CHAPTER 3Ping-Pong Ball Minigun

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THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE COIL GUN will not be powerful enough for the task that the Evil Genius has in mind. Sometimes you need to totally overwhelm your enemy with superior firepower. This minigun design will fire ten ping-pong balls per second at considerable speed. An entire magazine of 50 ping-pong balls can be emptied in just five seconds.

It is a very easy project to make and requires little in the way of tools or special equipment, and all the parts can be obtained from the Internet or your local hardware store (see Figure 3-1).

This project is seriously good fun and definitely more entertaining than blowing ...

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