Project by melarky | posted 07-29-2014 05:57 AM | 5388 views | 27 times favorited | 18 comments | ![]() |
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I made this fun rubber band gun in a weekend and made a video of the build along with an instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/Gatling-Rubber-Band-Machine-Gun-Easy-Weekend-Proje/) with step by step instructions and free printable templates so others could make this fun project too. I had a fun time making this project, and my kids have a fun time playing with it (ok, so do I).
I made a few other guns before this one, testing out different things before I finally landed on this design. Some of my other guns used metal hardware for the hand crank (bearings and screw rods etc…), but I really wanted to get it made completely out of wood and still have a smooth hand crank, and this design fits the bill nicely.
I hope other have as much fun making this as I did.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#1 posted 07-29-2014 06:24 AM
Welcome to LJ! I love those rubber band machine guns ;-) Thanks for the link ;-)
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#2 posted 07-29-2014 10:03 AM
Good job. Looks like fun.
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#3 posted 07-29-2014 11:44 AM
I didn,t like the hard core sound ;) but you have made a good video and also clearly instructions. I also like the gun. Thank you for sharing.
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Jim Jakosh
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#4 posted 07-29-2014 01:05 PM
That is a neat project. I have a plastic one that I bought at a craft sale.
I also like the build video and the attached videos on the lever action rubber band gun and the fully automatic one.
Thanks for sharing. ...............Jim
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melarky
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#5 posted 07-29-2014 01:26 PM
Thanks for the welcome everyone! I have made some other rubber band machine guns that I may try to lay out as well. There is a semi-automatic machine gun that uses the spoke wheel to fire rubber bands 1 at a time (it can only hole about 20ish rubber bands at a time though). I made one for my 2 oldest boys and they are fun, but this gatling gun is obviously funner :)
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#6 posted 07-29-2014 02:23 PM
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve wanted to make one of these for a long time…
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#7 posted 07-29-2014 02:35 PM
Too cool. Just the thing to get me in trouble with all the relatives. Nice work.
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Paul Maurer
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#8 posted 07-29-2014 02:53 PM
Kewl!
Better give the drum set first.
Mark Shymanski
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#9 posted 07-29-2014 05:46 PM
Welcome to Lumberjocks and what a great project to start with!
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mcoyfrog
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#10 posted 07-29-2014 06:23 PM
Awesome i gotta make a couple of these
And welcome to LJ’s you will love it here
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#11 posted 07-29-2014 06:30 PM
I love it. I’m glad you owned up to playing with it, because I was going to call you out if you tried to deny it. :-)
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melarky
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#12 posted 07-29-2014 06:33 PM
Yeah, I think I just tell my wife that it’s for the kids so she lets me spend more money and time on these projects than I should, but they are usually for me :)
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#13 posted 07-29-2014 08:40 PM
That is incredible. Nice job and welcome to LJ’s!
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hhhopks
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#14 posted 07-29-2014 09:36 PM
Very interesting! I like to have one. Looks like a fun machine.
I would like to offer this rubber band advice: Basic science in shooting a rubber band
The rubber band will go further if there is rotation in the motion.
In northern hemisphere, the rotation is counter clockwise (right handed golfer would be a draw).
To create that motion the left side should have more tension to the opposite side.
Try it & compare to equal tension. Which version will go further?
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Roger
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#15 posted 07-29-2014 09:39 PM
Ohhh, that’s awesome.Thnx for the link. I’ve gotta build a few o these.
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