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Imagine a normal table with a normal dinner set up,
perhaps a family is enjoying a seasonal celebration.
Uncle
Phil, as per, decides he needs more salt. He reaches for
the
salt cellar, and shakes a little on his food. Now, that salt
is
just sitting right at the top. Dull.
Solution: Design
a salt cellar that looks like a pump
action
shot gun. It could conceivably be of almost any size, but
shotgun sized is good. The pump action is crucial here:
On
the way out, it grinds salt, on the way
in*,
the salt is loaded into the chamber. Point at the food
and
squeeze the trigger... phooop! The salt is ejected at high
velocity by CO2 from one of those bicycle tire CO2
cylinders that seem cheap enough. Now, hopefully you
have a little salt penetration into the food. Changing the
internals around a bit should let you select grind size
from
near-lethal fin-stabilized cylindrical salt-slug** through
to
a fine powder so that you may tune the whole process in
the same way shot gun enthusiasts have been doing for
years.
*You use the grinds from the previous cycle, so it goes in-
out to preserve the shot gun-like action.
**the slug that works on slugs, I don't know why I even pay
the
marketing division.
http://bugasalt.com/
[custard]'s link [pocmloc, Nov 25 2015]
Ketchup gun
https://wanelo.com/...ketchup-and-mustard close, but ketchup is a liquid, or ahh, non-newtonian fuild [evilpenguin, Nov 25 2015]
You could team up with these guys ...
Maizechinegun [normzone, Nov 13 2018]
Alternative loads for a different ... target market
Cat_20food_20can_20shotgun [normzone, Nov 13 2018]
[link]
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Q: How does [bs0u0155] like his potatoes?
A: With assalt and buttery. |
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I expected something hydraulic. |
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I can't link it from work, but look at the bug-a-salt gun. It's a pump action plastic gun that shoots a tiny spit of salt out and is used to kill flies. |
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You load salt into the hopper on top, pump it to charge the spring/whatever, then aim and shoot the salt. It's got an effective range of maybe 8-12 inches. |
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Very similar to this idea, but for a different porpoise. |
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Brilliant. Ripoff of this idea coming in 3...2...1... |
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// With assalt and buttery// Okay, Thank you AusCan531, I will use that line at thanksgiving tomorrow. I will, really. |
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I just love the visual of my mashed potatoes getting blown
away. Yay. Food fight in a whole new genre. |
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[+] Airgun food mixer. Never need to wash the soup spoon
again. |
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The disadvantage of your action is that you get the previous
user's chosen fineness of grind (at least for your first shot). I
don't see why the mechanism couldn't be connected the
other way, with the way you slide the slidey thing staying
the same. |
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Black Hawk Down salt cellar - which does a tinny
Ewan McGregor impression"...it's all in the grind". |
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I totally came up with the bug assault idea and posted it
here pre-2000. |
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