REBAR CROSSBOW FROM HALF LIFE!

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  • @theHacksmith
    @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +3539

    *TOP QUESTIONS:*
    *-Why not use an induction coil?*
    Induction coils are not as efficient as resistance heating. You would need a power supply (+ the battery) the size of a microwave to produce 15kW of heat. Where as with resistive heating, you only need a battery pack to produce 15kW to get that much heat.
    *-Why isn't the tip red hot?*
    If the tip was red hot, it wouldn't penetrate at all. It would deform on impact. We can do it (just use a shorter bolt).
    *-What's the music at the beginning?*
    It's the Valve intro music in many games.
    *-Why didn't you use real rebar?*
    It's not very conductive because it is rusty and bumpy. Hard to make a good connection. That's why we used smooth steel rods. This is shown in the video.
    *-You should test this against the shield!*
    The shield would win ;-)

    • @brokenmirror8629
      @brokenmirror8629 Před 6 lety +15

      the Hacksmith Why not have the crowbar type Gordon uses?

    • @malgottos1423
      @malgottos1423 Před 6 lety +23

      Now do the dragon’s fury from the latest update in TF2

    • @gings4ever
      @gings4ever Před 6 lety +8

      for curiosity, it would really be awesome seeing that thing deform with the superheated projectile that includes the tip. hell when the steel deformed when the bolt impacted was oddly beautiful

    • @malgottos1423
      @malgottos1423 Před 6 lety +6

      Then make the hot hand and use it on passers by

    • @TheWinjin
      @TheWinjin Před 6 lety +5

      You know, as it is said at 20:11, even Hacksmith starts to appreciate the sheer force of bullets, now that he sees how hard it is to penetrate this skull with crowbar, or a rebar from a recurve crossbow, which actually fails to do so at 18:50, and the same happens to an actual crossbow, while the recurve crossbow is stronger than a usual one. There's a lot of videos on YT that show what a usual rifle ammo can do to medieval armor (not to speak of a usual human skull)
      So, what's OP is the Barrett 50, and even the usual rifles like Mosint-Nagant are OP, this here is video game stuff.

  • @chevy2061
    @chevy2061 Před 6 lety +8191

    NEXT PROJECT: GRAVITY GUN

  • @jessegd6306
    @jessegd6306 Před 5 lety +1928

    I suspect loading the bolts and drawing the bow would be easier if you had an HEV suit. Not only to protect your hands from the metal and the string, but also to help with the pull strength.

    • @kittyhawk2352
      @kittyhawk2352 Před 4 lety +348

      If I remember correctly, stuff like the gravity gun is actually considerably heavy to people to hold, Alyx struggles to hold it in Black Mesa East but Gordon is able to carry it like its nothing, so potentially yeah the HEV suit has some strength enhancing abilities

    • @vicentec4779
      @vicentec4779 Před 4 lety +165

      @@kittyhawk2352 Maybe thats why guns have so low recoil in Half Life 2

    • @josebatista5188
      @josebatista5188 Před 4 lety +48

      Duh? Why didn't you use an HEV suit?

    • @kittyhawk2352
      @kittyhawk2352 Před 4 lety +47

      buffalo wt Gordon didn’t skip arm day lmao

    • @mrfootfxtish9430
      @mrfootfxtish9430 Před 4 lety +10

      @@vicentec4779 Well look at the pistol in HL2, it blows back so frickin far, also the same with SMG

  • @elwiito8242
    @elwiito8242 Před rokem +124

    The concept of such an old medieval weapon like a crossboww being turned into a scrappy home-made sniper rifle that shoots rebars heated up by a battery is just something that I find super cool.

    • @Dukeybookey
      @Dukeybookey Před 3 měsíci +2

      Its my fav weapon of the franchise, it blows the first one outta the water

  • @brendan5260
    @brendan5260 Před 2 lety +168

    So the crossbow implies at some point, alyx and maybe some of the vorts all gathered round a workbench at some coast base, came up with this concept, built several working models (enough to supply most resistance supply posts with rebar ammunition for it) and during none of this did eli or kleiner or anyone else say “this is stupid and dangerous”.

    • @BlackHat-qf2bc
      @BlackHat-qf2bc Před rokem +53

      Do you forget that they were fighting an enemy, who equiped their occupation forces on earth with a rifle that can atomise you just by pressing alt fire. I don’t think they had to much room to complain

    • @kewuo
      @kewuo Před 5 měsíci +10

      ever since the resonance cascade, "stupid and dangerous" became a non-issue

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@BlackHat-qf2bc Yeah but as we have seen in the video it clearly wouldn't pin those Combine soldiers to the wall like it does in the game.

