Pocket Sized Minty Catapult

Step 7 Bombs away....

Insert the spoon into the holder and voila, you are finished. Load up the catapult and fire away.

It may take several tries to get your desired settings. Your shots will depend on three things. 1) the size and weight of your ammo 2) the tension in the rubber band and 3) the length of the catapult's arm.

I got some pretty good distance after playing with it for a while, and it is good fun.

I also made some small targets that fit inside the lid for when I can't find anyone to shoot mints at.

Have fun, and please make or suggest improvements and post your pics. Be careful not to hurt anyone or give them fresh breath.

Comments

[rzheang]

couldnt find any altoids.
nice post

[muberblob]

you can get the mints at a guardian drug mart

[scooter76]

Tons online for sale, but I tend to put the word out and friends keep hold of them and pass them on to me..... All the best.

[terminator300]

taking it in school might be fun

[jwoo2023]

hit the teacher or principal!

[unrealtron]

Were I live there are no altoids.... But nice post!!

[jwoo2023]

me neither but i used an eclipse tin the long one with a lid on the small side and put a long spring stuck it to a card board rectangle then loaded it in and gave it to my friend.... he opens it.... BAM! The cardboard piece and spring whack him in the face!

[mason0190]

Maybe beans would make better ammo? They 1)are more aerodynamic and 2)more can fit inside the tin.

[mcaldwell1]

your rite

[scooter76]

i used Altoids as the ammo since I was using an altoids tin. The options for ammo are endless. Try one out and post some pics.

[thetaco101]

Darn! My mom just threw my Altoids tin away I'll have to get some soon to make that.

[wito31]

im going to use this to fire sneezing powder
muahahahhahahaha

[thetaco101]

nice dude

[tim1]

I thought of something, for the spoon to be powerful enough to go kinda far, it would pop the lid open, wouldn't it?

[oanderson]

It takes a lot more force to open the tin, but the spoon still has a lot of force

[tim1]

thanks!!!!!! :)

[oanderson]

Now, if you haven't made one ... why not? these are great!!

[monkeybomb]

that is sooo cool i'll have fun shooting stuff at my brother while hes reading lol

[alphasquad1234]

Can't wait to start mine as school as finals week is over. I think I'm going to use a full sized mint case though, I cant find any gum ones.

[anthony landrum]

dude that is the coolest thing i have ever seen in my life. it acually works

[donchubugme]

That's really funny and very good projected! I'll use it at school!!! Thank you very much bro

[Technokid817]

 I think it would be cool to put marshmallows in it. Then when you fling them try and eat them midair. Good job with this one!

[Matt9]

Tell you what would be a fantastic idea for an ammo to annoy and hurt your little brother or sister frozen peas with honey all ova them to make them all sticky and sore. CLASSIC

[Notsirt]

It only took me 20 mins to round up materials and build it. It works great! This catapult is realy fun.

[techdeckbro]

that is so kool i wish i had one right now lol!

[aarons123]

deff something macgyver would make XD cept not enough explosion. going to try this, but use flaming ( lynx(flamable) covered lollies) hehe XD. boom

[Spycrab]

lol i've got a similar thing, only it fires mashmallows and it's wooden =D
i'll have to give this a shot though. Thanks!

[larameischke]

My husband would seriously love one of these.

[spenfisher]

I would put some oil on the spoon to shoot sticky stuff to make it more annoying and disrupting

[scooter76]

"slick" idea

[blizzseventh]

cool!

[scooter76]

cheers

[I3uckwheat]

try some of those snaps you can get from the firecracker store hence it is close to the 4th of july

[eyalww]

this thing is SO cool... I wish I could see it in ACTION can you upload a youtube vid pliz???

[scooter76]

Thanks for the comment. I will try and upload a vid soon, my camera is not working that great (time for a new one) but I might borrow someones elses. I'll let you know when its up. Cheers