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- How To Make Blow Darts Written By The Pyro !
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- Blow darts are easy to make and all the materials can be found in your own
- home. These darts can travel a long distance with good penetration if
- constructed correctly.
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- Materials needed:
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- a small piece of wood
- a sewing machine needle
- a spool of thread
- a couple nails
- hammer
- glue
- scissors
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- Hammer the two nails about two inches apart on the board. Wrap the thread
- tightly around the two nails. The number of times the thread is wrapped around
- the nails will determine the amount of weight and stability the dart has. Once
- you have decided you have wrapped enough thread, cut it close to the nail at
- around a half inch. Take this small tuft of thread and put a dab of glue on
- the folded end. The kind of glue you use is very important. I suggest that you
- use a tacky kind of glue (nothing runny, like Elmer's Glue). Attach this to
- the needle and hold until it is dry.
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- Another kind of dart can be made with Q-tips. This kind of dart doesn't
- workas well as the first one, but it is sometimes easier to make. First you
- have to get the kind of Q-tips that have aplastic stem. Cut the Q-tip close
- to one end. Insert the sewing needle into the Q-tip amd secure it by melting
- the plastic slightly with a lighter. This kind of dart doesn't last long
- because the cotton comes off easily.
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- Blow guns:
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- Ordinary straws make an excellent blow gun with this kind of dart. Another
- kind can be made with a cheap pen by taking apart the pen and using the shell.
- Any long, cylindrical, object with the diameter of a straw will work very
- well.
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