How to Make: "Thunderball" Watchdogs 2
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Watchdogs 2 features some really awesome gadgets and weapons. One that caught my eye is called "The THUNDERBALL" basically a heavy solid sphere on the end of a rope. The main character uses this as a self defense weapon as well as for grappling.
Next I will try to make a 3D Printed Taser!
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I made one and all i needed was the ball and eyelet bolt. A d shackle and some rope and of course a drill
fadingsignal 44 do you know Smack down superstars Blungen BROTHERS make their sledgehammers
Hi
DeadDenial044 i made one with 30$, with real metal and the funny thing is that you dont need any tools to make it
Are you from Greece
Smart AF! Nice job, pal
How to make thunderball: Have a friend with every tool in existence
Oren Zernov lmfao
I have a tools and d.t room in my school so i can pay £5 for 30mins in there
Hazzaisabear or you could use a hand drill and bench vice
Oren Zernov you could also use a drill or dermal tool, and a clamp
Oren Zernov right
You should think about making and selling a small batch of those as kits. Already machined ball, some paracord and the metal parts.
Some fans that don't have access advanced tools would probably like to buy it, or you could give such kits to supporters.
GODsaveTHEcat I'd buy one
GODsaveTHEcat Id throw my money at this guy.
GODsaveTHEcat maybe even have different pool balls to choose, some patterned paracords, really personalize your kit
In some states the thunderball is illegal to carry apparently so selling kits would not be such a great idea. I researched a few legal documents provided online about the legality of such weapons and it depends on what state you live in.
That One Bear it's illegal to carry in most countries and some states, but actually using it against a person is illegal in most states as far as I've looked into it.
I don't even think it would fall under "self defence" in most places and would be very difficult to convince a jury/judge that it was self defence.
If your life was in immediate danger you "might" be able to claim self defence, but in any other situation this is complete overkill.
Loved making it and I love having it as a fan, but you'd need to get some practice to use it without severely injuring yourself but you'd also need to be completely ready and willing to kill whatever you're going to hit with it. At the very least you'd be putting them in a coma or causing severe brain damage.
Get pool ball, drop it in football sock, done.
I appreciate the machine work though dude. I enjoyed watching.
that was with butter.
Blue Power Ranger never heard of it it. Remembered it from full metal jacket and various prison films.
jonathan clewes i put my hamster in sock when hes bad n displent him by swinging him and smacking the table with it
ThAtOnEGamEr OwL I like your style!
Or you can just put a soap bar in a sock
PS86 Productions WOW! I never thought of that. Marcus is a sucker.
PS86 Productions get it all wet then put it in the freezer pull out the frozen soap bar
Or just put a fuckin rock in it
put it into a sock boom rock sock prison shit.
Or butter (iCarly reference) :D
Once when i was a young kid i put a couple small rocks into one my socks. as i swung my rock-sock around i realised something, my rock-sock grew! and as my rock-sock grew i also knew that my sock is now no longer tight and new:(
DAN[GER] LOL 😃
As someone who goes to school for machining, I can say that Gabe wasn't using his tools improperly, he's just being resourceful. He's definitely got a nice setup going on
I remember looking this up when the game was first announced and no one had made it
Knight Oh, I knew they existed before the game, but I thought they were called smiley chains. Anyway, I guess you learn something new everyday!
the eight ball is just for decoration + you could just paint it.
Man, every time I see these it always starts with 'All you need is _____!' They always miss that you _also_ need an enormous and well stocked workshop.
i love how the title is ''how to make'' yet its nearly impossible to make it
Impossible?! Jesus christ where do you live? A rainforest?
Dodeca apparently
Dodeca yeah you think everyone has that big tool he was using
Hercus12 honestly you can use a drill
Hercus12 its literally just a drill, you could do it by hand I'm sure
"Alright guys, thanks for watching and as always..." ~30 seconds unskippable ad~" ...take it easy"
That placement though xD
Oh shit, didn't realize haha.
Dude I was reading the comment as it was happening to me XD
G3AR hey do u want to sell it or give it away
For me it was “Alright guys, thanks for watching and as always-“
“ALABAMA TRUCK MONTH!!!”
Where can I buy a gabe
DailyDose OfDrawing Same
Lol😂
DailyDose OfDrawing Lowes has them on a extended Black Friday deal
DailyDose OfDrawing y
There's a steam sale on him
How the hell are you meant to do this at home
u arent
Happy Pod go buy a Gabe
Use a power drill and a clamp
done
Happy Pod put the ball in a sock
+Doa fight promotions that's lame
This was incredibly impressive! Would you ever consider milling out these 8 balls for sale? Many of us don't have access to such great tools. (or workmanship skill lol)
+Frog Skope yeah! Me and Gabe were talking about making a batch to sell. How much would you pay?
