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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: Now Taking Questions Reply #75 - Sep 6^th, 2012 at 8:53am Balaeric slinging has a pretty huge variety. You can see some here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNimz7JCTiI&feature=related Generally Balaeric style has multiple slow rotations more 'behind' you than side arm. You are pretty much on about helicopter though.
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d010060002 Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 6 kansas	Re: Now Taking Questions Reply #76 - Sep 6^th, 2012 at 8:48pm Thanks for all the responses. You were right, I was confused.
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The accursed sisal. . . Upside?
Reply #77 - Sep 7^th, 2012 at 3:24am

Hello all, I've read through all the posts that the search came up with when"sisal" is input, wanted to say that to put out there that I'm not being lazy and asking instead of working, and masaiakasaueous(sorry man, I am sure I just absolutely butchered your sn) I think it was, mentioned not messing with sisal unless you just like the other properties, I looked and searched, looking for any mention of dunstable properties, to no avail, so I favored I would ask, ogee got a boat load of it (couple thousands meters) and if it has properties that make out truly worth using, I would think knowing them would make me able to vary the style of sling/ technique that I use, so I can take advantage of those qualities, and asking will save a lot of time over using a couple thousands meters to make mediocre slings, that could be decent slings with a little bit of information

Thank you in advance for dealing with my ignorance

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Re: The accursed sisal. . . Upside?
Reply #78 - Sep 7^th, 2012 at 7:52am

That's awesome that you have that much sisal. Go for a balaeric style sling (google it if you don't know what they look like). They are really simple to make, you can make them a bunch of differnt lengths, and a well made one looks great.

3 main options with sisal. One, If it's really even and not too fuzzy braid it as is.

Two, as you are braiding, untwist the inch or so of cordage being braided and braid tightly (This is my preffered method. It makes it look cleaner).

Three, Soak the cordage and seperate the sisal into fibers and take the longer fibers and make a totally traditonal style baleric sling.

I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.

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Re: The accursed sisal. . . Upside?
Reply #79 - Sep 7^th, 2012 at 8:06am

Picked it up at home depot, I might have to try the untwistin, though, just to make sure I'm understanding properly, you are basically de constructing the sisal and braiding the fibers alone, an inch or so at a time, right? Doesn't sound to bad, will have to try it. But what sets sisal apart from, say hemp? Or whatever other twine you can think of (other than price and how hairy it.is lol)

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Reply #80 - Sep 7^th, 2012 at 12:16pm

Call me Masi. Wink

Sisal is stiff, wiry, and abrasion resistant. That makes it unlikely to develope twist over time, the pouch can be "cupped" and it won't lose its shape, and the end of the sling is unlikely to wear through. This also means it's unsuited to complex braids, kinks and bends are hard to get rid of, and sisal is hard to cut. Try simple braids, or using sisal to reinforce the tail end of the sling and stay away from Peruvian braids.

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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.
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Bibbs Tiro Offline Laugh at the joke Posts: 41 Panama city, fl usa Gender:	Re: Now Taking Questions Reply #81 - Sep 7^th, 2012 at 7:41pm Haha, ok, thanks masi.
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Rifled spin?
Reply #82 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 8:37am

So I have been trying to to make my throws have this perfect spiral lately. I should have guessed it would be more elusive than I hoped!
My rocks definitely spin most of the time with the forward point of my rock leaning to the right and the tail to the left( I am right handed).
Basically how do I straighten this out and are there different kinds of spins for different purposes?

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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Rifled spin? Reply #83 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 3:34pm I use a relatively stiff cord set so they don't twist in windup. When I cast my thumb is closest to my head and my palm faces my target.. YMMV Good Luck.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Rifled spin? Reply #84 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 4:27pm What style do you use? it seems like some sort of overhand
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Rifled spin? Reply #85 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 4:52pm jlasud wrote on Sep 9^th, 2012 at 4:27pm: What style do you use? it seems like some sort of overhand A very relaxed 8 with very large slow motions to keep cord from twisting ... I think a greek single loop into a side arm with a thumb up delivery would also work.
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Rifled spin? Reply #86 - Sep 9^th, 2012 at 4:58pm In theory any style that ends in your palm facing the target,and with parallel cords and correct ammo will get you a rifle spin. To be simplistic.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: Now Taking Questions Reply #87 - Sep 13^th, 2012 at 9:54am Hey, I think I figured out why the shots were spinning crooked! I use figure 8, heli, byzantine and when i was releasing the stone, my arm was not perpendicular to the ground( 20 degrees or so). Now I wonder if I could twek it to use as a curve ball!!!!! anybody here mess around with that kind of idea before?
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Braiding advice needed: the split
Reply #88 - Sep 12^th, 2012 at 12:30pm

I have braided about half a dozen slings by now. I love their historic touch and feel. The finger loop and the main cords are no problem. I can do all the basic braiding patterns by now, but there is one thing I just cannot seem to get right, and that is the split where the retention cord goes out into two pieces to form the pouch and where those pieces come back together.

When I look at these pictures of a beautiful sling
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1232817549/57#57
I can see that each part of the pouch is almost the same thickness as the retention cord. How is the extra material picked up? Also, the pouch halves are lying neatly side-by-side while all individual stands somehow keep weaving in and out of the braid leaving no obvious trace of how the split was made.

I have myself come up with a number of ways of making the split and picking up material, but I am just not entirely satisfied with any of them. If anyone could help me with this it would be much appreciated. Something like an advanced braiding tutorial maybe?

I have pictures of the splits I have braided so far if people are interested in seeing them.

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Teg Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1113 Central Europe Gender:	Re: Braiding advice needed: the split Reply #89 - Sep 12^th, 2012 at 1:32pm Yes, could you post them please? So we can see what you don't want What material do you use? Cords/strings or raw fibers?
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