hey what’s up guys welcome back for
another desktop project in today’s video
we’re gonna be making something called a
mini longbow these little spear slinging
devices can be made with materials you
may already have around the house you
can put them together in about 10 to 20
minutes materials are going to need for
this product very simple and very
inexpensive I just ran down the local
Walmart and I picked up some bamboo
skewers some girls hair clips some mini
popsicle sticks and some embroidery
thread you can get the color of your
choice I’m going with yellow and as far
as tools go all you’re really gonna need
is a hot glue gun and a pair of scissors
now to get started building our longbow
we’re going to need to grab one of these
small craft sticks and put a hole
through the center of this popsicle
stick just wide enough to accommodate a
bamboo skewer you can do that in a
number of ways you can use a sharp point
of a knife and just spin it in circles
or you can grab something like a 9/16
inch drill bit and very quickly drill a
hole right through it and then take two
of these little hair clips and give them
a small modification what we need to do
is get rid of this centerpiece in the
hair clip and if you just use your
finger to press the back of it you can
see it pops up if you grab that and bend
it over you can actually snap it clean
off then press the center to pop the
clip back and your first piece is
complete once you’ve got your two Clips
modified we’re going to use a couple of
dabs of hot glue on the ends of our
popsicle sticks to secure them in place
like that
[Music]
now while the glue still hot it’s a good
idea to set it facedown on the table and
make sure that the hair clips are
straight then just give it about 20 to
30 seconds to cool completely now hot
glue is amazingly impressive and very
durable however to reinforce our bow and
make a little bit stronger more
versatile we’re gonna reinforce these
joints with a little bit of embroidery
thread we want to do is start with a
very small dab of hot glue just on the
backside of the popsicle stick and use
that as a place to start your strength
you can overlap the string a little bit
just to get it started because it’s very
easy to snip that off later
when we want to do is just get about
five or six turns going around to base
that hair clip now eventually we get to
the point where that hair clip gets so
narrow at the bottom it wants to slip
down and that’s okay we’ll go ahead and
slip down start wrapping that and then
we’re gonna work our way from the bottom
all the way up until the top until we
can’t see anymore the popsicle stick
we’re gonna use one more dab of hot glue
on the back to secure the back end of
the string I find if you lick your
finger and press it down it helps
prevent the glue from sticking your
fingers and helps prevent you from
getting burned alright with that one
done finishing the other side is just as
simple as doing the same thing
[Music]
[Applause]
there we have a guys that pretty much
completes all of the lashings for our
bow now we can use some of the same
embroidery thread to create the
bowstring we’re gonna start off with a
piece of string a little bit longer than
one of these bamboo skewers and we’re
gonna start by looping it through the
Centers of the hair clip and then bring
it around and looping it back down
through the hole at the top then we’re
just gonna make a simple overhand knot
and use a little dab of hot glue to
prevent it from unraveling and then tie
it a second time before the blue cools
to help secure it in place now that we
got one end tied and secure there’s
important thing we need to do before we
tie the other end and that’s take a
little string and twist it up to make it
a little bit tighter this will increase
your ability and give it a little bit
longer lifespan then with our string
tighten we’re gonna take the other end
we’re gonna loop it back through the
hole at the other end tie it in a single
knot and then that point we’re going to
adjust the actual tightness of our
bowstring itself you can use the table
or your stomach just to press in a
little bit as you tie the knot and then
secure it with a second knot like you
did the other one to hold everything
securely in place
[Music]
so here we are guys at this point our
micro longbow is just about complete
we’ve just got these long strings
flipping off the end here but because
they’re glued in place and double
knotted we can very easily snip those
off with a pair of scissors and reuse
this material to make some silencing
tassels for the bowstring itself you can
see I just took those leftover bits and
string I tied them with a double knot on
the tops and bottoms of the bowstring
itself kind of in line with the lashings
we did earlier and I snipped them down
so they’re about a quarter to half an
inch long and then just ruffled them up
a little bit so they look like
decorative castles that act as
improvised dampers for the bowstring now
of course these are mainly just for
looks but it’s another cool way to use
up some of those scraps before they go
in the garbage alright at this point our
bow is finished so let’s go ahead and
make some arrows
