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Dave’s AMAZING Under $300.00 Home Made Laminar Water Jet
Dave's AMAZING Home Made Laminar Water Jet he made for under $300.00, made with hundreds of drinking straws! Thanks Simon!
125-piece puzzle in 6 different metals with hidden "Golden Gun"



Michigan machinist GarE Maxton makes many different interlocking solid puzzles of this type, but this one, which he calls The Intimidator, is his masterpiece. Starting the disassembly process requires a special key. Once diassembled, about 20 of the pieces can be recombined to make a functioning single-shot pistol. Other parts of the puzzle separately and securely store "a customized set of tools, all necessary hardware, 45 caliber bullets, a standard sight, a laser sight, a cannister containing black powder pellets, a secure storage area for 209 shotgun primers, a spent primer removal tool and a ramrod for loading the bullets."
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Plastic bottle island
Guy makes an island... out of plastic bottles, it's taken 2.5 years and he's happy with the progress.
Magnetic putty
If ferrofluid and silly putty had a kid, it would be this, super paramagnetic silicone putty. Watch above as it swallows a magnet. Hit the jump for another video. [via Geekologie]
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Morpho Towers - Two Standing Spirals (Ferrofluid sculptures)