I forgot to mention; 1/2" conduit PERFECTLY fits .625 caliber blowdarts which means you can use Cold Steel blowdarts right off the shelf! Here's a link to some: amzn.to/47yAF7C
IMPORTANT QUESTION! Would it be better to buy a blowgun already made for about $20 bucks or am I better off making this blowgun that you guys have made?
@@lxAngelsJourneyxl I made mine shortly after watching this video. If you just want to plink around and have fun, go ahead and buy one... But making the gun and ammo feels awesome. It's quick and satisfying to do
Long before TKOR or even RUclips, I made one using 1/2” copper pipe, sharpened nails, ballpoint pen tubes, and taped up pieces of paper towels for wadding/flights. It was accurate and powerful enough to kill squirrels right in the tree from 25 feet. This looks a bit more refined.
I have 5 blowguns, I'm a big fan of them for survival. For fun I make darts that catch fire when they hit a target, say a can of camping gas. I'm 65. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
At 54 years of age, it's not one that I'd make, but you seriously need to go right through Grants back catalogue of videos, and revist them, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Polishing the pipes interior can help a simple pull through and autosol will work other methods available. Alternative to E conduit are domestic mop handles , much lighter and probably easier to come by.
When I was stationed in the Philippines in the 70's at Clark AB,, the native Negritos used to sell these to G.I.'s from little stands on base. They worked very well.
This reminds me of being 11 or 12 years old and making all sorts of weapons. I remember finding a quarter and using it to buy a foot of rope to make numchucks. We made darts with sewing needles and tape to shoot from straws. We used my suspenders to shoot Gobstoppers through the math class ceiling tiles. Yup, good times. 😂
@DammitIvaldi the problem is grace was creating content that didn't fit the original goals for the channel the new guys are just bringing back to grants style as when she was in controll the channel lost nearly a lot of subscribers same ad nate and the others but it's starting to regain now it's back to the og content.
I use to make my own darts out a pieces of coat hanger too and taped on cotton balls. The gun was copper tubing . Suckers really moved . Ended up sending one clear throw a beer can aaaaaaaaaaand also clear through the patio door glass in my apartment . Which proceeded to slowly crumble into tiny shards . Thats 2 layers of safety glass, very impressive
In my experience, the best DIY blowdarts can be made using "TIG welding filler rod" and "marine grade heat shrink tubing" (the marine grade is lined with hot glue). Happy hunting ;)
I need more of Jarom he just reminds me so much of Grant… let him do old style videos and see how it goes. Been watching for 11 years, I knew RUclips wouldn’t be the same without Grant. But plenty of other great RUclipsrs have flopped… this channel and Smosh are the only 2 I have hope might come back. Don’t let me down ❤️
The end of a Caulking tube makes the perfect dart, cut the plastic point on the caulking tube when you open it, and screw a small screw inside the point. No glue needed. Also a electrical wire connector, you have different size, they both work great, i went true a 3/8” plywood with it, im not sure if it’s the weight or the shape of the cone, but they really give a punch.
In my youth my friends and I used the bamboo skewer or coat hangers for dart tips. What we used for the cone was an index card rolled into a cone and filled with candle wax.
You should sand out the middle of the conduit. Grab a pine dowel tape some sand paper on one end. Roll the sand paper around the dowel sand side out. Attach other end of the dowel to a drill. Make sure drill is spinning in the direction that will keep the sandpaper wrapped up. Work up to at least 120 grit sandpaper.
This brings back some good memories dudes thanks for revamping it i love this and keep it up so far of all the host tkor has gone through i think i like yall the best
In the party and cake decorating Iles at walmart they have the cone hats,and frosting cones,metal and plastic perfect size forms for making the darts you'll see em there the same size as the cones on the dart they turn out perfect, with the plastic paper sleeves,they also sell in stationary isle
Pro tips: xacto blades on the skewers for hunting, marking flags for wire darts, and cut the cones about 1/8" long then clip the extra length into fringe for a perfect fit
Try making long paper cones with a toothpick or nail in the end. For a 5/8 tube use a third of a sheet of paper cut lengthwise. Twist it into a cone and tug to tighten. Add a bit of tape top and bottom. Drop into blowpipe and mark it at the muzzle. Cut it just below the mark. Cut point of cone to make hole big enough for whatever you want to launch. Tape payload to fasten. (I prefer an unmodified 8d nail for 1/2 or 5/8 tube, 16d nail in 3/4 inch.)
