Rubber Band Powered Crossbow

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Rubber band powered crossbow.

The coolest project using craft sticks. They started a new subforum for slingshot crossbows. Build your own crossbow inspired launcher. I recently found the arbalist guild forum a meeting place for crossbow builders.

Riley elwood asked can you try to make a rubber band powered cross bow. It seemed appropriate to share my experiences regarding rubber in general. Quick and easy to do a fantastic classroom challenge. Download files and build them with your 3d printer laser cutter or cnc.

Don t tape the rubber band to the body of the crossbow or you don t be able to draw it back. This project will inspire kids to learn more about engineering art and physics all while having a ton of fun. Popsicle stick crafts for kids 7 and up that are also educational. The lower end of the stirrer should be between and 6mm and 1cm from the top of the shaft.

Mar 13 2017 explore dale chesney s board automatic crossbow on pinterest. The crossbow is complete. Thingiverse is a universe of things. See more ideas about crossbow archery bows archery.

If you decide to copy this please take care as you can cause serious injury even with the small weak rubber bands i used. More precisely you will get to shoot up to 30 to 50 meters with ammo or 20 to 30 meters if you are fishing with a shaft. The original bow is easily modified to create this crossbow. Glue the half piece of paint stirrer from step 5 onto the top of the clothes pin.

I think it came out pretty good. It comes with the powerful rubber bands which make it possible to shoot very accurately at a long distance. You can adjust the power of the crossbow by simply changing out the rubber band for a stronger one. You can use the clothespin as a simplified trigger for the rubber band based design.

I decided to contribute to that forum.