Raygun - Steampunk Defense

Well the Glass Pirates returned...this time in an attempt to take my personal eye screens so I've decided pacifism is dead, and I'm fighting back. My research has proven that weapons make wonderful fighting tools, especially weapons that do not require being able to smell your adversary. I give you....

the Raygun!

Step 1: Ingredients

Due to my material gathering process on this one, your go at this may be different than mine, but I wanted to share it anyways in hopes for a more well-armed populous.

Materials:
Lots of odds and ends picked up from thrift stores. Basically anything I liked the looks of in the knick-knack section, candlesticks, wall decorations, vase parts, old lamps, you get the idea.
Scrap leather - pretty sure this was some other Salvation Army find
Waxed Sinew thread
Silicone caulk
Two-part metal epoxy
Green tea
Gorilla Glue

Tools:
Dremel with Dremel Workstation
Caulking gun
Curved sewing needle
Duct tape

Comments

[Everett_McKinley]

Who'd have thought weapon would make good fighting tools?
Nice work though and thanks for the tip about candle sticks I'll keep that in mind.

[leroyxiii94]

is it a gun or a bong

[JarredsInstructions]

I really like this, I do, but I think it somewhat resembles a hairdryer, it needs to be updated.

[thepelton]

When I was young, I made a raygun out of Mother's turkey baster and a T joint from a watering system. I put the oversize eyedropper part in the straight part of the T joint, and used the downward part of the T joint as a handle.

[EnigmaMax]

what's a glass pirate?

[aintMichael]

they're pirates...that steal glass...and fly

[EnigmaMax]

pirates that fly? maybe their ships can fly... maybe their ships are made of glass! then wouldn't it be easier to throw rocks at them?

[Mr. Hyde]

What's the fun in that?

[EnigmaMax]

well, you can throw rocks at their ships, watch them crash, then shoot them with a raygun. concidering if they're not dead from the crash. either way its alot of fun. and its too easy to just shoot them outta the sky anyway.

[pyrojed]

yaaaay dead pirates

[Weapon Maniac]

OR you could just hire some ninjas to kill the pirates... That'd be easier than anything else in the world you know... As long as you can find some ninjas and give them a ray gun

[josh1324]

Ninjas will do nothing! Everyone knows that Chuck Norris is a glass pirate too! And the guy from road hose!

[EnigmaMax]

Maybe, but I don't think ninjas will wield guns. It might be against their code.

[quincentopolis]

 The only problem I have with this is that steampunk implies that it runs off steam, and only steam.  There isn't anything that gives the illusion of this running off steam (vents, tubes, water, heat source)  Other than that I find it aesthetically pleasing and this is a great instructable, but it doesn't truly represent steampunk.

[foxtrot4697]

you want battle damage? throw it on the ground a few times... hard

[Ivriniel]

 Broken, broken, broken, hairdryer [/Doctor Who reference]

Sorry couldn't resist.  Love the ray gun. :)

[SlashmasterAeoniX]

Green tea is somewhat a rare and valuable commodity in my sector, since our trade with Asia is strained as of late. Would implementing something as simple as water infused with *colored (chemical) dyes (and of course, pH correcting chemicals) work just as effectively? Glass pirates have been pretty wiley in my area as well...(i.e.--*food coloring)

[OneManUniversity]

Interesting... nice, but you might want to add bits of random junk like screws and springs and such... LOL great instructable!

[galenorama]

Some adjustment nobs, too?

[shadowfluid]

"stabalazing"? *smirk* give those glass pirates hell mi'lad! i join CapnTac in applauding your wrist printing. good show dear boy!

[aintMichael]

thanks

[bebopsamurai]

I know that JB Weld does all of that and is sandable... may not be what you were thinking of, but it works extremely well.

[rredmon]

if you soak your leather it's a lot easier to handle...and it will shrink a bit when it hardens, securing the hold on the handle...a little epoxy never hurts too. :D good structible btw.

[DJ_JS9]

is that body made from a bong??

[PGAlexander]

You have a great sense of humour: 'Trigger: where you inspire the ray to begin its travel'. Classic.

[aintMichael]

Thanks!

[CapnTac]

Lol, nice "love" tatoo. Nice instructable, though.

[aintMichael]

love is god.

[chibipowered]

I'll make sure to stop by good will and get some candle sticks and oil lamps for this ;)

[bad apple]

very soon, possibly today, I will be making a small (very small) raygun. I will post a picture as soon as I can

[joe57005]

this would be crazy-awesome if it had blinky lights. or, a cylindrical lightning thingy. (like those lightning disc lamps sold at sprawl-mart, but cylindrical.)

[aintMichael]

I'm actually working on one with a kind of jacob's ladder in it. It's been giving me trouble and if I ever work it out I'll put it up.

[joe57005]

i think i'm going to build one. if i do, (pending parental consent) i'll use my "party bar" as the barrel. the company that makes it has all sorts of stuff that just begs to be put in something like this.

[Centrefuge]

Also, on that site did anyone else see their FridgiGears? You could paint those metallic and totally have awesome steampunk icebox magnets! Oh yeah...

[its a lion]

that would looks pretty cool. it would fit perfectly for a ray gun. i looked at their products, and your right, they do have a lot that would work well for one.

[Godofroads]

So Very Awesome. It really hase inspired me to try and make my own! Thanks AintMichael for the great instructable, and thank you for the inspiration!

[aintMichael]

Hey thanks a lot. would love to see what you come up with. Have fun!

[paul walrus]

I really wish I had a girlfriend who could appreciate a self-created steampunk lasergun replica. Wait, maybe not.

[aintMichael]

no... it really is cool. plus i have plenty of other interests that she calls me a dork for :)

[tkastan]

Nice work!

I'm a little afraid to use glass in my rayguns, since they tend to get handled and dropped a lot.

I'm inspired by your work though, so I will need to give the material another try.

Tom Kastan