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Lugh-Lamhfada Senior Member Offline A slinger is only as good as his last stone Posts: 272 An Mhi, Ireland Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2880 - Aug 11^th, 2012 at 10:36am Beautiful slings Mon, really superb.
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Môn Slinger Junior Member Offline Slinging In The Rain Posts: 53 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2881 - Aug 12^th, 2012 at 6:57am Thank you for your positive comments!
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Reply #2882 - Aug 14^th, 2012 at 3:07pm

Here is my first attempt at a Rockman, made with jute. I made the pouch too long and thin and everything fell out, so I made it smaller by sewing each end together a bit. Next one I want to make with wider straps on the pouch. Instead of tying and cutting the weaving string (not sure of the name), I braided the two pieces into the top of the release cord to make it thicker, and increase the whip effect. I use the whip effect to move my donkeys along Grin

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Rofriedrich Senior Member Offline Psalm 140:7 Posts: 273 Texas Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2883 - Aug 14^th, 2012 at 3:16pm Looks nice. I really like the whip like end.
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onym Novicius Offline Posts: 6	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2884 - Aug 14^th, 2012 at 5:10pm sling made from "b-line" decided to try a really simple woven split pouch this time. http://nil.de.nu/photos/slings/8-14-12lsling.JPG
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2885 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 11:48am Building matched sets, sling and stone. I started coloring my practice stones. They're easier to see when your slinging and easy to find afterwards.
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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2886 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 11:48am Cupped pouch.
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Rofriedrich Senior Member Offline Psalm 140:7 Posts: 273 Texas Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2887 - Aug 20^th, 2012 at 11:54am Thems is purdy.
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #2888 - Aug 21^st, 2012 at 2:06pm

I FINALLY managed to make a Tut sling without screwing up the pouch! Fourth time's the charm, it seems. :p
This one's for looking pretty, but I got another coming, this time made of cotton, and has the same amount of wefts/warps as Timothy Potter estimates place the original at. Plus it'll have 4-s round braided cords. Cheesy

(Me hate twisted cords :p )

EDIT: Oh Bob Saget! Looks like I'll be resizing the photo once I get home :p (I'm on my phone)
EDIT EDIT: Theeeere we go Cheesy

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Pikåru Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Experience teaches only the teachable... Posts: 1636 Colorado USA Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2889 - Aug 21^st, 2012 at 2:27pm Very nice. I need to sit down one of these days and pound out a Tut sling of my own. I tried it once with hemp wasn't impressed with the results. The hemp I used was very stiff and hard to work with. The sling is okay, just isn't tight and neat like yours. Good job.
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Reply #2890 - Aug 21^st, 2012 at 2:55pm

I had an early attempt at a hemp sling, four strand pocket, skinny and overall just not a good weapon. I couldn't just throw it out so it's hung around a while. This weekend I took it, added another strand to the pouch, wove some jute to bind the ends of the pouch then added a bridge at the center to tie all five cords of the pouch together. I then added soft leather to the finger loop to bring what was scrap material now made over into a decent throwing sling. Now it sits in my office, adding to my other conversation pieces.

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Reply #2891 - Aug 21^st, 2012 at 3:11pm

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Very nice. I need to sit down one of these days and pound out a Tut sling of my own. I tried it once with hemp wasn't impressed with the results. The hemp I used was very stiff and hard to work with. The sling is okay, just isn't tight and neat like yours. Good job.

Thanks

I think the factors that helped me most with weaving with this material is the lack of stretch, thickness (easier to see mistakes before they're permanent), and [to an extent] the stiffness of the jute I used. (My other attempts were with thin cotton and nylon, which were too slippery, thin, and stretchy for learning this. Sad

) I must be a masochist, because the cotton twine I'm using on my current one is thinner than most cordage I usually use, and is a taaaad stretchier than the jute I used before. As a result, the warps are shifting around and will form uneven rows, if I'm not careful. So yeah, make sure your first Tut is made with a rather forgiving material. Tongue

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HunterGatherer Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 93	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2892 - Aug 26^th, 2012 at 10:04pm This is my second attempt at a rockman sling. My first one was a bit flimsy.
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HunterGatherer Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 93	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #2893 - Aug 26^th, 2012 at 10:06pm Yikes! Does anyone know how to resize it!?
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Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging
Reply #2894 - Aug 26^th, 2012 at 10:27pm

HunterGatherer wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 10:06pm:

Yikes! Does anyone know how to resize it!? Shocked

Got it for ya

To resize: Open in microsoft paint, make sure the image is deselected. Press ctrl+w, then in the first two boxes type in two percents, I used 20 and 20 (or something like that). Make sure they're both the same. If it's too small, type a percent greater than 100, too big than less than 100.

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