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Message started by Dawesome21 on May 24th, 2018 at 11:32am

Title: Hello!
Post by Dawesome21 on May 24th, 2018 at 11:32am
Thanks for the add -- I'm in Cache Valley, Utah.  Just started slinging tennis balls with a paracord sling and a pouch cut from an old t-shirt.  Going to try to make a netted sling soon.  I have also made a short sling stick with a leather pouch that throws golf balls.  I build trebuchets as a bit of a hobby so I got into slinging from there since trebuchets are sort of an evolution of the sling.  Attached is a picture of my latest trebuchet, named Garbo (because he was built with scrap wood and bits of dead trees).  Garbo is about 7 feet tall to the axle.
Garbo_The_Trebuchet_Resized.jpg (540 KB | 55 )

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Post by Curious Aardvark on May 24th, 2018 at 11:47am
I like that :thumb:

So how far will it throw a golfball ?

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Post by vetryan15 on May 24th, 2018 at 1:46pm
Welcome.  That is badass

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Post by Mersa on May 24th, 2018 at 4:30pm
Welcome from down under

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Post by kicktheotter on May 24th, 2018 at 4:42pm
Welcome from Finland! That is quite a sizeable trebuchet and a great view :D

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Post by Peashooter on May 24th, 2018 at 11:10pm
Wow that’s pretty cool! Welcome

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Post by Dawesome21 on May 25th, 2018 at 1:34pm
Thanks guys!  The stick sling I made for golf balls throws about 400 feet.  Garbo likes to throw 500ml water bottles 300 feet.

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Post by NooneOfConsequence on May 25th, 2018 at 7:53pm
Welcome from TX!
If you haven’t already, check out the roboslinger topic in the maths section. We could use your mad trebuchet building skills around here :)

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Post by Bill Skinner on May 26th, 2018 at 11:38am
Hello from Alabama. 

Nice hobby. 

Beautiful view.

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