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Reply #7515 - Jul 31^st, 2023 at 1:57am

The biconical ball has the surface of a tennis ball. It weighs a little more than a tennis ball. I found these balls in Dog Toys. I don't like tennis balls. A reason . They break quickly. These balls have some kind of valve. You can practice shooting with biconical projectiles. They fly very well. .Unfortunately they are for; Balearic competitions not allowed. I think it's absolutely perfect for a balearic sling. I can make a video about it.

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1715 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7516 - Jul 31^st, 2023 at 10:33am Thanks for the information. I agree that they are perfect for slinging. A video would be welcome. Now I just need to find where I can get some myself!
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Reply #7517 - Jul 31^st, 2023 at 2:27pm

Yea I do feel this sentiment… I’ve already broken a couple of T balls. Mine often get lodged in the chain link fences Grin

They look like they’d fly well. It makes me wonder, being a dog toy what the reason for the shape is? I suppose probably strength now I think about it!

Thanks Jaegoor, I tool will try to locate some for myself

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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7518 - Aug 2^nd, 2023 at 9:18am I'll have to keep my eye out for some of those biconical tennis balls Cotton Rockman with round braided cords. It's not in this picture, as I took it before I did it, but I spliced in some nylon paracord guts for the tassel.
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7519 - Aug 2^nd, 2023 at 9:20am Another cotton sling.
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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7520 - Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 12:05am Nice ones! I like the rockman design, nice and simple to make and works well. The bottom one looks great too though, did you use a tutorial for that one?
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7521 - Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 7:06am I started to make it with a sheepshank sling design (http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1338672380), but I strayed quite a bit from the tutorial. A regular sheepshank sling would probably come out much neater.
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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7522 - Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 8:15am Looks good, and fairly simple to follow. I'll have to give it a go sometime.
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7523 - Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 7:54pm Okay, now here's a real sheepshank sling. I actually followed the tutorial on this one Yfir wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 8:15am: Looks good, and fairly simple to follow. I'll have to give it a go sometime. It's a great tutorial. Definitely reccomend it.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3266 PA, USA	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7524 - Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 11:06pm Those are looking really good Eino.
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7525 - Aug 5^th, 2023 at 10:10pm joe_meadmaker wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2023 at 11:06pm: Those are looking really good Eino. Thanks!
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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7526 - Aug 6^th, 2023 at 7:38pm My first raw-fibre Balearic sling. Braided in 5 with jute I extracted from string, with a waxed pouch and ending in New Zealand Cabbage Palm fibre. Thanks to Irongoober for the Cabbage Palm! And thanks to Archaic Arms for the tutorial, and Serbaz for providing me with a real Balearic sling!
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Eino Senior Member Offline Projecting stones with a cord-based device! Posts: 343	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7527 - Aug 6^th, 2023 at 8:19pm That sling looks great, Yfir!
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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7528 - Aug 6^th, 2023 at 10:23pm Thanks Eino! I'm about to head off oversees and I'm taking that one as a gift. So I probably won't be around for a while on the forum. Good luck with sling making all!
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1715 California Gender:	Re: Pictures of Slings and Slinging Reply #7529 - Aug 7^th, 2023 at 12:52pm Excellent!
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