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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3518 UK	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #750 - Jun 2^nd, 2009 at 4:21pm I'd like to make a netted sling like that, a tutorial would be great.
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Reply #751 - Jun 3^rd, 2009 at 3:26am

thought about making a netted sling a few times actually. Kudos for the pictures though! im sure they sling well!

This is my attempted rockman sling. The pouch isnt too good, I tried to make the pouch really wide so I could sling tennis balls with it. But testing proved differently! With rocks its a really nice sling, the pouch is also weighted and gives you a certain feel you just dont get with other slings! The retention cord has an extra long strand because I wanted a louder crack

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adsi Funditor Offline throwing rocks with slings Posts: 506 wales ,the land of dragons Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #752 - Jun 3^rd, 2009 at 10:20am ok it might take a while cos im going on holiday but itll be done within the next month or so
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_kava_ Senior Member Offline Sling making fanatic ;) Posts: 343 Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #753 - Jun 3^rd, 2009 at 11:20pm my latest creation: split pouch, jute core covered with regular knitting wool, colours inspired by Maori cultural aesthetics (no, i'm not Maori)
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Timothy Potter Senior Member Offline Posts: 340 Idaho Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #754 - Jun 3^rd, 2009 at 11:58pm Beautiful sling, Kava. What sort of technique did you use for the colors on the cords? Is it a type of wrapping or a braid around a core? -Timothy Potter
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Reply #755 - Jun 4^th, 2009 at 6:57am

Timothy Potter wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2009 at 1:30am:

Here's my latest sling. It's essentially a Tut sling, but made of wool. The pouch has half of the warps that my Tut sling had. The cords are a 4-strand round braid and the finger loop is a 4-strand flat braid (not the 4-strand flat braid discussed in this thread: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1243262042). This sling is a commission, so I didn't have the leisure to photograph the process, and I won't have details on how it functions.

adsi wrote on May 31^st, 2009 at 3:15pm:

oh and timothy p hows that book on sling making coming along

Adsi,

Progress is slow right now. I've had a lot of extra work to do lately with beekeeping: hive removals, swam removals, re-queening, hive splits...etc. This has taken a large portion of my free time, so the sling making book has had to take 2nd (or 3rd) place on my time priorities list. Hopefully I'll have more time soon.

-Timothy Potter

That sling is juuuuust GORGEOUS! WOW!

I am curious about how much drag the pouch creates, but the look of it--magnificent! Shocked

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Et Cetera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks Into Windows! Posts: 1550 Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #757 - Jun 4^th, 2009 at 7:24am Great sling, kava! What sort of ammunition is in the pouch?
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Reply #758 - Jun 4^th, 2009 at 10:17pm

cheers guys!

umm I'm not sure how to describe the technique.

The knots used are half hitches and as such it takes a LOT of time.
In the main section the outer jute strands are wrapped by going around one strand and then to the next strand in a circular fashion.
the pouch was made with the basic figure 8 weaving for both sides.

the ammo in the pouch is a rubber band ball.

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hope this is clear....

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B.cereus Descens Offline de la tierra al cielo Posts: 162 Florida Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #759 - Jun 5^th, 2009 at 5:26pm It’s great to see people active in slinging. I just saw a bunch of awesome designs. Congratulations to everyone and keep up the good work.
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stickhead Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 8 Texas Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #761 - Jun 6^th, 2009 at 1:18pm This is my first sling. The knot at the end of each loop is a footrope knot (Ashley book of knots #792).
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Camo-sling Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Forge your own path. Posts: 1419 Australia Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #762 - Jun 6^th, 2009 at 8:01pm @ Fortifysalior Is your pouch made of Suede? Or blue leather?
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stickhead Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 8 Texas Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #763 - Jun 6^th, 2009 at 10:06pm No its made of some scrap black leather I had laying around. Sorry for the crappy photo, was using the camera on the phone.
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Crazy_Viking Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14 Southern Alberta Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #764 - Jun 8^th, 2009 at 8:39pm My slings. The orange and green pouch is duct tape and is interchangeable with the black one
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