so for these improvised arrows we’re not
going to be making true arrows that fly
perfectly straight but we’re gonna be
making something good enough start off
by finding a few bamboo skewers and it
is important to find the ones that are
as straight as possible you see some of
them are kind of wonky and jut off
angles we don’t want those we want to go
with the ones that are as close to
perfectly straight as you rotate them
around in the actual length of these
arrows are gonna be about the same
length as our bow itself so just lay the
skewer over top find the distance and
then break it off near the bottom and to
help them walk into the bowstring a
little bit better we can put a little
knock in the end which can be easily
made with a knife a pair of scissors or
in my case a piece of broken hacksaw
blade
now these arrows are made for very
short-range target practice if we wanted
them to go longer we’d actually have to
add fletchings to the end which isn’t
gonna work shooting them out through
this hole here but one little trick that
we can do to add a little bit of weight
and help keep them centered as they fly
through the air is to add a dab of hot
glue about an inch down from the tip
[Music]
it’s kind of like glassblowing I think
you want to keep it moving try and get
it to settle into its aerodynamic of a
ball isn’t it
but of course if you’re impatient like
me you might just want to stick it on
your tongue roll it around a little bit
they’ll help dissipate the heat and get
to cool down a little bit quicker plus
you can kind of shape it a little more
aerodynamically as well so there we have
it guys our long bow and arrow are
completely finished and ready for
short-range target testing and for that
we’re gonna be using a couple pieces of
code I just grabbed a paper plate cut a
slit down the middle and shove some
toast down it to form a makeshift target
and I made up a couple more long bows as
well I think they all look really great
so let’s put these things to the test
and see how our little micro long bows
hold up to the battle at the breakfast
payroll
bang sweet
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
well there you have the guys that is how
to make a micro longbow that you can now
add to your arsenal of desktop weaponry
thanks for joining me for this project
I’ll be looking for in the next one talk
to you then oh you gotta be kidding me
how did I miss from Point Blank hey guys
quick reminder that king of random
t-shirts are available once again just
go ahead and click the link at the top
of the description and it’ll take you to
where you can get one today
another desktop project in today’s video
we’re gonna be making something called a
mini longbow these little spear slinging
devices can be made with materials you
may already have around the house you
can put them together in about 10 to 20
minutes materials are going to need for
this product very simple and very
inexpensive I just ran down the local
Walmart and I picked up some bamboo
skewers some girls hair clips some mini
popsicle sticks and some embroidery
thread you can get the color of your
choice I’m going with yellow and as far
as tools go all you’re really gonna need
is a hot glue gun and a pair of scissors
now to get started building our longbow
we’re going to need to grab one of these
small craft sticks and put a hole
through the center of this popsicle
stick just wide enough to accommodate a
bamboo skewer you can do that in a
number of ways you can use a sharp point
of a knife and just spin it in circles
or you can grab something like a 9/16
inch drill bit and very quickly drill a
hole right through it and then take two
of these little hair clips and give them
a small modification what we need to do
is get rid of this centerpiece in the
hair clip and if you just use your
finger to press the back of it you can
see it pops up if you grab that and bend
it over you can actually snap it clean
off then press the center to pop the
clip back and your first piece is
complete once you’ve got your two Clips
modified we’re going to use a couple of
dabs of hot glue on the ends of our
popsicle sticks to secure them in place
like that
[Music]
now while the glue still hot it’s a good
idea to set it facedown on the table and
make sure that the hair clips are
straight then just give it about 20 to
30 seconds to cool completely now hot
glue is amazingly impressive and very
durable however to reinforce our bow and
make a little bit stronger more
versatile we’re gonna reinforce these
joints with a little bit of embroidery
thread we want to do is start with a
very small dab of hot glue just on the
backside of the popsicle stick and use
that as a place to start your strength
you can overlap the string a little bit
just to get it started because it’s very
easy to snip that off later
when we want to do is just get about
five or six turns going around to base
that hair clip now eventually we get to
the point where that hair clip gets so
narrow at the bottom it wants to slip
down and that’s okay we’ll go ahead and
slip down start wrapping that and then
we’re gonna work our way from the bottom
all the way up until the top until we
can’t see anymore the popsicle stick
