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Most of the time on the airsoft field, you will encounter situations in which u may find urself saying, "I wish i had a claymore". Well for about $25 u can make urself an improvised claymore that works just as well as the $100 ones. Here's a detailed description of how:
PLEASE READ THROUGH INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE STARTING! IT MAKES IT EASIER ON US ALL! ALSO, I AM NOT LIABLE FOR UR STUPIDITY! WHATEVER U SCREW UP ON IS UR OWN FAULT!
MATERIALS-(all of which can be found at your home and Home Depot
1 Metal Electrical Fuse Box (be careful, they come in many sizes and shapes. the right one should be obvious and have a latch for a padlock on it)
2 High Powered rat traps. Mouse traps dont cut it.
1 Old ripped pair of jeans
2 House steaks(the ones they use to hold ur house down to its foundation)
Needle and thread (u may need ur mother for this)
Nuts and bolts, to hold in the rat traps, use ur own judgment on this.
DIRECTIONS-
1.) Buy the stuff that u dont already have.
2.) Pull everything out of the fusebox.( it will be positioned so that the door hinge is on the bottom and it opens like a tail gate)
3.) Use a screw driver and lift the springs up and off of the rat trap killing mechanism. You dont want to hurt urself like i did. Then pull off the trigger mechanism, keep the metal from that.
4.) Cut the wooden part of the rat trap as much as possible. Be smart about it, u should be left with a little more than half. Remember, they both have to fit inside the fusebox long ways. Keep the scraps.
5.) Drill a hole in the wooden part thats left so that when u place the rat trap in the fuse box it lines up over a hole. DONT PUT THEM IN YET!!!!
6.) Now u may need ur mother or a girlfriend. Sew a strip of denim fabric* onto the killing bars of the rat traps so that when the tension is applied by the springs, the fabric will be pulled tightly. Make sure that whoever does this for u stitches it enough or else it will break the first time u do it. Those rat traps r powerful. U want the killing bars to be a little past vertical when the contraption deploys.
*The denim needs to to be cut rectangularly so that when its pulled tightly by the ends, there is a loose flap that is big enough to cover up the rest of it. It also helps if u make it longer than it needs to be so u can fold it over each killing arm once and then sew it. Also, it needs to be positioned so that the flap is on the same side of the fuse box as the doors hinge.
7.) Now it is important that u had followed my instructions perfectly and not skipped ahead because NOW u put the rat traps into the fuse box and bolt them down. The way they go in better be obvious or else u probably shouldnt have started the project.
8.) Next u need to take a screw driver and reattach those o so powerful springs to the killing mechanism on the rat trap. It makes everything so much easier if u have followed my instructions as written.
9.) Now is when u need those scraps u should have saved. if u did this right, then u need to take one of the wood halves of a rat trap and attach it to the door of the fuse box so that it is right in the middle of the door. U'll see why later.
10.) Take that piece of copper that would normally go across the killing bar on the rat trap. You need to straighten the end of it that does not have a loop in it. This is going to become your release pin later.
11.) Now take the 2 house steaks and attach them to the back of ur claymore so that the pointy ends are towards the side of the fuse box that has the door hinge on it. This step is optional, they are just there so that u can steak it into the ground.
Completed Claymore
Inside View
Firing Pin in place
Me squeezing the Rat traps to give u a better view
FIRING
1.) Had u done this right, then u should be able to follow these instructions very easily.
2.) place a handful of bb's in the denim and cover them with the flap.
3.) Push the demin part down so that there is now tension, and now carefully fold one killing arm down. Then, CAREFULLY fold the other one down on top of the first. this part is very dangerous and should not be done by idiots, infants, or people without hands.
4.) Now close the door of the fuse box while holding onto the rat traps, when u feel it is safe, let go of the arms and hold onto the door so it doesnt open up on u(duh).
5.) if u purchased the right fuse box, then there is a place to put a padlock on it. Slip that firing pin we talked about earlier into that place and let go of the door. it shouldnt fire until the pin is removed. however u want to pull the pin is ur decision, but i threaded a string through the loop on the pin and then through a loop on the side of the fusebox. This makes it easy to pull from behind, but u can do whatever u can think of, just dont be stupid.
6.) Now steak it into the ground. dont do this before hand because it gets difficult to load like that.
also, try to keep it in an upright position when moving it or else u will lose ur bb's. it also helps if u angle it upwards alot so that u can get a good, wide spread and distance.
7.) kill the enemy
8.) Repeat step 7 as necessary
9.) Repeat step 8 as necessary
10.) Repeat step 9 as necessary
PLEASE READ THROUGH INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE STARTING! IT MAKES IT EASIER ON US ALL! ALSO, I AM NOT LIABLE FOR UR STUPIDITY! WHATEVER U SCREW UP ON IS UR OWN FAULT!
