Giant Machete-Shooting Slingshot

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2011/03/30 @ 5:54 am
Category Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Craft, General, Machining

I love Cory Doctorow’s droll description of this creation almost as much as I love the thing itself:

This handy gentleman has built an (arguably ill-conceived, but nevertheless impressive) rifle-cum-slingshot that fires machetes, should you find yourself with the need to fire machetes.

The handy gentleman in question is YouTuber Jörg Sprave, slingshot enthusiast par excellence. He blogs about it here. [via Boing Boing]

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41 Responses to Giant Machete-Shooting Slingshot

Rich Regan on March 30th, 2011 at 1:45 pm said:

Some people have too much time on their hands.
Rich
http://www.bluedotlandscaping.com

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- Les Clay on March 30th, 2011 at 6:53 pm said:
  
  If makers didn’t have “too much time on their hands,” you’d probably have to work twice as hard, without the tools and technology used in your landscaping business.
  
  I’m just waiting for the machete-slinging Gatling gun. Now THAT would be SOMETHING.
  
  “What’re you up to, kids?”
  
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  Rich Regan on March 30th, 2011 at 10:57 pm said:
  
  Or maybe a machete-slinging lawn mower?
  
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  Patrick on April 1st, 2011 at 6:36 pm said:
  
  or maybe a low-mover-slinging-sling-shot-rifle-cum-(Completely useful/less(depending who your are(i find it useful on many levels)and how you’d use it) machine)
  
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Moped Master on March 30th, 2011 at 1:57 pm said:

Looks Safe

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Greg McMahan on March 30th, 2011 at 5:09 pm said:

I’m am so going to build this in preparation for the zombie apocalypse… I feel safer already! Thank you Joerg Sprave, you’ve saved us all.

http://www.GregMcMahan.com

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Anonymous on March 30th, 2011 at 8:13 pm said:

There is not a single chance of something going tragically wrong here.

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Tony Burkhart on April 1st, 2011 at 2:18 pm said:

Me like. Way too cool, thanks for sharing this!

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William Jeffrey Miller on April 1st, 2011 at 6:14 pm said:

rifle-cum? wtf?

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- David on April 1st, 2011 at 7:16 pm said:
  
  Heheh – it’s Latin!
  
  cum [kʌm] – prep
  used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature – eg. a kitchen-cum-dining room.
  [Latin: with, together with, along with]
  
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Jeff Johnson on April 1st, 2011 at 7:22 pm said:

Awesome! it appears to have an effective range of about five feet against cardboard.

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- Rhinofeeder on April 1st, 2011 at 7:55 pm said:
  
  He was that close so you would be able to see the crossbow and the target at the same time. He couldn’t stand too far away, because if the guy holding the camera was near the target, then he would die if the crossbow misfired. He already got cut. There’s a reason for everything, so if you don’t know it, then don’t be such a dumbass shitface.
  
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  Sam on April 1st, 2011 at 9:33 pm said:
  
  You take things way too seriously. chill out.
  
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  Jeff Johnson on May 2nd, 2011 at 12:13 am said:
  
  bullshit! take a look at the tumble on that thing, the only thing this guy is prepared for is a cardboard apocalypse.
  
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- james_isaac09 on April 2nd, 2011 at 3:08 am said:
  
  Actually Jeff, with the (optional) peep sight that distance is almost doubled to 3yds and with the right ammo (machete long range) the effective range goes out to 10 feet. Do some research dumbass shitface.
  
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  Nick Carney on April 15th, 2011 at 2:25 pm said:
  
  ROFL! I love you James.
  
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Daniel Damnage Ferraro on April 1st, 2011 at 8:46 pm said:

Definitely part of my zombie apocalypse arsenal. Make some smaller ones that shoot steak knives, just gotta put a repeating mechanism and we could have a semi-automatic knife gun.

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D R on April 2nd, 2011 at 5:31 am said:

Shoot darts with a slingshot–watch your hand, though.

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Shawn Draffen on April 2nd, 2011 at 11:30 am said:

the person you shoot this at would catch it in midair and chop your arm off lol..

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Owen Gingernuts Lucas on April 3rd, 2011 at 5:33 pm said:

No need to worry about the zombie apocalypse then!

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Devyn on April 3rd, 2011 at 6:10 pm said:

He scares me lots..

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Jason B on April 17th, 2011 at 2:13 am said:

Sweetness. I’ll take two.
http://www.blairlockout.com

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Smart Azztacular Navarro on April 22nd, 2011 at 4:49 pm said:

something tells me on 3:46 that cut on his forearm is from a machete.

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Anonymous on April 26th, 2011 at 5:08 am said:

I drove a Sebastopole neighbor kid to the hospital recently. I was working in the yard and Heard a horrid scream. He had Built a this F*****g Death machine from Makezine. What the F*** is wrong with you O’riley?

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Rebekah Perry on April 28th, 2011 at 9:48 pm said:

jason would have loved this

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neva on April 29th, 2011 at 3:21 am said:

this thing is so awesome

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Anonymous on May 1st, 2011 at 1:37 am said:

This guy is seriously wearing an “E-SPIRIT” t-shirt.

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Anonymous on May 1st, 2011 at 1:39 am said:

What’s kind of disturbing is that the machete being launched looks like it has dried blood on it:/

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Rich Zelman on May 10th, 2011 at 5:16 pm said:

Before you go knocking this specific design, check out some of Jörg’s other designs. Some are downright frighteningly effective, some are very innovative, some are really just there to be fun, but they’re all awesome.

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Austin on May 21st, 2011 at 9:27 pm said:

Ever seen that video of the woman trying to launch a watermelon…

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Andy on May 25th, 2011 at 6:37 pm said:

This is hands down the most retarded thing I have ever seen. I guess if your target is always two yards away and made out of cardboard you may have a chance of pissing it off. If you manage to hit it that is.

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Kevin Hopkins on June 13th, 2011 at 7:11 am said:

i liked this before i watched the video, it just looks cool

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Shawn Powers on August 19th, 2011 at 9:50 pm said:

this guy looks like my cousin Eddie.

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Shawn Powers on August 19th, 2011 at 9:50 pm said:

this guy looks like my cousin Eddie.

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Joseph Mondragon on August 21st, 2011 at 4:39 am said:

jason has a new weapon to kill with

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Matthew Bradburn on September 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 pm said:

He is that guy in your neighborhood

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Matthew Bradburn on September 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 pm said:

He is that guy in your neighborhood

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Matthew Bradburn on September 22nd, 2011 at 9:15 pm said:

He is that guy in your neighborhood

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Funny News @ Funny Facebook on October 8th, 2011 at 9:32 pm said:

Really awesome

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