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Dawesome21

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May 24^th, 2018 at 11:32am

Thanks for the add -- I'm in Cache Valley, Utah. Just started slinging tennis balls with a paracord sling and a pouch cut from an old t-shirt. Going to try to make a netted sling soon. I have also made a short sling stick with a leather pouch that throws golf balls. I build trebuchets as a bit of a hobby so I got into slinging from there since trebuchets are sort of an evolution of the sling. Attached is a picture of my latest trebuchet, named Garbo (because he was built with scrap wood and bits of dead trees). Garbo is about 7 feet tall to the axle.

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Curious Aardvark Slinging.org Administrator Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 12530 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Hello! Reply #1 - May 24^th, 2018 at 11:47am I like that So how far will it throw a golfball ?
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vetryan15 Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1227 Northern Mainers Gender:	Re: Hello! Reply #2 - May 24^th, 2018 at 1:46pm Welcome. That is badass
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Online Druid Posts: 1526 Australia Gender:	Re: Hello! Reply #3 - May 24^th, 2018 at 4:30pm Welcome from down under
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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2923 Finland	Re: Hello! Reply #4 - May 24^th, 2018 at 4:42pm Welcome from Finland! That is quite a sizeable trebuchet and a great view
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Peashooter Tiro Offline Have fun Storming the Castle! Posts: 11	Re: Hello! Reply #5 - May 24^th, 2018 at 11:10pm Wow that’s pretty cool! Welcome
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Dawesome21 Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 35 Gender:	Re: Hello! Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2018 at 1:34pm Thanks guys! The stick sling I made for golf balls throws about 400 feet. Garbo likes to throw 500ml water bottles 300 feet.
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Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2018 at 7:53pm

Welcome from TX!
If you haven’t already, check out the roboslinger topic in the maths section. We could use your mad trebuchet building skills around here

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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3212	Re: Hello! Reply #8 - May 26^th, 2018 at 11:38am Hello from Alabama. Nice hobby. Beautiful view.
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