I get tons of requests all the time
To make things, like, A sling shot!
We've all made one out of a tree branch,
But eh, this is lame!
Time for an upgrade!
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Kip Kay Presents
A Laser Guided Slingshot
The Crossbar of our slingshot
Will be made out of 3/4 inch Aluminum square tube.
Now, Don't worry, because there will be detailed
Instructions on KipKay.com on how to build this thing
I'm going to make a couple of marks a half inch from
each end of this aluminum tube, and then one in the center using my Sharpie
Now to the garage, where I'm going to drill a hole in all three spots, al the way through.
We're also going to need a couple of machine bolts
These are about 6 inches long, and they're going to go through
The end holes. We're going to add a lock washer and a nut to each of these bolts.
Be sure to tighten your nuts up good with a wrench
I hunted around at an auto-parts store, and found this very cool
Aluminum Shifter, and its got a very special feature, which I'll show you later.
We'll need one more bolt to go through the center of our tube
And I chose a flat screwdriver head bolt
And again another lock washer and nut to secure this in place.
Now its time to add our shifter handle over the insert
that came with it, and then using an allen wrench
we'll tighten that up, and secure the trim ring
Our laser guided slingshot body is almost done.
Now we need some slingshot bands.
I picked these up because they were inexpensive, and very well built.
You could use rubber bands, and a piece of leather
But I'd use these, they work and look better.
Stretch and pull those over both bolts to hold in place.
And now its time for the laser. I'm using a very small,
6MM red laser diode in a housing, with a driver
There's links in the description of this video
For the slingshot bands, and a laser.
To power it, a small twin, AA battery pack
It has a nice, handy switch on it
I drilled a small hole the size of the laser on one side of the cross beam
And then a smaller hole on the other side for the wires.
I secured the laser in place with a little epoxy from the inside
Then I trimmed and hooked up the wires to the battery pack,
Which was velcro'ed to the cross beam
Now its time to test it out.
Well, I didn't have any slingshot amo
All I had were BB's, these are way too small to use
So I'm going to use my favorite snack: Pistachios!
But, not just any pistachios, these are wonderful pistachios.
They're just the right size
And they pack a powerful punch... Of Flavor
Oh, and remember the cool features I was telling you about?
The handle has a secret compartment, the bottom unscrews
And it gives you space to put your ammo.
The red dot laser definitely helped with accuracy
I fired it at this target
Pretty funny, but the shell actually protected the crunchy nut, and kept it intact.
Can't let that crunchy goodness go to waste!
So let's fire this again!
This is the only ammo you can eat
I'm observing the 5 second rule
If you don't know what that is, ask somebody
I also tested it outside to see what kind of range I could get
This thing fires pretty far
So there you have it, a home made, laser guided sling shot
So in addition to wonderful pistachios, what you use for ammo in your slingshot?
Get creative and leave a comment telling us.
Now get cracking, and make a laser guided slingshot for yourself.
For more cool videos, click the box on the left.
To check out my laser videos, click the box on the right.
Thanks for watching, we'll see you next time!
Subtitles by Mason Curry.