Introduction: Mini Blowdart Gun
A mini hand held blow dart gun made from a pen/straw, shoelace/hoodie string tip, and a needle/safetypin/etc., Easy to make, fun to use and something to do when bored. The dart goes surprisingly far and even plucks into cement a little. There's probably still a dart high up on the concrete wall of my eleventh grade english class from like 6 years ago, haha. Distance is surprisingly far. You can find all the materials laying around, and complete this in less than five minutes. No real purpose of making this however. I've seen similar designs on here, but nothing like mine. This is a dangerous weapon and I don't recommend building one. If you do caution should be excersized and this should never be pointed in even the general direction of humans and animals. If you do build this do it at you own risk and don't hold me responsible, blah blah. Have fun!
Step 1: Materials
The first thing you must do is gather the required materials. You should have everything already, and many items can be substituted. You need 1. Straw or empty hollowed pen, 2. Tip from a shoelace or the tip from a hooded sweatshirt string, 3. Sewing needle, safetypin or something similar with a sharp point. Once you have your materials it's on to the assembly. For this example I am using a straw from a fast food place, a tip from a shoelace off an old pair of delta forces,and a sewing needle.
Step 2: Dart Assembly
The next thing we must do is assemble the dart. This is a very easy procedure. Take the piece of shoelace you cut off, and cut it off about 1/4 of an inch back from where the plastic ends and the lace begins. Once you have done this fray the lace part of tip by pulling it apart and such until it looks like the picture. After you have done this you must attach the needle. If you are using a safety pin cut it so it looks like a needle. Stick the pointy part into the frayed part of the dart. Then push it all he way through until the pointy part sticks out the other side. Be careful not to poke yourself while doing this. It helps to push it against a table to get the needle through. Your dart is now assembled!
Step 3: Final Preperation
You're just about ready to fire it now! Stick the dart you just made into the straw pointy side first. Make sure the frayed part is all the way in the straw and not exposed. Now aim and fire!
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18 Comments
9 years ago
Oh wow it actually has really good accuracy
Reply 7 years ago
yes it actually does i just made it and im shooting at everything that moves
11 years ago on Introduction
well now if you find the right size pen casing, you can have ready made darts from Q tips just cut the cotton ball off one end and use as is or glue a pin into the hollow stem.
11 years ago on Introduction
can i use something other than needles like toothpicks or something? My dad wont let me use needles.
12 years ago on Introduction
the little plastic thingy on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet. nice design.
12 years ago on Step 3
Epic i used it for Playing darts xD
13 years ago on Step 3
i have one stuck in mii arm and it amazing it funny how ppl can make really little thing and turn them into the most hurtful thing but thanks for showing me how to it will come in handy
13 years ago on Step 1
i have delta forces, but i aint cuttin em cos i wanna go p-ballin again it is awesome!
13 years ago on Introduction
sweet. for my b-day i am doing something like the book the hunger games so i need even more weapons than usual
14 years ago on Introduction
i cant get the needle throught the shoelace thingy
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
its called an aglet
14 years ago on Step 3
cool :) ill build one
14 years ago on Introduction
it isnt actually that bad. a while back me and some friends made a bunch of these and had a blowdart war(yes, with goggles). at hardest blow, from fifteen feet away, it went into my forearm about 3/8"
14 years ago on Introduction
awsome my bro and his friend r scared to death of me my bombs gun. n latest addition my darts tyvm ! rock on
14 years ago on Introduction
14 years ago on Introduction
ouch! but also ...... sweet!
14 years ago on Introduction
Nice!
15 years ago on Introduction
A great thing to do is heat up the end of a needle and put it into a cutip cut in half, then blow it thru a straw! Works amazingly!