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How To Make Cool Star Wars Sound Effects With A Slinky

How To Make Cool Star Wars Sound Effects With A Slinky

Hi! I Am Going To Teach You The Secrets Of The Star Wars' Laser Sound Effects!

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Step 1Materals:

You Need,
-A Metal Slinky. (NOT PLASTIC)

-A Foam Cup.
It Can Be Plastic, But Foam Is The Best.

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24 comments

Feb 17, 2008. 9:17 AMHuntman00 says:

where do you get a metal slinky

Feb 25, 2012. 6:30 AMmonkeynuts says:

I got mine at target for only a $1

Jun 26, 2010. 10:18 PMquesoman says:

internet

Apr 3, 2010. 4:00 AMTreknology says:

Same problem here in Oz.

When I eventually find one, it invariably turns out to be plastic!

Jun 1, 2008. 5:06 AMKuhan says:

Wal-Mart, maybe Walgreens

Nov 25, 2008. 5:26 PMFlumpkins says:

yeh, I got mine from Walgreens

Feb 26, 2010. 6:09 PMRe-design says:

some of the sounds in star wars was tapping on a telephone pole guy wire with a wrench. try it!

Jun 14, 2009. 1:39 PMnaruto the ninja13 says:

theres another way to do this hang a slinky hi up from a tack and stretch it down to the floor then whack it with a stick but i broke my slinky trying to get it down...

May 28, 2009. 6:06 PMfreakinslop says:

you can just press one end of the slinky against your ear and let it bounce up and down. but it hurts kinda after a while.

Apr 13, 2009. 9:37 PMEnigmaMax says:

I can vividly imagine how you came up with this idea. and I laughed.

Apr 13, 2009. 7:32 PM

karossii says:

I see image thumbnails across the top, but no images in the steps... why?

Jul 16, 2008. 10:56 PMWard_Nox says:

they used to make a toy that was essentially a slinky in a plastic tube for this exact thing but i believe the OG sound effect that they used in the movies was made by hitting the tension lines for telephone poles with a metal rod

Mar 17, 2009. 4:06 PMdaninja says:

ya. that was it. i saw it in Wall-e bonus features.

Nov 4, 2008. 2:02 PMcrunkchristy says:

I AM.. SOO... UMMM... WUTS THE WORDD ... ? AMAZED ! BY THIS CONTRACTION I WOVE IT !.... ... .. ..... . LUKE I AM YOUR FATHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 17, 2009. 4:05 PMdaninja says:

AAAAAHHHH!!!! YOUR MY DAD????!!!!???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan 18, 2009. 8:46 AMmiols says:

what?

Jan 7, 2009. 4:05 PMChicken2209 says:

O RLY?

Jan 7, 2009. 3:03 PMebayebay1 says:

nice

Sep 27, 2008. 10:25 PMGadget_Smith says:

I am pleasantly surprised. This ACTUALLY works.

Jun 28, 2008. 2:47 PMwethecom says:

love it i will regard your warning with great diligence one one eye left to lose dont wanna wast it having fun with a slinky ..i heard that the slinkey company went out of bisness because of so many lawsuit of people losing an eye!!!!!lol!!!!!!

Mar 3, 2008. 12:23 AMcsf0137 says:

ahahaha amazing. :-) May the force be with you and thanks a lot for the instructable.

Jan 18, 2008. 3:01 PMsavagesteve says:

Or alternatively you can just get an MP3 player that can record audio, find an antenna tower and record the sound of one of the guy wires when you tap it with a crescent wrench. Thats how they originally did it for the movie.