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Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design
Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:29pm

Playing with modular split pouches like Legos, reading the forum, listening to sling podcast, I ended up realizing I could make a Y-sling that works surprisingly well. If you want more details on this design I used the base from my previous instructional "Modular Split Pouch Sling Design." To avoid repeating things I'll go directly to how to make it. Forgive all the random knots and what looks like a fancy finger release. I was trying to figure out what lengths to use and I can tell you 8ft on each frame is too much. You can get away with 6ft. and avoid shortening it the way I did.

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Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design
Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:30pm

Here we go. Make 3 identical frames. During experimentation I decided on 4 inches. This requires a support strand in the middle to hold the ball in place. I was considering later testing a 3 inch frame to possibly eliminate this strand, or covering the pouches with hockey-tape to make a net of some sort. Will do that later.

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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #2 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:31pm The 3 completed frames braided up.
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #3 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:32pm Connect them into a triangle overlapping each one going the same direction
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #4 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:32pm double up around eye loop on each corner to cinch down
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #5 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:33pm completed triangle with locked eye loop corners
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #6 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:33pm Add a center string to support the tennis ball. Without it I found majority of the time the tennis ball would slip through the hole. I thought about shortening the frames to 3 inches, or adding some sort of netting support. That will be for a later time.
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #7 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:35pm What you do then is pick one corner and make a finger loop. You then take the remainder two strands and tie them together as a release cord that is equal in distance to when you wear the finger loop. The picture is not to scale. I just tied them up to represent how they should be spaced apart.
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #8 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:37pm Do it right and you will have a properly suspended ball. I loop over my middle finger and use thumb and pointer finger for my release.
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Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design
Reply #9 - Oct 9^th, 2021 at 5:41pm

Here is the completed Modular Y-Sling. Slinging it is a very different feeling. This is my first Y-sling after all. The timing is different but I will say it has a more natural/intuitive way to aim and release. It hasn't tangled on me yet (possibly because of the equilateral triangle design?) Kind of clumsy on the reload. But a very unique sling for my collection. Will attempt the tweaks I was discussing later.

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Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design
Reply #10 - Oct 10^th, 2021 at 5:09am

Very nice. There are myriad ways to make this design. I've made many kinds.
I would agree with you both on the intuitive feeling and the equilateral suspension resulting in a very stable rotation that prevents cord twist.
My Y-sling is also modular. 1 pouch and 3 cords. Which allows me quick experimentation with different kinds of cord setups.

The conventional sling is ''2d'', this one is ''3d''. Grin

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13680 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #11 - Oct 10^th, 2021 at 8:48am I like it. I've never made that design. I'll have to try it. I also like that the pictures fit inside the page.
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #12 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 8:11am Rat Man wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 8:48am: I also like that the pictures fit inside the page. thats very rare
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Happydrow Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 Los Angeles, California	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #13 - Oct 13^th, 2021 at 12:16am Same idea just this time decided to use 3 leather strips. The braided one looks better. The leather one seems to throw slightly better. Could be psychological.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Braided Y-Sling Modular Pouch Design Reply #14 - Oct 13^th, 2021 at 12:24am Ooh, you could make a fractal version, that would look cool!
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