This is slightly off topic but I just wanted to say that I love you tube, anything you want to see or hear is all right there.

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EDIT: for crying out loud HE IS SO SLOW!!

Yeah that was a little painful to watch him try to get that second string through.  I don't quite agree with the cupped pocket either.  It's really unnecessary unless you are slinging smooth spheres and it can be detrimental if you try to sling anything else.  I think flat pockets release the ammo much more consistently.

yes, he is quite pathetic at threading string through the hole, and he should have edited that part out.  oh well

the cupped pouch won't make a difference for release time as long as that is what you learn on, you will automatically compensate for it.  it will increase friction though, ultimately lowering power and distance.

i have no idea who this guy is, and i don't know why he is not here.  maybe he was here in teh past and left.

i found his video while following teh paths from tint's video to whatsisname, the newer member who posted a video not so long ago, and then from there to the video

Well, he may be slow, but consider that he made a sling in eight and a half minutes!

On the other hand, I have been waiting for his "how to use" video to load, and I watched three videos on trebuchets and two videos on model rockets in another window -- and all I see is a black screen bearing the word "Loading" in white.  I don't think his how-to video works.

EDIT: Half an hour later: it is still loading...  I give up.

I am sorry that I never chanced upon your site before. I made these two videos as part of an internship a Squid-Labs (www.instructables.com). I planned that the “How to Build A Sling” video would be edited so that it wouldn’t be quite so long and boring. However, my co-worker posted it before I could get a chance. The only redeeming factors to its current length is that it demonstrates how long it actually took to make, and any one would be able to construct a sling in the same time period. I love the photos section of the site; you have built some beautiful slings. I would love it if other people would post step-by-step instructions on how their slings were constructed and the merits of different designs. It would also be great to see videos on YouTube of more complicated release techniques. I haven’t been able to get the over the head technique down and it would be very useful to see a video of someone who has mastered it. I am sorry that some of you had trouble loading the videos; they are not really worth watching if you already know what you are doing.

Welcome, Jesse!  I am glad you found us!

You have to do some looking, but there are a number of people here that have posted how-to's, in varying detail.  Matthias, just a couple of days ago, showed how to weave a pouch, separate from the rest of the sling.  I built a similar jig out of a couple of cup hooks and a piece of wood, and I am halfway through weaving one for myself.  See his posts in "

How to make a weave sling

".  Some of us have detailed how to make slings with leather pouches; Ajlouniboy has some fancy asymmetric ones (his

cobra sling

).  Zorrro gave

very detailed instructions

for making a sling from nylon cord and adhesive tape (the stuff from the first-aid kit works well, so does duct tape).

Have fun!