  • @roepetoepa
    @roepetoepa Před 5 lety +527

    This has to be one of the most dangerous but absolutely worth it creations ever

    • @renascitur7051
      @renascitur7051 Před 4 lety +2

      This has to be one of the most dangerous but absolutely worth (it) creations ever :)

    • @cassetteman4829
      @cassetteman4829 Před 11 měsíci

      @@renascitur7051 this has to be one of the most dangerous but "absolutley worth it" creations ever :3

  • @theHacksmith
    @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +687

    What did you guys think!? It's our LONGEST Make it Real yet, but I think it kinda felt like a proper TV show episode! Also if I do say so myself, I think this weapon is a Colin Furze caliber creation! We also didn't do any design on the computer!
    PS: For those wondering, we did not win the Art Prize =(

    • @edwardnelson77
      @edwardnelson77 Před 6 lety +15

      the Hacksmith, surely you would be able to receive a contract from CZcams to produce a "CZcams Red" series or a Netflix funded series. As this easily meets the length requirements and is filled with engaging content.

    • @lakshyapandey4068
      @lakshyapandey4068 Před 6 lety

      Yeah right😃😃

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +8

      +Edward Nelson unfortunately it's still a lot more complex than that, and a huge commitment!

    • @pkbenzene
      @pkbenzene Před 6 lety +3

      Reality TV show. Film everything, all the time. Oh wait that's CZcams already

    • @serbanandrei7532
      @serbanandrei7532 Před 6 lety +1

      the Hacksmith best video ever expect the part with the brain making, it was gross

  • @toast4681
    @toast4681 Před 2 lety +95

    12:38 love how that resembles when you run out of ammo and it just sparks like in the game

  • @pinoychills8795
    @pinoychills8795 Před 3 lety +475

    NEXT PROJECT: TAU CANNON FROM HALF-LIFE 1

    • @hafidisnugroho140
      @hafidisnugroho140 Před 3 lety +3

      Tau lah

    • @epikreaper19
      @epikreaper19 Před 3 lety +3

      What’s a tau cannon?!?? You mean gluon gun?

    • @ianwagner3603
      @ianwagner3603 Před 3 lety +38

      @@epikreaper19 there are two laser weapons in hl1 the shoots rapid fire laser beams and it alt fire is a charged shot. This is the tau cannon. The gluon gun is the ghost buster pack. They share ammo.

    • @princeedmundblackadder4034
      @princeedmundblackadder4034 Před 3 lety +8

      Why not also make the gluon gun too?

    • @dinulteguhmahesa9902
      @dinulteguhmahesa9902 Před 3 lety +18

      Don't let it overcharge

  • @Slingshotchannel
    @Slingshotchannel Před 6 lety +3295

    Like many weapons from games, the whole concept is seriously flawed - but you actually managed to get it working as intended. That is a major accomplishment and I salute you! Good job. Of course the crossbow could be improved by a built-in winch - then you could also increase the draw weight further. Rebar isn't a very good arrow material anyway as it isn't front heavy, so the "arrows" won't fly straight over a longer distance. They will start to tumble pretty soon. Plus, as you clearly demonstrated, it is a stupid idea to heat up your arrows as they will get butter soft. Much easier to make burning arrows with a bit of steel wool and sulfur, or make them ignite on impact.

    • @ricepresident2990
      @ricepresident2990 Před 6 lety +86

      JoergSprave spittin truth

    • @mirafranke7275
      @mirafranke7275 Před 6 lety +17

      CHOP very true

    • @floriang7435
      @floriang7435 Před 6 lety +29

      CHOP the legend of making 1100Joule weapons out of nowhere, that is llegaly a toy in Deutschland

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +327

      +JoergSprave thanks Joerg! I too was surprised how close to the game we got it! The one in the game is winch driven so maybe a future upgrade?? I just picked up a crossbow string assist for it in the meantime. It's a lot easier to load now. Only after bruising my chest during the filming of this video!
      We should do a collab sometime :)

    • @timothyegoroff8333
      @timothyegoroff8333 Před 6 lety +12

      JoergSprave add molybdenum and extra carbon to the rebar and it shouldnt distort when it is fired at head

  • @williamosman
    @williamosman Před 6 lety +1774

    13:32 Stop stealing my job James. Nobody eats burnt food better than me.

  • @MegaChickenfish
    @MegaChickenfish Před rokem +38

    I love the process of "so we bought this completely functional regular crossbow, which we _could_ have modified, but instead what if we used this piece of somewhat flexible metal instead?" I love the commitment to working with what you have to build a makeshift weapon.

  • @MKDani911
    @MKDani911 Před rokem +7

    16:30reminds me of the introduction of father grigori

  • @felixxu9900
    @felixxu9900 Před 4 lety +1039

    I appreciate the fact that when the resistance created this crossbow they decided that simply firing a piece of rebar at the combine with enough force to pin corpses to walls just wasn't enough, nope. They needed to heat the thing red hot first and then launch said rebar at the combine with enough force to pin the body into the wall.

