Rubber Band Powered Crossbow

The crossbow is complete.
Rubber band powered crossbow. Thingiverse is a universe of things. Download files and build them with your 3d printer laser cutter or cnc. Riley elwood asked can you try to make a rubber band powered cross bow. Quick and easy to do a fantastic classroom challenge.
The lower end of the stirrer should be between and 6mm and 1cm from the top of the shaft. See more ideas about crossbow archery bows archery. Read the post at the arbalist. 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.
They started a new subforum for slingshot crossbows. The original bow is easily modified to create this crossbow. Be very careful with this toy it can be very dangerous so please do not shoot at anyone or yourself. You can adjust the power of the crossbow by simply changing out the rubber band for a stronger one.
Build your own crossbow inspired launcher. The coolest project using craft sticks. You can use the clothespin as a simplified trigger for the rubber band based design. Mar 13 2017 explore dale chesney s board automatic crossbow on pinterest.
It seemed appropriate to share my experiences regarding rubber in general. Popsicle stick crafts for kids 7 and up that are also educational. If you decide to copy this please take care as you can cause serious injury even with the small weak rubber bands i used. Glue the half piece of paint stirrer from step 5 onto the top of the clothes pin.
I recently found the arbalist guild forum a meeting place for crossbow builders. You will also be able to continuously shoot and load up to 40 steel balls at once. 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. This project will inspire kids to learn more about engineering art and physics all while having a ton of fun.
I decided to contribute to that forum.