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This Futuristic Hunk of Machined Aluminum Is a Functional Slingshot

This Futuristic Hunk of Machined Aluminum Is a Functional Slingshot

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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You can pick up a normal slingshot online or at a sporting goods store for around $10. However, this Maker decided to machine his own.

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What IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination

What IF…Festival of Innovation and Imagination

By McKenna Lovejoy

McKenna Lovejoy

I am an engineer, a student, a teacher, a maker, and a mom with awesome maker kids. We love to make all sorts of things and just started a blog to help us keep track.

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What IF… Festival: Don’t miss the geeky gadgets, DIY demos, cool experiments, new technologies, hands-on learning, and live performances! September 7th, 10am-4pm in Colorado Springs, CO.

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The Zombie Hammer, Now with Skull Ejector

The Zombie Hammer, Now with Skull Ejector

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Slingshot artificer Jörge Sprave is at it again. This time he’s made a vicious slingshot (no surprise there), but with a second business end — a deadly counter-weighted spike, aka the Zombie Hammer.

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Terrify Your Neighbors with a Circular Saw Blade Slingshot

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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If you have any doubt that slingshots can be dangerous weapons, Jörge Sprave, owner of the aptly-named Slingshot Channel on YouTube, will most certainly put these doubts to rest. His latest creation is a slingshot that shoots circular saw blades at unsuspecting watermelon (among other potential targets). [via Geekosystem] More: Giant Machete-Shooting Slingshot Water Balloon […]

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