I pray my son never finds this link.

The airsoft machine gun was pretty cool, except that it requires an air compressor to keep functioning

muzzrphochr: I pray my son never finds this link.

I just forwarded it to mine.

Anyone have a link to the last "cool stuff make at home" thread? Not the recent one with the hand warmer, another one with 7 or so videos by Kip Kay.

Hm, now I need to buy some steel wool.

The danger is what makes it fun though...

StrangeQ: The airsoft machine gun was pretty cool, except that it requires an air compressor to keep functioning

But making an airsoft flamethrower for situation games would be awesome. The field I go to has rocket launchers used for "Destroy Target" games. A short range bunker clearing flamethrower would be great. If bunker is hit, all occupants are dead.

Tony_Pepperoni: You can use a 9v battery instead of a lighter for the steal wool thing.
Just rub the battery contacts on the steal wool.

But who still has 9v batteries laying around?

What are airsoft pellets? They look deadly.

Number 3 doesn't seem particularly safe. I remember making a potato cannon that worked on the same principle, only it was made out of PVC, and I was made aware of the dangers one night when an adhesive failure rocketed the combustion chamber straight into my crotch. I can only imagine the shrapnel wounds that would result if some kid got a little overzealous with the fuel and blew that cheap piece of nerf crap to bits.

spack almighty: muzzrphochr: I pray my son never finds this link.

I just forwarded it to mine.

Backyard Ballistics is pretty fun (new window)

J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

NTTAWWT

Came here to say this. Leaving shaking fist.

nyseattitude: spack almighty: muzzrphochr: I pray my son never finds this link.

I just forwarded it to mine.

Backyard Ballistics is pretty fun (new window)

This will be a birthday gift forthwith - thanks! We already built a potato cannon that has a muzzle velocity of 190 mph (measured by ballistic pendulum and high-speed video). I love being a boy raising sons.

MoronLessOff: Tony_Pepperoni: You can use a 9v battery instead of a lighter for the steal wool thing.
Just rub the battery contacts on the steal wool.

But who still has 9v batteries laying around?

And who would steal wool?

Cormee: MoronLessOff: Tony_Pepperoni: You can use a 9v battery instead of a lighter for the steal wool thing.
Just rub the battery contacts on the steal wool.

But who still has 9v batteries laying around?

And who would steal wool?


I grow many fine steal on my steal ranch.

I was wondering about that airsoft machine gun...looks like the pellets find their way into the firing tube by just randomly bouncing around. Might work well as long as you have a bunch of pellets, but that last dozen or so might be a PITA.

J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

They're not _that_ safe.

Gasoline-filled super soakers suspiciously absent from the list.

MooseUpNorth: J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

They're not _that_ safe.

Sure they are, if handled properly. You don't go spraying bb's at someone not wearing gear, or fire hairspray rockets at people. But I certainly wouldn't call them weapons.

MoronLessOff: MooseUpNorth: J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

They're not _that_ safe.

Sure they are, if handled properly. You don't go spraying bb's at someone not wearing gear, or fire hairspray rockets at people. But I certainly wouldn't call them weapons.

Gotcha. Guns are toys.

MooseUpNorth: MoronLessOff: MooseUpNorth: J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

They're not _that_ safe.

Sure they are, if handled properly. You don't go spraying bb's at someone not wearing gear, or fire hairspray rockets at people. But I certainly wouldn't call them weapons.

Gotcha. Guns are toys.

Not to worry...help is on its way.

StoneColdAtheist: MooseUpNorth: MoronLessOff: MooseUpNorth: J. Frank Parnell: If they're safe they aren't weapons, they're toys.

They're not _that_ safe.

Sure they are, if handled properly. You don't go spraying bb's at someone not wearing gear, or fire hairspray rockets at people. But I certainly wouldn't call them weapons.

Gotcha. Guns are toys.

Not to worry...help is on its way.

My point, as it was from the beginning of this thread, is that anything with a business end should not be called a toy. They are home-made recreational weapons and must be treated with the respect due such devices.

