{"id":499,"date":"2014-11-04T22:09:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T22:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyguidebook.co.uk\/?p=499"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:52:32","slug":"marshmallow-crossbow-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelbibby.co.uk\/woodwork\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"Marshmallow Crossbow Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a><\/span>

\"\"<\/a>This project was entirely inspired by Steve Ramsey’s Wood Working for Mere Mortals YouTube channel<\/a>. I’m really fond of some of the smaller wackier projects which Steve shows on his channel and I often get a lot of ideas from him. This particular project is a crossbow (pretty cool!) which fires small marshmallows (even cooler!). Having seen Steve’s video<\/a> I decided I had to give this a go.<\/p>\n

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In an exception to my usual working practices, I actually didn’t need to model this project in 3D on my computer because Steve already provides plans for the project which can be downloaded and printed from his website. Having done that, it was just a case of cutting the pieces out and sticking them to some suitable lumber ready for cutting on the bandsaw.<\/p>\n

I decided to use a two-tone effect (like Steve’s) as I thought it looked pretty cool. So I used oak for the handle and a mahogany type wood (Not actually sure what it is, as it came from an old table top I pulled out of a skip).<\/p>\n

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Glued the sections to be cut onto some wood<\/p><\/div>\n

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Using the bandsaw I cut each of the required pieces out as accurately as possible<\/p><\/div>\n

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All of the required pieces cut and ready of sanding<\/p><\/div>\n