Recently I have been sitting at home a lot doing much of nothing. Mostly I’ve been watching MacGyver on DVD and playing Flash games at Addicting Games. One of the games is particularly mindless and fun. It is called Kitten Cannon. The object of the game is to shoot a kitten out of a cannon and see how far it goes. In my boredom I decided to build my own kitten cannon.
The first prototype had a long barrel and was similar to the one in the game. However, the kittens kept getting stuck in the barrel and it required cleaning after each use. So I developed the second prototype modeled on a mortar. The finished product is pictured below:
This prototype was much easier to fire and clean. Here is a photo of a successful test shot:
I have to say the real thing is even more fun than the game. Happy cannoning!
