How to make blowgun darts!

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Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:56 pm

These are easy to make darts that take five minutes, no tools, and regular household materials.
Materials:
Nails (1 1/2" to 2" is optimal)
1/8" string or yarn
1/2" wide tape

These are easy to shoot with a 1/2" Sch 40 blowgun or just barrels on cannons. They are a perfect fit, are stable, have great penetration, and take about a minute each to make.
Don't shoot people.
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All the materials
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Cut about 15 pieces of string 2" long and a 5 inch long piece of tape
Cut about 15 pieces of string 2" long and a 5 inch long piece of tape
Line up the string on the tape, along with the nail
Line up the string on the tape, along with the nail
Roll it slowly, keeping the tape flush with the nail's head
Roll it slowly, keeping the tape flush with the nail's head
The finished dart
The finished dart
Put the end in the blowgun
Put the end in the blowgun
Push it down about 3/4," so string doesn't go in your mouth
Push it down about 3/4," so string doesn't go in your mouth
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All of these darts were shot, not stuck into the box
All of these darts were shot, not stuck into the box
A few darts
A few darts
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:03 pm

wow nice idea....do they work for guns???or jsut blow guns....???you should invent a bigger version for like a 1" potato gun
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:11 pm

thats sort of like one of the darts i made, i never got the pics to work and dont have any of the pics or the darts anmore but heres what it is: http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5110& theres also a link to another dart ive made on it wich is usually the kind i make they're really good

your idea looks pretty cool too, i think ill try making one of those myself 8)

EDIT: spudthug most darts will work in small cannons unless there really weak but his look pretty strong so i would say that his design would work great in cannon
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:15 pm

Just bump up the sizes for bigger bores, and yes, they'll be fine in cannons. I might make a couple for 1 1/2" barrels or some such size.
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:36 pm

i have a good design, they are really strong, and have great penetration. if you have a big enough cone you could make them all the way up to 2". ill create a how-to in a bit

Edit: i sound like a lil bit of a prick :lol:
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Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:04 pm

I prefer paper towels for feathers, I just cut a square,and stab the nail though
I can shoot them into plywood with a .5" ball valve gun at low presure

edit ooh I didint realize that you shot the box using the pipe as a blowgun, thats pretty good
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:35 am

spudthug wrote:wow nice idea....do they work for guns???or jsut blow guns....???you should invent a bigger version for like a 1" potato gun

It's nice to use blowguns, it's a nice gun with dart.
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Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:52 am

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Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:57 am

Way to bump a 3yrold topic...
And why do I get an impression the 2 posts above were made by the same person?
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