Sparkie
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Slinging Rocks!
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New York
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Hi Bill and Tom,
If I can figure out how to make you tube work again I will view them. Tennis balls can be gotten for free. Dead ones are fine, they don't bounce and roll off as easily. When you learn to flip food in a saute pan, you use rice not peas, so when they hit the floor they clean up easily, for jugglers it is square sand bags, same reason.
I had the same thought, not a death punch and not heavy enough to go far or to bounce, when dead, kinda like a whiffle ball, but heavier. If you want them to be really dead, punch a hole in them.
Which plans for slings are best for tennis balls? Like my wood carving tools this is a subjective thing, but perhaps there is a consensus on them? From the little I gleaned so far an Apache sling, (I have no clue what that is), is a good candidate. I will search for it.
I cannibalized a leather sofa and have enough leather to make various pouches, and I went out and bought 1 roll of ghastly pink string for weaving. I must hit a big box store for other colors. But simply using cotton/poly cloths line is just as good for newbies like my kid and I. I can make a few lengths to try out.
My son wants to make one to take to scout camp. He said Sunday is a day he can go to one end of the lake and put out floating targets and lob them out there. I think intact tennis balls would be good there are they will stand out in color and float.
ciao fer now
sparkie
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