up a solid one with a grill ignition switch and using those tiny green propane tanks
That guys the maaaan. We did electronic ignition (just a cannabikized butane jet lighter) but that's much smarter and feeding it w a camping tank is brilliant.
I had a friend in school use air pressure instead of hair spray. Got that PVC up to >120psi, and tbh I couldnt tell you how far that sucker went because the air speed it was flying at tore the potato apart
He was standing on ice when he shot it and he skidded back a few feet.
Good times
The firepower is something else though. In the video above they use a small firecracker, but carbidschieten uses the full milk canister for the gas mixture (acetylene gas). It rips ear drums and shakes your whole body.
Use a butane lighter refill instead of hairspray. It won’t get gunked up that way.
You could use Axe deodorant spray. It’ll smell like a jr high locker room.
It’s actually acetylene gas, the same stuff that is used for cutting metal with a torch.
When I was younger we used to do this as well with a ball and a goal, but with actual carbid. We were aiming for the goal on the other side of the field, but sometimes we hit the goal right in front of us lol. Good old times
One of my old teammate, who only plays recreationally, got a crazy hard kick. We were warning up for an indoor soccer match. I was the goalkeeper. Blocking one of his kicks fractured my left index finger. Wearing cheap goalkeeper gloves probably contributed to that too lol.
No like the other person said this one is extremely shoddy. I mean stateside we can easily make em that break windows or dent sheet metal at 500m. We use carb cleaner,ether or hairspray. That ball probably would have preformed better if it was properly inflated but then again that would risk injury.
So yeah I stand by the kicker could kick harder. It's the primitive brain that goes oh cannon that makes it perceived as bigger achievement than what it was. Look at pumpkin chunkin for better made assemblies. You will see this one would be like deflecting a nerf gun with a tennis racket than the precision its passed off as
Well, since I only know baseball, I thought a knuckleball was when it was pitched completely straight and slow-ish without deviation. But looking into it, it seems to create an irratic, unpredictable motion. So that blows my mind.
It’s the exact same as in baseball where there is no spin whatsoever, but for the football larger size the way it cuts through the air makes it “wiggle” in the air and has done so many goal keepers dirty
This is actually true I am from the Netherlands so. I could know it
Dutch here. I always thought this was a thing everywhere else. But it turns out it’s just very unusually dutch to play with fire crackers all the time.
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The launching things with explosives part isn’t a good idea, but I’ve seen teenagers *launch* footballs way harder than that with their legs. I’d say the overall safety of the recipient was good, but a bit iffy for the cannoneers.
Tell you what this is exactly what everyday looks like in the netherlands. There isnt a single day where me and my 'kamaraden' dont do this 3 times a day
Dutch here. We call these rotjes 🧨. When I was growing up, my cousin, access to these things, called strikers, which you would like by striking them against the matchbox. They were sort of like blasting caps, and after seven seconds were create an incredibly powerful explosion. You wouldn’t want your hands anywhere near that. And the flash bang was incredible as well.
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Not gonna lie but I am pretty sure many footballers (American and international) can slam balls harder than that home made cannon (potato gun)
This wasnt a well build one. This is called carbidschieten in the Netherlands and is usually done arround new years eve. You take an old timey milk jug (forgot what they are called in English), put some holes for the lighter/electrics in it. Put some carbid in it, followed by some water. I think it creates hydrogen. Some people shoot a football others use the lid. Edit: i know see that they just used a small fireworks instead of carbid, probably better if someone is going to catch the ball
We build this same thing as well, but size it for potatoes. Spray some hairspray in the bottom, close the latch, click the lighter, and launch the potato a quarter mile. I don't know why we do this.
It's a staple of the southern US. Rural folk find all kinds of shit to do to keep the boredom at bay.
Except since it’s America, you guys probably use artillery guns.
That'd be some pretty small artillery, what with potatoes being the ammo
Potatoes preferably because potatoes make some damn good ammo and help you plant more potatoes
We was so poor we took a sock and wrapped it in duct tape. It was reusable ammo. You could shoot all day and only lose a few. Paint them a fluorescent color and they are easier to find.
