bumping for awesome real life macgyver shit

I really wish I had something to contribute to this thread.

>>114983

Real Life MacGuyver you say?
this is he, unable to make car working...
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>>115309

This is awesome.

>>115994
This is fucking stupid and a good way to ingest glass chippings. A bottle of beer can be easily (and safely) opened with any small object with a hard edge, such as a cigarette lighter, pen or key, with the proper application of leverage.

>>116006
Glass chippings enrich the taste imho,

moar?

Purchase a Leatherman Squirt P4. I've had one for years, and I've used it for everything from tightening screws to sawing through a steel chain. It's saved my ass more than a few times.
Always, always, carry a flashlight.
Familiarize yourself with the intimacies of the inner workings of engines, if you aren't already. That knowledge goes a LONG way.
Likewise, learn the basics of electricity.

If you ever find yourself locked in a room, the walls are often weaker than the doors. Find the studs by tapping with your finger. Force your shoulder into the sheetrock between two studs and the wall might give way.
If you're ever running from bad guys in a high-rise building, get in an elevator. Between floors, force open the doors and the elevator will stop moving. As long as they didn't see you get in the elevator, they'll give up eventually.
Lockpicking is not hard. There are countless sites out there that will teach you.
A potato can be used as a silencer, in a pinch. Hold it in front of the muzzle of the gun and shoot through it.
Commonly available iron filings can be turned to iron oxide using a torch flame. This can be mixed with powdered aluminum (made by filing aluminum with your trusty Squirt P4) to make Thermite. Ignited with a piece of magnesium ribbon, it will burn hot enough to melt through fucking anything.
Nail polish remover is very flammable. So is nail polish.

That's all I got.

>>116206
>A potato can be used as a silencer, in a pinch. Hold it in front of the muzzle of the gun and shoot through it.
>And blow your hand off in the process.

>Professor Michelle Khine of the University of California, Merced was doing a study of microfluidics, which from the word, you can guess is the study of fluids in tiny things (like the inside of computer chips). Unfortunately, she didn't have much to work with in terms of materials. So she turned to Shrinky Dinks, those childhood toys that encourage children to color and stick their hands in ovens.
>According to Wired magazine, she designed several microfluidic patterns on actual Shrinky Dinks plastic, put them in her own oven at home and found it worked perfectly because the tubes through which the fluid ran actually enlarged as the plastic got smaller. Thus she managed to do something that companies such as Intel spend millions of dollars a year, and to do it on the budget of a kid who saved up his allowance.

Some day, IC chips will be made by anyone with a shrinky dink and an oven.

>>115317
Holy shit!!!! Ol' Mac has gone and got fat as fuck

>>116514
>Thus she managed to do something that companies such as Intel spend millions of dollars a year, and to do it on the budget of a kid who saved up his allowance.
This is beyond stupid.

>>116514
>>116514
>>Some day, IC chips will be made by anyone with a shrinky dink and an oven.
Yeah if you want to make microfluidic ICs for genetically engineering a deadly virus.

It's also difficult to get good results with shrinky-dink microfluidics. Shrinky dinks don't always shrink uniformly.

Though I guess you could make a water chip to fix your vault's failing water purification system.

>>114983
Realize that objects can have uses other than their intended use.

Look for stuff that fits together. If it doesn't fit together, then make it. Use adhesives, duct tape, etc.
For example using a candle, USB cable, and USB charger I was able to make a gameboy charger.

>>116514

This is awesome.

>>116006
You can do it with folded paper, too. Leverage is everything.

>>116206
Why did you need to saw through a steel chain? More importantly, what about the situation made it so getting a better tool was impractical?

bump

what the hell happened to the coffin?

1. Keep your hands dirty.
2. Carry tools all the time.
3. Be a hack. It's never gonna be good.
4. Don't Google it unless you've already wasted the day on it.
5. Read books.


cool, that's all I know. If you've learned it from the internet it's no longer a mcgyver move. You've gotta improvise it, remember.

Need to get rid of a security screw for whatever reason and don't have the keyed bit? Dremel the shit out of it and use a flathead screwdriver

http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/
Related, I think?

>>118406
>Not using diamond card files

>>119918

shit thats a pretty good idea, will have to remember that

I got one! ... its titled "How To Take Awesome Showers At Hotels"

Most cheaper hotels have these shower heads that barely spray any water at all. the (USA) federal law says they're not supposed to allow using over 2.5 gallons per minute, but some hotels have them set way below that. Most hotels still just use flow restrictors in the shower heads themselves.

so---
1) go to a hardware store, and buy a cheap shower head, a wrench, and a roll of teflon tape

2) when you get home, remove the water restrictor from the shower head you bought. Sometimes it is just a washer in there somewhere with a little 3/16" hole in it, and you can just take the whole washer out. Other times the plastic fittings are molded with only a tiny hole for the water to get through, and you need a drill to drill out that passage larger. Even just enlarging it to 3/8" makes a big difference; it allows around three times the normal amount of water flow. If you can get it opened up to 1/2", that is about 8 times the original flow.