Britney Spear's Speculum: That airsoft landmine will get you a visit from the ATF. Especially if you modify the baking soda to be a different powder.

that one I personally thought was pretty cool BECAUSE the building phase looked like something a militia or terrorist cell would actually put together, so you can kind oif "get into character" then


if it's this character so much the better


/I'm making gravy without the lumps!

buckler: I was wondering about that airsoft machine gun...looks like the pellets find their way into the firing tube by just randomly bouncing around. Might work well as long as you have a bunch of pellets, but that last dozen or so might be a PITA.

Compressed air goes into bottle. Only one way out....through the "barrel". Air thus rushes through the barrel, sucking the airsoft pellets out with it.

Find an old spark plug, remove the inner and outer contacts so you have an empty chamber. Pound the spark plug into a piece of wood so the chamber is sticking out. Find a bolt that fits fairly well into the chamber and attach it to the end of the stick with slingshot rubber so that the bolt will fit into the chamber with a fair amount of tension. Get a box of wooden matches and remove the heads from 5 of them and put them into the chamber. Rip a small section of the striker off the box and put it (facing down of course) over the match head fragments, and carefully place the bolt over the whole thing. Bang it against the pavement fairly hard. Safe, but you will probably blow out your ears.

/Or, you know, buy some M-80s and be done with it.

Hollie Maea: Get a box of wooden matches and remove the heads from 5 of them and put them into the chamber.

That's hard work. For a quicker bang, buy a bottle of iodine tincture one with ammonia water. Wait for some time for crystal residue to form. Pour the liquid on top away, pour the remaining crystals all over filter paper, dry (not in direct sunlight).

The thing is very unstable and explodes with a loud bang. Favorite trick was to put some on the floor under the chair of the math teacher and wait until she'd move it...

pup.socket: Hollie Maea: Get a box of wooden matches and remove the heads from 5 of them and put them into the chamber.

That's hard work. For a quicker bang, buy a bottle of iodine tincture one with ammonia water. Wait for some time for crystal residue to form. Pour the liquid on top away, pour the remaining crystals all over filter paper, dry (not in direct sunlight).

The thing is very unstable and explodes with a loud bang. Favorite trick was to put some on the floor under the chair of the math teacher and wait until she'd move it...

Nice...I suppose there are a lot of easier ways to make a bang. We used to do the above described when I lived in a place where matches were the highest form of technology readily available.

One Bad Apple: Weapon=/=Safe

Did nobody here ever watch cartoons as a kid? You just need a really heavy safe..

Fun fact : PVC shrapnel is not visible on X-ray and thus cannot easily be localized and removed from your friend' arm.

NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!: buckler: I was wondering about that airsoft machine gun...looks like the pellets find their way into the firing tube by just randomly bouncing around. Might work well as long as you have a bunch of pellets, but that last dozen or so might be a PITA.

Compressed air goes into bottle. Only one way out....through the "barrel". Air thus rushes through the barrel, sucking the airsoft pellets out with it.

Oh, I get that. It's just that the pellets eventually have to find their way into the low-pressure stream near the tube. Seems that if there are only a few rolling around at the bottom of the bottle, it'd just be blowing air. I'd have to see a full demo, I guess.

State_College_Arsonist: Hm, now I need to buy some steel wool.

I keep some in the truck of my car at all times. Never know when you are gonna find a interesting place to spin some steel wool. Remember to wear gloves. Also, I use a metal whisk on the end of a length of cable. Works much better that the method in the video.

Britney Spear's Speculum: That airsoft landmine will get you a visit from the ATF. Especially if you modify the baking soda to be a different powder.

There are commercially available airsoft claymores that work more like a catapult and throw a load of bb's, but they're crazy expensive.

But yes, every now and then there is a story of airsoft gear getting confiscated.

uttertosh: TheOtherOne79
Is that anyhting like a kitchen balloon whisk? Cos I have one of them.

Awesome shots, BTW. I simply must try the enclosed concrete space - the bouncing effect is gorgeous!


Yup. Those work quite nicely. However I would suggest just going to a dollar store and picking up cheap one cause you aren't going to be using that thing ever again. Also, make sure it's one with a loop on the bottom.


And thanks. Enclosed places are the best, when it warms up I plan to look for some new and interesting places.