Category Archives: weapons

First decent 3D printed revolver makes national headlines

Posted on November 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

It looks like a pretty good build using ABS.  Down side, you need a good sized 3D printer to print in.  And I would think it will take “days” to print out from what I can tell from the designs.  … Continue reading →

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How does homemade armor hold out

Posted on October 29, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting video on using homemade body armer.  Note, not so well. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/how-does-homemade-body-armor-made-from-t-shirts-paper-1738887331

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The Palm Pistol

Posted on October 20, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is too funny, its a single shot .38 pistol that has a trigger up top that you squeeze with your thumb.  Its market is for elderly that can’t hold a normal gun.  I’m thinking carpel tunnel folks could use … Continue reading →

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A RPi controlled sentry

Posted on October 9, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is a cool build where the author is using an RPi to controll a nerf gun  Its all build with servos and a webcam and written in python.  Reminds me of the opensentry project which uses an arduino and … Continue reading →

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So if you want to shoot off a lock, use a shotgun

Posted on September 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting video where the author took a bunch of master locks and see if a gun would beable to break it.  22 was a fail, 9mm took a several of shots with no luck.  Higher power rifles didn’t do it … Continue reading →

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Making a match bomb

Posted on August 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Cool to watch, thought as the authors point out, it takes a LONG time to prep all the match heads. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-bomb-of-matchstick-heads-exploding-in-slow-motion-is-1725716234

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Have a leaf blower and some leftover PVC pipe? Build a ping pong ball Launcher

Posted on August 11, 2015 by robertwilkie

This is going on my list of stuff to build, its cheap, easy, and I like the magazine used for the balls. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ping-Pong-Ball-Launcher/

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Make you own real fire sword

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another good video from backyard scientist. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-sword-made-of-fire-is-the-coolest-thing-1721151017

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3D printed poison dart gun

Posted on July 27, 2015 by robertwilkie

I know this was a few weeks ago, but I never got around to posting up this for 3D printing your own dart gun.  I got a kick out of this.  Funny part is I know what this addressing (can’t … Continue reading →

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Improved Rubber band Gattling Gun…Double Barrel

Posted on May 4, 2015 by robertwilkie

I thought the first build of this was impressive, the author out did it by adding on a second barrel to the original design, so you can fire even more rubber bands.  I would have to be the one that … Continue reading →

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