Homemade Web-shooter

THWIP!! Ever dreamed about being able to launch mini projectiles from something you can hide under your Jersey sleeve? Or perhaps ever having your own spider-man web shooter? Then read on! In this instructable I will show you how to make a spider-man web shooter that is fully functional, does not require a 3D printer, and is a lot of fun to play with.

The basics of it is a spring with a trigger so when the trigger is released the spring discharges energy propelling the missile forward. Enough of that though, let's get into it.

This project requires household items that are pretty easy to find. You will need the following:

• 1x 20cm by 10cm piece of cardboard.
• 1x Popsicle stick.
• 1x old click pen for the spring.
• 1x double sided Velcro.
• 3x 8x8cm pieces of paper or 1 A4 sheet.
• 2x rubber bands.
• Sharpees as many colors as you like.
• 1X pencil.
• 1x Tupperware.
• 1x Roll of masking tape(preferably).
• 1x Tube of paper glue.
• Your favorite strong epoxy or glue.

Tools:

• Scissors.
• Ruler.
• And a working kettle (for hot water).
• Printer (optional).
• Hacksaw.

Wherever you see something Bolded don't panic please! It's just a tip.

So, the first thing we need to do is remove the spring from the pen. We can remove the spring by simply removing either the top or bottom of the pen. Whichever one unscrews, for me it's the bottom. So, once you've removed the spring intact you can proceed to step 2.

The barrel is pretty important. Without the barrel the spring will buckle and bend and then you can't load anything.

In order to make the barrel you will need to measure the spring in its decompressed state add a centimeter when marking out on the paper. Once you have marked and cut out your paper, take your strip of paper and wrap around it the spring. Glue about 1/2 inch of the paper so it doesn't unroll, then put some epoxy on the cardboard.

Next take the barrel and place it standing up on the cardboard with the spring inside. Leave it to dry. Once dry, take your scissors and cut around the barrel on the cardboard. The barrel is complete. Forge ahead to step 3.

Now that we have the barrel with the spring inside let's make the body. We can make the body by doing the following:

First take your barrel and measure it. Measure the diameter and length. For some basic measurements: the diameter of my barrel is 0.6cm and the length is 3cm. We're going to start by drawing a 3cm line on the cardboard and then we're going to mark out a centimeter from the top. Quick tip: Remember to substitute my measurements for yours.

After that, draw a line extending 1cm out on each side from the 1cm mark. Now mark two lines one on the top, and one on the bottom. They must extend 0.5cm on each side. Connect all the lines so you are left with a coffin-like shape and then cut it out. Make sure that the barrel fits nice and snug.

Next, cut out another "coffin" but this time you're going to take your barrel, place it on the cardboard. And draw two lines, one on each side. Cut on both lines and take the two sides, put some glue on the body and stick the sides onto the body. Repeat this process until the side walls are level with the barrel. Once level, cut out one more "coffin" put some glue on it and stick it on the top. Congrats!! The body + barrel is done. Quick tip: You can even use epoxy when sticking it all together.

The arm is pretty important. Without the arm you can't store up energy in the spring, and then you can't shoot anything. So, without further ado, let's make the arm.

The first thing you will need to do is get the kettle boiling, get your Tupperware, and those rubber bands and your popsicle stick. Once the kettle is done boiling, pour the water into the Tupperware and put the popsicle stick into the water. You will probably need a small weight to keep the popsicle stick down in order for the popsicle stick to absorb all the water and get bendy. Be prepared to wait a while. It needs 2 hours to soak.

2 hours later. Take the popsicle stick out the liquid and bend it to 90 degrees slowly. then take one rubber band, double it up, and put it around the popsicle stick. Leave it overnight to dy. The next day. Take your rubber band off the popsicle stick. And hooray!! It holds its shape!! The crowd goes WILD!! Well not quite, but it does hold its shape.

Now, mark out 1cm from the one side and saw it off with a hacksaw. After that cut off some tape and put the tape on the side that you sawed off from and put the top part on the tape just a little bit away and wrap it around. Now it should act like a hinge. To add more stability, you can cut off another piece of tape and put on the back of the hinge and then fold it around. Please continue to step 5.

Step 5. The halfway point to success. Let's do this!

At this stage, you should have the body with the barrel and the spring inside. And you should have the arm. How to attach the two though? I know!

What you need to do is grab your epoxy, mix it on the body where the barrel opens up, and the put the small part of the "hinge" onto the epoxy. Leave to dry. Once dry please proceed to step 6.

16 hours later. The epoxy is dry!! As you can see in the gif, the arm moves, and I don't even have to hold the "hinge" part of the popsicle stick! You're pretty much done. But, first let's attach the Velcro, make some missiles, install the trigger, and decorate, then you'll be done. First thing up in the list: Attaching the Velcro. Let's do it.

In order to make the wrist strap we will need to take the Velcro and measure 30cm. Then once you have the 30cm mark, cut the Velcro at that line. Now take the body and epoxy the body onto the Velcro. You should epoxy the body 7cm from where the Velcro end's when attached to your wrist.

The epoxy dried overnight and has stuck to the Velcro quite nicely. So, do you know what that means? Time to make the bullets!

To make the bullets, first mark 3cm on a piece of paper. Next, draw a nice long line perpendicular to the short line. Now you're going to cut along the long line until you're left with a strip of paper.

With this strip of paper, you're going to roll it up until you have 1/2 an inch left. Put some paper glue on this 1/2 inch and finish rolling it up. make sure that you can "bounce" the bullet inside the tube. There's the bullet. Don't forget to let it dry. Step 8 here we come.

To install the trigger, first you must measure and cut off 1cm from the other side of the popsicle stick. Now, put the bullet in the barrel and push your pencil right against the bullet. Once it's the furthest it can go in wiggle your pencil side to side so that it makes a mark on the arm.

Next, put some epoxy on the arm, mix it together, and put the little piece you sawed off earlier onto the epoxy. In fact, you can even put some epoxy on the front and back of trigger to reinforce it. You might have to saw off a little bit of the trigger depending on how your popsicle stick holds and depending on wrist flexibility.

Wowee! This already looks pretty cool, right? But what would the device be without decorations? So, grab your Sharpees and get ready to color in and have a blast!

You can either color in freehand with whatever color, patterns, and style you want. you could even paint it. Maybe don't use a spray paint because spray paint tends to form a plastic like coat. But if you want to you can. I'm going to freehand mine.

If you want to print and then cut out and stick on your web shooter, please feel free to! Here's a nice spider photo: spider color in plain - Bing images. - Bing images. It looks pretty cool. I'm afraid I won't be able to cut out and print because my web shooter's too small. You will probably have to resize it too fit, but it looks really cool nonetheless!

Now for the hardest part of all. You ready? Ok, don't say I didn't warn you. The hardest part is... deciding what to shoot first!! Whether you're going to go and try shoot a target or going to try shoot really high. Or even really far! Good luck deciding what to shoot first!

⚠**DISCLAIMER** Please refrain from shooting anything living!! No matter how annoying!! Because remember: "With great power, come great responsibility"⚠ Also, don't forget to have BUCKETS of fun!! If you have any questions free feel free to ask them down below⬇. ChewieA11 out. THWIPP!!