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I thought there would be a paper ball gun for standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper, but I can't find one.
Ammunition is a recycling bin away, it runs on either CO2 or a hand pump, and it is relatively harmless to anything but house flies.
Could push tight paper ball to half speed of sound?
http://stokes.byu.edu/pingpong.htm
<begins office arms race> [ConsulFlaminicus, Feb 12 2008]
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Ah. I was hoping the origama did the firing. |
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I can't help but think that the boulders would be a little disappointing aerodynamically. Too much air resistance and not enough weight. But if you could introduce a ball bearing or something into the paper, you might get a more useful projectile out of it. |
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Naw, Office blowgun. Take a push pin, wrap in small cone of paper held on with scotch tape. Roll letter or better legal sized paper into tube and you have a solid weapon effective out to 10'. |
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Of course I will be trying that. |
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I like the old idea of a rubber band and a folded paper V, because you are using classroom/office supplies only, and you are applying them both in ways they were not intended for. |
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The accuracy and velocity are unparalleled in the category of office supply projectiles (except for the drinking straw/plasticine combo). |
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Don't forget the catapult, for lobbing your payload over cubicle walls (plastic spoon). |
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Be polite though, and don't fire wet or staining ammunition (like used coffee filters). |
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Get a staple, bend one arm parallell with the web, and one down to a ~45 degree angle. You essentially get a V-shape, with one arm longer than the other. Hook short arm over a small rubber band, pull back and zap! ideal projectile. Eyes beware, this will stick into a corkboard at 10 feet on a lucky shot. Heavy duty boof-o cardboard staples are the magnum sniping version. Paperclips bent appropriately for indirect fire. |
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As to the blowdarts - get a cotton wool bud (cue tip) and cut one end so you have cotton and ~1/2 inch shaft. Get a sewing needle (from a sewing machine), and it will push blunt-end first back into the shaft of the cue tip. You end up with a dart, with a heavy needle tip head, and a cotton-bud tail. Find a pen body with the right diameter and you have a rather scary blowdart. I used to hunt cockroaches and grasshoppers when I was a kid with one of these. Not sure if you have sewing needles in your office... |
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