3) bring along these three things when you go on trips and stay in hotels. Before showering, use the wrench to take the hotel's shower head off, wrap a couple turns of teflon tape around the shower pipe threads (the teflon tape is to seal the threads, and you MUST do this!) and then screw your 'special' shower head on. Then you enjoy a 20-minute shower that will use about 300 gallons of water.

4) When done, take your shower head off, and put the hotel's back on.

Taa daa!!!!!!!!
:>D

>>119984
Any other hotel ideas?

>>119984
so every hotel trip i need to bring a shower head?
whats the point of teflon tape, its a hotel
if it leaks, fuck it, im taking my head elsewares anyways

>>119984

What are the chances of fucking up the hotel's shower if you do this?

>>119984

Way to waste tons of water. A shower uses in average 72L.

>>120268
>so every hotel trip i need to bring a shower head?
if you want a good shower, yes
>whats the point of teflon tape, its a hotel
>if it leaks, fuck it, im taking my head elsewares anyways
yea but the next time anyone uses it, water will spray out of the threads... and then the hotel will see who rented the room last, and try to charge your credit-card for the repair

>>120400
>What are the chances of fucking up the hotel's shower if you do this?
pretty much nonexistent
as far as I've seen, all cheaper (US) shower heads have the same threads

>>120446
>Way to waste tons of water. A shower uses in average 72L.
it aint wasted if you're enjoying it. and besides, like I said,,,, a lot of hotels totally Jew you on getting a decent shower, just by being stingy with the water flow.

bumping for potential

>>119984

This seems like you could really get into deep shit if you fucked it up.

>>116206
>potato silencer
no bullshit never, if you need a silencer BRING A FUCKING SILENCER

>Well, that and the fact that ingenuity > science.

Mac was a physicist, and had an extensive knowledge of chemistry.

Make sure that you have all of these items in your car:
>>A minimum of a gallon of drinkable water. (Coolant leaks and emergency water)
>> Extra fluids. All of them.
>>Electrical tape.
>>A few non perishables, just in case you get stuck somewhere.
>>A pair of pantyhose. (If your fan belt snaps, you can use the pair to get a short distance. Not very far, mind you. They -will- shred easily.)
>>A hammer. (Know where your starter is. If your car won't make any noises besides a soft 'click' when you turn the key, knock the starter gently with a hammer. This will -not- work forever, but it will get you home.)

Other good things to know -

>>Many Ford cars have something called an "inertial switch." (There's a few different names for it.) Essentially, when the car is jarred the inertial switch will disengage your fuel pump. If there's nothing else wrong with the car, no leaking fluids or anything, but it still won't start, this is probably your issue. It's usually a small red button and your owners manual should say where it is.
>>Keeping a "fix it yourself" manual in your car is the best thing you can ever do. Most fixes are simple and cheap, but develop into larger, expensive problems.

>>122841
>>A minimum of a gallon of drinkable water. (Coolant leaks and emergency water)

Best so far.
Bumping for potential.

>>118358
You, sir, have not watched enough McGyver

>>120446
Lets see. I can take n amount of time to have a shower without a water restrictor to get clean, or I can take n times 4 to get clean with a restrictor.
What's the problem with doubling the flow rate, using the same amount of water, and not wasting my time and effort?

>>122828
And the art of bullshit, let's not forget that at least half the shit on that show would never, ever work.


My 2 cents: Never underestimate the value of a cable tie. If you cut one off something, make sure to cut the lead and not the head, then you can reuse it.

>>122919
>at least half the shit on that show would never, ever work

Probably more like 90%, but whatever.

also bumping for moar because this thread is an awesome idea

>>114983
>non dairy creamer
>Find a use for it
lubricant

>>125196
Chapstick works as a good lubricant too if you ever need to cut threads in a pinch.

>>114983
>Non-dairy creamer is HIGHLY flammable

Nope, not any more flammable than flour or talc powder. It is the powder form that gives it a unique property. When you blow it into the air and light it, the particles will cause an explosion. This is caused by each tiny particle igniting the particles next to it almost spontaneously. This is why you can make a destructive bomb out of a bag of flour or other fine powder; including Non-dairy creamer. This has been the reason for many explosions in mines and saw mills and wood shops. The dust in the air ignites.

>>125243
I call bullshit on this. Show me someone demonstrating this with flour.

>>125652
It's in the, "IMPROVISED MUNITIONS HANDBOOK TM 31-210 Department of the army technical manual" under the section, "INITIATOR FOR DUST EXPLOSIONS".

There should be several online sources for that manual.

>>125652
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion

>Sources of dust

>Many materials which are commonly known to oxidise can generate a dust explosion, such as coal, sawdust, and magnesium. However, many otherwise mundane materials can also lead to a dangerous dust cloud such as grain, flour, sugar, powdered milk and pollen. Many powdered metals (such as aluminium and titanium) can form explosive suspensions in air.[2]

>>125652

There definitely isn't footage of this on youtube.

>>125663
lol I bet there's a shit load of "flour bomb" videos but they are just to get people covered in flour.

