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Hello from eastern shore md. USA
Nov 12^th, 2019 at 10:40pm

Hey! Super excited to meet some seasoned slingers. Just got into it. I love trad. Archery. I went from attempting to make wood arrows right into making strip laminated boomerangs. Work at a guitar factory, so I get some nice maple and mahogany wood. I’ll be making boomerangs till I die! Love making them, and throwing them. I wanted to try something new so I considered the bolas but the sling caught my eye. I made two balearic slings and bought a few. I just finished making a marudai stand and am looking forward to making an andean style sling. Has anyone tried using dacron for making slings?

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vetryan15 Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 989 Northern Mainers Gender:	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #1 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 3:40am Welcome from northern maine. Plese show some pics of the boomerangs. Yes. There are a few people who use dacron.
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cram Descens Offline yeet Posts: 119	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 3:59am Welcome from The Philippines!
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Saacson Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 19 Md USA Gender:	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #3 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 6:04am Here are some booms I’ve made. I’m working on a five blader right now.
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Saacson Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 19 Md USA Gender:	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #4 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 6:07am Heres 5 blader wip.
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Saacson Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 19 Md USA Gender:	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #5 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 6:09am Here is an Al Gerhard style hook. Just put some brass weight in the blades.
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joe_meadmaker Senior Member Offline Posts: 376 PA, USA	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #6 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 10:08am Welcome from Pennsylvania! Definitely some fancy looking boomerangs you're making there! I tried once but it came out really bad, so I haven't done another one. Do you have any videos of your boomerang throwing?
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Kick Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2102 Finland	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #7 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 1:04pm Welcome from Finland! Those look beautiful. Amazing workmanship!
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Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA
Reply #8 - Nov 13^th, 2019 at 5:33pm

Heya! Thanks for the warm welcome and the compliments on my booms! Much appreciated. I can’t express how much fun it is to make them and then watch them fly and come back. Unbelievable satisfaction. However much trial and error and tuning. Also a bit of technique in the throw. Here are some vids. https://youtu.be/TWCQ3cYCEmU
https://youtu.be/yCrpnZTZOQs

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Greenjay Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 21	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #9 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 1:31am those are nice "booms" how long have you been making them? howdy from (north) texas.
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vetryan15 Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 989 Northern Mainers Gender:	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #10 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 3:56am Those aew awesome. Great job
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Reply #11 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 6:11am

Thanks for the encouragement. I started making molds for the booms around July of this year. So I guess august was my 1st batch of strip laminated boomerangs. I made my first boomerang out of plywood about 25 years ago. It flew well. I broke the wing off by accident. Duct taped it back together and it still flew well. Ha!Ha!Ha!

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Reply #12 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 12:49pm

Beautiful work!
Oh, and howdy from South Texas! I used to spend a lot of time over in the Gaithersburg area, but haven’t been there in several years.

Are you interested in doing any trading for a boomerang? I’ve been looking for one with a fairly aggressive lift to throw in my smallish yard. Most boomerangs get caught in the trees before coming back, so I have been searching for something that can make a nice short loop.

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Morphy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Checkmate Posts: 4854	Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA Reply #13 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 4:51pm Welcome from Texas! Beautiful work!
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Re: Hello from eastern shore md. USA
Reply #14 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 7:47pm

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Nov 14^th, 2019 at 12:49pm:

Beautiful work!
Oh, and howdy from South Texas! I used to spend a lot of time over in the Gaithersburg area, but haven’t been there in several years.

Are you interested in doing any trading for a boomerang? I’ve been looking for one with a fairly aggressive lift to throw in my smallish yard. Most boomerangs get caught in the trees before coming back, so I have been searching for something that can make a nice short loop.

Thank you. Yeah, I would consider a trade. I think that a traditional elbo or hook boomerang would have to be relatively small to make a small loop. A multiblader has a lot of lift so it would also be an option. How big is your yard? What do you have to trade?

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