Most large department store have string as do most hobby/craft shops.  You can also use yarn.  Baling twine also works.  Commercial fishing and just plain fishing shops have twine, usually synthetic.  Military surplus stores have paracord.  

Also at euro stores, or dollar stores in youre case, just got some very cheap cotton twine at one such store just today.

If you live near a farm you could get lots of free bailing twine.

Fabric stores, hardwares, building suppliers.

Or just harvest some hawthorn or rose bushes and make a bramble fibre sling!

    Michaels, Walmart, Kmart, several dollar stores, Pine Hill Hardware, Tractor Supply, etc.. even Shoprite.  Shop around.  There are lots of good places.

I've been trying to make the T3 sling, and I'm rather confused. I made the single loop like it said in the tutorial. Then I western whipped up the side. However, now I'm left with 2 loops that I don't know what to do with. I have the loop that consists of three strands and will presumably turn into the pouch, and I a loop of 2 strands that is the rest of my rope from doing the whipping. I tried to weave with the loop, bu that doesn't look like what you did. Any help would be appreciated, and I'm sorry if I wasn't very clear. I'll try for more clarification if you need.  

P.S. This isn't so important because I can't even get to this point, but when I tried to weave with the loop I got a flat pouch. Going over the string on one weave and then under it on the other caused it so stay flat. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks again. You guys are great.

Thanks for the reply

xxkid123 wrote on Aug 6^th, 2012 at 3:50pm:


I got the two strand loop from the leftover cord of the westcountry whipping.
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1338672380/0#0

If you scroll down to 12 you should see that it looks like he's weaving with a loop rather than a strand. I can make the sling the other way pretty easily, but ratman posted that he found that this was a better way to make it.

Hello everyone,

I'm having some trouble with my slinging. I prefer to sling with the helicopter technique, but my shots always shoot off to the left (I'm righthanded). When I use the underhand technique, my stone usually falls out. Any suggestions on how to fix these problems would be appreciated!

Also, a completely unrelated question: what are Aussie slings? A lot of people on here say there really good, but I can't find any tutorial on them. Do you buy them?

Thanks,

HunterGatherer.

Always start out at a slower pace and work on technique before you add more power. Start with tennis balls when you are still working on your control. Safety first!  If your stones are falling out of the pouch, you are probably getting a bit of slack in you cords. It can happen if you don't maintain a smooth rotation in your throw. It may also me that your sling pouch is not quite centered. Put a ball in the pouch and hold it still, if the ball leans alittle to one side or the other it can easily fall out during your rotations.