20-30 bucks maybe? how much does it take for you to make them?
+G3AR depends on how much it cost for u to make and ship
G3AR I'm thinking $20 range if you can pump these out without too much trouble.
G3AR id pay about 30 bucks
I love how it's black, it'll hit harder and swing faster. By far the supreme colour
The weapon test is coming soon. This video would have been 20 min long, but I'm thinking about a weapon montage. With all my weapons at once, and different attack combos!
That would be amazing
G3AR you look like that one masked guy from watch dogs 2 is that how you chose your look
Also it will be interesting see some combat technique with that awsome weapon.
do a better flare gun plz
G3AR can you make something out of a iPhone charger or Samsung charger
Because we all have that monster at home.
doesnt really take all these tools, i got an old hand drill a vice and hand saw for cutting steel, takes a bit longer but the result was the same, in all to buy all that new would be about 40-50$
I always thought he was just using a yo yo in the game
H2O W haha
H2O W me too
well i get it, becuz he always slings it back at his hand, so it kinda looks like a yo yo
H2O W me too
H2O W me to lol
This needs to be on zombie go boom
It's DEFINITELY happening at some point :D
IZZYBE BUSY o
it is
I would do this
if I had the equipment
saame
thought i would just get a drill drill through get rope put it through and knot it.I just realized the problem with that.
You wood woodn't you ;)
Spencer Wrast that would break
hi ikr
I just had to come look for something like this after watching Marcus use it on someone in watchdogs two!!👍👍👍👍
IM A HUGE WATCHDOGS FAN SO HELL YEAH I LOVE YOUR G3AR ITS SO COOL THATS WHY I SUBBED
THANKS YOU ROCK :D
G3AR np i hed to this shit is lit man i wanna make all this stuff then show my friends then show them your vids
Same I love your gadgets and I want to try them out while looking super cool with the wrench mask
Devdragonx 12 cool me too im gonna buy a wrench mask
soon...
Can you actually buy one or do you have to make it
This isn't really "how to make" as much as it is "watch this person with heavy machinery make this". It would be nicer if it were a tutorial, or a DIY project, rather than something where the prices of the pieces to make it are somewhat cheap, compared to the thousands of dollars needed for the means to actually make it, but if you could make a better, more detailed, and easier TUTORIAL on how to make this, that would be absolutely fantastic. I hope you like that 100℅ constructive criticism, because I meant nothing of negativity, and am only telling you, as a viewer, how this video could've been better. Also, I really hope you do make an easier to do version of this video, that would be awesome. Have a fantastic day!
I'll try. You still need a drill press.
G3AR Ok, cool! I'm glad that you see your audiences feedback and work to that, that's great to see! I also understand that there is stuff needed to help make it, but a lot of the machinery in the video seemed almost extra in the making of it. But nevertheless, I'm still probably gonna try to make it!
in what way is'nt this a how to make a weapon ? in watch dogs 2 it is the main melee weapon, not main yo yo,not main ball used in the pool room,the main weapon and as such i have reported this video for being a how to make a weapon,and ill do the same for any other i see as well, u showed whay you need to make it how to machine it ,everything but sell it,i hope u loose ur channel
+Lei hanfoi2 you need to chill, it's just a replica prop.
Lei hanfoi2 piss off you hater.
"Self defense"
*3 minutes later*
Murders everyone in the street with the Self Defense weapon
😂
If anyone is wondering what the threaded end cap is actually called, it's a Tee- nut with brad holes. Probably find it in some furniture section of a hardware store. I went to my local lowes and they only had 2 left.
I liked the new weapon that they use for melee in Watch Dogs 2 but I'm more than a little worried about just how long a billiard ball would hold up to hard strikes against targets before it split or crumbled.
if you ever seen monkey fists, just make one of those instead of an 8 ball lol
So it's basically a monkey fist without wrapping a golf ball. Screwing an eye bolt through the ball is clever but I wonder about its durability
I think this is awesome! I really like seeing great ancient weaponry modernized and perfected with new materials. Correct me if I am misspoken, but I believe this weapon is based on or is a relative to the meteor hammer.
Watching this again in 2021. This is such a clever instructional video. It hasn't aged. Bravo mate 👏
Maybe a homemade stun gun like from Watch Dogs 2.
lol
R3Z HD How about they do an underwater test with said taser?
