Diy Rubber Band Crossbow

Glue the half piece of paint stirrer from step 5 onto the top of the clothes pin.

Diy rubber band crossbow. This design uses pulleys to double the draw length of the rubber which gives great. Don t tape the rubber band to the body of the crossbow or you don t be able to draw it back. Books mini weapons of mass destruction diy weapons office. Be sure not to tape the rubber band to the crossbow itself.

Dec 28 2015 explore jamesbike65 s board trigger rubber band on pinterest. A clothes pin the one with a spring some duct tape a long piece of string a piece of wood 1 x 1 x 5 and last but not least a couple of hacksaw blades depends on how far you prefer the crossbow limbs to go back 5 at the least use more than 1 to get maximum torsion from crossbow dont use yarn type. Homemade crossbow homemade weapons homemade tools crossbow parts diy crossbow rubber band gun besta diy platform bed archery bows crossbow animation draft enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. If you want you can take a square of cardboard or fold over a piece of paper a few times and tape it around the rubber band to improve cradle.

You can use the clothespin as a simplified trigger for the rubber band based design. See more ideas about crossbow diy crossbow crossbows. Detailed tutorial on how to make a compound rubber crossbow from scratch. The lower end of the stirrer should be between and 6mm and 1cm from the top of the shaft.

The crossbow is complete. But as the ideal barrel for a middle school era rubber band shooter. Wrap a rubber band around the pencils beneath the loading end of the tube. Use tape to make a cradle in the center of the rubber bands.

Use unsharpened unused pencils that are the exactly the same length. The 2 crossbow if any of its rubber bands show signs of wear. The loading end is the one where the tube doesn t line up with the end of the crossbow this adds elevation which will come in handy later. Line them up so that the erasers are together.

Tie a rubber band about an inch from the erasers and tie a second rubber band about an inch from the tips.