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New sling pics.
Jul 13^th, 2012, 12:56pm

With the variety of leathers and hides i can get hold of now i'm doing a lot of experimentation on pouch materials. I have also greatly increased my skill at hand stitching. Here are some of my newest slings. I'll have to do multiple posts.
This one has Warthog on the outside and heavy duty upholstery on the inside. The warthog gives great strength and flex.

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Greenman Descens Posts: 256	Re: New sling pics. Reply #1 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 12:59pm Crocodile on the outside and heavy duty upholstery leather on the inside.
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Greenman Descens Posts: 256	Re: New sling pics. Reply #2 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:07pm Heavy duty upholstery leather on both sides. Makes for a super soft pouch that couches a concrete pellet perfectly.
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Greenman Descens Posts: 256	Re: New sling pics. Reply #3 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:11pm And finally, i melted down some of the lead i had lying around. Came down to 32.5kg's (72lbs). About 2/3 of the lead i have. I am going to ask a friend who does ceramic pottery if he will help me make a mold for biconical and ball ammo. Figure, all told, from all my lead, i should be able to make around 1000 rounds.
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4798 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #4 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:17pm Ooh nice. I hope you won't mind if I copy your sling pouch design
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Greenman Descens Posts: 256	Re: New sling pics. Reply #5 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:23pm Copy away. In fact, here is the template.
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4798 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #6 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:26pm Nice. I'll give it a go soon, I'll be sure to post pictures. In fact, I'll probably tutorialize it for the Guide.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9442 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:41pm Yes, your slings have gotten very fancy. Nice. That's a lot of lead!!
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wll Tiro Slinging Rocks! Posts: 75 Gender:	Greenman ! Reply #8 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:49pm Very nice slings and some very nice lead ;- ) Lead is quite expensive these days, so you will have some ammo in stock ...very cool. wll
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3389 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #9 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 2:34pm Quote from xxkid123 on Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:26pm: Nice. I'll give it a go soon, I'll be sure to post pictures. In fact, I'll probably tutorialize it for the Guide. I was just about to ask you if you were making any progress. Glad to see you are working on it. How's your section coming?
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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #10 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 2:39pm

Quote from Dan on Jul 13^th, 2012, 2:34pm:

Quote from xxkid123 on Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:26pm:

Nice. I'll give it a go soon, I'll be sure to post pictures. In fact, I'll probably tutorialize it for the Guide.

I was just about to ask you if you were making any progress. Glad to see you are working on it.

How's your section coming?

I'm busy as heck with a bunch of summer courses. I might give up the Rockman sling tutorial- mostly because it takes up a lot of time when you use yarn- the only material I have on hand. My parents hate slinging so I won't be able to convince them to get any jute twine to make it with. For now I'll say I might be able to do it.

On the flip side, I'm nearly done with explanations of different sling materials and how to braid. I'm still working on the wording and making sure everything is easy to understand, while being short and concise as possible.

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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #11 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 3:21pm

Quote from xxkid123 on Jul 13^th, 2012, 2:39pm:

Quote from Dan on Jul 13^th, 2012, 2:34pm:

Quote from xxkid123 on Jul 13^th, 2012, 1:26pm:

Nice. I'll give it a go soon, I'll be sure to post pictures. In fact, I'll probably tutorialize it for the Guide.

I was just about to ask you if you were making any progress. Glad to see you are working on it.

How's your section coming?

I'm busy as heck with a bunch of summer courses. I might give up the Rockman sling tutorial- mostly because it takes up a lot of time when you use yarn- the only material I have on hand. My parents hate slinging so I won't be able to convince them to get any jute twine to make it with. For now I'll say I might be able to do it.

On the flip side, I'm nearly done with explanations of different sling materials and how to braid. I'm still working on the wording and making sure everything is easy to understand, while being short and concise as possible.

Whatever you do will be helpfull and the more the better. Concise is good espicailly when it comes to sling tutorials.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Moderator Slinging Rocks! Posts: 9442 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #12 - Jul 13^th, 2012, 8:22pm I know I still owe you my have of the tape pouch sling tutorial, kid. I'll try to get on it next week.
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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #13 - Jul 14^th, 2012, 10:30pm

Greenman, nice slings and very nice stitching.

