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Mini Pocket Rocket

Mini Pocket Rocket
Ever want to shoot a pen over 80 ft.? now you can with this new inproved ink shooter.
It is very easy to make and will take about 3 minutes.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
All you need are a few house hold items:

-Normal BIC pen (not a click pen)

-Tape, I used duct tape but electrical tape may be better.

- Wide rubber band (this will shoot the ink tube)
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11 comments
Dec 12, 2011. 6:34 PMjmurry1 says:
I cant get it to work
Nov 23, 2011. 6:45 PMsamshere says:
ok just us a pen that u can take apart by un scuring it (sorry bad spelling ) then take the end of the rubber band and tape it to the end and pull back and shoot
Aug 24, 2011. 8:35 AMDisturbedguy says:
how wide does the rubbeband need to be? Plz tell me :D
May 4, 2009. 9:27 PMcrazybums3000 says:
make some thing beter
Nov 12, 2009. 8:00 PMmechaniel says:
For a 3 min project it is prety good. I didn't think of the pen but I did think of the explotion th power a metal tube.
Nov 12, 2009. 6:04 PMColonel88 says:
Not 80 feet. Nope. Not even CLOSE. More like 20 at MAX at ground level. And it is more of a Launcher than a Rocket. A rocket is self propelled, remember?
May 4, 2009. 11:04 PMtimjelly says:
how do you get the end off? you know, the side without the pen part? I tried scissors, but they didn't work
Apr 10, 2009. 4:30 PMregipalka says:
Mar 28, 2009. 10:57 AMh0l10W says:
nice job!
Mar 24, 2009. 3:28 PMregipalka says:
peanut farmer of america that ids coltin nice ible

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