jamesarnold140
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Well,I might as well try my first post. the "Nutcracker" is over and stored away again. This has been my 12th one. This year's last minute project was a cannon for the Toy Soldiers to aim at the Rats. I built it from good old 12" Sonotube and some 36" plywood wheels from a previously built wagon. Pull handles were cheap irrigation pop-up sprinkler heads. A little paint and stain and it looked great. I got as far as loading in a small CO2 fire extinguisher to blow out a little smoke,only to find out that they don't work too well laying down.That part I can correct by next year by remounting. The problem I encountered though was the rather obnoxious loud "whooshing" noise when it was triggered. Has anyone tried something like this before? The Fire-Extinguisher guys said they rent them all the time to shows travelling to town for cheap,quick fog effects. Hopefully there's a way to dampen the noise since we can't use any pyro effects and I haven't seen any portable or battery powered foggers. Any ideas? Thanks