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52 Random Weekend Projects

For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders

9781250184504

St. Martin's Press
Available: 03/10/20
7.03 x 8.86 · 288 pages
9781250184504
CDN $29.99 · pb

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Grant Thompson, "The King of Random"

illustrated by Ted Slampyak

From one of the most popular project channels on YouTube comes a how-to book on building things that go boom.

Grant Thompson, The King of Random," has created one of the most popular project channels on YouTube, featuring awesome videos such as How to Make a Laser Assisted Blowgun and Assassin's Micro Crossbow. He currently has almost 10 million subscribers, posts 5 times a week, and averages over 40 million views a month.

Partnering with Grant is Ted Slampyak, the artist behind the #1 New York Times bestseller 100 Deadly Skills.

52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders is a guide that enables ordinary folks to build an impressive arsenal of projects. These crafts combine some of Grant's most popular projects - Matchbox Rockets, Pocket Slingshot Super Shooters, Proto-Putty, Ninja Balls, Mini Matchstick Guns, The Clothespin Pocket Pistol - with many new ones, providing clear instructions on how to build them step-by-step.

Broken down into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced sections, 52 Random Weekend Projects is loaded with truly amazing projects, including:

- Mousetrap Handgun
- Mini Solar Scorcher
- Air Vortex Canon
- Air Mounted Skewer Shooter
- Paracord Bullwhip
- Bottle Cap Party Whistle
- Ninja Stress Balls
- Tablecloth Parachute
- Skyblaster Slingshot

And many more!
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Grant Thompson's THE KING OF RANDOM is one of the most popular project channels on YouTube. It currently has almost 9.5 million subscribers, posts 5 times a week, and averages over 40 million views a month. He is the author of 52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders . Ted Slampyak is a cartoonist and illustrator for the #1 New York Times bestseller 100 Deadly Skills. He is the artist contributor to the blog the Art of Manliness.