Paper Hornet Shooter

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I built a catapult that I should share with everyone. At work, the catapult was a huge hit with my coworkers. So one of my coworkers felt compelled to defend himself against the tiny desktop catapult so he made paper hornets. Then he said, "Wait... Could you create a gun that shoots paper hornets?" My response was, "Why yes I can." So I designed this in one sitting and got it almost perfect on the first try. Using a rubber band, it shoots paper hornets. It also assembles without glue or fasteners other than printed parts. YOU WILL NEED: 2 rubber bands and 1 spring from a click pen. I will post a video eventually. How to assemble: 1. Place the trigger where it belongs. This should be obvious. 2. Position the sear so that the trigger manipulates it. 3. Using the spring from a click pen, attach it to the 2 nubs between the sear and the shooter body. This is to return the spring after it's pulled. 4. Place the cover on the body. 5. Using the clips you printed (you need to print 2 of them), clip the body together. 6. Take the sling shot and clip it into the body in the socket. 7. Take a rubber band and place it over one side of the sling shot, pull it under the body around and over the other side. This is to hold the sling shot on. It will work without this but it will fall off each time you use it. 8. Place another rubber band on the sling shot. 9. Make a paper hornet. A small one. It has to fit so the sear grabs it and can release it (a piece of paper about 4 inches by 1 inch folded into one works well). 10. Load, put in the trigger and have fun. The rubber band will fall off often, but if you use 2 tiny rubber bands like the kind for hair, you can fasten the rubber band on.