>>125652
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmX_2qAvqts#t=4m0s

>>114983
Fuckin swaggest .gif I've ever seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7mLSG-Yws

>>125681
>Cyrax fight scene
>This is a scene I cut out of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. It's the scene where Cyrax intrudes the Special Ops facility where Jax got his cybernetic arms.

>>125652

corn starch dust explosion experiment
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5857379787822215553

>>125670

Search for "cremora fireball". Licensed pyrotech here. We use them in shows every once in a while.
IMO, not worth the cost and effort.
Oh, & naphtha works great too (mothballs)

>>125868
Sweet,
http://blog.skylighter.com/fireworks/2008/09/cremora-fireballs.html

Seems people use several types of powders or what ever is on hand, flour too.

>>125868
Hey, have you ever tried using Boric Acid (Broax) to make one of those? It's a white powder you use to kill ants and roaches. It burns GREEN. I soak pinecones in a saturated solution of water and boric acid, drying them out for a few days, and then on camping trips I'll toss a couple in the fire and watch the pretty green flames. It's super fine, so I'd imagine it would ignite. Worth a try.

>>125880

It's the fat content that makes it work best. Burns slow enough so that you get a rolling ball and then ring of fire.
Aerating it so that the flame can propagate well is the hardest part. Otherwise you just end up with a flour mortar.

>>125886
I'm reading that sawdust can help aerate powders that are too packed. From this link in, >>125880

It also gives ratings on various powders on a 1-5 scale with remarks.

>>125885

Strontium nitrate is my favorite. Deep red.
I got bored with fireballs years ago. Too much work and way too expensive. Once you get an ATF license, you can buy commercial shit so cheap that you don't fuck around with DIY stuff anymore.
I personally got the best results from Cremora. You can actually buy 50# bags that are the floor sweepings from the factory.

>>125892
>way too expensive

I can see most colored ones being expensive, but the non-colored ones seem pretty cheap actually. Judging from the contents I can make a 5 gallon one with about $30 in stuff. How much would the commercial version be?

Did an emergency cricothyroidotomy with a pocketknife and a bic pen once. I thought that was pretty MacGyverish.

>>125900
go on...

>>125900
Me too, turns out the guy was just REALLY drunk. Then again so was I. :C

>>125897

No commercial fireballs for sale that I know of. The pros (like airshows) use diesel fired out of steel mortars.
A commercial 3" mine is about $4. So a wall of 7 them 200' wide for your $30 will get much better "ohhhs & ahhhs" from the audience.

>>125904

Guy blew up like the Michelin man after a hornet stung him.

My best advice is to just start asking yourself "why" after every observation you make. Keep asking "why" until you can't go any further.
You really can't be taught. You either have an insatiable curiosity that leads you to discovery, or you don't.

>>125919
or "how"

>>125920

Yes,
I meant "why" in the physical sense, not the philosophical.
I met a Chinese student last year & he told that one of the things that they are taught is "why, why, why". In other words understand something at least three levels deep.
For example, take the first post: why does non-dairy creamer make fireballs? Understand this and you will know what other things will also work. Or you will be able to deduce what may make it work better.
BTW, this is why the Chinese are kicking our American asses. Americans have lost their sense of wonder and curiosity. Most Americans don't appreciate the power of discovery. Or the process of discovery.

cool thread.

>>125652

It's true, I've done it.

We did it with a small candle on the floor and just throwing the flour up in the air so it falls down onto the flame. The dairy creamer is the best.

Posted this in >>126452 the "Escape the system thread"

But I decided that some were more suitable for this thread...


Here they are:

4th grade, picked the lock of the teacher's closet with a paperclip to get dodgeballs out.

Senior year hacked the electronic marquee that the school bought and put a custom message up "Oh god how did I get here i am not good with computer" or something like that.

Also lifted a ceiling panel in one of the computer labs up, took the blade out of a hand pencil sharpener and sliced open a LAN cable. snipped the orange wire severely crippling the network speed of that room, and then put a thin layer of superglue on the wire to close it up as discreetly as possible. Only took them 3 days to fix the problem though.. Pretty sure they just figured the cable was bad because nobody got in trouble or was questioned.

this is great stuff

>>126454
>picked the lock of the teacher's closet with a paperclip to get dodgeballs out

Tried to do this once when I was a kid (just not for the same reason). Ended up breaking the lock in the process. Care to explain what exactly I was doing wrong?

>>128356
possibly nothing, some locks are cheep.

bump

moar?

bumping for cool macgyver shit

>>130476
>>131809
>>133252

Holy Christ just let it die.

It was nice while it lasted.

Perhaps someday we can re-visit the idea.

But it's clear to everyone that this thread has ran out of spunk.

>>133274
Dude, chill out. I'm sure there are plenty more tips and tricks for cool MacGyver shit you can do. This IS /diy/ after all. It's not like we don't have shitloads of info on this sort of stuff.

>>133363
No I will not fucking chill the fuck out.

This thread has been taking up a tab in my browser for fucking ever and it's only one desperate piece of shit keeping it alive.

