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Bored At Work - The Early Stuff
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| Basketball | |
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Materials: Rubbish marketing marbles in a net, disposable plastic cup (hoop), drawing pins, paperclip Does it work: Yeah, there's not a lot to go wrong with this. This is the one that started it all. It was all downhill from here. Hardest bits: Staying awake at work for long enough to dream up the idea of making stuff. How long to make: Minutes. Special bits The marbles are from a crude marketing campaign. They don't bounce, and if you drop one onto the desk it makes an amazingly loud noise. This is a game of office Russian Roulette. You can't miss, or you have to come up with a good excuse for the sudden clanging noise. |
| Balista | |
 
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Materials: Paperclips (body, trigger), elastic band, tie-wraps (legs), pen refill (bolt) Does it work: Yep. In fact, it's surprisingly accurate and can hit a plastic cup from a meter or so away. Hardest bits: Attaching two paperclips together stiffly enough to stand the strain of holding the elastic band back. How long to make: A few days, on and off. Special bits It's got a working trigger mechanism at the back. You squeeze a hinged paper clip and it forces the elastic over the catch, firing the bolt. |
| Plane | |
 
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Materials: Paper, paperclips, elastic band, plastic disposable cup (propeller) Does it work: More or less. The prop spins and blows air around, but it doesn't really make enough thrust to fly further than a good throw will take it. Hardest bits: Making a thrust bearing for the prop to spin on. This bit removes lots of the energy from the band. The prop was quite hard too. How long to make: Just an afternoon. It's dead simple really. Special bits It's got undercarriage, which not many paper planes have. |
| Catapault | |
 
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Materials: Paperclips, elastic band, lead pencil. Does it work: Kinda. It's a bit crap really though. Hardest bits: Getting it to fire straight. It'll chuck the bit of pencil a few meters, but in a random direction. How long to make: Barely an hour or so. Dead simple. Special bits None really. In fact, it's quite shit. |
| Wind up car | |
 
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Materials: Paperclips, pull back motor. Does it work: Hell yeah! The original model car was found in the drawer of someone who had left. It was vastly overweight, being die-cast, so I put it on a diet. Now it can do donuts. Yay! Hardest bits: Fixing the front bits to the motor. How long to make: Maybe a day. The axle holes are time consuming and I got them wrong a lot. Special bits It's got grippy elastic band tyres, but it can still wheelspin all its power away on the spot. |