I used to use 3/16 welding rods. Remove the flux , cut in half and sharpen. For the tail use foam ear plugs and a dab of hot glue.they are long and light, but don't break.
I made mine yesterday. Super easy, less than 20 bucks for everything at home Depot(although i didn't buy spray paint or the quiver material and i already had electric tape). You also don't need hot glue I advise getting colored duct tape- i use red- for easy to spot darts when recovering. Instead of hot glue, i wrap electric tape around the shaft of the dart where the nail meets the duct tape- effective, no need for electricity and gives a cool dual tone color pallet for your darts I also sawed about a foot off the end of mine. It's slightly less powerful, but 4 feet of electric conduit pipe is a lot easier to use than 5. I also have a factory made lower caliber dart gun, but this one blows it out of the water
I love how when Grace decided to leave they were like "thank God new people" and now everybody's like "who are these people" it's like a vicious cycle 😂😂
Aluminum conduit is not steel. (I presume that was just a slip of the tongue.) As a kid (1967 or so) We used acetate sheets to make the cones, and piano wire (thick ones) for the tip. We then sharpened the tip with a grinding wheel. Using a 5 foot conduit at 20 feet the darts would penetrate a 1/4 thickness of plywood. I like your duct tape cone concept. Nice video.. and have fun.
Aluminum conduit is not steel, but this conduit is not aluminum. Aluminum or copper tubing would work better as the inside is polished, but they are much weaker and bend if you look at them wrong.
When i was stationed in Labrador an Airman there ftom Montana who used to hund snakes there with a blow gun made one with a radar wave guide. He could hit a playing card pined up on the dart board across the Airmens club 😅
I've got a suggestion for you put a lazer from the cheap catapults of ebay then with the pole in a fixed position attach lazer when correct glue it on remembering that you need to be able to change the battery's am 63 from UK 🇬🇧
The video of making the blowgun is great and you have said that some of the other videos that show people how to make are awesome too. I have made one with a copper pipe the copper one is good but it does have a lesser weight to the electrical conduit pipe. Also the darts i have seen one with the plastic but the one with the folder is better but another item i saw they use was a empty milk container but that process i see is too much. You need a heat source to heat it up and push the nail through it. The dart too i have used the steel flag markers they sell in home depot and they are the standard for the darts too, but the other materials definitely are great to use too. The videos you make are inspiring for people to make a project to do and give them ideas.
In my state it's illegal to hunt with it, just because you can doesn't mean you shouldn't look up your local laws to make sure you don't get in trouble for it. Also whatever you shoot you have to retrieve people call the police when they find a squirrel with a dart sticking out of it.
8:41 You can make a pair from one bicycle spoke. Best are the ones with two thicker ends. Cut in half and make a sharp point on each thick end. Because of this they fly more straight!
Years ago, when I I built a blowgun, rather than use cones for the darts, I remember cutting all the little pom-poms off of a decorative pillow to use for the darts.
I built one similar to yours as a kid. A word of CAUTION: After a while shooting these darts, the back of your throat starts to cause you mild discomfort. Because of that, I stopped using mine. I bought mine as a kit from (probably) the back of a comic book. (~1960's) They gave you rather firm steel wire stiffer and thinner than coat-hanger wire and some plastic beads. You heated the 'dart' and melted it into the bead. Then you could sharpen the wire.
Here’s a “better” way of making the tails of the darts from hdpe. You’ll need about an inch of whatever tube your blowgun will be made of, a plastic milk jug, something the shape you want the darts to be that’s a little tougher than a paper cone and something to heat up the plastic (i use a torch lighter). Now….. cut the jug into flat sheets. Heat up about an inch diameter right till it turns transparent, hold that part to the mouth of the little piece of pipe you have(or the blowgun) and push your cone through the melty plastic till its snug onto the pipe. Wait a few seconds for it to cool. Pull out the cone and the pipe should have left a ring around your new plastic cone that you can cut the excess off. Im not sure how to end this so……..