    • @pherlong7
      @pherlong7 Před 3 lety +121

      *professionals have standards*

    • @kowhaifan1249
      @kowhaifan1249 Před 2 lety +26

      Well I mean they did turn many rebel members into striders which....... just look at the striders man

    • @dudeguyakakidcat.1477
      @dudeguyakakidcat.1477 Před 2 lety +114

      @@kowhaifan1249 Striders?? You mean Stalkers?

    • @redpractition
      @redpractition Před 2 lety +48

      a lot of understandable anger behind the crossbow design on the resistance's part

    • @sparkyphantom92
      @sparkyphantom92 Před 2 lety +17

      It probably wasn't "standard issue" as you find it in a blown up house during Highway 17

  • @chickendrawsdogs3343
    @chickendrawsdogs3343 Před 4 lety +718

    When the Combine said "Cauterize", they probably didn't expect the Resistance to take it literally.

    • @derain95
      @derain95 Před 4 lety +49

      _Attention, ground units - anti-citizen reported in this community. Code: lock, cauterize, stabilize._

    • @DrWho2008t101
      @DrWho2008t101 Před 3 lety +3

      Great Video!

    • @oskar3897
      @oskar3897 Před 2 lety +7

      Angle, Cauterize, Flash

    • @klintonkinder4267
      @klintonkinder4267 Před rokem +1

      @oskar3897 "Um overwatch he appears to be using some kind of crossbo- /\/\________ UNIT DOWN FAMILY COHESION CANCELLED"

    • @vibaj16
      @vibaj16 Před rokem +1

      and the Resistance took their name literally

  • @JuanGamer0202
    @JuanGamer0202 Před 11 měsíci +10

    At the start I though "he's probably gonna make just a decorative model", oh boy I was completly wrong and now I'm happy for the best 20 minutes of custom built projects that I have ever watched.

  • @drawingspinosaurus9868
    @drawingspinosaurus9868 Před 4 lety +10

    “Once it’s too hot. It becomes soft.”
    Check out the episode when Sandor Clegane fights Beric Dondarrion

  • @cereal65
    @cereal65 Před 6 lety +571

    Behold, as the Hacksmith fashions a crossbow out of only some scrap metal, string, and a crossbow.

    • @ivanspoljaric9267
      @ivanspoljaric9267 Před 5 lety +2

      what's that from? I know I've heard it somewhere

    • @ivanspoljaric9267
      @ivanspoljaric9267 Před 5 lety +2

      also that almost made me spit out my water

    • @Zmac-tq1pb
      @Zmac-tq1pb Před 5 lety +3

      Forgot the leaf spring suspension

    • @nidansandan1992
      @nidansandan1992 Před 5 lety +30

      From that old disney show "dave the barbarian" lol. IIRC, he made a megaphone with a squirrel, a piece of string, and a megaphone.

    • @ivanspoljaric9267
      @ivanspoljaric9267 Před 5 lety +2

      Ben omg yes, thank you

  • @unfa00
    @unfa00 Před rokem +2

    I always thought that the rebar being red hot would mean it's very soft and would bend while shooting and either become a boomerang or blow up in shooter's face or turn into a donut under the crossbow's push and take off in a random direction.
    I am surprised you were able to get a steel rod that is both red hot and rigid enough to be shot from the crossbow and penetrate it's target. Also, just the fact you were able to make a sufficient portable power source is incredible enough. It's crazy how you made this clearly insane idea from HL2 into a working (albeit not practical) weapon. Kudos!

  • @qinjikofoxx5580
    @qinjikofoxx5580 Před 2 lety +5

    7:01 needs to be a meme.

  • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
    @Horny_Fruit_Flies Před 6 lety +374

    We've been waiting 13 years until some glorious bastard brought this idea into reality.
    Thank you, my good sir.
    You are my hero.

  • @avidion6274
    @avidion6274 Před 5 lety +677

    The guy who's talking in the video honestly looks like Gordon, the resemblance is uncanny

    • @BossKnight
      @BossKnight Před 4 lety +17

      Avidion lets be honest if the combine ever invaded he would be the Gordon Freeman there

    • @Monarch_Prime
      @Monarch_Prime Před 4 lety +3

      @@BossKnight what if he is gordon freeman for real

    • @JZepfield
      @JZepfield Před 4 lety +4

      If Gordan had a CZcams channel and let me make this clear... WOULD TALK!

    • @MelTheHal
      @MelTheHal Před 4 lety +2

      Gordan freeman in the flesh or in the protective gear

    • @KneecapTaker
      @KneecapTaker Před 4 lety +1

      @@MelTheHal I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons, most of them were government property

  • @Franwow
    @Franwow Před 10 měsíci +2

    Gotta love burning styrofoam and breathing in those _sweet, succulent,_ toxic gases.