God damn it.

Triple SAGE for making me hate MacGyver.

>>133367
>This thread has been taking up a tab in my browser for fucking ever
lol. why don't you just close the tab?
sounds like an easy solution to a hard problem MACGYVERSTYLE!

>>133372
Do-It-Yourself mouse clicking?
Go fuck yourself.

How about you prescribe me a do-it-yourself treatment for OCPD.

I chose to open this thread, I've got to finish it.

I've got a condition you easy-peezy piece of shit.

Now why don't you start employing your SAGE capabilities and stop being a selfish, inconsiderate ass.

>>114983
With only a little bit of wire formed into a coil, a magnet, and some ribbon you can mount it up to create a windbelt. Basically you mount the magnet as close to the coil as possible on something that will allow it to pivet. Then you attach the ribbon to the thing the magnet is on and to something else. The longer the ribbon the better. Wind hits the ribbon and causes it to flutter/vibrate which causes the mount the magnet is on to vibrate up and down, either in and out of the wire coil, or across the coil's opening. This creates electricity. Adjust the tension of the ribbon to get the best flutter effect on the mount.

>>133380
Stop skipping breakfast in the morning or stop eating a sugary breakfast and/or stop skipping any meal through the day. Its causing your blood glucose levels to tank and you end up with hypoglycemia and become very irritated over the littlest things.

>>133384
What a crock of horse.

I eat banana, oatmeal, and a steamed prawn every morning.
I obviously know what I'm doing dietarily.

You're lucky you've got this electricity contraption poster here or I would've sent out the negative vibrational frequencies so thick you'd have gotten a headache or maybe would have gotten a stain on your clothes.

>>133401
>electricity contraption poster

That's me and I still think you are eating improperly. Bananas are high in sugars and carbs, oatmeal is just starch and carbs (did you add sugar or honey to it?), and prawn are too low in fat. This won't feed your brain and proper dietary needs, especially if you are eating it every morning.

This is why you are so agitated all the time.

When doing toilet. Dont be scared of getting shit on your hands when wiping. Just wash them! Save money and enviroment!

>>133406
Go fuck your mother.

I think I trust the wisdom of Harish Shankara's healings to some shit-poster on a chan.

You're forgetting the prawn's essential essence, it is of the most pure variety you'll find in a meat source.

Of course if you can't measure it in one of your contraptions it may as well not exist right?

Your pig-headed Western practices fall short of reality.
Starches, fats, sugars? These are but the building blocks of the body which houses the soul.

>>133409
Installing a bidet in your existing toilet will be a lot better actually.

>>133409
>Taco Bell employee

>>133372
>sounds like an easy solution to a hard problem MACGYVERSTYLE!

this made me lol.

bump

I always carry duct tape on me by taking an old plastic ID card and rerolling duct tape around it. It fits easily in your wallet and that way you always have duct tape on hand.

>>133930
>have duct tape on card in pocket
>so much tape its the size of a wallet
>someone pick pockets you
>they end up with the roll of duct tape

lol

>>133997
While I'd be pretty pissed about losing my wallet, stealing my duct tape is crossing the line.

You just don't do this shit.

>>133997
this is actually not too bad of an idea.

>>133930
Doesn't the duct tape lose some of its stickiness when you do that?

>>134908
you would think that but really the duct tape is already on itself when on original roll, your just transferring it. No sticky lost

>>133409
This is a horrible post. You are a disgusting filthy shitty-handed human being.

The outer coating of paracord makes an excellent emergency fan belt because it can take a good amount of punishment. Certainly more than pantyhose i hope.

Anybody have any how-to's for improvised weaponry? Just like self defense type shit.

>>136576
kubotan.

i was thinking of fitting metal plates into the lining of my heavy coat, but it doubt it would work..

>>122919
>Never underestimate the value of a cable tie. If you cut one off something, make sure to cut the lead and not the head, then you can reuse it.
Or you can put the point of a knife between the ratchet mechanism, hold up the barb, an pull it out in one piece

>>136581
>kubotan

I looked that shit up. That looks utterly horrifying. Why not just carry brass knuckles or a knife or something?

>>136841
I'll have to remember these.

It used to be that you could use a cigarette as a fuse, but now pre-rolled cigarettes in the united states have those speed bump things on them.

Does this really work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjPGf4AsMZQ

This is what I put on the cover of my fourth year engineering project report.

>>138643
HAHA! Seriously?

Headphones can be used as a microphone. Knowing this actually really helped me out recently.

>>138679
What? How? Explain.

>>139536
Big magnet and coil speakers can technically be used as microphones, but in the energy in the sound wave from someone speaking is so small its not going to cause motion detectable without a metrick fuckton of amplification and filtering equipment.

Piezoelectric speakers on the other hand can easily be used as mics.They're both just piezo crystals.

>>136576

A nice smooth rock in the toes of two socks, one inside the other. Constricting the stone in the end of the socks with a zip tie would be a good idea.

A heavy nut attached to a handle with three inches of heavy wire.