R3Z HD Well buy a 3D printer lol
While he buys the 3d printer, YOU GET THE FUCKING SCHEMATICS.
I don't have money for a 3D printer.
Question, why not drill the hole through then thread the rope through and put a knot at the end? That's pretty much how it's made in the game. Not all those extra metal bits.
Eethan O'Connell Approved- it works well
RoZZameSS
Simpler is better. ;)
But I would have loved to see a demonstration on maybe a water melon or pumpkin to show just how powerful this tool is.
Eethan O'Connell simpler isn't better in this case though
Jordan McDowall why?
Eethan O'Connell ah yea. .suppose it's just a design look for coolness. .I would love one hanging above the tele hehe
If we could buy those milled out balls that would be good because most of us don't have access to tools or a gabe
Yeah, haha. Check and see if there are any "Maker Spaces" around you. They have most of the tools, you really only need a drill press.
The Shadow Man you do not need to mill it they did that for aesthetics you just need a hole in a ball which any hand drill can do.
"Maker Space"
*slowly claps
"Maker Space"
*slowly claps
The Shadow Man
:me calls 911
:Cops hello what's your emergency
:Me someone made a Thunderball
:Cops hang up
Nice and cheap project to make! Not to mention the *1 million dollar sawmill*
Shane Hanley-Warwick what's wrong with him
A wild youtube commenter appeared! !! your fucking name is hilarious lol
I seriously want one of these right now! Please make these available for sale, reading the comments you have the demand. Now all you need to do is supply!
Guys i know and easier way You get a yoyo and dip it in concrete
dalex carter you genious...
or resen but if you do that fill the space between the halves with ball berrings
Or you could get a rubber ball tie a rope around it and then dip it in concrete and then add the ring at the end
You don't want to cut golf balls. It's messy as hell. Open one up and you will find out. Concrete will crack especially if the inside is made from a material that can flex such as a yoyo. Pool balls are the best option unless you happen to have an extremely large steel ball bearing from a large scale industrial machine.
But that defeats the idea of this prop. You wouldn't see the 8 ball. The paracord covers the whole thing and reduces the kinetic energy from the impact. You may as well just use a sock and not bother wasting any time tying knots.
I agree. That seems like a great self-defense gadget. It also looks really cool. I kind of wish that these were sold in stores.
oh, and I forgot to mention that you need a 10000 dollar mill
And the training / skill needed to operate said drill
Toby Brisson just break into a school stem lab.
Toby Brisson no you don't you can use a hand drill you just gotta be slow and precise
Or you could know a guy that would let you use his/her's.
I want to see more Gabe. He seems like a chill dude.
I made something like this a while ago but it was just a lock tied to a shoe lace
Hey the best thing to do is when you think long term, find fans that are willing to watch whatever you post, not ones who are thoughtless and that find issues with your videos. Long term, you'll lose some but hey, you gained me man.
3D Printed Drones? (like in Watchdogs 2)
Max Ayres that sounds pretty impossible but maybe it is
possible
I have Ideas but i don't have the 3d printer or program
Max Ayres you can just buy a quadrator drone.
i know but 3d printed is just cooler
You could make the ball end out of epoxy resin with the eyebolt and nut already in it. Save the milling and drilling bits. Plus then you could put whatever you wanted in it. Seems like that is what the balls are made out of anyway from the way the chips were flying off.
Anything you swing at it will eventually bounce back twice as fast
Th Gloom not if it's heavy enough
Twice as fast? How will it even accelerate , not to mention the loss of speed from hitting anything. Even in a proverbial sense it doesn't make that much sense.
Th Gloom the items inside of it makes it heavy and lethal
i just drilled through the ball like 1.7 cm from away from the center and pulled the strng through it looks pretty cool + to make it look like yours it's pretty simple with a drill and screws so dont mind people in the comments saying "whAA it's too hard"
Sooooo, what do we do?
I'm good on everything else, I'm jus missing a Gabe!
When i made this,this was so good and also i added spikes on the ball which made it deadlier.Keep Up the good work!
1) more self defence weapons like this that dont kill, or break bones.
2)try and make them so you wont need to use power tools like you did with this one.
Αδαμ Φιλος Θρυλου it's very deadly
Why do we have to kill?
You could just hit them hard to knock them out
If you knock someone out he is very likely to die
Jannes Rabe or she
who cares if it´s he or she and if you care that would be sexist itself so please just stfu
I'm sure you've heard this by now, but just in case:
This weapon is called a Meteor Hammer. Originally made with a pumpkin shaped iron head, the tool was used in masonry, and as a weapon it delivered heavy damage in dynamic ways. Just be carful, as all "soft weapons" are very likely to harm the practitioner before mastery.