  • @lazy.r6s
    @lazy.r6s Před 3 lety +11

    me: **hears intro**
    also me: **has flashbacks of killing citizens in city 17 for fun**

  • @TheNocturnalAlchemist
    @TheNocturnalAlchemist Před 6 lety +516

    Firing molten crossbow bolts, it's the newest glowing red hot phase

    • @Laughing_Dragon
      @Laughing_Dragon Před 6 lety +2

      hopefully theres no "thousand degree rebar" videos soon to come XD!

    • @iabgunner8701
      @iabgunner8701 Před 6 lety +4

      It's not new though half-life 2 came out 2004 so the idea came up in 2004

    • @samseidel9917
      @samseidel9917 Před 6 lety +1

      Thousand degree rebar vs original content

    • @jonathonhartley4606
      @jonathonhartley4606 Před 5 lety

      Thousand degree rebar vs. red hot knife

  • @surfyplayer8231
    @surfyplayer8231 Před 5 lety +470

    You forgot to make the corpses fly everywhere when you shot them

  • @benclohessy9712
    @benclohessy9712 Před 2 lety +3

    14:52 casually deflects blender lid

  • @QuantumLeapCosplay
    @QuantumLeapCosplay Před rokem +1

    Hardly anyone mentioned the Unreal Tournament soundtrack being used in this video… that filled my soul with joy hearing it.

  • @nitewolfgamingchannel8588
    @nitewolfgamingchannel8588 Před 6 lety +633

    Has a plasma cutter but not a color printer😂😞

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +50

      Didn't have a plasma cutter in this video =p

    • @nitewolfgamingchannel8588
      @nitewolfgamingchannel8588 Před 6 lety +24

      Forgot to look at date 😂 sry

    • @iamalsoaduckhead
      @iamalsoaduckhead Před 4 lety

      late reply but it does make sense; the man can afford a plasma cutter but he doesnt a color printer

    • @AAAAAAA-nh7jv
      @AAAAAAA-nh7jv Před 4 lety

      @@iamalsoaduckhead Its a decent joke, but having enough to buy a plasma cutter means you can buy a colour printer, but wjat wbout when that momey is gone?

  • @TheKazragore
    @TheKazragore Před 4 lety +272

    Has nobody else noticed that Mr Freeman is reloading those heated rebar with bare hands? Dude's a beast.

    • @Luc-jc4dl
      @Luc-jc4dl Před 4 lety +138

      It is because of the hev suit. If he didn't have the suit he would certainly burn his hands

    • @multigrandmarquis
      @multigrandmarquis Před rokem +99

      They're not heated before they're put into the crossbow. He's not just carrying around red hot bars of metal constantly

    • @PratDunderhead
      @PratDunderhead Před rokem +23

      Well that's because that footage came from gmod

    • @desired01
      @desired01 Před rokem +5

      @@PratDunderhead gmod is a port of HL2

    • @PratDunderhead
      @PratDunderhead Před rokem +20

      @@desired01 yea but they don't use the same character for the arms

  • @Error5038
    @Error5038 Před rokem +5

    18:28 *(Megalovania intensifies)

  • @FunkiestChickenlawl
    @FunkiestChickenlawl Před 6 lety +95

    Unreal tournament music? You are officially my favorite youtuber. Period.

  • @DanShearer
    @DanShearer Před 6 lety +44

    First song gave me a flashback to Half Life about 15 years ago. The second one was definitely from Unreal Tournament. Spent enough time waiting for the multiplayer game to load to recognize that one immediately. Oh the days of LAN parties :p

    • @Paronak
      @Paronak Před 6 lety +1

      Unreal Tournament 1999. also the third and forth song is from the game

    • @DanShearer
      @DanShearer Před 6 lety

      Rickn'Roll I think I played 2004 version more. It's been a while either way. Fun times with great friends for sure!

  • @god1589
    @god1589 Před 3 lety +7

    Everyone throws their gaming devices
    Me: why
    Them : why play virtual when we can play it in real life
    Hacksmith : bow to meee

  • @williscri
    @williscri Před 2 lety +2

    "Today, were gonna be making a fully functional HEV suit along with a charged gravity gun."

  • @ayjay6613
    @ayjay6613 Před 6 lety +498

    And yet,
    Freeman can carry that crossbow at 900 miles per hour

    • @ayjay6613
      @ayjay6613 Před 6 lety +71

      Adam J. Harper I know
      But I was reffering to him bunnyhopping

    • @floorpuncher3280
      @floorpuncher3280 Před 6 lety +5

      *Doing an ABH.
      Bunnyhopping sort of worked in the old version.

    • @clipy8408
      @clipy8408 Před 6 lety +9

      Adam J. Harper And yet Niko Bellic from Gta 4 can carry a whole RPG in his pocket.