A tightly rolled magazine, short-end driven straight into a soft body part or hammer-punched onto a head.

Sharpened pencil tip protruding from in-between ring and middle fingers, eraser cushioning the palm.

A fork can be bent into a tension wrench to pick locks with.

Bobby pins and some types of paper clips will work to pick the pins with. Some bobby pins need the little ball at the end melted off with a lighter to fit into the lock.

>>139639
Anybody have a step-by-step guide (either in video or image form) for this kinda stuff?

>>140562
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZJe23UD8wU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wemp-8WD9dY&feature=related

(replace rake pick with bobby pin)

If you can understand the pin& tumbler mechanism on locks, then it should be easy to pick up :) in theory anyway :|

>>140599
Cool, thanks.

>>133414
hahaha holy shit balls, MAD MAD MAD

>>141408
In case no one understands what is going on here, the vehicle is jacked up and they filled it with propellent from either that can or another. Then they light it and the explosion inside the tire fits it back on the rim. This is best done with large tires. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get it right.

>>141408
Proven unusable. The tyre inflates, but deflates quickly.

>>141437
It's not to inflate the tire, it is for getting the bead. That means setting the tire properly on the rim. After that, you'll be able to inflate it. I've done this on countless tractor tires.

>>141437
>Proven unusable

Who proved this? Because >>141439

>>141440
Oh well. I guess the Mythbusters were wrong (inb4 hurr he believes mythbusters- i know they've made countless fuckups).

>>141442
>Mythbusters

Are you really fucking shitting me? They actually "busted" that "myth". Are they fucking retards? Holy fuck balls! LMFAO! You blow the tire onto the rim then air it up. How much of an idiot does one need to be to not get that?

I bet if you gave them a socket set and wrench and told them, "this will screw bolts and nuts on and off." They literally just place the socket and wrench over the bolt and not try to lever it around to take the bolt off and they'd be like, "Well, this is obviously not working MYTH BUSTED!!!"

I'm so fucking dumfounded right now. MFW

>>141447

Not trying to defend them, but it wouldn't be surprising if some fag somewhere has claimed at some point that the tire trick is meant to fill the tire.

Reminds me of some faggy article (in cracked?) which "proved" that claims about the lower nutritional value of boiled vegetables are a myth, because it doesn't matter if the enzymes in vegetables are denatured or not.

>>141442
>>141447
They tested the myth they got, which was that the propellant trick would inflate the tire. They did indeed note that it set the tire.

>>141449
>Not trying to defend them, but it wouldn't be surprising if some fag somewhere has claimed at some point that the tire trick is meant to fill the tire.

Yes, you are most likely correct on that.

>>141452
There was one they "busted" about a katana cutting through a machine gun/rifle barrel. So, they rigged up an arm with a katana to chop through a firearm barrel. It didn't work. The arm was set to chop down like an axe. Katana are not axes or chopping weapons. They are slicing weapons. If you google, "Tatami Mat Cutting Competition" you'll find video of how they are properly used to cut through things. Nearly the entire length of the blade is used to slice. I wonder what would happen if the robotic arm had used a full slicing motion?

I remember watching a Discovery channel documentary about a team traversing the North or South pole, not sure which. One of their massive vehicles pop a tire off the rim. It took them 2 tries to use the explosion technique to get it on the rim again. They used gasoline. It worked and they didn't even air it back up because there was enough fuel inside to cause quite a bit of pressure. The finished their journey.

Regardless, Mythbusters are complete idiots who couldn't bust their way out of a wet paper bag.

>>141480
>I wonder what would happen if the robotic arm had used a full slicing motion?

Absolutely nothing. Are you fucking retarded?

>>141480

>I wonder what would happen if the robotic arm had used a full slicing motion?

Nothing besides some slight marring on the barrel.

Even during the forging process, metal is isn't sliced. It's sheared, or even slitted, but it's never sliced by a sharp blade.

>>141480

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyO46RQhYkQ

You wouldn't use a fucking slicing motion. The fuck? Metal shears easier than it slices.

>>141500
>>141495
>>141501

I don't understand, could someone please explain?

>>141495
>>141500
>>141501
I guess you missed the entire point. Mythbusters didn't use the sword correctly. They may as well been using the flat side for all the "science" they are doing. The only thing they proved is they are ignorant of proper testing procedures because they don't know shit about pretty much anything.

>>141501
>You wouldn't use a fucking slicing motion.
>posts youtube vid of someone slicing really thick stuff and not slicing for flimsy metal with a sword

HURR DURR

http://www.angelsword.com/videos/14_tatami_cut.wmv
http://www.angelsword.com/videos/12_tatami_taco.wmv

http://www.angelsword.com/videos/nine_and_half.avi

http://www.angelsword.com/videos/eight_cut_slow.avi

See these vids. The swinging motion is a slice. If you've ever actually used a katana properly or competed in tatami mat cutting competitions you'd know how to cut with one. Stupid mall-ninjas.

>>142654
>katana vs 50cal browning machine gun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY7li8Lb1eg

This is what happens when you bring a knife to a gun fight.

