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!

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Step 1: Things you will need

Look at the picture.

PoisonDartFrog says: Mar 29, 2013. 12:33 PM

Where did you get the band you used from?

Captainsparklez says: Dec 16, 2012. 10:43 PM

nice!

popli999 says: Nov 2, 2012. 9:58 PM

cool dude i made 1 out uv wud

Mr. tony stark says: Sep 20, 2012. 10:15 AM

awesome!!!
i just found the best ammo!
take some tin foil and rip out a rectangle.
then crumple it up.
wa la it should go pretty far.
thanks for the great instuctable!

SpecieS~ says: Jan 18, 2009. 9:18 AM

...and here are the promised pictures:

flipout in reply to SpecieS~Apr 11, 2012. 11:49 AM

dude awsome

idiot053 in reply to SpecieS~Sep 14, 2009. 11:02 PM

toolboxx in reply to SpecieS~Aug 8, 2009. 3:16 AM

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

NicholasL in reply to SpecieS~Jun 26, 2009. 2:32 AM

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

pyro1324 in reply to SpecieS~Jan 31, 2009. 3:07 PM

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

SpecieS~ in reply to pyro1324Feb 9, 2009. 10:35 AM

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 in reply to SpecieS~Mar 1, 2009. 6:02 PM

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

imthatguy1125 in reply to SpecieS~Jan 23, 2009. 2:27 PM

awesome how far does it shoot

yourcat (author) in reply to SpecieS~Jan 18, 2009. 2:43 PM

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

Captainsparklez in reply to yourcatJan 4, 2013. 5:53 PM

what on arth is the tool's name woththe flat wide head?

SpecieS~ in reply to yourcatFeb 9, 2009. 10:44 AM

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

Cmonster12 says: Dec 30, 2011. 5:57 PM

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

Cmonster12 says: Dec 15, 2011. 4:49 AM

would be easier if you could put a basket on it

Cmonster12 says: Dec 15, 2011. 4:43 AM

know i can annoy my friends even more!

polymorph101 says: Nov 15, 2011. 7:20 PM

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

dragonoid294 says: Apr 26, 2009. 6:15 PM

this is hard to make!

polymorph101 in reply to dragonoid294Nov 15, 2011. 7:09 PM

you are sooo damn right!!!

dash-attack says: Apr 5, 2009. 7:55 AM

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

yourcat (author) in reply to dash-attackApr 5, 2009. 8:31 AM

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

capn_midnight in reply to yourcatJul 13, 2009. 10:42 AM

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 (author) in reply to capn_midnightAug 11, 2009. 9:33 AM

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

polymorph101 in reply to yourcatNov 15, 2011. 7:07 PM

he is right though

riguy98 says: Oct 10, 2011. 1:59 PM

Booooooooobies

TheOmegaGears in reply to riguy98Nov 2, 2011. 3:43 AM

where

an1153 in reply to riguy98Oct 20, 2011. 11:32 PM

huh

TheOmegaGears in reply to an1153Nov 2, 2011. 3:44 AM

yeaaah ive seen that picture in a book somewhere

shadow wave rider says: Jul 10, 2011. 7:38 PM

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 says: Jun 27, 2011. 5:12 AM

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

steelerssuck says: Feb 5, 2011. 11:45 AM

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

sarcasm man says: Sep 30, 2010. 6:36 PM

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

xmtr says: Sep 5, 2010. 4:38 PM

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

drewboy190 says: Jul 13, 2010. 11:17 PM

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

nutsandbolts_64 in reply to drewboy190Aug 4, 2010. 7:08 AM

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 says: May 29, 2010. 12:29 AM

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

nutsandbolts_64 in reply to nutsandbolts_64Aug 4, 2010. 7:04 AM

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