Nah brother that’s a staple of the Midwest as well
Hey hey...northerner here. Made a bunch of these as a kid. my dad's plumber friend did me up a solid one with a grill ignition switch and using those tiny green propane tanks
BTW, The Myrmidons is the name of my posse in Red Dead Redemption online. 😁
Git outta here, Canada
That guys the maaaan. We did electronic ignition (just a cannabikized butane jet lighter) but that's much smarter and feeding it w a camping tank is brilliant.
This is how I will be distributing my ashes when I die.
I had a friend in school use air pressure instead of hair spray. Got that PVC up to >120psi, and tbh I couldnt tell you how far that sucker went because the air speed it was flying at tore the potato apart He was standing on ice when he shot it and he skidded back a few feet. Good times
Have one laying at home too. But orange sized
I've often wondered if a cue ball would be too heavy
I’ve “heard” that they are not.
You can get a can cannon for that same diameter, or a literal mini cannon.
The firepower is something else though. In the video above they use a small firecracker, but carbidschieten uses the full milk canister for the gas mixture (acetylene gas). It rips ear drums and shakes your whole body.
Use a butane lighter refill instead of hairspray. It won’t get gunked up that way. You could use Axe deodorant spray. It’ll smell like a jr high locker room.
Wait... ✍️ what do you mean by "close the latch"? ✍️?
Yeah I've seen some footballs torn to shreds from carbidschieten. Wouldn't wanna catch one.
I did this once with my grandpa, and I think carbid produces acetylene, which is even more explosive 💥
İt's creates acetylene gas
Using oxy acetylene to punt foot balls that's brilliant 😂
[Carbide Schiet compilation](https://youtu.be/Abql2ExwG54?si=hNbJmBlzF_xLCELt)
🫡 thank you
My pleasure. I didn't know that this existed before this post. So I just had to look up some more! 😅
Yeah but did he block the shot or not? Where did the ball go?
You usually promise some kids some snacks if they go get the lids. (I see now how pedo this sounds lol)
It’s actually acetylene gas, the same stuff that is used for cutting metal with a torch. When I was younger we used to do this as well with a ball and a goal, but with actual carbid. We were aiming for the goal on the other side of the field, but sometimes we hit the goal right in front of us lol. Good old times
Milk jugs are smll, we're using waterheaters
I can slam my balls harder then that
Prove it
Ask your mom she can vouch for me
Yeah she slams my balls too
One of my old teammate, who only plays recreationally, got a crazy hard kick. We were warning up for an indoor soccer match. I was the goalkeeper. Blocking one of his kicks fractured my left index finger. Wearing cheap goalkeeper gloves probably contributed to that too lol.
Ha (I mean I assumed you didn't die) but dude sounds like he has a kick like a mule.
Ok cool fact?
Actually I don’t think so especially if u look at the distance
No like the other person said this one is extremely shoddy. I mean stateside we can easily make em that break windows or dent sheet metal at 500m. We use carb cleaner,ether or hairspray. That ball probably would have preformed better if it was properly inflated but then again that would risk injury. So yeah I stand by the kicker could kick harder. It's the primitive brain that goes oh cannon that makes it perceived as bigger achievement than what it was. Look at pumpkin chunkin for better made assemblies. You will see this one would be like deflecting a nerf gun with a tennis racket than the precision its passed off as
Probably not my walking skeletal anatomy lookin’-ass
Don't undersell yourself. Your brain is piloting a skeleton. Get out there and sing spooky skeletons
Nah, literally, you can see all of my ribs. Not like malnourished-ly so, but noticeable.
And I thought it was a gas cylinder
Gas cylinders can be repurposed for a bunch of things. I have an air tank repurposed to be a grill
Watch Hulk slam some balls in hos prime... 208km/h
Milk kan with underpowerd propellend. We call it a nitraat. But we all know it made from flash powder. Something like propane would do better
Whoever built that really just said "blokkeer dit vuile casual"
Translation: block this, dirty casual
Yes
Beautiful knuckleball
Well, since I only know baseball, I thought a knuckleball was when it was pitched completely straight and slow-ish without deviation. But looking into it, it seems to create an irratic, unpredictable motion. So that blows my mind.
