Spotlight in Weapons

How to make a standard homemade combustion potato cannon

Make a standard homemade combustion potato cannon

Have you ever wanted to take down an enemy aircraft with a potato gun ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 3
Views 11,584

How to clean your rifle with advice from Crazy Jim

Clean your rifle with advice from Crazy Jim

Gun powder is highly corrosive. So if you've got straight shooting rifle and you want to keep it that way, then you need to clean it each ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 3
Views 3,581

How to make a potato gun with a taser

Make a potato gun with a taser

Bre Pettis of Make Magazine, creates this potato cannon using a stun gun, PVC piping, and hairspray. Watch as he then launches it two ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 12
Views 29,420

How to make a toothpick launcher with a clothespin and string

Make a toothpick launcher with a clothespin and string

MacGyver yourself a toothpick gun with just a spring clothespin and ...more

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Curated 10 months ago | Comments 13
Views 29,442

How to make a miniature bow and arrow out of a pen

Make a miniature bow and arrow out of a pen

Classic. Boys will be boys and sometimes class gets a little boring...

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Curated 7 months ago | Comments 2
Views 9,096

How to make mushroom clouds with wax

Make mushroom clouds with wax

Make huge, Hollywood-style, mushroom clouds of fire. These are huge explosions with wax, water, and a fire pit for this incredible paraffin ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 34
Views 103,661

How to help your boyfriend out the door with a hug

Help your boyfriend out the door with a hug

Hugs. Pain. Huggy pain. If you want to make an effort to let your boyfriend or girlfriend go in a decent way, give them a hug. A hug that ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 6
Views 8,364

How to choose, hold, and accurately throw a knife

Choose, hold, and accurately throw a knife

Learn what knives are good for throwing and the steps required to throw them. This is a really good video series for anybody just starting ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 4
Views 19,029

How to do butterfly knife or Balisong tricks

Do butterfly knife or Balisong tricks

Pick up some sweet knife tricks with David Fettig, aka Blasto, aka Balisong master.

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 19
Views 5,885

How to bring someone to the ground from a handshake

Bring someone to the ground from a handshake

What may be common as a friendly gesture is also the perfect starting point for an Urban Beatdown! I love these jokers and their guide to ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 19
Views 74,640

How to throw a screwdriver like a ninja

Throw a screwdriver like a ninja

Learn To Throw A Screwdriver Like A Ninja! Great background score by Band Of Horses and Bright Eyes. Unlike this guy you should probably ...more

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Curated 2 years ago | Comments 48
Views 72,429

How to build orange smoke bombs

Build orange smoke bombs

Winner of the WonderHowTo 2008 Video Awards! This video tutorial will show you how to make a smoke bomb with simple household items. The ...more

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Curated 9 months ago | Comments 64
Views 84,254

How to make a pencil launching crossbow with junk

Make a pencil launching crossbow with junk

Make a crossbow that launches pencils clear across the room. This was made of different things from around the house. See if you can make a ...more

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Curated 11 months ago | Comments 7
Views 16,507

How to reload and fire a flint musket

Reload and fire a flint musket

Have you ever been to a Civil War reenactment? Or perhaps one of those colonial village theme parks? As a kid, they were always ...more

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Curated 10 months ago | Comments 1
Views 3,039

How to do a "basic twirl to thumb over" balisong knife trick

Do a "basic twirl to thumb over" balisong knife trick

The balisong knife, commonly referred to as the butterfly knife, has ...more

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Curated 11 months ago | Comments 1
Views 6,533

How to shock an intruder away with a jolting mousetrap

Shock an intruder away with a jolting mousetrap

Scare away wrongful home intruders with this cool mousetrap alarm ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 1
Views 10,928

How to make an easy homemade knife from an old saw blade

Make an easy homemade knife from an old saw blade

What can you do with an old rusty saw blade besides junk it? You can ...more

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Curated 1 year ago | Comments 5
Views 15,637

Spotlight > Weapons (17 How-Tos)

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

Jetman Flys Over Atlantic with DIY Wings - Plummets!

Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...

Avoid Turkey-Frying-Fire Disaster this Thanksgiving

Thinking of deep frying a turkey this Thanksgiving? Careful. Or this might happen: Luckily, Alton Brown (of Food Network) offers a thorough step-by-step on how to fry that bird. Hackaday has also ...

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