>>125652
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7mLSG-Yws

slowpoke here dust explosions are real.

on the other hand, explosions are interesting.

explosions can only happen in a containment area. No containment? then its just a really fast-lighting flame.
Explosions as in bombs dont kill people, its the shrapnell propelled by the explosion that kills people. Lobbing dynamite near somebody will likely just result in broken inner ear membranes, and light burn wounds, unlike what westens show.

Dust explosions might produce a flame that gives you serious burn wounds, but the real potential danger is that the reacted burnt dust air is hot, so it expands and breaks a wall or window like in the video and then the ceiling falls on you.

>>142654
cutting is more complex than you think.

When you hit two crystalline structure objects, like metal objects, like a sword and a metal bar/wall/a diamond ring, then the one with a lower hardness is broken, the other unscathed. so it wouldnt matter how you attempt to cut a bullet, slice or no slice motion.

However some things, particularly things that have fibers in them, appear harder to cut with a blade because when the fibers on the surface are barbarically hacked into they cushion for the fibers below. However a slicing motion moves the blade to the underlying fibers, making a clean cut:

In other words: you cant cut metal. Lasers isnt cutting, its melting. Metal saws dent and move metal in their path, but its not the same thing as "cutting" something with fibers.

Anyone have any useful tips for helpful things to keep in your car? Especially stuff that would help if the car got stuck/stranded/broke down. Don't say "cell phone HURR DURR", that's both obvious and a given. Anything that would help get a car running again or get it out of the mud or things of that nature. Any other car/driving related tips in general would be excellent.

>>142696
>Explosions don't kill people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpressure#Blast_overpressure
http://dvice.com/archives/2010/03/hurt-locker-sui.php

>>143399
Big list,

[[[General Items]]]

-towing chain with good hooks on both ends
-towing rope with good hooks on both ends
-roll of paracord
-box-end wrench set
-crescent wrench
-pliers set
-screwdriver set
-tire plug kit
-socket wrench set with sparkplug socket
-box of extra sparkplugs with sparkplug gap tester and wire brush to clean sparkplugs
-box of extra fuses specifically for replacing fuses in your vehicle
-small spray can of WD-40 and small can of 3-in-1 oil
-small travel-sized air compressor that plugs into the cigarette lighter power outlet (with attachments for car tires and inflating other things)
-jumper cables (with Inline Battery Tester preferred)
-battery jump starter (it's a battery that can jump your car's battery, like this one: http://www.harborfreight.com/3-in-1-jump-start-air-compressor-8884.html )
-small rechargeable radio (hand crank recharge is nice)
-2 walkie-talkies with rechargeable batteries
-small hand crank battery charger
-first aid kit
-2 LED flashlights with those light wands that go over them to wave around to signal people
-1 hanging LED work light (for hanging under your hood for instance)
-a loud whistle you can blow
-extra key hidden magnetically under the vehicle (paint its magnetic container rust/mud colors to disguise it)
-folding trench shovel (for digging out under your vehicle to place a jack)
-road flares and 2 small reflective road warning signs
-extra jug of windshield wiper fluid (especially in the winter and snowy conditions)
-extra quart of motor oil
-a few MRE food rations
- handheld windshield scraper/wiper
-2 bottle jacks (bumper jacks and scissor jacks are not as easy to use nor as stable in unknown situations)
-2 jack stands

Continued...

>>143432
[[[In addition to the above, trucks should also have; but are not limited to trucks only]]]

-2 or more tarps
-1 dozen or more bungee tie downs
-4 or more ratchet straps
-cargo net (most used item in my truck)

[[[In winter/cold areas]]]

-extra warm clothing
-foil survival blanket (even if it only gets down to 50-60F in your area only at night, you should still have one of these)
-windshield scraper
-small bag of rock salt (put under tires to melt ice; couple with sand/kitty litter for better traction)
-small bag of kitty litter or sand(put under tires for extra traction)

[[[Making Fire (at least 3 ways of making fire easily) You will need a flame or spark, preferably waterproof or in a waterproof container]]]

Lighters
Matches
Magnesium and flint
Steel wool and 9V battery
Battery with wire or aluminum plate to heat up tinder or make a spark (car battery + jumper cables make great sparks)
Sparker - sparklite or other doodad
Magnifying glass to concentrate sunlight - can be made from ice or condom filled with water
Parabolic mirror
Wood Friction -
Fire Saw (rubbing two sticks together)
Fire Drill (Fire Bow Drill, Hand Drill, Fire Thong, Pump Drill, Fire Spindle, etc.)
Fire Plough
Fire Piston - a good DIY project if you are looking for one
Chemical - potassium permanganate and glycerin or antifreeze or sugar

Continued...

