Slinging.org Forum - weapons for fish?

Reply #15 - Aug 19^th, 2011 at 11:29pm

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I would bore a hole in the end and attach some 8 lbs test fishing line to it.

Judges 20:16 "Out of all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left handed. Every one of these was a slinger of stones to a hairbreadth and would not miss."

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Reply #16 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 1:27am

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Steven wrote on Aug 19^th, 2011 at 8:42am:

Kind of like a sling. There are no dimensions; just make something that fits.

I'd probably start with a block of wood 8 or 9 inches long.
Maximum pull for propelling rubber .. probably in the neighbor hood of 2 to 2.5 feet
So how long to cut the rubber? : http://slingshotforum.com/topic/255-band-or-tube-length-how-to-calculate/page__h...

Basically stretch and try till it feels right then cut a couple of bands/tubes

thank you steven, this helps a lot. its a very neat idea. i hope that regular slingshot surgical tubing will work though. i happen to have one handy from my younger days.

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Reply #17 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 5:47pm

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Here's what I'm talking about.. a couple of fish spears from Paleoarts. I especially like the first one though either appears adequate. I don't work for Chris, I swear!

FishSpear.jpg (121 KB | )

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Reply #18 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 6:52pm

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Weapons for fish indeed:

http://www.livescience.com/9364-armed-dolphins-set-loose-gulf-katrina.html

When all is said and done more will have been said than done.

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Reply #19 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:06pm

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Rat Man wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 5:47pm:

Here's what I'm talking about.. a couple of fish spears from Paleoarts. I especially like the first one though either appears adequate. I don't work for Chris, I swear!

that man's got some serious talent, in making about every primitive weapon imaginable.

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Reply #20 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:58pm

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This thread has gone on long enough without an Austin Powers reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pozlp_wnkRk&feature=related

Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm:

Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all.
~Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily avialable, they will create their own problems.~

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Reply #21 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 11:25pm

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Masiakasaurus wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:58pm:

This thread has gone on long enough without an Austin Powers reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pozlp_wnkRk&feature=related

Far too long.

What we've got here is... a failure to communicate.

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Reply #22 - Aug 27^th, 2011 at 8:51am

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B-ri_1864 wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 10:06pm:

Rat Man wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 5:47pm:

Here's what I'm talking about.. a couple of fish spears from Paleoarts. I especially like the first one though either appears adequate. I don't work for Chris, I swear!

that man's got some serious talent, in making about every primitive weapon imaginable.

Amen to that. He makes some beautiful stuff.

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Reply #23 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 7:00pm