If you haven't seen Jake makes content then you're missing out he's been here for years along with all the other original Weapons RUclips Pros. Jarome I get but Jake makes you have no excuse for not knowing who that is and then complaining about it, go watch his content. Literally from Grant to Nate from the internet Jake was the perfect choice.
What does the inside of the tube look like??? Very smooth is very important! Like copper tubing..... P.S. I use a $20.00 pneumatic drain cleaner ( basically an air blaster with the pump in the handle) with my cold steel blowgun, which is insanely powerful and I'm experimenting with some 3/4in. Copper tubing.......
The easiest and most expedient method of making the ends of the Blowgun Darts is to use cotton balls. It will conform to the interior shape of the Blowgun causing the darts to leave the barrel with optimum use of your exahaled breayh.
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I forgot to mention; 1/2" conduit PERFECTLY fits .625 caliber blowdarts which means you can use Cold Steel blowdarts right off the shelf! Here's a link to some: amzn.to/47yAF7C
THAT'S what I'm talking about. Still cool to make your own though
wish you would have showed us the other darts being used and at different ranges!
Brother.. this blowgun cost well over $10 😭
IMPORTANT QUESTION! Would it be better to buy a blowgun already made for about $20 bucks or am I better off making this blowgun that you guys have made?
@@lxAngelsJourneyxl I made mine shortly after watching this video. If you just want to plink around and have fun, go ahead and buy one... But making the gun and ammo feels awesome. It's quick and satisfying to do
The fact they have grants original blow gun, it’s like an artifact at this point, belonged to a legend of youtube
I’m a 25yr electrician and can tell you the old school red wire nuts with a dry wall screw was the go too lol
drywall screws. cut the tip off to expose the hole. insert and glue a nail 4 penney finish cut in half. they spin really well.
Have I been gone that long? Who tf are these people 😭
Fr I feel the same😭
😭
Nah fr
Tru date, I don't know these people
I was thinking the same lol
Long before TKOR or even RUclips, I made one using 1/2” copper pipe, sharpened nails, ballpoint pen tubes, and taped up pieces of paper towels for wadding/flights. It was accurate and powerful enough to kill squirrels right in the tree from 25 feet. This looks a bit more refined.
Yep.. me too. Sorry I posted b4 I saw your post.👍
I have 5 blowguns, I'm a big fan of them for survival. For fun I make darts that catch fire when they hit a target, say a can of camping gas. I'm 65. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
How did you do that?
Rip Grant 🕊️, was the first thing I made from his videos in middle school 😊, I still have it to this day .
Same man, made it with my dad
Facts
Made new darts for mine not too long ago
At 54 years of age, it's not one that I'd make, but you seriously need to go right through Grants back catalogue of videos, and revist them, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Polishing the pipes interior can help a simple pull through and autosol will work other methods available. Alternative to E conduit are domestic mop handles , much lighter and probably easier to come by.
Ty for bringing the spirit of grants channel back to life with the simple things everyday people can build and share the experience with the kids
When I was stationed in the Philippines in the 70's at Clark AB,, the native Negritos used to sell these to G.I.'s from little stands on base. They worked very well.
Excellent build, boys! Definitely a good "grown-up" upgrade to a tried and true Grant weekend project! Looking forward to building one myself
The end result actually looks really cool for a DIY project, and the power is shocking too!
This reminds me of being 11 or 12 years old and making all sorts of weapons. I remember finding a quarter and using it to buy a foot of rope to make numchucks. We made darts with sewing needles and tape to shoot from straws. We used my suspenders to shoot Gobstoppers through the math class ceiling tiles. Yup, good times. 😂
Not been to this channel in a while, who are these guys
@@mkinnune29 fr I was expecting at least Nate 😭
they are the new hosts Nate moved to his own channel called Nate from the internet but i don't know about grace though
Grace was let go around the beginning of the year because her content just didn't fit the King of Random.
@@TheKingofRandom Sorry but Grace was 10x better than either of these two.. biggest mistake was letting Nate walk though.
