So if you know of one, please post a link. I'm interested to see anything that doesn't use rubber bands and is small. UPDATE: New Zealand has declared them banned now, too. Though there have not yet been widespread reports of serious injuries, several cities have already banned them. (I am of course not counting the one created by the jeweler, T. Toothpick crossbows are the new must-have item for schoolkids across China and concerned parents and school officials aren’t having any of it. All of the other "Pocket Crossbows" I've seen utilize rubber bands, and would crumple to pieces if you put it in your pocket. The case is made out of an old marker, cut into 3 pieces, taped together, and a wire around it to keep it closed.Īs far as i've seen, this is the only real toothpick crossbow, and the only real pocket crossbow. But what do you expect? They're tooth picks. Once the paint is dry, give the cross a coat of Mod Podge to seal. Use a smaller paintbrush to access smaller areas. Let dry, turn over, and repeat on the other side. Use acrylic paint diluted with a little bit of water to stain the cross. At far distances the tape on the ends of the bolts can cause the bolts to fail to maintain a straight trajectory. Assemble the clothespins in a cross formation and glue. I modded my bolts to contain steel tips, this added to the accuracy, and power. The bow is made out of a steel blowdart with the sharp tip cut off, jewelers wire, and jewelers crimps. Bug hunting can be quite fun.Īs for the stock, it's made out of popsicle sticks, hot glue, pieces of paper clips, duct tape, and Q-tips. I am in NO WAY responsible for what you do if you decide to try and re-create what I have here! Keep it safe, don't point ANY fire arm (in this case crossbow) at ANY living creature! Unless it's a plant, or bug. But only so I know which one is my chap stick. When in the case it's slightly larger than a tube of chap stick. The bow got smaller, I added some rigs to hold the crossbow together while in my pocket, I created a case, and I made it storeable. MOVE aside fidget spinners, the newest must-have toy for children in China is the toothpick crossbow. So, with my other crossbows in mind, I made some changes. ![]() I've built plenty of Peg guns out of cloths pins, but I wanted a crossbow, and one that didn't use a rubber band as it's source of power. Something with less power, and something that won't have a high chance of breaking in my pocket. Not something that smashed my toothpicks to bits as they hit the wall. 1 INVENTION.Toothpick crossbow.How to make a crossbow with toothpicksThanks for watchingMusic source in videoNCS: Music Without LimitationsNCS Spotify: h. It's a smaller, and less powerful version of my other pocket crossbows posted here: Īfter building and playing with those, I decided I wanted something that could fire toothpicks. ![]() I've recently built this little crossbow out of more things laying around at home.
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