How to Make a Table Top Catapult Game!

In this instructable I made a simple and fun little game that you can put anywhere, especially on a "table top." It requires you to simply place a ping pong ball on the catapult, push down, and see if goes into a cup. It can also be done by catapulting the ping pong ball onto the board and allowing it to bounce into the cups.

Oh, and just a heads up, sorry about the quality of the photos, I should be getting a nice camera soon however.

Also, as for a Craftsman tool i've been hoping to get, here's a link; (it's for a solder gun, no more old normal soldering!)

http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_12602_00954046000P?vName=Tools+%26+Equipment&cName=Power+Tools&sName=Portable+Power+Tools&prdNo=7&blockNo=7&blockType=L7

 

Step 1 Materials

The things you will need are:

- A flexible ruler
- A couple screws
- A bottle cap (from a soda or water bottle)
- Some tape (duct tape is good)
- A cork
- Scissors
- Screwdriver with some drill bits
- A 56 centimeter (L) by 26 centimeter (W) by 2 centimeter (H) piece of wood (these don't have to be exact at all, these are just what I used)
- A 17.5 centimeter (L) by 6 centimeter (W) by 1.8 centimeter (H) piece of wood (^ same as the above message in parentheses ^)
- 4 plastic cups
- A ping pong ball
- Some plain stickers (those with nothing on them and that you can write on)
- A marker (I used a black marker)
- Pliers
- A napkin

Comments

[Paulus44]

If you put a sponge on the bottom of the cups the ball will not jump out. Nice game. I make some more cups. Works fine. Thank you.

[Tape-structable]

Pretty cool. It seems like adjusting the angle of the wooden block would give you more distance. You weren't going very far in the video.

Good job. Creative catapult design.

[blackcat2]

thanks and good idea;
I could try screwing on the block of wood through only one screw right in the center so that i can rotate it and also find a way to adjust the angles by possibly making a way to bend the block of wood forward or backwards (backwards for height and distance).