    • @acid4546
      @acid4546 Před 6 lety +26

      *ACCELERATED BACK-HOP*

    • @keeganhosman900
      @keeganhosman900 Před 6 lety

      AcidHound_X w

  • @ReviewyCA
    @ReviewyCA Před 6 lety +264

    If the spit ever hits the fan, I think you may end up the King of whatever remains! ;)

  • @omniscientbarebones
    @omniscientbarebones Před 3 lety +7

    Remember! Gordon can only use the rebar firing bow because he is wearing the H.E.V. suit! A Heat and Damage resistant suit of armor!

    • @Pacman009
      @Pacman009 Před rokem

      Gordon touches red hot rebar
      Hev suit: this is fine!
      Same suit steps within a meter of fire: AHHH IT BURNNS

    • @omniscientbarebones
      @omniscientbarebones Před rokem

      @@Pacman009 That is a bit strange

  • @mattmartineau6018
    @mattmartineau6018 Před 3 lety +2

    15:00 you MONSTERS!!! I USED to like candy corn... till... 30 seconds ago!

  • @crimz365
    @crimz365 Před 4 lety +134

    7:56 it's a me, Mario!

  • @captainjurgh8142
    @captainjurgh8142 Před 6 lety +39

    The funny thing is he DOES looks like Gordon with glasses on.

  • @varggz
    @varggz Před 2 lety

    I love how you added how the little battery on the bottom heats the rebar up

  • @mrsquid_
    @mrsquid_ Před 5 měsíci +1

    fun fact: in half life 1 you can hit the body parts with the crowbar to reduce them to just blood puddles, so finishing him off with a crowbar was rather accurate

  • @MatanZada
    @MatanZada Před 5 lety +380

    I would like to borrow this gun for a research

    • @JediSentinal
      @JediSentinal Před 5 lety +9

      "research"... 🤔😂

    • @theantagonist801
      @theantagonist801 Před 4 lety +16

      "gun"

    • @renzovergara3436
      @renzovergara3436 Před 4 lety +8

      tryna put off Combines and Zen aliens?

    • @gub4941
      @gub4941 Před 4 lety +15

      RyuzoSan _19 he probably just wants to shoot it up his ass

    • @aimanalfayed3744
      @aimanalfayed3744 Před 4 lety +1

      Why the thing is heated up? Is from energy = heat for example earth godzilla emp harpoons make energy so godzilla well explode but the plan not work you see the earth goji is 300 meters emp harpoons put more energy felius goji cant make the energy to heat.

  • @lulurose04
    @lulurose04 Před 5 lety +188

    7:56 sounds like mario

  • @NoName-ef3jq
    @NoName-ef3jq Před rokem +1

    I knew it was possible but didn't think there were any portable batteries that could provide that much current without frying.
    I thought the only way would be to carry a car battery pack on your back or a solar arrangement battery.
    But I'm so glad to see a near-perfect hl2 crossbow.

  • @fede_233
    @fede_233 Před 3 lety +10

    goin through this old video really makes me wish you guys did more valve stuff-- a portal gun or a gravity gun replica would be so cool.

    • @leonmsonroblox6412
      @leonmsonroblox6412 Před 10 měsíci

      a portal gun and gravity gun model is what you meant by that right?

    • @samf299
      @samf299 Před 9 měsíci

      @@leonmsonroblox6412 he said replica. But a real life gravity gun or portal gun would be cool

    • @leonmsonroblox6412
      @leonmsonroblox6412 Před 9 měsíci

      @@samf299i agree

  • @jonathanacuna
    @jonathanacuna Před 6 lety +153

    That's wicked! As soon as you debunked hot steel rods can't go through concrete like in the game I'd thought I was watching mythbusters. Great work!

  • @Nine-Signs
    @Nine-Signs Před 5 lety +47

    Considering how heavy the bow was and how hard you were trying to prevent yourself wobbling, good shot with the apple.

  • @flagdefender587
    @flagdefender587 Před rokem

    THIS is the process I liked seeing rather than just seeing if its possible. I'd watch more videos like these where its almost certainly possible to make but aren't practical for any real use.

  • @yx2803
    @yx2803 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Am i the only one noticing old UT2001 for halflife content?

  • @ScottyDumas
    @ScottyDumas Před 6 lety +155

    In this video, we make a crossbow out of nothing but some metal, a few pulleys, and a crossbow.
    Love it

  • @otcombee9205
    @otcombee9205 Před 6 lety +24

    Who remembers when only the wolverine claws where on the yellow wall

  • @Freezorgium
    @Freezorgium Před 3 lety

    I absolutely love it, dude. Did you ever do anything extra with this weapon between then and now?

  • @sirerik2825
    @sirerik2825 Před 4 lety

    I love the details. It looks perfect

  • @tjsource
    @tjsource Před 6 lety +32

    Keep hitting me with that nostalgia bro! Half life build one of my favourite games with the unreal tournament theme songs in the background, the first and most favourite game of all time!!!!

  • @tom23421
    @tom23421 Před 6 lety +102

    So after skewering your enemy, you cauterize the wound. A humane weapon for a more civilized age.

