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Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial
Jul 24^th, 2009 at 4:57pm

I've finally finished a tutorial for making a Tut sling.

http://www.seekyee.com/Slings/howtos/tut1.htm

My brother's idea for using a flat loom works very well; much better than my triangle looms, so the instructions are for the flat loom method.

I simplified the design to make things more clear, but I have directions for the un-simplified version.

There are also three new braiding tutorials as well:

http://www.seekyee.com/Slings/howtos/4strand2.htm
http://www.seekyee.com/Slings/howtos/4strand3.htm
http://www.seekyee.com/Slings/howtos/8strand1.htm (Thanks for the correction, David)

I'd be interested to know if the directions are clear enough to use. Since I know what I'm trying to show, it's clear to me, but my instructions would be valueless if nobody else could follow them. Also, please let me know if I made any spelling errors.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Potter

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Rockman Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1267 Lima, Peru Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #1 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 5:05pm Looks wonderfully made to me. A common complain about how to's to braiding is using the same color of string for the demo. I understand it fine, but some people need the strings to be of diferent color. Great job Timothy, good luck.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3484 UK	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #2 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 5:39pm That is absolutely fantastic, I totally get that. Bravo! You probably meant to use this as your third braiding link: http://www.seekyee.com/Slings/howtos/8strand1.htm ;
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the_warrior_yeti Descens Offline ARRRRRGH! Posts: 106 Fayetteville, AR, USA Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 10:27pm Wow! That was a lot of work and I really appreciate the effort. I can see how the pouch holds conical shot perfectly. I look forward to making one of these slings now. Thanks!
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adsi Funditor Offline throwing rocks with slings Posts: 506 wales ,the land of dragons Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 10:41am brilliant just brilliant!!
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #5 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 12:01pm ......i don't beleive it, it seems simple enough, especially how the strands are twisted to make the cords...i gotta make this sometime with something close to that material (hemp? i can't find linen anywhere
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Camo-sling Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Forge your own path. Posts: 1419 Australia Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 7:23pm one word - perfect.
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #7 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 7:30pm i have a question though, the remaining un woven warp threads once pulled would turn into a very long single strand right? then what happens to that long single strand? i'm thinking that it is used in the twist on 1 side also, i found a small mistake, you spelled pull as pulles
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Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial
Reply #8 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 11:22pm

Thanks for the gracious comments!

Thanks to Chris, the tutorial is now available here on slinging.org:

http://slinging.org/index.php?page=a-method-for-reproducing-a-sling-found-in-the...

xxkid123,

Thanks for the correction; I actually noticed a couple of other errors when I was re-typing "pulles."

To answer your question about the warp:

You actually end up with two long strings when the warp is pulled through because the warping is done with both ends of the warp string. So when the warp is pulled through, it is done so from both sides at the same time. The instructions show how to sew these ends through the weaving and trim them off, but your idea of twisting them into one of the cords would work as well.

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Axelk Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #9 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 6:52am Hello Really great tuturial ! I hope youll go on making toturials.Yours are absoluteley fantastic and easy to understand. Bye Axel
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Eoraptor Funditor Offline Aim small, miss small. Posts: 936 Great Lakes Region (USA) Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #10 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 10:15am Great tutorial! Now I can live my childhood dream of being a pharaoh! But for real. You know that it's good if I can understand it. I will have to try it asap. Thanks!
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Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial
Reply #11 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 10:32am

Timothy Potter wrote on Jul 25^th, 2009 at 11:22pm:

Thanks for the gracious comments!

Thanks to Chris, the tutorial is now available here on slinging.org:

http://slinging.org/index.php?page=a-method-for-reproducing-a-sling-found-in-the...

xxkid123,

Thanks for the correction; I actually noticed a couple of other errors when I was re-typing "pulles."

To answer your question about the warp:

You actually end up with two long strings when the warp is pulled through because the warping is done with both ends of the warp string. So when the warp is pulled through, it is done so from both sides at the same time. The instructions show how to sew these ends through the weaving and trim them off, but your idea of twisting them into one of the cords would work as well.

-Timothy Potter

thanks, i probably will twist it into the cords, but only for an inch or so, makes a cleaner looking appearance

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #12 - Jul 26^th, 2009 at 11:27am beautiful work, Tim.
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winkleried Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1535 Norman Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #13 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 10:20pm Going to build the loom tomorrow and give it a go. Will let ya know what I think when it is done. Marc Adkins
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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: Tutankhamen Sling Tutorial Reply #14 - Mar 7^th, 2011 at 1:09am The best tutorial I've seen so far! And the way it's done,I would have never figured it out by myself so it's really useful, carefully shown.Thank you!
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