Diy Rubber Band Crossbow

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

Diy rubber band crossbow. Detailed tutorial on how to make a compound rubber crossbow from scratch. Don t tape the rubber band to the body of the crossbow or you don t be able to draw it back. Scissors a standard use saw a work bench 1 clamp materials. Use unsharpened unused pencils that are the exactly the same length.

Line them up so that the erasers are together. The crossbow is complete. Books mini weapons of mass destruction diy weapons office. See more ideas about crossbow diy crossbow crossbows.

The 2 crossbow if any of its rubber bands show signs of wear. Glue the half piece of paint stirrer from step 5 onto the top of the clothes pin. This design uses pulleys to double the draw length of the rubber which gives great. 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. To make it take two pencils. Use tape to make a cradle in the center of the rubber bands. 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.

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. You can use the clothespin as a simplified trigger for the rubber band based design. The stock is the base the part of the crossbow upon which everything rests. The lower end of the stirrer should be between and 6mm and 1cm from the top of the shaft.

But as the ideal barrel for a middle school era rubber band shooter.