@DammitIvaldi the problem is grace was creating content that didn't fit the original goals for the channel the new guys are just bringing back to grants style as when she was in controll the channel lost nearly a lot of subscribers same ad nate and the others but it's starting to regain now it's back to the og content.
That shaving cream can, break dances better than Australia!
I use to make my own darts out a pieces of coat hanger too and taped on cotton balls. The gun was copper tubing . Suckers really moved . Ended up sending one clear throw a beer can aaaaaaaaaaand also clear through the patio door glass in my apartment . Which proceeded to slowly crumble into tiny shards . Thats 2 layers of safety glass, very impressive
Blowguns have more power than you’d think
In my experience, the best DIY blowdarts can be made using "TIG welding filler rod" and "marine grade heat shrink tubing" (the marine grade is lined with hot glue). Happy hunting ;)
TKOR more like the the people of random 😂😂😂
The king of randos 😂😂
This video was so fun that I watched it twice.
Loveing that your bringing old ideas back.
But do hope you will also make new videos on new topics
Oh we are
@@TheKingofRandom yessssssss
Great tomato soup hunting 😉. Regards from Poland.
These 2 are fun to watch
I like alloy tubing, light and strong.
I need more of Jarom he just reminds me so much of Grant… let him do old style videos and see how it goes. Been watching for 11 years, I knew RUclips wouldn’t be the same without Grant. But plenty of other great RUclipsrs have flopped… this channel and Smosh are the only 2 I have hope might come back. Don’t let me down ❤️
Ur first bow gun was one of my most favorite video.I made a bow gun seeing that video. From that video I am an active member of ur channel.
The end of a Caulking tube makes the perfect dart, cut the plastic point on the caulking tube when you open it, and screw a small screw inside the point. No glue needed. Also a electrical wire connector, you have different size, they both work great, i went true a 3/8” plywood with it, im not sure if it’s the weight or the shape of the cone, but they really give a punch.
Back in the 60s I made mine using bicycle spokes and small plastic balls
In my youth my friends and I used the bamboo skewer or coat hangers for dart tips. What we used for the cone was an index card rolled into a cone and filled with candle wax.
You should sand out the middle of the conduit.
Grab a pine dowel tape some sand paper on one end. Roll the sand paper around the dowel sand side out. Attach other end of the dowel to a drill. Make sure drill is spinning in the direction that will keep the sandpaper wrapped up.
Work up to at least 120 grit sandpaper.
The Pawns Of Random.
This brings back some good memories dudes thanks for revamping it i love this and keep it up so far of all the host tkor has gone through i think i like yall the best
Nice video!! Glad to see more posts from y’all!!
More to come!
@@TheKingofRandom Glad to hear that!!
So cool ! 🎉
I need to make one!
Absolutely ace!! Am gonna make one look like great fun thanks for sharing.....
In the party and cake decorating Iles at walmart they have the cone hats,and frosting cones,metal and plastic perfect size forms for making the darts you'll see em there the same size as the cones on the dart they turn out perfect, with the plastic paper sleeves,they also sell in stationary isle
Pro tips: xacto blades on the skewers for hunting, marking flags for wire darts, and cut the cones about 1/8" long then clip the extra length into fringe for a perfect fit
Has anyone cut fins on the rear of the cone to add a spin for increased accuracy? Looks like yours are pretty accurate as is. Great job!
My darts have added on rocket fins, they really do spin like rifled bullets.
Thanks guys, great vid
I can finally stand up to my bullies with this one. Thanks TKOR 😃
With great power comes great responsibility
We used to make little cones out of foil after school, behind the bus shelter😊
This a must for those pesky squirrels. what a surprise that would be!
Really cool, they actually charge for them, I have one that looks like the more I push it, the more power it loses. I'll have fun making some! 😊
This is the most entertaining temu Nick Offerman Parks and Rec spin off tutorial ;)
You should try loading these with water beads or paint balls.
Great build guys, a step up from Grants. Heat up the end of a nail flatten it and shape a mini broadhead for small game
Use a thick packing tape to make your cones and fill the back no more than half way. I use large pearl head pins as the pointy end.