>>143399
bag of sand --traction
A real 4 way tire iron--
spare fuses
$20 toolkit
mylar blanket
box of salt
lighter
MRE
a 12 pack of bottled water
some 550 cord

>>143437
Last,

All of this stuff should take up about 1/4th to 1/3rd of your trunk space. In trucks you place is behind the seats and under the seats to help find places to put it all. For things like flashlights, choose the type that have disposable batteries instead of rechargeable batteries that are more difficult to replace. AA is good for LEDs for instance and then you can use rechargeable AA batteries and still be able to replace them quickly from just about any store or location. Always buy the best gear because IF and when you need it you'll wish you didn't buy cheap crap that can fail. Keep things charged and keep fresh batteries.

Tips on getting unstuck,

If your vehicle is resting on its frame and it's tires are in the ditch don't try to drive it out. Instead grab your bottle jacks and folding shovel. Dig under the vehicle where you can safely place a jacks. Jack up the vehicle. Fill in under the tires with stone (stone/gravel if preferred) or soil until it reaches the tires. Let the vehicle down onto this so it compacts it. Jack the vehicle back up and fill in where it has packed the fill down. Repeat until its solid. Fill in all places that you need to drive across to get out. I've done this before with a small front wheel drive car that was stuck in a mud puddle literally bigger than it was and it was resting right on the entire frame. It took me 45 minutes to dig, jack, and fill until I could drive out.

>>143437
I doubled posted this one. Its the same as >>143434 so I deleted it.

>>143436
>a 12 pack of bottled water

Completely forgot that on my big list. I had it, but when I rearranged things I forgot to add it back to the list,

-bottled water (change with fresh water every week)

>>143436
>>143442
Is there any purpose for having bottled water other than the obvious?

>>145520
Useful if your engine starts overheating.

>>141447
The myth was that it's supposed to inflate the tyre, not set it in place. They busted that assumption. So technically everything is correct.

>>125880
Judging by that blog, he uses black powder for the purpose of throwing the stuff up in the air and igniting it?
As one with little access to black powder (and the ingredients to make it, for that matter), would it be possible to use compressed air to shoot it up?

>>145523
Except it isn't a myth. Only a moron, like those in Mythbusters, think its a myth or ever was a myth in the first place. It's for large tires like tractor tires and you need to use a lot of propellant. Mythbusters are just complete fucking morons that's all. Nothing to see there, just like the rest of TV programming.

>>133409
>When doing toilet. Dont be scared of getting shit on your hands when wiping.

Any food related MacGyver tips? Alternative ways to aquire it, unconventional things to do with it, etc.

>>146447

Not sure if this counts as a MacGyver tip, but:

If you like thin crust pizza you can make your own at home at a fraction of the cost of ordering out, buying the oven pizzas or buying pizza dough. Use flour tortillas (not corn, if you use corn it will taste like shit. Also no low-fat or anything other than just regular flour torillas, they will get too crispy on the edges and soggy in the middle otherwise) and then just treat it like a normal pizza otherwise. It will bake ~15 minutes at 350. You might want to let it cool about 5 minutes after that before eating.

Source: years ago when I worked at Little Ceasar's and then Domino's during winter breaks the dough used for "ultra thin crust pizzas" was basically just a slightly thicker than normal flour tortilla.

>>146491
>Source: years ago when I worked at Little Ceasar's and then Domino's during winter breaks the dough used for "ultra thin crust pizzas" was basically just a slightly thicker than normal flour tortilla.

This is actually somewhat surprising. I mean I know that they cut corners wherever possible at fast food places, but I still always thought the thin crust was just really f'n thin but otherwise normal pizza dough.

Anyone know any MacGyver home security tips? Assume that funds are limited and the home we're talking about is a normal western style house or apartment.

>>148512
Back in the day when I was living in a shitty apartment I used to do the trick where you stack up a row of soda/beer cans in front of the door before you go to sleep so that if someone enters at night you'll hear the cans knocked down. You want to make it a single row and it should be at least three cans high, but the higher the better.

Use a grouping of 'Objects Appear Closer' mirrors, to make your own telescope.
Hurricane proof your house by having sledge hammers hinged outside your windows and held up by large baffles.
Use a normally open electric water valve at the highest and lowest points in your winter cottage....and a normally closed on your water feed to same. if power goes out the water supply is shut-off and the waterlines dumped so they will not freeze and bust.
Ceramic heater is a great car warmer if plugged in 30 min before entry.
Soap on a door that sticks, allows it to move more freely when opening/closing.
9volt battery and steel wool create an almost 100% fire starter....unless the battery is dead, or you loose the wool.
Plastic bags in boots prevent a soaker.
Rewire the national grid using only phone wire....can you say, Fusible link? (forgot the reason for this, sorry)
Red led flashlights are harder to see at night at a distance.
If you have the squirts, try to hold it in as long as possible, or you will dehydrate very quickly.
Sand in the pockets gives an advantage in a street fight.

>>116206
always carry a flashlight? wat? there was some loser kid in hs who would carry around a utility belt with a flash light and shit, in his spare time he would make chain mail, he would always talk about the end of the world, fucking kid probably hangs out with the rest of the tinfoilers in /x]

>>149287 Cont.

