Hello! Welcome to this week’s edition of “Things You Really Probably Shouldn’t Do At Home! Seriously.”
Armed with a pinch of ingenuity and a heaping fistful of insanity, garage inventor Colin Furze has recreated Wolverine’s signature claws. They extend! They retract! They… look incredibly dangerous!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdcGek-NoFQ&w=640&h=390]
Others have taken a stab at this sort of project before, but all of those I’ve seen only do one half of the equation: the claw extension. Once the claws came out, they had to be manually set back in place. Weaaaak.
With the help of a super clever compressed air system, Furze’s claws are able to extend and retract on command. Sure, he needs to wear a big ol’ backpack to make it all work — but besides swappin’ out your skeleton for one with a bit more adamantium, this is probably about as close as you can get to the real deal.
As much as I’d love to play with a pair of these, I’m pretty sure I’d end up stabbing myself just putting on the backpack.
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If the guy in the video looks familiar, don’t be too surprised. This isn’t Furze’s first venture into the land of insane DIY. Back in 2007, he made a massive (and terrifyingly shoddy looking) “Wall Of Death” so he could ride around almost horizontally on his lil’ Honda Skyride.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T5UOtMcjIo?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360]
In 2012, he modified a mobility scooter, originally meant to go about 4 MPH, to blast around at just past 70.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5rkw4SeP4?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360]
Furze is promising more X-Men themed projects in the coming days (presumably thanks to the upcoming opening of the new X-Men flick, Days Of Future Past), so we’ll keep an eye out for more absurdity.
