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The Archery of the Office

With a few household items, you will have a bow and arrow shooting projectiles at extream speeds!

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Step 1Gather the Materials

To make this super sweet office weapon, you'll need:

2 rulers
1 rubber band
Scissors or something to break the rubber band with.
Duct Tape

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33 comments

Jul 26, 2011. 10:08 AMccobra says:

cool knife :D

Aug 18, 2009. 4:43 PMmrmerino says:

well, really, a standard bows power comes from the wood(or whatever its made of) you could string one with a steel chain and shoot 200 feet( my personal record)

Mar 30, 2011. 1:58 PMjcksparr0w says:

with a chain?

Mar 30, 2011. 2:51 PMmrmerino says:

Apparently? I don't remember typing that. I think my brother may have found my password and screwed with a bunch of stuff.

May 5, 2011. 6:27 AMjcksparr0w says:

Aaahhh, the plague of little siblings

Oct 12, 2006. 7:55 PMUnforgiven_God says:

i also dont suggest using one of these in school cuz the teachers & staff would consider it a weapon & u would get in large amounts of trouble

Apr 12, 2010. 7:09 AMAcer81996 says:

no, just show your (or rather my) superior firepower until they give up.
that works with me every time.

Feb 11, 2009. 5:14 PMlitledrumdrumbigblack says:

can you do it with popsicle sticks instead of rulers?

Mar 5, 2009. 9:13 AMbylerfamily says:

Yes.

Feb 10, 2009. 5:27 PMhassannaeem101 says:

lol, the doughnut has gone bad

Feb 10, 2009. 5:28 PMhassannaeem101 says:

fat doughnut

Jun 24, 2008. 4:35 AMDylbyt says:

heyy u no that bows bend in the limbs not the string

Feb 10, 2009. 5:13 PMTheMattster says:

yah well office bows dont =p

Dec 24, 2008. 7:19 PMhassannaeem101 says:

you work at a office and you don't get payed for killing each other

Jul 4, 2008. 8:54 PM

bowmaster says:

This is not a bow. I should know.

Mar 16, 2008. 5:17 AMknex gun master says:

The "bowstring" is called a bow line

May 27, 2008. 10:11 AMNapoleanDynamite says:

A good idea also is to use a boomerang. They work really well.

Jun 16, 2007. 12:23 AMbradford27 says:

I liked the idea, but using protractors works better because you can hold it better. it also hits myhand when I shoot it and it hurts.

Oct 12, 2006. 7:55 PMUnforgiven_God says:

thats impossible to shoot out of a nailgun thers a difference between a nail and a toothpick the toothpick would probably break in half if u tried to shoot it but im not sure..i'll try it

Jun 15, 2007. 7:59 AMtechnodude92 says:

even if you got the toothpick to fit, it dosent have enough mass or the right shape to sustain flight for verry long, and if it did it would tumble through the air slowing it substantially. point is, i dont think it will cause much damage, better off shooting a roundish rock

Jun 2, 2007. 9:41 PMKingbow111 says:

See This, if you like this post. http://www.bleacheatingfreaks.com/science/OB2/bxmas/

Mar 20, 2007. 11:02 PMyellow elephant says:

isnt it wage war not seige war

Jan 15, 2007. 11:26 AMAdrien says:

Nice Instructable, I used wooden rulers and cut them at an angle with a table saw.... Makes it a bit easier to use in the end.

Dec 30, 2006. 8:53 AMprojectile fanatic says:

you are arguing over dmage to a school pupil from toothpics have you thought of kakin them blunt or i that just outside the point as hurting someone you hate sounds like fun, or you could just g with the finger rubber band gun, even a pointy ended paper plane

Nov 18, 2006. 8:29 PMeyeballer103 says:

A few years ago my friend and i wrapped paperclips around eachother then added a rubber band to it to make a bow. I had a corkboard in my room so i decided to tape a sewing needle to one of the arrows. It worked but i do not suggest shooting people with them.

Nov 18, 2006. 4:28 PMthingygoboom says:

make a collapsable 1 w/ brads and tongue depressors

Oct 10, 2006. 9:24 PMbigpinecone says:

but that's the point! in a classroom war u have to disable the enemy, and paper don't hurt very much unless it's a papercut, and i don't think a toothpick could be rammed into someone far enough to make them have to go to the hospital unless u shot it out of a nailgun at close range, which sounds like fun

Oct 10, 2006. 7:45 PMthematt3 says:

sweet this is so awsome! the projectiles though should be something else that wont penetrate your skin and have to go to the hospital.

Oct 6, 2006. 12:09 AMbigpinecone says:

i could make that, just give me some time and i'll put up an instructable on it =)

Oct 5, 2006. 8:24 PMUnforgiven_God says:

they dont shoot that fast. i think that the bic pen bow&arrow thing shoots faster. Sombody should come up with something like this that shoots toothpicks.....ouch

Sep 30, 2006. 2:32 AMSCrid2000 says:

Ok, another way to use a rubber band to shoot a paper clip... as if my fingers aren't good enough... The enthusiasm is appreciated, but rubber bands are overused. Something new would be cool.