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Everyone wants to feel secure whether at home, in your car, or just out going about your business. Unfortunately there may come a time when you need to have some means of self-defense, some way to protect yourself, your home or your family. If you've spent any time checking out different types of self defense weapons and training you've no doubt seen stores and web sites offering everything from pistols and shotguns to pepper sprays and courses in martial arts. If none of these standard methods appeals to you though, here a few other suggestions (some serious, some not so serious):
- Instead of pepper spray, use a can of wasp and hornet spray. It's easily available and has an effective range of up to 20 feet, compared to six to eight feet for most pepper spray products.
- Gloves with steel shot sewn into the knuckles. They look harmless but work like a blackjack and are available from a couple of different vendors via the internet. You can also find baseball caps that are similar, with steel shot sewn into the cap itself -- not sure how comfortable that would be to wear though.
- A can of WD-40 and a butane lighter make a nice miniature flame thrower. Collateral damage could be a problem however.
- The sharpened edge of one of your credit cards can make a fairly efficient (and innocent-looking) weapon for slashing someone at close range.
- How about a wrist-braced slingshot and a bag of golf balls or ball bearings. It takes a good deal of practice to become proficient but it can do some serious damage if you use a good quality slingshot and can actually hit your target.
- A hockey stick has a number of advantages in terms of self-defense. It makes a very good weapon for slashing at something or someone and it doesn't look particularly out of place if you're carrying one around outside.
- For home defense, a large dog or two is an excellent choice. And if you don't have or don't want to have a large dog, a continuous loop tape or cd of dogs barking can work too.
- Kevlar gloves can provide some protection against a knife attack.
- Some experts recommend biting - not a normal bite, but something more on the order of a pit bull type bite, preferably on an ear or finger.
- One of the "unbreakable" umbrellas for sale on the internet offers a way to keep an attacker at a distance; and if you've ever seen commuters jockeying for position in the London Underground, you can appreciate the use of the umbrella as an offensive weapon.
- If you want a firearm for self-defense, you might take a look at the Palm Pistol. It's a single-shot.38 caliber pistol that fits in the palm of your hand. It's specially designed for seniors or the disabled who have limited physical dexterity and is fired with the thumb instead of your index finger. And it's been classified as a "medical device" by the FDA.
- If you're really intent on avoiding any confrontation, you can try leaving some money or valuables on a table near your door or window and hope that anyone breaking in will simply "take the money and run."
Hopefully these suggestions will provide you with some new options for self-defense. And if you're really into home defense you might take a tip from an Army ranger I heard about. He rigged his porchlight so that if you flipped the light switch up the porch light came on; if you flipped the switch down it set off a small explosive charge -- more than enough to discourage someone intent on breaking the front door down. In any case take some time to think about self-defense -- you never know when the moment may come when you'll need to have some way to protect yourself.
Automotive Dreams Come True
While most of the cars we see on the road are mass-produced, by major automobile manufacturers there are a few cars built in limited quantities for special purposes. There are even a few small custom building-manufacturing companies that are the dream come true accompanied by the sweat and hard work of one individual. Such a company was TVR, founded by Trevor Wilkinson, back in 1947. The company was housed in Blackpool, England and specialized in the production of sports/racing cars.
Each car was designed by stylists at the Blackpool plant and completely custom built on the premises. The bodies were made of fiberglass with a full FIA rib cage. Even the seats were hand-sewn by seamstresses on site.
The company also sponsored a one-make racing series billed as the TVR Tuscan Challenge.
One limited production car, designed specifically for this race, was the TVR Tuscan Racer or Speed 8. This was a convertible with a fiberglass body mounted over a tubular steel chass. It was powered by a 4441 cc Rover V8 engine and had a Borg Warner T5.5 manual transmission.
The TVR's were soon billed as "one of the world's most powerful performance cars." In 2005, the company ceased to be the culmination of a British dream as it was purchased by the 24-year-old Russian millionaire Nikolai Smolensky.
Another dream was the Dauer Racing 962 LM. This car is also somewhat of a mystery as it is not certain just how many were built although Dauer claimed he could produce fifty. Jochen Dauer was the founder of the Dauer Racing Team who had already tasted success in the World Sportcar Championship and IMSA.
Regardless of production figures, the 962 was unique in that it was a racing car converted for road use. It has also been described as "One of the most spectacular supercars ever built."
It was styled by Achim Storz, a former employee of Porsche Design. And the Porsche 962 was actually the inspiration for the entire car. It was equipped with a Le Mans spec 2994 c.c watercooled flat-six with dohc per bank operating 4 valves per cylinder. It was capable of producing 730 hp at 7,600 rpm and 517 lbft at 5,000 rpm. According to Dauer it could accelerate 0 to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds and 120 mph in 7.2 seconds. It weighed 1080 kg.
The body was very similar to the Porsche Group C racer, being a Kevlar body mounted over a steel tubular space frame. It had large diameter wheels and tires.
But a problem that was never overcome in the road use conversion was cabin size. Racing cars are designed to accommodate one person, the driver. Street cars, at minimum, must seat a driver and at least one passenger. Although Dauer crammed two seats into the cabin, it was so crowded that the passenger's shoulder would come in contact with the driver's. The driver's head came close to touching the window and there was little leg room. Finally, one had to detach the steering wheel to enter and exit the vehicle. This is true of racing cars.
While the car had excellent forward vision, rear vision was poor. Like a truck, there was no rear window and the driver had to depend on side mirrors for a rear view. This would make it a choice for the driver who valued speed and performance over comfort and convenience.
However, both the cars and their creators serve as examples of what a single individual with a dream can achieve.
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How hard is it to sew together kevlar cloth?
I'm looking to make a custom fire suit for a project and I want to sew it together myself if possible. Does anyone know if I need special equipment or can I use a standard machine?
The suit has to be kevlar...I am looking to be doing a dangerous stunt while spinning fire...and I cannot have any material that catches fire easily.
Oh goodness, you don't want to do a dangerous fire stunt in a home made suit.
It's not only the material, but the thread and construction, that makes a suit fire safe. You can buy a racing suit cheaper than you can buy kevlar fabric, and you can have the suit customised to look like regular clothes from a distance.
The Japanese ninja dress that turns into a Coca Cola machine to ward off attackers
It could be the ultimate in disguises - but it has a serious purpose. A Japanese fashion designer has come up with a colourful way for worried women to blend into a busy street to elude a pursuer - the vending machine dress.
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