Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30049823-20190708030947/@comment-30049823-20190721013519

Revised Ingredients and Instructions:


 * Foam SS pipe insulation, 1/2" inside diameter, 1/2" wall, with self-sealing adhesive on it. this stuff, from Home Depot


 * 19mm (3/4") diameter superball. I bought these on eBay and they arrived in 3 days


 * 8" zip tie. Harbor Freight has them or Home Depot for 4x the price but UV-resistant

Cut a 5" piece of the pipe insulation, peel off the yellow adhesive covers, and CAREFULLY stick them together.  They bond INSTANTLY, so if you don't align the inside edges for a nice smooth seal, throw it away and cut another 5" piece.

Shove a superball into one end, about 1/2" deep.

Zip tie the end shut, tightly, so the superball can't get out.

FIRE!!

Price per home-nade: $.16 for tubing + $.20 for superball + $.02 for zip tie = $.38

You can spend an extra penny each and spring for the fluorescent zip ties for a little more "flash", or save big on the superballs by ordering a bunch of them at once.

That's pretty darned #tacticheap, and they fly nice and straight with no need for sculpting or silly fins. And I can make them almost as quickly as you can fire them. So it's really hard to get motivated to slice up and sculpt pool noodles and then play around with the horribly toxic $10/can adhesive needed to stick things to it...

Plus, you won't have an embolism if you fire one and someone steps on your masterpiece before you can retrieve it. And they're made completely from foam, plastic, and rubber, so the worst that could happen is the zip tie breaks and you shoot a superball at someone instead, or someone steps on the sharp corner of the zip tie barefoot or something.