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Bolas - how to make?
Nov 10th, 2009 at 6:45am
 
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Bolas
would that be a good way to make some?

and is it highly advised to nto use them against people? some friends and i are interestid in playing a game that basically
has you guys attacking eachother and  want to make some safe(ish) bolas to use on their legs (the playing field is sandy)
so yeah i know the ones i linked wouldnt work
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Re: Bolas - how to make?
Reply #1 - Nov 10th, 2009 at 8:59am
 
monkey fist around hackey-sack ball, I like at least 3 weights and lines, as I've never had any luck with 2 weights. I've used strand length around 20 to 25 inches weight to central point. I throw from a grip on one of the pouches. That will provide about 30 inches of capture width.

I wouldn't use their instructions. It takes more than string and tape.
use the picture on that site as a guide and use a very strong cordage. or
if all you have is string and twine .... braid a set of cords to get enough strength

P.S. solid weight can equal serious damage ... think sling and stone where you throw the entire rig.
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Re: Bolas - how to make?
Reply #2 - Nov 10th, 2009 at 2:14pm
 
paracord and tennis balls. pop a couple of holes through the tennis balls and thread the cord through with a knot on the backside. keep the lines fairly short, 18 to 20 inches from center to ball.
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Reply #3 - Nov 10th, 2009 at 4:13pm
 
doing duct tape right now- if it stings only it's good for me Cheesy
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Reply #4 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 3:23pm
 
When i was a kid we made them like this take 5 or 6 1oz lead fishing sinkers tie each one to a cord so that when done the cord is 2 1/2ft long from relese knot to sinker tie all the cords in one big knot this is the relese node now when you use it it will have a 5ft spred this is what we called a brid bola made to use on flocks of brids Wink
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Reply #5 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 5:00pm
 
not safe lol..but ill throw this idea out there..

ive made some from those solid 2-3 inch wooden balls that they sell in craft stores.

just drill a hole through them and knot it on both ends so that it holds the ball tightly. the only problem is after a while the wood chips but if you covered them in leather or somthing it would help.
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Reply #6 - Nov 24th, 2009 at 5:55pm
 
i know (you guys can take some hurt right) grab one of those foam balls at art stores and stuff the sucker with gravel. it'll sting but hey Wink
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Reply #7 - Nov 26th, 2009 at 6:44am
 
xxkid123 wrote on Nov 24th, 2009 at 5:55pm:
i know (you guys can take some hurt right) grab one of those foam balls at art stores and stuff the sucker with gravel. it'll sting but hey Wink


What if you stuck a ball bearing in the middle instead?

Or wrapped a ball bearing with a lot of quilt batting and electrical tape?

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Reply #8 - Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:48am
 
hmm, i have 103 golfballs, maybe ill figure out how to make a monkeys fist around one, that may work
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Reply #9 - Nov 27th, 2009 at 1:29am
 
Woonilsra wrote on Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:48am:
hmm, i have 103 golfballs, maybe ill figure out how to make a monkeys fist around one, that may work


here's a great link for the monkeyfist

http://www.animatedknots.com/monkeysfist/index.php

once you get it, it isn't difficult
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Reply #10 - Nov 27th, 2009 at 6:10am
 
Woonilsra wrote on Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:48am:
hmm, i have 103 golfballs, maybe ill figure out how to make a monkeys fist around one, that may work


Golf balls aren't exactly soft. I hit my brother with my first set of golf ball bolas and put him on the ground. I'd pad them with something (maybe wrap them in rags and then cover them with duct tape)

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Reply #11 - Nov 27th, 2009 at 12:33pm
 
Kjev wrote on Nov 26th, 2009 at 6:44am:
xxkid123 wrote on Nov 24th, 2009 at 5:55pm:
i know (you guys can take some hurt right) grab one of those foam balls at art stores and stuff the sucker with gravel. it'll sting but hey Wink


What if you stuck a ball bearing in the middle instead?

Or wrapped a ball bearing with a lot of quilt batting and electrical tape?

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yeah, but then they could say it didn't hit them- with gravel they'll be slightly wincing- enough to have proof, but not enough to injure
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Reply #12 - Nov 27th, 2009 at 7:23pm
 
Sounds kind of like painball er . . . paintball. Shoot til they scream & swear. (and if I ever catch that @(*&$ who shot me in the head after I said I was hit . . .)

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Reply #13 - Dec 1st, 2009 at 4:15pm
 
Hmm, im liking the idea of padded goldballs for simplicity, but my friends wont get hurt from it, (hopefully) they arent that weak.
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Re: Bolas - how to make?
Reply #14 - Dec 1st, 2009 at 4:32pm
 
Woonilsra wrote on Dec 1st, 2009 at 4:15pm:
Hmm, im liking the idea of padded goldballs for simplicity, but my friends wont get hurt from it, (hopefully) they arent that weak.

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