By the way, I love your work and your mission statement. Keep it up.
You do know that very few people have tools to drill a hole in god damn pool ball, right?
spend 50$ or so and your can own all the stuff to do the same work just manual labor and not electronic.
i know im late but you can get a drill press brand new for like 90 dollars at home depot
I remember being told that old billiard balls were made from bakelite, they may still make them with it. Which would explain the formaldehyde smell.
I'm probably gonna make this.
You could easily make a Thunderball by get a threaded ball knob and the appropriate size eye bolt and secure it with loctite or epoxy. Then attach the flexible element to the eye bolt.
HE CHANGED THE CHANNEL NAME!
Also I like whatever u post up I'd be happy if u taped a knife to rc car and drove it around
Haha thank you!
Man so glad to see how much you've grown been watching your videos for years doubt you remember me but it's PSYCHO. Still love watching your videos bro.
I wanted to see you demo it
Nicely done. Basically a long slung shot. Could also be made using the ball from a ball valve, The advantage of that being, no milling required.
I came to this vid thinking it was going to be simple... nope.... you need heavy machinery
To make it look fancy. Really you only need the a drill press and a vice. Or a steady hand to drill straight down. Honestly it looks just as good if you use the ball nose end mill to hand mill out both sides.
just use a pad lock
Knotawz 😂 pretty smart
Marcus didn't use machines
you want a simple version just tie paracord to a heavy master lock cause all the thunderball is is a variation on a smiley chain
Great project! Even if it is not practical for most to do at home. Lets be honest here those who are inspired by this will improvise other methods to make it work. As a little side business you could offer the milled balls for sale on etsy or open your own shop...
"how to make" first have 50 grand in fabrication tools
a moddification to the thunderball would be adding spikes (doesnt have to be the sharpest or spikiest) although it would take even more time and concentration
think you can electrify it? you seem to be pretty good at that.
GOALS
G3AR I think you could put the electricity inside the paracord.
what is this dead rising?
You can make these by braiding the 550 around the ball as well. No tools necessary, just a lot of patience and knot work.
Collab with zombie go boom again and use this XD
This would be easy! To send them :D
SDEpiclord ddrffvvfrtt
I say do a bunch of smaller projects and every month you showcase a bigger more amazing project like this one
Easier way: get a big ass padlock and tie a bandana to it. Wear bandana in your back pocket so when someone gets up in your face - BAM! You smack 'em in the side of the head with it. Hurts like hell and might even knock someone out too.
That is the most badass thing I've ever seen
Could you please just make those 8 balls and sell them I don't have those tools.
I'm a deep sea trawler fisherman, ive got something extremely similar known as a monkeys fist, if your interested I can teach you so you can teach your viewers thanks for another wicked weapon man. ah by the way monkeys fists consist of rope and a piece if heavy metal preferably a small chunk of lead, theyre meant for hauling ropes to the warf but double as a deadly flail like melee weapon.
The Thunderball actually has an 8 ball on the end of it, not just a random sphere
first time i saw it i thought it was a yo-yo
Braeden Boyle that is an 8 ball
Yeah I know but he said (imo it sounded like) he just used an 8 ball because it looked similar/cool to the thunderball
Braeden Boyle the thunderball is an eightball. go home, youre drunk
2016: how to make watch dogs 2 melee weapon
2017: how to escape the prison
Yes because everyone has access to all of the tools and machines you used in this video
At least he didn't do a crap job
G2UA-cam How else would you do it then?
The Dark Frog You drill a hole all the way through the ball and then drag a strong cord/rope through it. The rest is up to you, I made one this way myself it came out pretty cool.
RoZZameSS mind posting it on your channel I'm interested on how it turned out
Looks really good, it would be spot on but you should have used green for the chord. Besides that small and very easily fixed detail it's amazing, only thoughts are that it requires equipment lots of people probably won't have. If there was an easier way to make it that would be nice, but I doubt it.
Just get a snooker ball and put it in a sock
Adam Farnham it saves time and effort
Use the sock before! A lot more effective! ( ͜。 ͡ʖ ͜。)
well I like the fact that the thunderball is a portable hidden on plain sight weapon, maybe more like this type of weapons.
since i'm just a regular person without all that stuff at 1:30, what could i use instead of the stuff you have?
+Nuclear Wanderer your imagination to make a jig to do the same thing with a drill.
+G3AR I need to make one of these. I live in a bad part of my city in downtown, so this would be helpful when I walk to school at 6 am.
