Catapult Out of Two Paper Clips

The latest in weapons technology... okay, maybe not, but it is a great little catapult about 2 inches long that can lob a small wad of paper over 3 feet! I started inventing them 2 days before making this instructable, and have made quite a few different variations since then. I'm sorry the pictures are so bad, but the camera I'm using has a really bad macro. Don't forget to leave comments!

Step 1 Things you will need

Look at the picture.

Comments

[SpEcIeS8472]

...and here are the promised pictures:

[flipout]

dude awsome

[idiot053]

:O

[toolboxx]

Nice, But HOW DO YOU MAKE IT?!?! its almost impossible.

[NicholasL]

That is a monster! :( I want one...

[pyro1324]

wow, where the heck did you get all those parts. that must have cost some dollars o_0

[SpEcIeS8472]

i think it didn't cost me much more than 1$ (but more than 2 hours of soldering ;) ). like i said in my first comment, the copper is from an electric cable and i didn't use much of it. the gold colored wire isn't gold i think. (it would be much to expensive and this wire is much harder to bend like gold wire would be)

[Tommyhzy]

That's probably brass... Unlikely, but closest. Or it could just be painted on.

[clemsonguy1125]

awesome how far does it shoot

[yourcat]

You really stuffed a lot of rubber band on that thing. Looks good!

[SpEcIeS8472]

it's only one rubber band i stretched more than only well ;)

[Cmonster12]

wrap tape around the end of the throwing arm to make a basket

[Cmonster12]

would be easier if you could put a basket on it

[Cmonster12]

know i can annoy my friends even more!

[polymorph101]

This is cool but I had no pliers so it was tricky

[dragonoid294]

this is hard to make!

[polymorph101]

you are sooo damn right!!!

[dash-attack]

these are kinda blurry is there anyway to make then not so blurry? still awesome tho good job!

[yourcat]

Sorry, I've just got a really bad camera.

[capn_midnight]

No, it's not your camera, it's you. You're not focusing correctly. You can see the background is focused clearly. Don't use such a jumbled background, use something solid. Try to take the picture from as far away as possible and zoom in; getting to0 close to the subject will make it too hard for the lens to focus. If you have a wiry model like this, use a solid object directly next to it to set your focus and have someone remove the object before you snap the shutter.

[yourcat]

Zooming in would mean I would have to go farther away, so I still can't really do anything.

[polymorph101]

he is right though

[riguy98]

Booooooooobies

[TheOmegaGears]

where

[an1153]

huh

[TheOmegaGears]

yeaaah ive seen that picture in a book somewhere

[shadow wave rider]

really cool. i dont think i would have thought of making a catapult out of paperclips. and by the way i dont have a cat, i have a dog, lol.

[mitch and sean]

I really liked this, simple and fun (except for the pliers bit but you can't heve everything) good work!

[steelerssuck]

nice. some wires a pancake and some gun powder should do the trick to make it awesome-er-er...er............what ever

[sarcasm man]

this is awesome! with a little duct-tape and an old bionicle rubber band mine flies pretty far, and its even mini-er!

[xmtr]

i build that thing and when i shot something flies away and pokes my eye so hard

[drewboy190]

mines the wort shape ever but fires about 3 yards without mods! its great! can i plz mod it???

[nutsandbolts_64]

according to CC license by-nc-sa, you can tweak it and whatever, just acknowledge that the guy who originally made it and you can't use it for commercial purposes. also it should be of the same license.

[nutsandbolts_64]

I made a really small one. Lobbed a wad of paper 1 meter. 

[nutsandbolts_64]

The latest in paper clip catapult technology! yourcat, I'm declaring an arms race! 

[1234567]

i know that this may be a little disgusting but unused braces bands
could potentially be used

[jeffconnelly]

No, it's only disgusting if they're USED braces bands ;-)

[Slyguy]

awesome catapult, I used a small hair band and cut it up and tied it on. Just to let you know I pulled the arm back the opposite way and had a lot of power behind it. But all in all great project I've ever found so far on this web site. :)

[yourcat]

I've tried pulling it back the other way, but it always slams it into the ground for me. If you can get it to work, good for you!

[alex4646]

try putting a stopper, thos usually help