Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

Ssst, don't tell him.

Here are some more pictures and two videos :
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/rg1.JPG
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/rg2.JPG
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/rg3.JPG
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/rg4.JPG
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/rg5.JPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqPBXezfmyA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJUcYw5Cjx4

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

your wife (or whatever) is going to hate you for that ;)

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

It looks like it's made of wood; it shoots rubber?

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

Its ok, he has methods to keep her at distance :D

qole, these things are awesome.

Major props ioan, i hope your son is old enough to appreciate the workmanship required.
Its an incredible skill and I take my hat off to you.

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

most likely rubber bands, kinda like a gatling gun.

each spike holds one end of a rubber band and then there is some kind of mechanism that flips it of, making it shoot forwards.

im guesstimating that it holds some 72 bands ;)

btw, for those that dont feel so much like a craftsman:
http://www.firewheel.com.au/fw/index.aspx

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

Yeah, is a *rubber band shooter*. It holds and shoots max 288 rounds (rubber bands).

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

qole,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDXVN52cHI

(this is variation, but you get the idea)

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

I'm not sure, was there a gun in that picture? I kinda got distracted.

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hmm, 288, talk about me being off (but then trying to count the number of "barrels" where not the easiest from those images) ;)

Re: Making my son's Christmas gift...
 

yea, i know...