we’re gonna use one more dab of hot glue
on the back to secure the back end of
the string I find if you lick your
finger and press it down it helps
prevent the glue from sticking your
fingers and helps prevent you from
getting burned alright with that one
done finishing the other side is just as
simple as doing the same thing
[Music]
[Applause]
there we have a guys that pretty much
completes all of the lashings for our
bow now we can use some of the same
embroidery thread to create the
bowstring we’re gonna start off with a
piece of string a little bit longer than
one of these bamboo skewers and we’re
gonna start by looping it through the
Centers of the hair clip and then bring
it around and looping it back down
through the hole at the top then we’re
just gonna make a simple overhand knot
and use a little dab of hot glue to
prevent it from unraveling and then tie
it a second time before the blue cools
to help secure it in place now that we
got one end tied and secure there’s
important thing we need to do before we
tie the other end and that’s take a
little string and twist it up to make it
a little bit tighter this will increase
your ability and give it a little bit
longer lifespan then with our string
tighten we’re gonna take the other end
we’re gonna loop it back through the
hole at the other end tie it in a single
knot and then that point we’re going to
adjust the actual tightness of our
bowstring itself you can use the table
or your stomach just to press in a
little bit as you tie the knot and then
secure it with a second knot like you
did the other one to hold everything
securely in place
[Music]
so here we are guys at this point our
micro longbow is just about complete
we’ve just got these long strings
flipping off the end here but because
they’re glued in place and double
knotted we can very easily snip those
off with a pair of scissors and reuse
this material to make some silencing
tassels for the bowstring itself you can
see I just took those leftover bits and
string I tied them with a double knot on
the tops and bottoms of the bowstring
itself kind of in line with the lashings
we did earlier and I snipped them down
so they’re about a quarter to half an
inch long and then just ruffled them up
a little bit so they look like
decorative castles that act as
improvised dampers for the bowstring now
of course these are mainly just for
looks but it’s another cool way to use
up some of those scraps before they go
in the garbage alright at this point our
bow is finished so let’s go ahead and
make some arrows
so for these improvised arrows we’re not
going to be making true arrows that fly
perfectly straight but we’re gonna be
making something good enough start off
by finding a few bamboo skewers and it
is important to find the ones that are
as straight as possible you see some of
them are kind of wonky and jut off
angles we don’t want those we want to go
with the ones that are as close to
perfectly straight as you rotate them
around in the actual length of these
arrows are gonna be about the same
length as our bow itself so just lay the
skewer over top find the distance and
then break it off near the bottom and to
help them walk into the bowstring a
little bit better we can put a little
knock in the end which can be easily
made with a knife a pair of scissors or
in my case a piece of broken hacksaw
blade
now these arrows are made for very
short-range target practice if we wanted
them to go longer we’d actually have to
add fletchings to the end which isn’t
gonna work shooting them out through
this hole here but one little trick that
we can do to add a little bit of weight
and help keep them centered as they fly
through the air is to add a dab of hot
glue about an inch down from the tip
[Music]
it’s kind of like glassblowing I think
you want to keep it moving try and get
it to settle into its aerodynamic of a
ball isn’t it
but of course if you’re impatient like
me you might just want to stick it on
your tongue roll it around a little bit
they’ll help dissipate the heat and get
to cool down a little bit quicker plus
you can kind of shape it a little more
aerodynamically as well so there we have
it guys our long bow and arrow are
completely finished and ready for
short-range target testing and for that
we’re gonna be using a couple pieces of
code I just grabbed a paper plate cut a
slit down the middle and shove some
toast down it to form a makeshift target
and I made up a couple more long bows as
well I think they all look really great
so let’s put these things to the test
and see how our little micro long bows
hold up to the battle at the breakfast
payroll
bang sweet
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
well there you have the guys that is how
to make a micro longbow that you can now
add to your arsenal of desktop weaponry
thanks for joining me for this project
I’ll be looking for in the next one talk
to you then oh you gotta be kidding me
how did I miss from Point Blank hey guys
quick reminder that king of random
t-shirts are available once again just
go ahead and click the link at the top
of the description and it’ll take you to
where you can get one today
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