    • @PoisoningShadow671
      @PoisoningShadow671 Před 6 lety +17

      I don't know about you, but it would still be painful if it's still lodged in you, try pulling out a red hot bolt with your bare hands while getting cooked from the inside. xD

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Před 6 lety

      That rebar is red hot, ribbed and stuck in impaled targets. It will cook them from the inside out.

    • @juiceslinger
      @juiceslinger Před 6 lety +1

      Fire this into the eye, the liquids instantly evaporate. The wound is also cauterised instantly, meaning the gasses have nowhere to go. The eyeball explodes.

    • @honzabalak3462
      @honzabalak3462 Před 6 lety

      Both aliens and synth enemies in HL2 have a big problem when it comes to fire. This is the best diy weapon to use against them.

  • @JoeMamaGuy
    @JoeMamaGuy Před 7 měsíci +1

    Crazy we got real life Half-Life before GTA 6

  • @chaoticiannunez2419
    @chaoticiannunez2419 Před 7 měsíci +1

    "Yeah, Dr. Freeman! Yeah, SCIENCE!''

  • @TommyCallaway
    @TommyCallaway Před 6 lety +1231

    Dang dude. You killed it with this one, great work.

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +8

      Thanks Tommy!

    • @TommyCallaway
      @TommyCallaway Před 6 lety

      NP! Also saw you over in one of my favorite "backyards" on a collab recently. That must have been fun!

    • @avivcoolguyadrievee5640
      @avivcoolguyadrievee5640 Před 6 lety

      Dude law you have to add hl3 confirm? Well you guys are funny

    • @jennifergaron2336
      @jennifergaron2336 Před 6 lety

      hi

    • @ionas3919
      @ionas3919 Před 6 lety

      the Hacksmith down crowbar :"( katalin talent nu ar fi mandru de tine.

  • @ryccoh
    @ryccoh Před 6 lety +451

    You been hyping this build like a major blockbuster release on instagram and man you guys delivered that was awesome!!

  • @Hello_Dr.Freeman
    @Hello_Dr.Freeman Před 6 měsíci +4

    We need a Gluon Gun

  • @synchro-dentally1965
    @synchro-dentally1965 Před 3 lety +5

    It looks like you need to apply an initial pressure to the bolt to start heating it. Perhaps having magnets that are actuated to help with the initial connection with the copper contacts.

    • @nosidenoside2458
      @nosidenoside2458 Před 8 měsíci

      Maybe an automatically feeding solder to both stick it and be conductive

  • @literaltrash8652
    @literaltrash8652 Před 6 lety +167

    How to start a campfire *with style*

  • @munk7120
    @munk7120 Před 6 lety +72

    It hurts just to even think about getting shot with that thing...

    • @irusan_san
      @irusan_san Před 6 lety +14

      ConAir Saturday imagine your lung got pierced by it and the heat burns your internal organs

    • @niko_8208
      @niko_8208 Před 6 lety +2

      Stop please, dont do this to yourself.

    • @kainevittulainen
      @kainevittulainen Před 6 lety +11

      Irsan it could also kinda just cauterize the wound

    • @declan7551
      @declan7551 Před 6 lety +1

      Dio: あなたはすでに死んでいる。 Jotaro: 何?!? And then some.

  • @Darquiem
    @Darquiem Před 4 lety +1

    some random guy who hasnt played half life: iTs FrOm gaRRyS mOd nOt HAlF lIfE

  • @KorvasYT
    @KorvasYT Před 8 měsíci +1

    Very interesting concept of the crossbow in the game could be you could charge it for more power but if you charge it too much the arrow just melts

  • @lonequester
    @lonequester Před 6 lety +263

    Crossbow v.s Captain Americas Shield

  • @joking_oregon1
    @joking_oregon1 Před 4 lety +79

    James has become Gordon Freeman, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Thor, Spiderman, Han Solo, Star-Lord, Iron Man, Batman, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Elon Musk, Shazam and Thanos. just to name a few

  • @GerinoMorn
    @GerinoMorn Před 9 měsíci +1

    This needs revisiting with TUNGSTEN BOLT. It can easily get red-hot while staying much more rigid. Also it prob could have some emission-wavelength based controller to keep it "hot" but not "noodle hot". With some improvements this seems much more scary than most inventions xD

  • @yuvalorp
    @yuvalorp Před 3 lety +1

    you probably have to use a metal wing in the end of the arrow or at least to conect heavy head to it so it will not spin in the flight in ways that you dont want

  • @AgonizedGrundle
    @AgonizedGrundle Před 6 lety +127

    Wait so you used metal, a truck part, and a crossbow.... to make a crossbow
    NICE

    • @dannyfenlon2476
      @dannyfenlon2476 Před 6 lety +15

      Andrew Garrison so dave made a makeshift megaphone with a squirrel, some string, and a megaphone

    • @jeroenbruggeman265
      @jeroenbruggeman265 Před 6 lety +5

      Andrew Garrison seems like the tf2 crafting system doesn't it?

