Slinging.org Forum - Medical tape sling tutorial

Legionare_Atimon Tiro Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 47 Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #45 - Aug 9^th, 2006 at 10:17pm I just finished a tape sling tonight it isn't the prettiest thing in the world but it works ok. Mine is pretty stiff though I have to use heavy rocks to get it to fold and form a good puch around the rock. Will the sling become more flexible after use or did i make it wrong?
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Dale Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1581 California, USA Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #46 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 2:14am Don't know about the tape sling, most of mine have leather pouches and a few of my older slings are braided. But all of them, regardless of material, get more flexible with use. So I figure the same will be true of your tape sling.
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Legionare_Atimon Tiro Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 47 Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #47 - Aug 10^th, 2006 at 8:27am Thx Dale!
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slinginginmass Descens Offline Memorize A440 Posts: 186 massachusetts Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #48 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 11:28am Nice work Zorro! I use duct tape almost exclusively and I've had no problem with the projectile rolling out. I have perfected a ''cupped ducked'' pocket that snugs at the corners when swung and realy eases up when released. It is a fairly simple design so I'll post some instructions and or pics sometime.
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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #49 - Sep 10^th, 2006 at 3:59pm i made something similar to the tape sling yesterday, but i used duct tape and slightly thicker rope than prescribed. it works well, but i prefer my old faithful.
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #50 - Feb 25^th, 2007 at 4:36pm Bring to the top. Willeke
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #51 - Feb 26^th, 2007 at 5:36am It appears that the medical tape sling is fast becomming one of the most common and easiest to make of all the sling designs. I have had mine for afew months now and it is holding up quit well. I also lost one when it fell out of my pocket walking the dog
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #52 - Mar 10^th, 2007 at 3:23pm Any tape will do I have used slings made with masking tape that worked for some weeks or months. Willeke
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Re: Medical tape sling tutorial
Reply #53 - Mar 12^th, 2007 at 9:28pm

bigkahuna,

I definitly agree with you...

I believe the tape sling is the most simple and practicle sling to make in this day and age. I would imagine Leather would be nice, but I personnaly haven't been able to come by any that might be considered scrap and which I can us. However you can find medical or duct tape almost anywhere, and a roll of it can make you plenty of pouches. So when my sling gets worn out (Hasn't happened yet since I haven't been slinging for that long), I imagine I won't feel as bad as opposed to if it was made of leather.

I think the tape sling should recieve some kind of special status!

Shabundi

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #54 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 5:25am bringing this back to the front for our newer members :-) Have to admit I was surprised it's not made it into the articles section yet - chris ? It's a great design. cheap and easy to make use duct tape if you can't get the expensive medical tape. Have fun :-)
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BrianGrubbs Funditor Offline Joined May 6th, 2008 Posts: 559 Alabama Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #55 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 7:53am I finally broke down and made a duct tape sling. I've been planning on it for a long time, but I had other things I was working on. Silly me It took me all of five minutes, and works great. I ended up giving it to my friend Paul, and the next day here he is on Slinging.org! Guess he's hooked now
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #56 - Oct 6^th, 2009 at 8:52pm Bumping this to bring it to the top again,
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #57 - Oct 6^th, 2009 at 9:09pm one of my carry-along-where-ever-i-go slings is this, but with a hexagonal pouch (the 2 slanty parts are 2.25 inches long, the center part is 2 inches wide) though i find one row of stitches is enough
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Liberty dog Funditor Offline mobile pocket artillery Posts: 596 south carolina, usa Gender:	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #58 - Oct 6^th, 2009 at 9:22pm going to make one tomorro
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Woonilsra Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1611	Re: Medical tape sling tutorial Reply #59 - Oct 6^th, 2009 at 9:37pm I tried serchign for this but couldnt find it! Thsi is a cool sling, the pouch is different from what ive seen, but im sure it works seeing as thsi has 4k views and a lot of happy chaps. I'm so getting tape and making one tommorow
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