Try making long paper cones with a toothpick or nail in the end.
For a 5/8 tube use a third of a sheet of paper cut lengthwise. Twist it into a cone and tug to tighten.
Add a bit of tape top and bottom.
Drop into blowpipe and mark it at the muzzle. Cut it just below the mark.
Cut point of cone to make hole big enough for whatever you want to launch.
Tape payload to fasten. (I prefer an unmodified 8d nail for 1/2 or 5/8 tube, 16d nail in 3/4 inch.)
Too Cool! I must build One or maybe Two.
This makes me feel like I'm watching the TKOR I grew up with. Thank you for capturing some of that here.
I used to use 3/16 welding rods. Remove the flux , cut in half and sharpen. For the tail use foam ear plugs and a dab of hot glue.they are long and light, but don't break.
I made mine yesterday. Super easy, less than 20 bucks for everything at home Depot(although i didn't buy spray paint or the quiver material and i already had electric tape). You also don't need hot glue
I advise getting colored duct tape- i use red- for easy to spot darts when recovering. Instead of hot glue, i wrap electric tape around the shaft of the dart where the nail meets the duct tape- effective, no need for electricity and gives a cool dual tone color pallet for your darts
I also sawed about a foot off the end of mine. It's slightly less powerful, but 4 feet of electric conduit pipe is a lot easier to use than 5. I also have a factory made lower caliber dart gun, but this one blows it out of the water
Awesome!!
Awesome video !!!
spraypaint the wooden darts for rigidity. it works
You sound like Ron Swanson love the tutorial!
I love how when Grace decided to leave they were like "thank God new people" and now everybody's like "who are these people" it's like a vicious cycle 😂😂
I swear this channel is cursed. Can’t please anybody
Aluminum conduit is not steel. (I presume that was just a slip of the tongue.) As a kid (1967 or so) We used acetate sheets to make the cones, and piano wire (thick ones) for the tip. We then sharpened the tip with a grinding wheel. Using a 5 foot conduit at 20 feet the darts would penetrate a 1/4 thickness of plywood. I like your duct tape cone concept. Nice video.. and have fun.
Aluminum conduit is not steel, but this conduit is not aluminum. Aluminum or copper tubing would work better as the inside is polished, but they are much weaker and bend if you look at them wrong.
Haven't watch from this channel after grant isn't with us anymore. But glade someone continues his legacy.
Dude I haven’t seen this channel in so long who are these dudes
Thanks for this video!
Excellent 👍
Use coned up magazine paper for non-lethal darts, spend days playing with these as a kid
I'd be really interested in 3D printing parts and darts and accessories for this
Good blow pipes, but have you thought about attaching laser pointers for better aim accuracy?
Sure, the problem is lasers point straight and darts arc downward with gravity
When i was stationed in Labrador an Airman there ftom Montana who used to hund snakes there with a blow gun made one with a radar wave guide.
He could hit a playing card pined up on the dart board across the Airmens club 😅
Oh my gosh, I remember making this blow dart gun when the original king of random made it the first time around.
You could put a detachable umbrella handle on the end and disguise it as a walking stick 😃
Shaving cream + fast projectile = easy Christmas decorating.
Red wire nut fit perfect
Good to know!
I used small diameter sticks of titanium hydraulic line Worked Fantastic.
1/2" EMT and red wire nuts are deadly. If you cut some drop ceiling wire to a point and push it through the wire nut, you have a perfect blowgun dart.
I've got a suggestion for you put a lazer from the cheap catapults
of ebay
then with the pole in a fixed position attach lazer when correct glue it on remembering that you need to be able to change the battery's am 63 from UK 🇬🇧
Additional weight on the cone use epoxy. For hunting game, flatten the point end and sharpen to an arrow point
The video of making the blowgun is great and you have said that some of the other videos that show people how to make are awesome too. I have made one with a copper pipe the copper one is good but it does have a lesser weight to the electrical conduit pipe. Also the darts i have seen one with the plastic but the one with the folder is better but another item i saw they use was a empty milk container but that process i see is too much. You need a heat source to heat it up and push the nail through it. The dart too i have used the steel flag markers they sell in home depot and they are the standard for the darts too, but the other materials definitely are great to use too. The videos you make are inspiring for people to make a project to do and give them ideas.
