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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #210 - Oct 1^st, 2021 at 8:54am You use this: https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/ellipsoid-volume
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Reply #211 - Oct 16^th, 2021 at 11:00pm

Ok I’ve been pretty quiet on this thread, but I have a really simple abstract ammo idea for y’all…

Wet ammo. The spray off the ammo let’s you see the spin orientation and you can compare that with wrist orientation. That relationship will be different for every sling/ammo/style combination, but you can easily visualize the relationship between wrist roll and ammo rifling with a video camera. Here’s an example.

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #212 - Oct 19^th, 2021 at 8:44am well anyone who's ever slung a tennis ball for a dog - will be familiar with wet ammo If they're not retrieving from water, even on a hot dry day, the slobber builds up. It's why I make waterproof ball slings that you can load without touching the ball Also keep the slobbery thing in a bag between sessions.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1688 California Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #213 - Oct 19^th, 2021 at 1:40pm Curious Aardvark wrote on Oct 19^th, 2021 at 8:44am: Also keep the slobbery thing in a bag between sessions. I sure hope there is airflow in that bag... eeeeewww.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #214 - Oct 19^th, 2021 at 2:26pm lol oddly they never go mouldy. dog saliva has probably got some kind of anti fungal agent in it.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #215 - Oct 21^st, 2021 at 12:42pm Even mold wont brave the slobber balls.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1688 California Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #216 - Oct 21^st, 2021 at 2:57pm Now when I see NOOC's slinging pictures, I kinda gag a little.
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Reply #217 - Oct 21^st, 2021 at 10:20pm

IronGoober wrote on Oct 21^st, 2021 at 2:57pm:

Now when I see NOOC's slinging pictures, I kinda gag a little.

I get that a lot even when I’m not slinging.

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“My final hour is at hand. We face an enemy more numerous and cunning than the world has yet seen. Remember your training, and do not fear the hordes of Judas. I, without sin, shall cast the first stone. That will be your sign to attack! But you shall not fight this unholy enemy with stones. No! RAZOR GLANDES! Aim for the eyes! May the Lord have mercy, for we shall show none!“ -Jesus the Noodler

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #218 - Oct 22^nd, 2021 at 10:46am It's definitely a nice effect - as long as it's water
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Reply #219 - Dec 8^th, 2021 at 12:21pm

Not sure if this thread is dead/over but it feels like the right place to put it:

We have a big box of large miscellaneous nuts in the shop at work, 3/4-10 mainly, I brought one to a parcel scale and they're about 50 grams which seems like a good weight for glandes. I imported a nut from McMaster into fusion and made a socketed football shape so it would rest dead center. In theory I would be able to make a mold with silicone and cast them in a tough resin.

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2612 Australia Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #220 - Dec 8^th, 2021 at 5:16pm I like that a lot Need a tester? Send them down here
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3121 PA, USA	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #221 - Dec 8^th, 2021 at 5:42pm Agreed. That is extremely cool! I supposed this challenge should also be cut off soon. Everyone get them in before the end of the year!
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Kordwar Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 65 Lancaster, PA Gender:	Re: Abstract Ammo Design 2021! Reply #222 - Dec 8^th, 2021 at 8:14pm Mersa wrote on Dec 8^th, 2021 at 5:16pm: I like that a lot Need a tester? Send them down here How hard is it to find american sizes where you are? I'll have to make a metric nut version for ease of finding materials.
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Reply #223 - Dec 9^th, 2021 at 6:57am

Just measure the nut, much easier

Use a 6 sided cylinder and measure across the points for the cylinder diameter.

How did you glue it together ?
Otherwise not sure it'll last past the first throw.

If you embed and glue the nut fully in one side and add some threads to the other side and use something like polyurethane, that would be pretty durable.
Or thread both sides for a centrally mounted nut.

Oh and I'll add the sling-,in-the-dark ammo here as well

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Reply #224 - Dec 9^th, 2021 at 10:09am

I have it as a friction fit currently, probably going to use some CA glue for test throws.

My main worry with using threads is ease of casting, I was initially leaning towards threads on one side and threading into the nut and threads on the other side. I ended up using the socket because it was easy to print and easy to reproduce.

Ideally I could cast one side with a plug and then embed the nut when when casting the other side, or just mass produce the halves and glue a nut in.

One thing I do love is that if you lightly hold it at both tips between your thumb and forefinger and blast compressed air across it it spins with zero wobble. I'm excited to try it out

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