Condoms are the perfect water carrier in an emergency.
Never put your life in the hands of something made in China (Take THAT Round Eye!)
If a lighter seems out of gas (disposible), pop off the metal shield for a few more crucial lights.
Ciggy butts taste Real bad after a rainstorm.
Buy 12v RV lightbulbs, and a 100' sool of house wire, if power goes out....you can atleast of light inside your home if need be (attach to running car)
If you have a peeping tom neighbor, buy some large framed mirrors and mount them strategically to reflect sunlight into said neighbor window throughout the day (add satellite tracker arm for the win)
*hold on, getting another drink*
Purchase a geiger counter to determine if water run-off should be collected into cistern or not (varies).
Learn all there is to learn about IR cameras, and how to appear invisible to them.....if the times comes.
Free Energy area:
hold on
im back
rubbing your hands together makes warmth, get enough people in a winter home doing it (shifts) and you can heat a home in winter if neded.
pushin down your thum nail produces light, try it in the closets
socks can be used as toiletpaper but onlyonce thrpw out in plastic bag when done
earplugs are good in a war
if peole dont understand what your saying, alwyas use the line'whatchu talkin about' and they will leave you alone
im going to bed i drank tomuch

Bump

You can use any plastic card from your wallet (debit card, credit card, license, etc.) as an ice scraper, I've found that VISA debit cards work the best.
Zip-ties will fix fucking anything. Fixed my car's door handle and engine fan with them.

>>150115
>You can use any plastic card from your wallet (debit card, credit card, license, etc.) as an ice scraper, I've found that VISA debit cards work the best.

Are these actually sturdy enough for that?

>>149300
>rubbing your hands together makes warmth, get enough people in a winter home doing it (shifts) and you can heat a home in winter if neded.

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>>114983
>I SHIGGY DIGGIDY

oh god I laughed harder than I should have, well played

>>149287
>>149300
what is this i dont even...

>>OP firebombs soviet spies
OP deserves 10 concubines and all the things

<----help, send OP

>>133997

carry laptop with you. keep laptop bag in car. fill it with math books.

my car window was still broke though.

>>149287
>Sand in the pockets gives an advantage in a street fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpUq__iQqw

moar?

>>151106
I don't understand the point of this.

Chlorine + Ethanol + Water: Chloral Hydrate
Oxygen + Water + Silicone: Space Lube
Radium + Phosph + Chlorine: Mutagen
Sugar + Potassium + Phosph: Smoke
Alum + Iron + Oxygen: Thermite
Mercury + Sugar + Lithium: Drugs

>>153028

Way to ignore the ratios.

>>153028
>no ratios

Any MacGyver cooking tips?

bump

>>154853
Seconded.

bump

always carry around a pocket of zip ties.

that's all the help I can give

>>133367

Then don't keep the thread in a tab, you worthless faggot.

>>157655
Why would you do this? I honestly can't think of an everyday scenario where this would be useful.

Anyone have any MacGyver car repair/driving tips?

>>159624
If you snap a non-serpentine belt, nylon kernmantle rope can do for a short trip. Pantyhose are a lot better.

And really? Duct tape in the trunk.

>>159624

>>159740
>If you snap a non-serpentine belt, nylon kernmantle rope can do for a short trip. Pantyhose are a lot better.

Cool. I'll keep this in mind.

>>159624

Here are a couple of emergency only tips I've learned for cars.

1) Radiator (not the hoses) have a small leak? Wait until it cools then put in pepper or if you are real lucky and you have one one you, a raw egg. It will temporarily stop the leak until you can get it properly fixed. Also it won't hard anything as long as you flush the system after you get it fixed.

2) If your starter or alternator is worn out this will get you going for a few days. If either of these can be opened, (and thus rebuilt) turn the brushes inside-out. Old Chevys are good for this. and will limp it out for a few days.

3) Oil viscosity only breaks down so much. If you have a vehicle that is using a lot of oil, more than say 2 quarts a week, just get used motor oil from your local service station. Just fill screw top gallon jugs of it from the station. Many will give it to you for free. You can even filter it by cutting up squares of old jeans to use as a filter while you are putting it into your engine.

4) Mini size blade fuses will fit in the regular size sockets if that's all you have available. Use the same amperage size and your car won't even know the difference.

>>161892
>Radiator (not the hoses) have a small leak? Wait until it cools then put in pepper or if you are real lucky and you have one one you, a raw egg. It will temporarily stop the leak until you can get it properly fixed. Also it won't hard anything as long as you flush the system after you get it fixed.

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>>149300
>pushin down your thum nail produces light, try it in the closets

wut.

>>162929
>a raw egg. It will temporarily stop the leak until you can get it properly fixed. Also it won't hard anything as long as you flush the system after you get it fixed.

Mythbusters, Episode 15, "Scuba Diver and Car Capers" I think. It's along with other nonsense like a banana in the tailpipe and a penny in the carbourator, but the egg worked to seal a small leak in an engine that's been running and is at temperature.

Yes it's mythbusters, but this was back in 04 when the show wasn't entirely about the explosion slow mo shot at the end yet.

>>162987
Ooooh-kay. Still doesn't seem like something that it'd be wise to actually try.