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Bic pen bow & arrow

Bic pen bow & arrow
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A Bic pen bow & arrow is a good way to waste time at work or school. Be carefull these things really fly and could poke your eye out.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
Bic Pen
Rubber band
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May 22, 2012. 1:14 PMnomorecupcakes says:
I used mechanical pencil
Mar 14, 2010. 4:50 PMPhionixflame says:
its worth making. it shoots pretty far. if you can try to find a pen with out the colored part on the top. that makes it go way faster
Aug 14, 2011. 1:21 PMLord Jon Bigglesworth says:
I think you can rip off the colored part at the top if you pull hard enough (or maybe I just got a defective pen...)
Apr 15, 2012. 10:15 AMightmeaki says:
the air goes around the top of the pen and then pushes it out an dthne over making it go straiigter so leave it on
Nov 15, 2011. 4:38 PMjhua1 says:
It'd be easier just to use a lighter and get the plastic soft on one side and push the cap through, then light the other side and push it all the way through, then get rid of the access plastic and you're good. It'll also hold the cap in place. TA DA
Nov 27, 2010. 6:55 PMisniperonmw2 says:
whats that little hair at the bottom of the pic?
Feb 4, 2011. 2:26 PMkevcube says:
Oh, you know what it is..
Jul 10, 2011. 3:35 PMjackcade says:
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Apr 6, 2011. 11:37 PMemercado says:
Ok, so i tried to do this one but when you make the hole it snaps. So i got a kilemetrico pen and cut just under it. use that instead of the one used so you wont have to make the hole large
Mar 24, 2011. 8:14 PMuncutcamoturtle says:
I just want weapons to hurt people
Mar 25, 2011. 11:00 AMd3mond00d says:
You can add a target-dart for a blowgun into the ink cartridge itself, sharp part facing away. I did that (with 2 rubberbands,not 1) and it stuck in a wooden door at school
Mar 22, 2011. 8:04 PMd3mond00d says:
Use skewers instead of ink cartridges >=).
Mar 22, 2011. 7:59 PMd3mond00d says:
Just a warning, if you use a knife, be careful. I did that and the knife slid off and gave me a cut that I can tell will turn into a scar XD. So, yeah, be careful.
Mar 5, 2011. 1:37 PMPlo Koon says:
CRUD. I finally get through 1 side of the pen, but then the drill battery died.
Feb 20, 2011. 9:23 PMA flyin muffin says:
If you pull it back to far, the pen breaks.
Sep 26, 2010. 2:41 AMScreamo says:
aany other pen you can use? i dont have a BIC
Feb 20, 2011. 9:22 PMA flyin muffin says:
Any cheap pen that has the same basic parts works.
Feb 12, 2011. 9:33 PMknexwalrus says:
ill show my friend how to make this
Jan 22, 2011. 11:00 AMTadashi98 says:


awsome game above
Jan 16, 2011. 12:56 AMSupercoke says:
this thing just screams: OFFICE WARRIOR!!!!!
Jan 5, 2011. 6:23 PMchampionx5 says:
it also works with a papermate but that red part that goes through the white part doesnt come off still works pretty good though
May 12, 2007. 10:14 PMbigblondeboy says:
cansomeone tell me how to grab onto the little plug at the back cant figure it for some reason:[
Dec 23, 2010. 7:59 AMlorddemon2008 says:
it works best with a knife. You can also use scissors or pooke it out with something that can reach through.
Dec 3, 2010. 8:55 PMDanny09 says:
On a different project people were saying to stick a chop sick in the other end and push the plug out.
Nov 28, 2010. 9:33 AMk07n192 says:
i used my teeth
Apr 2, 2010. 4:34 PMcarpfluff says:
I took the pen ink thing out, then used the tip to push the bottom out through the pen "barrel" (white part)
Nov 19, 2009. 2:39 PMgafelk8 says:
bite on it till it pops off
May 25, 2007. 2:47 PMA.C.E. says:
when i make them i just take scisors and put them at an angle right below it and thrust upward. it takes off little shavings but hooks on to the end and pops it out. i was going to make an instructable on this when my friend showed it to me. if nobodies showed how to make the crossbow style with trigger, ill put that up.
Sep 14, 2009. 7:54 PMspartan 2209 says:
Wow ace. We like the same stuff I guess. Remember I commented "GO CRYSIS" on your CD mounting instructables? If there is a way to be friends on this site I'd like to be your friend.
Sep 14, 2009. 8:12 PMA.C.E. says:
I think the best way to do that is to subscribe to each other's probikes. I will try to subscribe to you but I'm on my iPod so it might not press the sub button right. If not, I'm getting up early tommorow and I will do it then.
Dec 20, 2010. 6:02 PMelarto says:
where can i buy a bic pen in beijing china?
Nov 27, 2010. 6:26 PMAir_Assassin says:
Those can kill a small animal
Nov 22, 2010. 12:56 PMAir_Assassin says:
You can be ninja with that Lolz no really you can
Nov 9, 2010. 5:20 AMndog56 says:
ill make a fourtune thnks dude i can get like 80 of those pens for 10 bucks
Oct 14, 2010. 4:26 PMassasin0211 says:
how would u make the hole in school
Aug 15, 2010. 10:13 AMducktape.mac says:
wow!!! i made something just like that and posted it on youtube!!! i didn't even know this instructable existed when i got the idea. so check it out @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hphtFl4adLY or just type in school supplies weapons and it is the first one to come up.
Jun 20, 2010. 5:37 PMur momma says:
very good idea but if you want to make it more lethal just get a normal bic pen take everything out till its a tube and put a water balloon and rubber bandit and use either 6mm bbs or thin ink cartridges and insert ammo and aim pull and let go it's small and portable also great for airsoft wars with friends have fun and happy shooting :p
Aug 2, 2010. 3:35 PMnorthernmagnet says:
good idea i used it and shot good :) but its good for how small it is
Jul 19, 2010. 11:38 PMbeardog108 says:
i love it but you dont need to put the end in it
Sep 24, 2008. 3:19 AMmckratos says:
can you just use any bic pen or can you just use that one if not can someone email me at cameron.leary@yahoo.com THAX
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