Man Hacks Machete

An anonymous reader writes "An 'expert' from the Slingshot Channel has constructed what might be one of the most ridiculous yet awesome slingshots known to man. He has altered a machete and built a huge rig to fire it off with an obscene amount of force. Dangerous as all get out, but totally awesome!" There's a Slingshot Channel?

I don't know what amuses me more.

[JustAnotherIdiot]

What this guy did, or the fact there's actually a slingshot channel. It almost makes me want cable again. Almost.

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[GNUALMAFUERTE]

Your username is fairly accurate. The slingshot channel is a youtube channel ... not cable.

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[JustAnotherIdiot]

Ahh, thank you for the correction then.

Next weeks follow-up...

[SeNtM]

Machete Hacks Man.

Did anyone else...

[cobrausn]

Immediately think of Half-Life 2?

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[Scott Scott]

I'm just waiting for someone to build a slingshot that chucks crowbars.

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[michelcolman]

You could probably make something like this with circular saw blades, too. Or radiators, toilets, engine blocks,...

Indian Panâ

[DEmmons]

This would qualify as an Indian Panâ, which is a fairly well known weapon / toy in the Philippines, and is basically a combination of the ideas of a crossbow and slingshot. Normally they are smaller and fire arrows, or in some cases, toy airplanes. Of course this fires a Bolo (Machete), but that just makes it more fun. The proliferation and variety of Machetes and short swords among Filipino tribes is fascinating, but they probably have never adapted a slingshot to launching them :D. obvious reason why