Would you consider this sling design to be a split pouch or solid pouch with a slit? I ask because I am writing a short description of sling designs (and their variation) for the book and don't quite know how to classify slings like the ones you made.

My draft for this section is at: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1341777476

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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #14 - Jul 15^th, 2012, 12:14pm

Quote from Rueben on Jul 14^th, 2012, 10:30pm:

Would you consider this sling design to be a split pouch or solid pouch with a slit? I ask because I am writing a short description of sling designs (and their variation) for the book and don't quite know how to classify slings like the ones you made.

I was considering the very same thing this afternoon. I honestly couldn't say. The new pouches i am making have a slit that runs at least half the length of the pouch. (My new design is a pouch 15cm long, with a slit 8cm long. Designed for my 85g concrete balls.)

Being obsessive compulsive about my sling designs, i have not decided. I think you would be a better judge, having far more experience of the range of pouches available.

By all means, go with what you think is most accurate. I can't decide Wink

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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #15 - Jul 16^th, 2012, 3:28am

Very cool slings,and a LOT of lead Shocked

You should try to make a gang mold so you can cast many glans at once. Also as lead is expensive,if you could find a nice big wall,were you could sling lead,you should be able to find most of it.If you sling them for distance,i would advice you to paint them black.You can see them much better in flight,and longer,as if they were grey lead.If you start mass producing glandes i would also suggest doing it outside,maybe wearing a mask ,and definitely put on some rubber\leather gloves when you cut of the sprue from the lead.If you cast a lot of glandes,and cut a lot of lead,handling will make your fingers black from the lead,and it's bad for ya.
One last suggestion.Make the mold to fit perfectly,otherwise you have to cut a LOT of flashing,and it goes MUCH slower,and handling lead for long is bad,hence the gloves suggestion.

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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #16 - Jul 16^th, 2012, 10:45pm

Quote from Greenman on Jul 15^th, 2012, 12:14pm:

Quote from Rueben on Jul 14^th, 2012, 10:30pm:

Would you consider this sling design to be a split pouch or solid pouch with a slit? I ask because I am writing a short description of sling designs (and their variation) for the book and don't quite know how to classify slings like the ones you made.

I was considering the very same thing this afternoon. I honestly couldn't say. The new pouches i am making have a slit that runs at least half the length of the pouch. (My new design is a pouch 15cm long, with a slit 8cm long. Designed for my 85g concrete balls.)

Being obsessive compulsive about my sling designs, i have not decided. I think you would be a better judge, having far more experience of the range of pouches available.

By all means, go with what you think is most accurate. I can't decide Wink

I am not sure either. My typical distinction is that a split pouch consists of two cords that can move apart. This allows the pouch to wrap around the amo and conform to projectiles of different sizes (though not small ones). Your sling pouches are not much different from a traditional leather lined Balearic sling (or even some south american split pouch slings I have).

I would lean towards a split pouch categorization, but there is a gradient between split and solid pouches in this case. A leather pouch with a small hole probably does not behave much differently from a normal solid pouch.

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Re: New sling pics.
Reply #17 - Jul 18^th, 2012, 12:43pm

I have played around with the size and shape of the split in the pouch and i have found that it makes quite a difference.

I slung a smooth (+- 80g) stone at a target today and, the moment i released, i could see it turn and spin. It had a really flat trajectory and i hit a 50 x 75cm target from about 50m away with enough force to knock a huge dent in the 3mm ploastic sheet and a dent in the plywood backing.

This sling has a longer slit that is a 1/3 of the pouch's width. I am also finding that softer leathers and longer, 1/3 width is increasing the spin. I think it has something to do with the way the sling hugs and conforms to the shape of the projectile.

I am experimenting with a few types and will take some pics of a pellet in the slings and put them on in the next few weeks.

Huge fun Cheesy

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Rofriedrich Descens Psalm 140:7 Posts: 269 Gender:	Re: New sling pics. Reply #19 - Jul 19^th, 2012, 5:20pm What are the dimesions to this? I am gonna try my hand at making one.
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