A Homemade Semi-Automatic Nail Launcher Made From Scrap Parts That Shoots Nine-Inch Nails

by Brian Heater at 11:58 AM on January 27, 2015

Odyssey of Oddities host Ivan Owen created an intimidating semi-automatic nail launcher from spare parts, including a bicycle, a lawnmower, a ventilation fan and scrap metal in preparation for the apocalypse. Owen demonstrates how the gun launches nine-inch nails and explains his conscious decision to avoid the obvious industrial music punnery.

I thought about calling it the “Trent Reznor Special,” but worried that the puns might spiral out of control.

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