Rubber Band Powered Crossbow

You can adjust the power of the crossbow by simply changing out the rubber band for a stronger one.

Rubber band powered crossbow.

Build your own crossbow inspired launcher. 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 coolest project using craft sticks. Quick and easy to do a fantastic classroom challenge.

Glue the half piece of paint stirrer from step 5 onto the top of the clothes pin. Don t tape the rubber band to the body of the crossbow or you don t be able to draw it back. Be very careful with this toy it can be very dangerous so please do not shoot at anyone or yourself. The original bow is easily modified to create this crossbow.

See more ideas about crossbow archery bows archery. It comes with the powerful rubber bands which make it possible to shoot very accurately at a long distance. You can use the clothespin as a simplified trigger for the rubber band based design. The crossbow is complete.

I think it came out pretty good. You will also be able to continuously shoot and load up to 40 steel balls at once. I recently found the arbalist guild forum a meeting place for crossbow builders. Mar 13 2017 explore dale chesney s board automatic crossbow on pinterest.

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. They started a new subforum for slingshot crossbows. I decided to contribute to that forum. Download files and build them with your 3d printer laser cutter or cnc.

Popsicle stick crafts for kids 7 and up that are also educational. This project will inspire kids to learn more about engineering art and physics all while having a ton of fun. If you decide to copy this please take care as you can cause serious injury even with the small weak rubber bands i used. Thingiverse is a universe of things.

Riley elwood asked can you try to make a rubber band powered cross bow.