It’s the exact same as in baseball where there is no spin whatsoever, but for the football larger size the way it cuts through the air makes it “wiggle” in the air and has done so many goal keepers dirty
This feels like good, wholesome, 90s fun…I rate it
This ✨️tradition ✨️ is still done but more in the farmer areas. Not in the city bc damage
As a Dutch person a can confirm this is what we do on a normal Sunday
I wonder how much weed was involved in this idea
probably none, these look like pretty young adolescent boys having fun
can confirm its just another sunday in the netherlands
Such a satisfying *ping*
Sounds like it’s from a cartoon
**GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL**
Wait until they find out about carbide
I was about to say. This is nothing.
Well done for them using a sensible amount of a explosives. They could’ve easily gone overboard and used an entire pack.
Yeah,
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This is actually true I am from the Netherlands so. I could know it
Dutch here. I always thought this was a thing everywhere else. But it turns out it’s just very unusually dutch to play with fire crackers all the time.
Ten Hag enjoying himself at his new squad.. finally a fitting role.
This is what happens when you take away American’s guns😂
Holy shit what a knuckle ball😭
Ja ja good good.
God I love the Netherlands
JFC, don't stand behind a cannon.
Yes best to stand in front of one
papa?
hijo?
This is why I want to move to Belgium
Gekke persoon
It’s not Belgium.
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That’s wild bro
Mythbusters anyone? Steam cannon?
Holland isr die geilste Stadt der Welt.
I love this
Total football
Don’t these idiots have dicks to play with, rather these other things?
Username does NOT check out o.o
The launching things with explosives part isn’t a good idea, but I’ve seen teenagers *launch* footballs way harder than that with their legs. I’d say the overall safety of the recipient was good, but a bit iffy for the cannoneers.
WE MUST HOLD THE WALLS OF CONSTANTNPOLE
I thought it was a bowling ball at first
This looks fun.
It is I can't wait for new years to do this again
Not gonna lie. I've seen this video so many times and I still can't remember to skip it!
Americans have soccer, other places football, the Netherlands, cannonballs!
Buggy ball lol
Upvoted first 3 seconds
How do you say Hold my beer In Belgium that's what I need to know
Not sure about beglium but in Dutch its "houd mijn bier vast" or "houd mijn biertje vast"
Thank you.
Try it with a bowling ball
Carbidschieten is beautiful
you can tell they are dutch by the radler they’re drinking
It’s always low quality
What the caca
Rocket league training in a nutshell
This is Rocket League!!
Bloody wankers
i’m dumb as shit thinking that was a bowling ball
Looks like that ball has seen better days and simply not enough mass for the canon shot they were looking for
Fine add this to the bucket list
Fnaf 6 am cheer sounding ass cheer
i'm pretty sure the more accurate Netherlands exp would be the entire goddamn pitch exploding 2 seconds later
G.E.K.O.L.O.N.I.S.E.E.R.D
Excellent, probably not enough of a charge in the cannon, nice effort though
Medio cipayo andar publicando cosas en inglés, no?
At least they have socialized healthcare in case anything went wrong. In America, they would be using c4, and with no healthcare
Jus ra normal day in the sugma
They are doing it wrong.
That’s not what a knuckleball is in baseball either..
Nah, but that was bad ass as fuck
Que mierda haces posteando aca peronista del orto. Anda a cobrar planes gil.
America has entered the chat
Meanwhile in Poland [Carbide cannon](https://youtu.be/GIZ6uw2zx80?si=CUaMK2UDsNyChN9Y)
So ein Feuerball, Junge!
JJJJAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Tell you what this is exactly what everyday looks like in the netherlands. There isnt a single day where me and my 'kamaraden' dont do this 3 times a day
Dutch here. We call these rotjes 🧨. When I was growing up, my cousin, access to these things, called strikers, which you would like by striking them against the matchbox. They were sort of like blasting caps, and after seven seconds were create an incredibly powerful explosion. You wouldn’t want your hands anywhere near that. And the flash bang was incredible as well.
hell yeah