  • @goodrow9309
    @goodrow9309 Před 5 lety +321

    This man's going to survive the zombie apocalypse

    • @jakoblent4694
      @jakoblent4694 Před 5 lety +12

      Until all his weapons run out of electricity

    • @Oceb
      @Oceb Před 5 lety +6

      @@jakoblent4694 Well at least the ones that do use electricity

    • @jakoblent4694
      @jakoblent4694 Před 5 lety +7

      @@Oceb yeah stormbreaker and the kingsman umbrella are fine out

    • @artiequick3583
      @artiequick3583 Před 5 lety +4

      Well unless he uses solar energy

    • @cyclesfn7234
      @cyclesfn7234 Před 4 lety +1

      Him and Collinfurze would team up in the apocalypse

  • @THEBISCUITTREE
    @THEBISCUITTREE Před 4 lety +4

    We need a hacksmith x jeorgsprave collab: instant legolas rebar crossbow

  • @l-train88k36
    @l-train88k36 Před 2 lety

    Really cool always wounded how the cross bow in HL 2 would work in real life 👍

  • @aidanfuge2108
    @aidanfuge2108 Před 6 lety +32

    I see you, editor who made the welds go along to the music. you haven't gone unnoticed

  • @Kj16V
    @Kj16V Před 6 lety +179

    Attention ground units. Anticitizen reported in this community. Code: lock, cauterize, stabilize.

  • @soupdispenser655
    @soupdispenser655 Před 8 měsíci +1

    my toxic trait is thinking i could easily draw that

  • @NeoGato2point0
    @NeoGato2point0 Před 11 měsíci

    This is the video that inspired me to subscribe to this channel. Still one of my favorite vids on this channel. The build is so accurate to the game

  • @cuhleef
    @cuhleef Před 6 lety +32

    This is why Gordon wears H.E.V. suit.. That thing is heavy and hard to draw.

  • @ollixpop
    @ollixpop Před 6 lety +149

    Now you need to make a tool gun

    • @fluz1006
      @fluz1006 Před 6 lety

      Only as an decoration ???

    • @toahero5925
      @toahero5925 Před 6 lety +11

      A gravity gun would be better

    • @coolwool1453
      @coolwool1453 Před 6 lety +8

      Toa you mean a "Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator" :>

    • @11kimczi
      @11kimczi Před 6 lety +1

      physgun better than gravity gun

    • @godofdoor6558
      @godofdoor6558 Před 6 lety +1

      In the actual game it is called the Mega "Gravity Gun" by using the command physgun_mega_enabled 1 so it is not a physgun. That is a garry's mod Mega "Gravity Gun"

  • @LeGaeminMoai609
    @LeGaeminMoai609 Před 3 dny

    This has made me realise how absolutely *jacked* Gordon Freeman must be

  • @user-ti9bh6tz7g
    @user-ti9bh6tz7g Před 9 měsíci +1

    Can’t wait for them to do the real life AR2 project!

  • @MrRolnicek
    @MrRolnicek Před 6 lety +440

    A weapon from Half Life and you use music from Unreal Tournament while making it.
    I am a little bit confused.

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +39

      the half life soundtrack was not very good

    • @T--kq3pj
      @T--kq3pj Před 6 lety +80

      the Hacksmith shame you think that way

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +59

      It just didn't work for this video. Very atmospheric based on the levels. It didn't sound good with talking or the build montage.

    • @MrRolnicek
      @MrRolnicek Před 6 lety +71

      I think it's perfectly understandable.
      It's just that when that music is playing, I don't see a crosbow, I see a Flak Cannon.

    • @sexkrazedpanda
      @sexkrazedpanda Před 6 lety +55

      Next project flak cannon

  • @VentaExtera
    @VentaExtera Před 4 lety +115

    "You have done a great deal in a small time span."
    - G-man

  • @seantanner1619
    @seantanner1619 Před 4 lety +2

    Resistance and combine have been breaking any sort of convention possible, so why not superheat your ammo for maximum warcrimes?

  • @nuke1210
    @nuke1210 Před 3 lety +2

    I would really like to see a real Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle

    • @lev7509
      @lev7509 Před 3 lety

      Maybe TF2 Rescue Ranger? Or is that too insane?

