How to Make a Paper Crossbow
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Uploaded on Apr 9, 2011
I noticed that there was no decent tutorial out there for making a paper crossbow that didn't utilize rubber bands. This is what I came up with as a result. The crossbow is actually quite durable in design and should stand up to use for for a very long time so long as it doesn't get wet. Hopefully a good deal of office boredom can be solved with this.
The working mechanism for this crossbow is in the arms made of rolled paper and supported by tape. Typically a bent tube of rolled paper would tear when bent, but a layer of tape seems to distribute the load evenly enough to not only prevent the paper from tearing, but also give it a strong and fast spring action when released. This allows for a rigid bow string to be used which utilizes the energy in the arms to propel the projectile - Rather than most toy crossbows which use rigid arms and an elastic band which propels the bolt more like a slingshot than a crossbow.
This crossbow can throw a pencil or pen a good 100 feet. A possible modification for even more power might be to make two arms on each side that the bow string would tie together at the tips. Having double arms is about the only way to go about adding more power because adding much more paper to the first set will only result in them tearing or being completely rigid. Similar to how you can only fold a piece of paper so many times.
Have fun! Don't take an arrow to the knee.
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Nick Richards 1 day ago
This guy is cool
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fath alafta 17 hours ago
im gonna use tht to play hunger games at school
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Joshua Schneider 17 minutes ago
dude, that was AWESOME!
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adolforemedio81 3 hours ago
This is so cool :·]
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N1A9T9E8 6 hours ago
the directions were wrong i got my dick stuck in a tree
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ArcticChimp Marshall 8 hours ago
like if ur watching this in 2013 when it was out in 2011
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Christian Kilcher 9 hours ago
Awesome . My teacher hate it :D
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jonasatkinson123 10 hours ago
Do more stuff
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jonasatkinson123 10 hours ago
Cool
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nikki walter 10 hours ago
i tryed it but its dosnt shoot well
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Marc Kian Sarroca 11 hours ago
Got takes Half an hour to do it ! -_-
But Awesome1
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