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Re: 3/16 nylon rope
Reply #60 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 4:44pm
 
Was wonderin cause I wanna take a shot at a seatbelt sling.
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Reply #61 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 5:07pm
 
It should work for a seatbelt sling. No doubt real paracord is much better, but you should get good results for this purpose  Smiley
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Reply #62 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 6:14pm
 
is it braided or twisted? Twisted stuff tends to tangle. You want the braided rope. Otherwise it'll be perfect.
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Reply #63 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 6:49pm
 
Its braided.
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Reply #64 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 7:29pm
 
You can make a sling from darn near anything that has some flex.

Last week I destroyed a VCR and I took the plug cord thing and made a TS3 from it and proceded to sling stones at least 70 yards into the woods. It was pretty heavy though and didn't really feel right but you get the Idea,
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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.
 
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Reply #65 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 7:57pm
 
I tried with orange extesion cord and the end results weren't very safe lol.
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Reply #66 - Sep 4th, 2012 at 7:55am
 
Yeah you have to be carefull because it's so heavy it can come around and whip you pretty hard.
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Reply #67 - Sep 4th, 2012 at 8:36am
 
If you got it at Wally World, it's the same cord I use for my jagged rock slings.  It will be a little stiff at first but it will loosen up some.  It will never be as flexable as jute or hemp but I found it to be almost indestructable.
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Reply #68 - Sep 4th, 2012 at 9:25am
 
Yup, that's where I found it. Tons of it for 6 bucks ain't bad, and the speckled colors looks nice.
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Reply #69 - Sep 5th, 2012 at 2:47pm
 
How do you guys make even weaves? I just tried to make a rockman and my pouch sucked because i kept trying to tighten the weave (the instruction said to make sure it was tight) which resulted in a very thin and very variable thickness pouch. Do you guys use looms or something?
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Reply #70 - Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:27pm
 
The few woven I've done I wove my entire length, then pushed it all up to tighten. Usually when I did this I had done maybe a quarter of a pouch at a time, so it took 4 to five times to make a full, tight weave. Hope this helps.
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Reply #71 - Sep 5th, 2012 at 4:20pm
 
It's important that the weaving isn't loose, but it sounds like you are weaving too tight. Keep the warp under tension so that it's completely straight and don't tighten the weft strand (the strand you wrap around everything else) enough to be straight. It should always be bending around the warp strands. After weaving for a little while push the section you've just woven to the already braided side of your sling to compress the weave and repeat until the weave is too dense to compress any further and is as long as you'd like.
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Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all. 
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Reply #72 - Sep 5th, 2012 at 5:50pm
 
d010060002 wrote on Sep 5th, 2012 at 2:47pm:
How do you guys make even weaves? I just tried to make a rockman and my pouch sucked because i kept trying to tighten the weave (the instruction said to make sure it was tight) which resulted in a very thin and very variable thickness pouch. Do you guys use looms or something?


I think you´re confused a bit. Tightening the weave comes AFTER each pass towards the beginning of the pouch. What I mean is you should make a weave pass on the three strands, and THEN push upwards what you just weaved.

If you weave tight each HORIZONTAL pass, your pouch will turn out like crap (thin and uneven like you describe). You need to push tight VERTICALLY on each pass.

Hope that helps.
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Reply #73 - Sep 5th, 2012 at 6:06pm
 
Weavers use a comb device to pack each pass through. I use an old comb. I also find it easier to use a loom. Most of the slings I make now days begin in the middle, with the pouch then weave and braid out from there finishing with the loop or release knot.

I saved this picture from another posting because the idea works and it shows a good use of what you might find around the house.
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Reply #74 - Sep 6th, 2012 at 3:41am
 
Hi, all.  Do I have this straight:

Belearic style = sidearm style with multiple initial spins?

Helicopter style = Byzantine style with multiple initial spins?

Many thanks.
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