  • @TommytheroxTV
    @TommytheroxTV Před 6 lety +1700

    You used 8 batteries
    You used 4 pullies,
    8 devided by 4 is 2
    half life 2 was made 11 years ago
    11 years ago the wii was released
    the wii sold over 100,000,000 systems
    there were roughly 100,000,000 people in the phillipines in 2015
    2015 was the year china built pseudo islands to claim more sea
    the sea is salty
    salty is a gamer term for an obnoxious gamer.
    I am salty
    I watch hacksmith
    Hacksmith is awesome
    Awesome is a 7 letter word
    7 is considered a lucky number
    lucky numbers are irrational
    fiction is irrational
    hacksmith makes fiction possible
    fiction is a category of books
    printed books experienced a sales increase of 7% in 2016
    2016 minus 7 is 2009
    coincidence? I think not
    Relevency to half life 3? Not really
    Half life 3 confirmed? Yes
    Hotel? Trivago

    • @logicphile6207
      @logicphile6207 Před 6 lety +31

      HL2 was released in 2004. The wii was released in 2006. I think you meant Episode 1 was released 11 years ago.

    • @NotBigSurprise
      @NotBigSurprise Před 6 lety +31

      Holy shit, the Wii was launched 11 years ago!? Wow, I'm feeling old...

    • @satkum2101
      @satkum2101 Před 6 lety +8

      TomStep you have too much time

    • @shmander
      @shmander Před 6 lety +15

      the trivago one at the end made me laugh

    • @GoonBoyEVAN
      @GoonBoyEVAN Před 6 lety +3

      TomStep shut up

  • @sjcodan
    @sjcodan Před 6 lety +137

    Thinking quickly, the Hacksmith constructs a homemade crossbow, using only a leaf-spring, some scrap metal, and a crossbow!

    • @theHacksmith
      @theHacksmith  Před 6 lety +9

      XD!

    • @arekkrol9758
      @arekkrol9758 Před 6 lety +5

      but rebar when its not heated actualy worked better than normal arrow, and what if we make rebar with sharp tip? heated rebar looks like could only be used for lighting flammable things on fire

    • @Paul0000
      @Paul0000 Před 6 lety

      Make pretty tracer rounds as well! 😁

  • @redprobably2671
    @redprobably2671 Před 11 měsíci

    its always so nice to back in time ans see the simple stuff.

  • @erik4526
    @erik4526 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The reason for heating the bolt might be inspired from the the way an arrow wobbles for extra accuracy when shot from a bow. crossbow bolt are usually shorter and dont wobble but the lenght of the rebar is more simular to an arrow.

  • @spxctator9035
    @spxctator9035 Před 6 lety +101

    Chalkboard behind:
    “HL3 Confirmed?”
    “03/03/2018”
    🤔🤔🤔

    • @ianmurray2718
      @ianmurray2718 Před 6 lety

      I saw that too what do you think it means

    • @michcool1012
      @michcool1012 Před 6 lety +1

      Skotthas Dafever truly sad, but at this point I am not surprised at all. I'll just have to play all the old ones and remember the good times. Timeless games really.

    • @melgibson5029
      @melgibson5029 Před 6 lety

      Skotthas Dafever fuck valve.

  • @KcinTSM
    @KcinTSM Před 6 lety +49

    It's so awesome! My favorite project is still that batman grappling hook, but this is near the top of the list.

  • @gordonfreeman4580
    @gordonfreeman4580 Před rokem

    Glad to see you are a part of the resistance too

  • @yoyo-ov5zl
    @yoyo-ov5zl Před 4 lety

    everybody gangsta til hacksmith makes the rebar crossbow from half life

  • @dastinetan5012
    @dastinetan5012 Před 6 lety +20

    9:25 "why you guys looking at me"

  • @Fortunes_In_Formlas
    @Fortunes_In_Formlas Před 6 lety +20

    James : we are going to the metal supermarket!
    Eathen : the metal supermarket ?
    James : the metal supermarket!!!
    Me : lol the metal supermarket...
    ...... WAIT ITS A THING?!
    Then takes to google to find nearest market.

  • @LemarSullivan821
    @LemarSullivan821 Před 9 měsíci +1

    if this video proves anything, it proves how jacked Gordon is in the game since he can load the crossbow with one hand

  • @bigtyronemusic
    @bigtyronemusic Před rokem +1

    This has high implications for great gameplay concepts that could have been added to Half-Life 2's crossbow.
    •Toggling battery power on and off
    •Rebar bolts pinning human-sized enemies to surface only when cold.
    •Heating uses a warmup-timer, affecting the damage of a shot.
    •More heat = less damage, but a shot would create an area of burn/melt around a target which would enlarge and burn/melt faster the hotter it gets.
    •On hit, the area of burn/melt would sizzle/skin the surface at low heat, spark some flame at that would burn it over time/melt a gib off of it at medium, and create a scorching fire that would instantly cremate the target at maxium heat. This would also depend on whether the target is more likely to melt or burn first.
    •This would apply to props and surfaces as well, which could create areas of denial in certain of situations.

  • @benjaminzarkhin1293
    @benjaminzarkhin1293 Před 6 lety +24

    I grew up with Half-Life 2, and this has to be one, if not THE BEST prop/actual fucking weapon from the game I've ever seen.
    Thank you so much.