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wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Jan 31^st, 2006 at 6:09am

Here's the sling i've been using for 7 months almost from day to day, and stil working ok, nylon cord has wear at some degree in the outside braided cover, but the structure stay in one piece.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/zorrrro/Dilar%20river/IMAG0291.jpg

Here's a pic of the medical tape asymetric pouch, note some wearing at the upper edges of the projectile exit side, (the narrow side pointing right) this only affect part of the medical tape layers, inner nilon cord still like new.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/zorrrro/Dilar%20river/IMAG0290.jpg

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Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2006 at 1:12pm

Nice tough sling. Holds up well to Heavy Duty Use, just my style too. I am intrigued by sling asymetries, having cut a "Cobra" pattern in several leather pouches and used thinner cord for the release side. Pancaker mentioned using asymetry of the top and bottom edges of the pouch as well--sounds worth pursuing...

How do you connect your retention and release cords under the tape?

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Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Reply #2 - Feb 1^st, 2006 at 2:01am

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How do you connect your retention and release cords under the tape?

basicly the sling is made of 2 cord pieces wich overlap to form the pouch, The extremes of the overlapping are sewn trough and tied around . then i spread the overlapping cords to form the pouch , at this point you can give it simetric or asymetric form, then just apply several layers of medical cloth tape .
As soon as possible i'll post a tutorial with pics Grin

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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #3 - Feb 1^st, 2006 at 5:10am That's got to be one of the best slings there is. good design, Zorro the slingsmith!
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Fritz_the_Cat Senior Member Offline Eat Danish cheese Posts: 431 Detroit Michigan USA Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 2006 at 10:34am I like it as its simple and still looks good . I wonder if there is any colored tape around ?
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Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Reply #5 - Feb 2^nd, 2006 at 1:10pm

Fritz_the_Cat, you ought to use the cloth type medical tape, not the plastic or the paper like kind. Cloth type (sort of canvas made of cotton or viscose)usually comes in white or in flesh colour, Anyway slings get dirty pretty soon so color and decorations don't stand in mint conditions for too long. The most important issue is that the glue is good enough and it gets tape layers well bonded together.
Here's how it looked when it was new. Grin

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Fritz_the_Cat Senior Member Offline Eat Danish cheese Posts: 431 Detroit Michigan USA Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #6 - Feb 2^nd, 2006 at 4:22pm Thanks Zorrro . I think I'll look for flesh colored
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #7 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 7:50am Zorro, I would like to make a sling just like yours! Can you teach me how? and where can I get some medical tape? Thanks!
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #8 - Feb 16^th, 2006 at 10:47am yeah thats one heck of a sling... runs to raid moms medical supllies...
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2006 at 5:03pm hmm after a failure(or 3 ) and running out of tape i euhm wanne ask you something zorro... are you using stiff or really flexible i don't really wanne ruin more rope here...
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Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Reply #10 - Feb 20^th, 2006 at 3:19am

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hmm after a failure(or 3 Roll Eyes

) and running out of tape i euhm wanne ask you something zorro... are you using stiff or really flexible Undecided

i don't really wanne ruin more rope here...

Hi Taiki, this 5 mm nylon cord is flexible, similar to 5 or 6 mm dynamic climbing rope. I use it cause it's the one i had at hand, but you can use any similar made of poly propylene or even climbing cord, though climbing cord its a lot more expensive, anyway you won't need too much rope lenght.

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Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use
Reply #11 - Feb 20^th, 2006 at 3:27am

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Zorro,

I would like to make a sling just like yours! Can you teach me how? and where can I get some medical tape?

Thanks!

Hi Tint i'll post a tutorial with pics very soon, it's of very simple construction,
Here in Spain we buy medical tape at the shops where they sell medication (pharmacy) also in medical supplies shop. even in some "all at 1 euro" shops.

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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2006 at 6:13am I can't even get duct tape where I live........
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Taiki Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't tell my mom i'm here will you... Posts: 1255 belgium Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #13 - Feb 20^th, 2006 at 8:47am no duct tape what do you use to tape stuff thx zorro i'll just go and get more tape and see if i can make it work with my Really stiff rope
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CanDo Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1652 New England, USA Gender:	Re: wearing after 7 months of intensive use Reply #14 - Feb 20^th, 2006 at 6:26pm wow, you need to get some duct tape. buy a case online or something. it's the most usefull inevention ever. if it can't be fixed with thermite or epoxy, ducktape will do the job. I recently make a pouch out of duck tape; i'll post that soon. I also just mentioned ducktape fletching in another post.
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