Sean Loer same lolz Stay Strong 💪bro
DANK MEMES I mean shit, all I have is a worn out switch blade, I just fake swing to threaten them. This, I will be able to knock the fucker out, just, (boom) lights out for ya
Sean Loer gud luck making this doe its sounds hard asf
Unfortunately I don't have access to all the tools your buddy Gabe does. However this is super awesome dude, keep up the the great work!
FEATURE IT on zombie go boom!
its awesome but I believe ZGB can give you some support and they have real skull tests that represent the absolute degree in every aspect of the human skull just painted as zombies. so it would be awesome if you were to let them try it!
Denali thats what i was thinking. dont know if it would be powerful enough
You could use milliput to fill in the gap at the top and it would also strengthen it
can we see it in use
I'm gonna make a flailed mace with it!! Been searching for a good cheap easily drillable round object to use and now its time to go to the shop!
will u be selling those eightballs cause not everyone has the tools lol
you can always grind the end of the eye bolt into a spike for extra damage
You should show us an easier way to do this. xD
You pretty much just need a drill, and ball mill bore. The slot makes it look a lot nicer is all.
G3AR drill a hole, take a length of paracord, thread it through, and tie a large knot on both sides.
This is really cool, I discovered your channel tonight but I'll definitely stay tuned, I really wanna make this
Gabe sounds like Rhett from GMM.
As a massive fan of watchdogs this is the coolest thing ever!!!
If I can find one of these online I'll buy it. But dude. I'm a fuckin' college student I can't afford that equipment and I don't have friends with tools.
+Joki Poki This is @ TechShop
G3AR - 'GreekGadgetGuru' do you know where I can find that elusive threaded end cap, I've almost looked everywhere.
So basically. Take an eight ball, drill hold through it. slip in the eye bolt thingy, then put the bolt on it. then attach the paracord.
OR you can drill a hole, attach paracord. Won't look as nice but it does the job. I made this pdw like maybe three years agoi called the wrecking ball. It was a solid steel ball attached to paracord as the handle and I had welded on some heavy weight bolts to the ball before lightly taping the ball up then to the handle.
I'd buy a milled 8 ball for like $20 if you're willing to make and sell
If you just want the milled ball I could do it. It would be a lot of work to take orders and braid everything / make the lanyard.
G3AR if I can buy one now much for it
one improvement i would suggest is the addition of some sort of ball or tapered wooden plug sort of like a wine cork only with a steeper taper. roughly 3/4 top to 1 3/8 in diameter at the base and two inches long. this will allow you much more control over the weapon. i make mine with cast lead. i cast the lead inside a brass or steal pipe for added durability the lead is poured around the fittings permanently fusing all of the components together. i can put more weight in a smaller area then i ever could with an 8 ball. mine are also much easier to hide due to the smaller size of the weight.
Oh right not quite expensive, only a few thousand dollars for the tools too
Vincit Qui Patitur Just buy some sort of cord, a nut, and a bolt, and an eight ball. Then use a hand drill to go through the pool ball, tie the cord right underneath the head of the bolt, and then screw the bold into the ball. Finally screw the nut onto the end of the bolt on the opposite side of the ball. The total cost comes down to below 100 U.S. dollars.
thank you
Plus tax and shipping and handling lol
Vincit Qui Patitur few -_-
More than just a few thousand dollars BTW.
Does the typical millworker have a sweet moosetache?
I think its a requirement
This guys like Ron swanston
+Josh O'Hagan hahaha yes, Gabe.
More like Ned Flanders.
I actually really liked this video and I hope you continue to make great content
Zombie go boom Ballistic dummy head test. Just saying. Also this video is getting you a subscribe from me. Thanks for the vid.
+Daniel Aguirre I post videos every Friday around noon EST. Welcome!
G3AR very cool thanks a lot. Ive been watching your stuff for a while and I really like your content video game stuff tends to push me to sub.
Hey, love your content and the never cats content, saw you were in one of his streams with me... Happy, uh, late thanksgiving? Or early Christmas?
How to make a ball on a string, take a ball, take a string, attach string to ball using super glue, thanks for reading👍🏼
A great video and love how you show the first and second 8 balls being machined. If someone wanted to make one of these, they could show the shop this video.
this could kill someone
Rhaze That's the point although you might argue that the Thunderball has no "point" ;)
Filip C.P. yea u have a point there
Rhaze its the blunt truth
Rhaze Anything can kill if you put your mind to it
Rhaze no duh smartass
This video actually help my made the thunder ball and it works thumbs up 👍👌