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    Awesome 3D Printed Rubber Band Guns

    The rubber band gun has undergone some modification from a Thingiverse design by Gavilan Steinman, who wanted to use his making skills to design a 3D printed gift of his own in an attempt to break away from the consumerism of the holidays. With a streamlined, fully functional design, he is able to knock down his targets one by one in the provided video. Nigel Johnson, a maker in the UK, investigated this design and then took simplicity a notch further by removing all the hardware and shortening the barrel for this pared down 3D printed rubber band gun. Check out their processes: http://3dprint.com/33142/thingiverse-rubberband-guns/


    Let us know if you have decided to 3D print and assemble one of these two designs. Below is a photo of Nigel Johnson's simplified rubber band gun:

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    Staff Engineer old man emu's Avatar
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    It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by old man emu View Post
    It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

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    Just think of the escalation, you pull the rubber band gun, the other guy pulls a spitball blowpipe, a spud cannon follows and before you know it it's WWIII and the only thing surviving is cockroaches and Keith Richards.

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    Oh! The Humanity!

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    I sense a Chuck Norris meme involving 3d printing coming up.

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    well I downloaded the files.
    Trying to work out if it'll take the rubber bands the postie leaves all over the pavement before printing one :-)

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    I remember an gatlin style rubber band gun from my youth that my parent's (probably rightly so) never allowed me to have. This would a fun one to print.

    Something Like this!



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    Man, loading up that rotary-style rubberband gun must give hours of peace and quiet to the parents... In between bouts of absolute mayhem. (and then whining about cleanup)

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    Does it exist a version suitable to be mounted on a small quadcopter?
    How could I electrically activate this thing?

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