Burnt Weapons Rubber Band Guns

Description

Rubber band guns are a classic, and sooner or later every classic gets either brought back,
hacked, or improved on. The inspiration for this project came when I started seeing Youtube
videos for custom rubber band guns.

I made a rubber band gun for my dad for Christmas from a design I found online. The pistol
looked really nice, but it was a pain to assemble – I stabbed myself through the hand with a
screwdriver trying to put it together.

I wanted a design that was simple to assemble and had multiple firing modes. By using a
laser cutter instead of a scroll saw, I was able to dial in the precision and speed up
production. After months of design and “prototyping” (a lot of playing around) I finally have
three models that I'm proud of.

Details

The 3 Burnt Weapons models:

The Enforcer: a basic semi-automatic, five-shot pistol with a simple step action. The simplicity of the design was really attractive to me - it only has one moving section.

The Destroyer: fully automatic and holds at least 16 rubber bands, depending on the size of the ammo you use. Pennies in the mechanism make a satisfying "clack-clack-clack" sound when you fire.

The Annihilator: similar mechanism as the Destroyer but in a submachine gun body style, with the added benefit of being able to switch back and forth between semi-auto and full-auto. It fires the largest bands, giving you the most power of the three models. It also has a removable magazine for rubber band storage.

You can see more videos on my blog – http://www.BurntWeapons.com.

Project Logs

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Thunderclap Augments Kickstarter
Thomas Fulenwider • 05/31/2015 at 21:47 • 0 comments

Thunderclap is a crowd-speaking platform. Think of it as an online flash mob. You opt in to have a predetermined message posted on you social media at a specified time. Since hundreds of other people will have also opted in and post the message at the same time, the message is more likely to be heard.
We have released a Thunderclap campaign to urge people to back our Kickstarter in its final days. The message will blast out automatically from those who have joined on June 29th at 6pm. Join the Thunderclap with Facebook, Twitter, and/or Tumblr.
Join our Thunderclap campaign!
Kickstarter Campaign Reloaded!
Thomas Fulenwider • 05/29/2015 at 04:48 • 0 comments

I learned a lot from my first Kickstarter campaign and have relaunched it with ~15% lower prices and more reward levels. I am already at 29% of the funding goal after 9 hours.

Check it out: http://kck.st/1dIF0Zt

-Thomas
BurntWeapons Kickstarter is LIVE!
Thomas Fulenwider • 05/05/2015 at 04:13 • 0 comments

Be one of the first to own a BurntWeapon rubber band gun by supporting me on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/1JmrLIb
100% Thunderclap Support
Thomas Fulenwider • 05/02/2015 at 02:58 • 0 comments

The Thunderclap is now 100% supported. You still have until Monday to sign up and be entered into the drawing for one of the prototypes.

Then comes the Kickstarter. So exciting...!
Teaser Video
Thomas Fulenwider • 04/29/2015 at 07:05 • 0 comments

Join the Thunderclap for free for a chance to win one of the prototype toy guns: http://thndr.it/1DfHMza
Burnt Weapons GIVEAWAY
Thomas Fulenwider • 04/27/2015 at 18:53 • 0 comments

4/27- PROTOTYPE GIVEAWAY sign up before May the 4th!
I will be giving away 3 of my prototype rubber band guns in order to generate interest in my Thunderclap campaign!
All you have to do it join the campaign (it is free) by Monday, May 4th at 6:59pm. To join, go to http://thndr.it/1DfHMza, click on one of the three "Support with ..." buttons, and follow the directions. A Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr account is required.
The drawing will ONLY take place if I get at least 100 supporters, so tell your friends! Also, I will only ship to US addresses, sorry.
Sign up today and you could win!