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Office Ninja Grappling Hook

Need a grappling hook to close your door? Well instead of getting up build a grappling hook to shut it for you.

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Step 1Materials

You will need:

Three (3) large paper clips
One (1) small paper clip
Fishing line or dental floss

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Aug 14, 2011. 12:18 PMbeatlemania503 says:

its a little blurry

Feb 28, 2010. 2:38 PMKenton says:

Can we use ducktape to reinforce it?

Jun 6, 2011. 12:36 AMThaAWESOMEducttapeguy says:

This ible is awEsome,but I don't know if it's awesome enough for duct tape

Apr 9, 2010. 3:36 PMHappehwalrus says:

I made one of these earlier this week and took it to school. I took it out of my pocket after I had finished my test (nobody else had finished), then my math teacher saw it. She came up to me, took it up, and told me it was a weapon and that I had detention. olawdy, what is considered a weapon by schools these days? (Our math teacher is like 60 or something-- maybe she thought it was a fishing hook?) Anyway, nice instructable. Very easy to follow.

Apr 2, 2011. 6:21 PMzack attack says:

really?

Sep 5, 2010. 4:11 AMPenguinScape says:

Thx man! I managed to make a good door-closer.

Jan 10, 2008. 11:56 AMkunistar15 says:

sweet.!!!!!!!!!!!! how much free time do you have

Feb 10, 2008. 5:04 PMzaro12345 says:

anyone that is a member on this site has infinite amounts of free time. trust me.

Aug 25, 2010. 10:02 AMOctobeam says:

Yeah. Heh. Just like /b/... *gasp* I just broke two rules at once! NOOOOO!

Feb 5, 2010. 7:07 PMmitchblahman says:

straight trippin dawg

Jan 21, 2010. 6:23 PMMegaMaker says:

Indeed.

Aug 9, 2009. 2:05 PMPryo Chain says:

totally.

Jan 31, 2009. 11:21 PMtoolman883 says:

yah big time

Aug 12, 2010. 2:23 AMkctrooper says:

I really enjoy this it actually helped my heel... i have had heel problems for quite a while now and i made this and my heel is better .............. i was also wondering if there was a way to launch it out of a airsoft gun or a launcher for it

Apr 16, 2010. 2:49 PMaRejectedKitten says:

y not just scoot/roll over and close it

Mar 19, 2010. 2:38 PMBaddi says:

I made this, it rorcks

Jan 23, 2010. 5:18 PMwoodstock246 says:

Next time use a mini camera stand when taking pics. It is a bit shaky otherwise it is pretty good

Apr 30, 2009. 6:17 PMKidz_Creator says:

i like these, i'll make one...i made one that was better once, but now i forget how to make it , and my mom threw it away... ;(

Apr 18, 2009. 2:17 PMwacs2326 says:

that is cool

Apr 1, 2009. 7:41 PMkeylimepie2009 says:

nice that is cool

Dec 31, 2008. 4:02 PMjjjjake says:

wait in step 2 do u use the big and small clip or 2 big ones

Feb 8, 2009. 4:42 PMtemp says:

2 big ones

Sep 21, 2008. 8:31 PMjillg says:

it works great! but instead of a small paper clip i used a rubber band. it was easier to hold together than bend a paper clip

Aug 17, 2008. 6:24 PMmattdelux08 says:

I don't really understand what it means by slide the clips on top of eachother to make them interlock some 1 wanna help me

Sep 17, 2006. 12:30 AMbigpinecone says:

this is awesome! i'm sitting here at my desk and i made one, i don't have any fishing line nearby, so i have to go to my room to get it =(

Jul 23, 2008. 11:57 AMRedgerr says:

lol, almost worked ;)

Jun 18, 2008. 5:51 PMmr.dr.prof.joel says:

im sure this is the reason they were invented, because someone was to lazy to go inside a building and go up an elevator/stairs.

Jul 23, 2008. 11:56 AMRedgerr says:

lol climbing up a wall is probably harder than stairs so i think it would be more for extremists ;)

Mar 31, 2008. 2:49 PMgrimfig says:

i cant figure out exactly what to do here i think you should upload a clearer picture

Mar 15, 2008. 4:34 PMConstructo Man says:

I am making a knex fishing pole/thing grabber, and was possibly considering this for the hook. Would you mind if I provided a link to this instructable for the making of the hook part? -Constructo Man