Warning to all Duct Tape Engineers

[happyherb]

hahaha i did laugh hard of the duct tape cat pic(and saved it..got heaps of funny cat pics of this site )...but that mean and glad theres a pic so no one has to do it again(i hope) cause the pics out there already...poor cat.HH. =]-~

 

[HeavyDiscipline]

Mad crazy duct tape skills

Mad crazy duct tape skills

 

[HeavyDiscipline]

hahaha i did laugh hard of the duct tape cat pic(and saved it..got heaps of funny cat pics of this site )...but that mean and glad theres a pic so no one has to do it again(i hope) cause the pics out there already...poor cat.HH. =]-~

I really ain't a cat person. Or dogs for that matter. But at least dogs don't climb over my 8' garden wall and shit in my veg patch. I have a water pistol. They just stand their ground; and poop some more. Bastard cats.

That said, duct tape should not be used in this manner.

 

[unclefishstick]

unless its going to be really funny,i mean someone should shoot something out their nose,that kind of funny,but otherwise its wrong,except in parts of europe,but still wrong

 

[ahhhavalanche!]

first of all... this is a hilarious thread... second, what is the monster fuck up in that ventilation? it seems to me to be a functional DIY (if not a little large) silencer... it might make the tent of doom sound a little doomier... but i bet now it sounds a butterfly flapping its rotors instead of an apache

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

 

[HeavyDiscipline]

first of all... this is a hilarious thread... second, what is the monster fuck up in that ventilation? it seems to me to be a functional DIY (if not a little large) silencer... it might make the tent of doom sound a little doomier... but i bet now it sounds a butterfly flapping its rotors instead of an apache

If only you knew the pains that followed! Whilst this attempt halved the noise, it was still nowhere near good enough.

I rebuilt the whole thing a few days later, only with a silencer on each end of the fan. I also suspended it in the air from four big L brackets attached to the wall. This worked even better. Especially as it removed a few of the bends in the air flow.

The next day, whilst working underneath my newly rebuilt ode to duct tape, I heard this ripping sound, BOOM! Big ass silencer straight on my head. Saw stars and everything. Not to mention the fact I shit my knickers! Turns out all that uneven weight I'd taped together, wrapped in insulation and hung of bungee cords played havoc with its centre of gravity. One of the silencer ends buckled and down she came.


I won't bore you with what came next, but I managed to solve the noise problem (ok, just a lil' teaser of what I built: dual chamber acoustic fan / filter box WITH variable transformer!). Never did manage to conceal the fact I had a fucking great big black Tardis (external link) in the corner of our guest bedroom.

 

[medi-useA]

I really ain't a cat person. Or dogs for that matter. But at least dogs don't climb over my 8' garden wall and shit in my veg patch. I have a water pistol. They just stand their ground; and poop some more. Bastard cats.

That said, duct tape should not be used in this manner.

dogs pi$$ mixed into the water-gun or your OWN will keep them away....

muA

 

[HeavyDiscipline]

If anyone was wondering why so much effort...

If anyone was wondering why so much effort...

Lots of these:

and just a few of these:

 

[basscadet]

would have used a lot less duct tape around the mouth of the Nagging wife and still would have cut down a lot of the noise .HH. =]-~

agreed lol

 

[unclefishstick]

have you tried just keeping the old lady stoned?

looks like you can diy that very well

 

[dubwise]

It has come to my attention, via rigorous experimentation, that the following formula is true:

Weed + Duct Tape + Nagging wife = Monstrous fuck up!


Just a few months ago, I again had an opportunity to put the formula to the test. Here's what happened:

3 gram's Satori
+
2 rolls of duct tape
+
Mrs complaining for 5 months straight that the big ominous 7ft tent of doom sounds like an Apache helicopter and will get us arrested

= Monstrous fuck up!

I would also like to take this opportunity to nominate the above picture for 'most ridiculous looking DIY hack of the month'. If such a thing doesn't exist, it should do. I'm not alone when it comes to creating duck tape abortions!

And remember kids, all the duct tape in the world can't make up for shitty ideas and a lack of basic construction skills.

Feel free to post your 'greatest' duct tape moments for us fellow engineers to enjoy.

I & I

Heavy Discipline

Dude, it's hardly noticeable.

 

[HeavyDiscipline]

Forgot to show ya...

Forgot to show ya...

Just in case anyone was interested in what the ventilation looked like before the Mrs' nagging sent me into a duct tape rage

Its pretty hard to make a big ass black grow tent look any less appropriate for a residential setting. I'm not sure what she expected when she asked me to improve it...

Strange creatures women, cos some of the comments in this thread seem to approve of my 12' long bright orange mod! I thought it blended perfectly well into the background. You could hardly notice it after I added the bands of duct tape!

 

[theratings]

So how much sound were you making with the orange ventilation snake and after?

 

[LiLWaynE]

hey HD,

that first turn off of the can fan looks ROUGH! im wondering if that is what is causing pressure buildup which in turn is causing you the apache helicopter sound??

 

[grapeman]

get rid of the wife and keep the duct tape. Cheaper in the long run

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

get rid of the wife and keep the duct tape. Cheaper in the long run

two words, duct tape vagina

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

bad star wars duct tape joke.

How is duct tape like the force?
It has a dark side, a light side, and it binds the universe together.

 

[Ganoderma]

Duck tape can be used for anything. In the last show of Myth Busters (that I saw) they built a cannon and a sail boat out of duck tap (granted I just caught the last 20 min of the show) and well guess what both worked. The cannon was fired twice and the boat floated and they sailed it.

 

[FutureGrower]

OP.

Laughed my ASS off. I have done similar things. Don't buy "gorilla" brand duct tape it only gives you more Ideas......

I like how the muffler appears to be blocking a door as well. Maybe a good reason for the orange color, a safety warning?

Oh and the mybusters thing, they put the duct tape sticky side to sicky side, and made basically a vinyl sheet, several layers thick.

Worked great!! Sailed it for like an hour with no leaks.

And that lady taped to the wall is losing her security deposit for sure.