Awesome 😊
How do blowguns like this generate so much force? Is the pressure amplified as it leaves the barrell or something?
So awesome
awesome!!
Tim Wells has the best blowgun
With the coat hangar darts you canbheat the end an pound it into a broadhead and sharpen it for hunting
In my state it's illegal to hunt with it, just because you can doesn't mean you shouldn't look up your local laws to make sure you don't get in trouble for it. Also whatever you shoot you have to retrieve people call the police when they find a squirrel with a dart sticking out of it.
Is this a 50 caliber blowgun or is it able to accommodate the .625 darts? Thank you in advance for any reply.
8:41 You can make a pair from one bicycle spoke. Best are the ones with two thicker ends. Cut in half and make a sharp point on each thick end. Because of this they fly more straight!
Years ago, when I I built a blowgun, rather than use cones for the darts, I remember cutting all the little pom-poms off of a decorative pillow to use for the darts.
I really it , both of you made it, crazy &funy
I built one similar to yours as a kid.
A word of CAUTION: After a while shooting these darts, the back of your throat starts to cause you mild discomfort. Because of that, I stopped using mine.
I bought mine as a kit from (probably) the back of a comic book. (~1960's) They gave you rather firm steel wire stiffer and thinner than coat-hanger wire and some plastic beads. You heated the 'dart' and melted it into the bead. Then you could sharpen the wire.
Here’s a “better” way of making the tails of the darts from hdpe. You’ll need about an inch of whatever tube your blowgun will be made of, a plastic milk jug, something the shape you want the darts to be that’s a little tougher than a paper cone and something to heat up the plastic (i use a torch lighter). Now….. cut the jug into flat sheets. Heat up about an inch diameter right till it turns transparent, hold that part to the mouth of the little piece of pipe you have(or the blowgun) and push your cone through the melty plastic till its snug onto the pipe. Wait a few seconds for it to cool. Pull out the cone and the pipe should have left a ring around your new plastic cone that you can cut the excess off. Im not sure how to end this so……..
I’ve tried it. The resulting cones are too thin and break pretty fast
@@TheKingofRandom ahh fair enough. I’m still using the old blowgun so not enough power to see what you mean…… im glad y’all uploaded an update 😈
Do a video of using a pneumatic (pump) airgun as the pressure. I found out what is capable and it is beyond what you would believe.
lol we used to make mini ones with empty bic pen with a frayed tip from a shoe lace with a pin through as a dart,
So glad ,"vertically challenged - Jake" Jarom is not using a box or platform shoes to be taller like Grace did when making a video with Nate.
lol we thought about it, but he'd have to step down off it eventually and then it would just be silly
Try a cross country ski pole with a pop bottle top mouthpiece .
Blowguns don't get enough respect - they are actually totally functional and deadly wielded properly. Loved the video. 🫡👍
But be careful, highly illegal
bicycle spokes also make good darts.
If you haven't seen Jake makes content then you're missing out he's been here for years along with all the other original Weapons RUclips Pros. Jarome I get but Jake makes you have no excuse for not knowing who that is and then complaining about it, go watch his content. Literally from Grant to Nate from the internet Jake was the perfect choice.
How many m should the pipe be for a stronger shot?
Sadly, a completly prohibited weapon in Canada.. thanks for the video. Very entertaining.
How does one sharpen the coat hanger darts, because I am having trouble with them?
What does the inside of the tube look like??? Very smooth is very important!
Like copper tubing.....
P.S. I use a $20.00 pneumatic drain cleaner ( basically an air blaster with the pump in the handle) with my cold steel blowgun, which is insanely powerful and I'm experimenting with some 3/4in. Copper tubing.......
The easiest and most expedient method of making the ends of the Blowgun Darts is to use cotton balls. It will conform to the interior shape of the Blowgun causing the darts to leave the barrel with optimum use of your exahaled breayh.
I would love to buy the channel and make it exactly how grant did it. I've enjoyed watching grant since i was 13. That was 11 years ago!