How to Make a Rubber Band Ball

 by Baller14
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This instructable will show you how to make a rubberband ball that you can work on when ever you have free time.
 
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Step 1: What You need

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You need two things(Well 100 thousands)

A small marble

Hundreds of thousands of Rubberbands
henster22 says: Mar 8, 2011. 9:08 AM
If you want to make an official record you cant have a marble in the middle because it is counted as cheating. you need to make a knot of bands tied together to start it!!!

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mikeyyyyyy says: Aug 7, 2010. 6:26 PM
mine so far is 14 pounds
AWESOME9802 says: Dec 11, 2009. 6:30 PM
I don't get this step. do i slide the band under a previous rubber band, or what? Oh, and please tell me how to connect the ends.
Shadowman39 says: Oct 16, 2009. 6:21 PM
That ball would be heavy :-P
Where do you get the rubber bands that are very long?
dodo91 says: Mar 23, 2009. 8:31 PM
DANG! you must have some time on your hands. did you try playing basketball with it?
grundisimo in reply to dodo91May 30, 2009. 6:37 AM
that would be fun until the ball exploded.
swishinj in reply to grundisimoJul 27, 2009. 3:55 PM
TORCH IT!!!!!!
flyingvampire1369 says: Nov 21, 2007. 2:51 PM
Just on a side note you don't need a marble. Instead just take one rubber band(a small one works best) and smush it up into a little ball. Then start wrapping. Thats how I made mine.
Baller14 (author) in reply to flyingvampire1369Nov 22, 2007. 9:24 AM
You can make knots too. thats what I used but the marble is earsier for other people
taylor rocks in reply to Baller14Jun 17, 2009. 4:05 PM
how do u make the knot
mrjohna says: May 26, 2009. 10:49 PM
4 Steps Bah.... I love this one - http://www.therubberband.info/ball_instructions.php. I'm upto step 2935 :)
zac d says: May 6, 2009. 6:01 PM
have you tried to through it t any ones head yet?when you do send me the video lllllllooooooollllllllllll hahahahahhhahehehehehehehhihihihihiiohihihihihohohohohohohoho
canno says: Apr 12, 2009. 7:37 AM
i dont really get the 3rd step could you please clearify
coolpizzadude says: Apr 7, 2008. 3:45 AM
it bounces and wheys 16 pounds and is the size of a basket ball it cost me 200$
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The Jamalam in reply to coolpizzadudeDec 12, 2008. 9:02 AM
learn to spell weighs...
Kokkan says: Sep 27, 2008. 12:52 PM
Hey :] nice rubber basket ball lol But how you did the giants rubbers bands to put around the ball?
eheeohoo27 says: Jul 30, 2008. 1:45 AM
here it is, the very realistic and very big knex desert eagle
foxtrot4697 says: Jul 28, 2008. 7:39 PM
to bad it isn't a real car, that would be sweet.
jetstream131 says: May 24, 2008. 3:11 PM
Hello. Why don't you try to make to simpler, and where you don't have to use the marble
srhadaham says: Mar 5, 2008. 10:42 AM
ah u cheated u didnt make an all rubber band ball i had one that was 8 inches across but it slowly started to fall apart ( dont leave in window)
jacksteal4 says: Feb 14, 2008. 5:52 PM
you made a big rubber band ball
alexsolex says: Nov 21, 2007. 9:22 AM
funny ! Does it bounce ? suggestion : add a few steps ;)
kenny94 in reply to alexsolexJan 13, 2008. 4:58 PM
mine bounces good with a superball as a core
ledzep567 says: Dec 29, 2007. 9:24 AM
good luck on beating the world record. i think it was two shop owners who got bored one day because their business isnt doing too well so they started making one. now it wont fit outside the door. and lots of people come to their shop just to see it lol
Cinder2007 says: Nov 24, 2007. 5:50 PM
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Baller14 (author) in reply to Cinder2007Dec 4, 2007. 3:09 PM
Use basic staples rubberbands. U can also use colored to make it look kool
GorillazMiko says: Nov 21, 2007. 12:46 PM
wow, nice job making it as big as the basketball, thats crazy!
Baller14 (author) in reply to GorillazMikoNov 22, 2007. 9:30 AM
Ill make a tape ball instructable soon- chack it out. I made it to be 6 inches in diameter its deadly- heavy, big, super hard
Crash2108 says: Nov 21, 2007. 12:46 PM
So you're going to make a ball bigger than 6 feet in diameter?
chew socks says: Nov 21, 2007. 9:27 AM
Do you continue to add rubber bands as a chain, or as single rubber bands?
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