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How many slings did you make this year?
Dec 26^th, 2018 at 10:14am

I think I’m probably at around one per month this year.

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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3215 PA, USA	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #1 - Dec 26^th, 2018 at 11:21am I just started getting back in to sling making when I joined the forum a couple months ago. Since then I completed a braided sling that was only about 1/4 of the way done and had been sitting around for several years. I also made two others, although one still needs a pouch stitched on to it.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #2 - Dec 26^th, 2018 at 12:02pm I've lost track but I would guess only around 5 or so. I have so many I haven't "needed" any so I've been collecting other people's our more unusual styles. I still have one more to finish for the SITH but it's looking like it's going to count for next year...
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2334 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #3 - Dec 26^th, 2018 at 7:23pm 10 including the one I sent to Samuel for Sith.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #4 - Dec 26^th, 2018 at 7:47pm Nineteen or twenty
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13878 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #5 - Dec 26^th, 2018 at 9:55pm When my late wife was sick I made slings to keep my sanity. I probably made hundreds. There are still many slings around here. I'll have to get back into making them this year.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #6 - Dec 30^th, 2018 at 5:18am I have made a few hundred, but I make the same few styles. I need to upgrade my skill, and start practicing my weaving and braiding to span it out.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #7 - Dec 30^th, 2018 at 6:22am quite a few. Goit a friend who loses hers on a regular basis - must have had a half a dozen just by herself The 3d printed waterproof pouches seem to go best round here, as most people use them for throwing tennis balls for dogs to retrieve from a big lake
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timpa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Stones in the horizon Posts: 1521 Finland	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #8 - Dec 30^th, 2018 at 1:10pm One or two. (My slings is ugly but durable
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winkleried Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1535 Norman Oklahoma Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #9 - Jan 16^th, 2019 at 5:15pm I haven’t made any slings in about Five years.... Yeah, I know I am slacking.
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Re: How many slings did you make this year?
Reply #10 - Nov 28^th, 2019 at 12:29am

I’ve been making maybe one per month, but then I just made about 10 slings in the last two weeks. I’ve gone into production for Christmas

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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3215 PA, USA	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #11 - Nov 28^th, 2019 at 11:18am That's great! I like the inclusion of the tennis ball. I think I've made about 9 this year.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #12 - Nov 28^th, 2019 at 3:25pm Awesome! I think I only made around 4 or 5. Most of them were super simple paracord ones for the most part.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: How many slings did you make this year? Reply #13 - Nov 29^th, 2019 at 7:58am A basic 'how to' sheet would also be good in the box. Been thiking about seriously marketing slings. And a sheet that clearly shows how to hold and use abasic underarm throw is something I reckon is an essential inclusion. And a sock and a couple elastic bands, to make a sock ball
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Re: How many slings did you make this year?
Reply #14 - Nov 29^th, 2019 at 8:04am

actually made a lot more pouches than slings this year.

I need to get the cord side of things as standardised as the pouch manufacturing. Kind of pot luck at the moment.

Also need a more efficient way to make loops at the end of paracord. tying knots wastes a lot of cord. Must be some kind of crimping pliers and clips that would make a solid permament join for a loop. To be fair, once the cords are on the pouch, the area of join would have almost zero stress.
I do have some hair crimpers I bought to make a filament joiner from.
wonder if 180c would be enough to bond a metal clip to the paracord.
worth an experiment I reckon

Hmm maybe the clips used for sealing the ends of large sausages would do the trick.

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Damn those things are expensive !
Wonder if a cable tie and the hot crimp would work.
Right, now to try and find the hair crimpers !

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