Fart Gun

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I'm not sure about your family, but mine needed a fart gun. This all started when my wife told me her nephew wanted a fart gun and we discovered two key facts. First, the awesome animated movie prop/toy no longer seemed to be available. Second, the only other option appeared to be a toy that SMELLED like a fart, which I believed was NOT what makes farts fun or funny. While this was somewhat depressing in its own right, a third wonderful thing happened on the same day. I stumbled upon the really awesome Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board, which I will provide a link to later. This device had everything I needed to tackle this dilemma and come out on top. I immediately ordered it, along with a few speakers to experiment with, and started designing parts and playing with different aspects of what would become a custom super spectacular fart gun. There is soldering involved, but that's not all there is to it. Not only can you load your own sound files via micro USB, it's rechargeable. That's right, if you build it using the parts inventory I provide in this listing, you won't have to change the batteries for a very long time. Fair warning though, this is basically an emergency level build to get by for Christmas. There are many changes I want to make now that I've produced one of these things. Among my planned improvements are: - resized grip/handle to accommodate smaller hands - possibly changes to create less weight so far forward - a multi-position selector switch - various improvements to make assembly easier and more fun Why do I need a selector switch? Because the really awesome audio board I used has 10 trigger pins which can play different sets of audio based on file names. So I could have fart noises, cat and/or dog noises to entertain pets... insults... burps... whatever you want. Also, I know the word GUN is in the title of this thing, but this is a ridiculous and fun toy. I worked hard to make it as absurd as possible. That said, it does have a trigger and a pistol style grip. Don't point this at anyone or anything who isn't fully aware of the gag. Don't run down the street with it and point it at a cop. This is really for the dads out there with a sense of humor... and it should be pretty safe for kids too, I suppose. I'm tempted to publish a backup of my Fusion 360 project because I'll probably never actually make any of the improvements I talk about and you might... so maybe if anyone asks, I'll add that on there somewhere.