The Ultimate Sleeping Pod
While most YouTubers do a simple unboxing video of mattresses in exchange for a Casper sponsorship, the Hacksmith team had a better idea. They decided to go all out and take as much sleep-assist...
View ArticleWe Made the Umbrella Gun from Kingsman!
When 20th Century Fox asked us if we could recreate the umbrella from Kingsman, we said of course! Broken down, it’s actually quite a simple build. 16g CO2 cartridges are used to shoot the projectile,...
View ArticleRed Hot Rebar Firing Crossbow
I’ve wanted to do this project ever since I first saw it in Half Life 2, and subsequently, Garry’s mod. It’s the Resistance Crossbow. It’s likely one of our most accurate Make it Real projects yet,...
View ArticleCatching Real Lightning with Thor’s Hammer!
“I have got to be the first person to have ever called real lightning to Thor’s Hammer!” In our latest attempt to Make it Real we traveled down to Dallas, Texas to visit Applied Tesla Technology — the...
View ArticleBuilding a Real Lightsaber (2500° of Destruction)
“You can feel the heat radiating from across the room; It is scary how hot this thing is!” Earlier this year, we embarked on an ambitious project: making a functional lightsaber; capable of epic...
View ArticleCaptain America’s Wakandan Shield is INDESTRUCTIBLE
Just under two years ago the Hacksmith released what would become the most watched video on the channel, Captain America’s electromagnetic shield. Now sitting at over ten million views and the...
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