The Foam Comb - Universal and Omnidirectional Nerf Dart Picker-Upper

The Foam Comb (Fomb) is a simple printable tool for picking up nearly any dart type no matter their orientation! No need to aim, simply stab the ground with the Fomb to pick up darts and use the bucket fork to offload!

The only non-printable materials needed are a ½ x 24 inch wooden dowel and some tape. Use the tape to wrap around the ends of the dowel and friction fit it into the handle and the comb head. 

You will need to print 24 of the bristles out of PETG or ABS with 100% infill. PETG worked the best for me. When inserting the bristles into the head, aim the top “bulge” of the bristles towards the center of the comb head. An example image of optimal bristle orientation is provided below. Pliers may be needed to insert the bristles. The head, handle, and bucket fork can be printed with 3 walls and 10% infill. All parts are pre-oriented for printing and do not need supports unless specified in the file name. 

TLDR:

-Materials needed: ½ x 24 inch wooden dowel, tape, pliers

-Use tape to friction fit dowel into head and handle

-Print 24 bristles with 100% infill PETG/ABS (PETG recommended)

-May need to print bristles with brim to avoid print warp

-Handle, Head, and Bucket Fork printed with at least 3 walls, 10% infill

-Aim top bulge of bristles towards center of head

-No supports needed

-When picking up mixed dart types, go from smallest to largest

Compatible Darts:

-Standard Full/Half-length darts

-Mega

-Mega XL

-Rival

-Hyper

-Ultra Darts

-N1 Darts

-Bonus: Silly-shells, Firefly shells, etc

Non-Compatible Darts:

-Vortex

-Missile Ammo types

Addendum: Thanhtacles has designed an amazing printable hinge to fold your foam fork/foam comb for easier storage, find it below!

Edit Notes (10/10/2025):

-edited bristles to more easily fit into the head, flattened top bulge to decrease risk of scratching dart foam

-designed fully original handle 

Edit Notes - added Giga Foam Comb (3/26/2026):

-Giga foam comb needs a 1/2 inch PVC pipe as the shaft

-Giga foam comb needs 112 bristles

-this design was partly remixed from Flatcurve's remix, find additional QOL pieces below:

Special thanks to Thanhtacles for his foam fork design insight, and the wonderful people of BAFT for providing me feedback!