It's not easy turning gigantic, stiff chunks of rubber into thin, elastic rubber bands. In fact, the process is insanely complicated. Thanks to our friends at Science Channel for sharing this ...

But [Mathologer] discusses a recent Reddit post that explains a circular slide rule-like device using a wheel and a stretchable rubber band. While it probably would be difficult to build the ...

For example, a rubber band goes back to its original ... All materials are at least a little bit elastic: they can restore themselves after very small changes in structure. If you shake a piece ...

The final version of the lamp required that the elastic bands had holes punched in them for mounting. The holes were placed over the small pegs to keep the bands in place. [Matt] used 3/4 ...

Try making one with a kitchen roll tube neck and rubber band strings ... as you play and take care of pinging or snapping elastic bands. Make sure that scissors are kept out of reach of children.