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K'nex Claymore/Trap

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This is a trap which can be set off by a trip wire or by pulling on a string. It is rather simple and easy to make. When set off it will shoot lots of spacers in a direction.




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Follow the images:

Image 1: Make 1.
Image 2: Make this.
Image 3: Add 2 yellow rods as shown.
Image 4: Add 6 silver spacers to each yellow rod.
Image 5: Add a red (well, gray in the image) connector.
Image 6: Make one of these.
Image 7: And one of these. There are 3 layers of the thing. (Spacer pusher)
Image 8: Put them together as shown. The rods of the main part go through the holes in the connectors.
Image 9: Make this. (Pin)
Image 10: Attach string to the gray connector as shown.
Images 11-12: Put the parts together as shown. It can be put together in either of the positions
depending on how you are going to use it.
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11 comments
Feb 8, 2011. 2:48 AM~KGB~ says:
thats epik!
Feb 8, 2011. 4:13 PM~KGB~ says:
no prob!
Dec 27, 2011. 4:54 PMOblivitus says:
This is awesome! I understand how the whole tripping and firing process works and it's a good system.
Apr 20, 2011. 2:15 PMFred the evil puppet says:
Does this shoot, or explode?
Ps: made an iPod the other day that is packed with 200 grams of c4.
I called it the: i-xplod.

;-D
Apr 20, 2011. 3:29 PMFred the evil puppet says:
Nice elastics! Orange?!
Mar 18, 2011. 1:02 PMFred the evil puppet says:
Good, different from previos guns.

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I make K'nex guns, specializing in semi-automatic, RBG-Slingshot hybrid systems which i use in most of my guns. Note: I am not responsible in any way for any damage, injury, or death caused by my Ins...
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