MATERIALS-(all of which can be found at your home and Home Depot
1 Metal Electrical Fuse Box (be careful, they come in many sizes and shapes. the right one should be obvious and have a latch for a padlock on it)
2 High Powered rat traps. Mouse traps dont cut it.
1 Old ripped pair of jeans
2 House steaks(the ones they use to hold ur house down to its foundation)
Needle and thread (u may need ur mother for this)
Nuts and bolts, to hold in the rat traps, use ur own judgment on this.
DIRECTIONS-
1.) Buy the stuff that u dont already have.
2.) Pull everything out of the fusebox.( it will be positioned so that the door hinge is on the bottom and it opens like a tail gate)
3.) Use a screw driver and lift the springs up and off of the rat trap killing mechanism. You dont want to hurt urself like i did. Then pull off the trigger mechanism, keep the metal from that.
4.) Cut the wooden part of the rat trap as much as possible. Be smart about it, u should be left with a little more than half. Remember, they both have to fit inside the fusebox long ways. Keep the scraps.
5.) Drill a hole in the wooden part thats left so that when u place the rat trap in the fuse box it lines up over a hole. DONT PUT THEM IN YET!!!!
6.) Now u may need ur mother or a girlfriend. Sew a strip of denim fabric* onto the killing bars of the rat traps so that when the tension is applied by the springs, the fabric will be pulled tightly. Make sure that whoever does this for u stitches it enough or else it will break the first time u do it. Those rat traps r powerful. U want the killing bars to be a little past vertical when the contraption deploys.
*The denim needs to to be cut rectangularly so that when its pulled tightly by the ends, there is a loose flap that is big enough to cover up the rest of it. It also helps if u make it longer than it needs to be so u can fold it over each killing arm once and then sew it. Also, it needs to be positioned so that the flap is on the same side of the fuse box as the doors hinge.
7.) Now it is important that u had followed my instructions perfectly and not skipped ahead because NOW u put the rat traps into the fuse box and bolt them down. The way they go in better be obvious or else u probably shouldnt have started the project.
8.) Next u need to take a screw driver and reattach those o so powerful springs to the killing mechanism on the rat trap. It makes everything so much easier if u have followed my instructions as written.
9.) Now is when u need those scraps u should have saved. if u did this right, then u need to take one of the wood halves of a rat trap and attach it to the door of the fuse box so that it is right in the middle of the door. U'll see why later.
10.) Take that piece of copper that would normally go across the killing bar on the rat trap. You need to straighten the end of it that does not have a loop in it. This is going to become your release pin later.
11.) Now take the 2 house steaks and attach them to the back of ur claymore so that the pointy ends are towards the side of the fuse box that has the door hinge on it. This step is optional, they are just there so that u can steak it into the ground.
Completed Claymore
Inside View
Firing Pin in place
Me squeezing the Rat traps to give u a better view
FIRING
1.) Had u done this right, then u should be able to follow these instructions very easily.
2.) place a handful of bb's in the denim and cover them with the flap.
3.) Push the demin part down so that there is now tension, and now carefully fold one killing arm down. Then, CAREFULLY fold the other one down on top of the first. this part is very dangerous and should not be done by idiots, infants, or people without hands.
4.) Now close the door of the fuse box while holding onto the rat traps, when u feel it is safe, let go of the arms and hold onto the door so it doesnt open up on u(duh).
5.) if u purchased the right fuse box, then there is a place to put a padlock on it. Slip that firing pin we talked about earlier into that place and let go of the door. it shouldnt fire until the pin is removed. however u want to pull the pin is ur decision, but i threaded a string through the loop on the pin and then through a loop on the side of the fusebox. This makes it easy to pull from behind, but u can do whatever u can think of, just dont be stupid.
6.) Now steak it into the ground. dont do this before hand because it gets difficult to load like that.
also, try to keep it in an upright position when moving it or else u will lose ur bb's. it also helps if u angle it upwards alot so that u can get a good, wide spread and distance.
7.) kill the enemy
8.) Repeat step 7 as necessary
9.) Repeat step 8 as necessary
10.) Repeat step 9 as necessary
Last edited by jjmittelman on 20.09.09 18:23; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : added pics to clear up confusion)
) as well as offers a massive shrapnel blast outwards for an effective 45 meters kills zone and a full 100 meters of potential harm. Not only this, but you can daisywire claymores and intersect their blasts, its rare enough to just have one claymore initiate an ambush. HOWEVER, this is still pretty cool, and looks like it would be fun to play around with and build.
