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Lightning Jack Ex Member	I made a 42” boomerang today Oct 11^th, 2021 at 3:27pm Just got done making a 42” boomerang out of maple using some of my handy dandy Dewalt cordless power tools. I also used a utility knife and a hand saw. Took me an hour and forty five minutes. If I would have just used a knife like my previous three boomerangs it would have taken me prolly 15+ hours
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #1 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 3:29pm Also I still can’t figure out why all my pictures are upside down
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #2 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 4:25pm And of course just as I predicted my boomerang broke on one side right where a knot was on the top so now after cutting it where the crack was it is a 30” boomerang now
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Hirtius Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 272 Gender:	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 4:32pm Quote: Also I still can’t figure out why all my pictures are upside down It’s because your doing a very Australian thing. Looks great! I wonder how it works.
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 4:44pm This is the forth boomerang I have made, they can do a lot of damage to milk jugs and I’d like to try to hunt some birds or squirrels with it sometime. If you mean as far as coming back to me…it doesn’t, but I didn’t design it to
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2646 Australia Gender:	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 7:04pm What’s the total weight?
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 8:05pm I think it looks better @ 30". Does it fly better?
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #7 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 8:18pm The weight of it is about 8 oz maybe less. It does fly better at 30”
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Reply #8 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 9:02pm

Most traditional hunting boomerangs I’ve seen are heavier. I’ve always wanted to make one , I actually have a few bits of wood just sitting there waiting for me to work.

It might be on the light side for hunting. Perhaps add some weight to it if you’re serious about hunting with it. Won’t drop the speed much but will drastically increase killing potential.

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Re: I made a 42” boomerang today
Reply #9 - Oct 11^th, 2021 at 11:56pm

If it does end up being too light I do have some aluminum wire I could wrap around it to give it more weight. It was a little bit heavier when it was 42” too…

If you do make one i highly recommend using a piece of wood that doesn’t have any knots in it that are larger than a pea in diameter otherwise there is a high chance of breakage in that spot. Also using power tools to remove most of the material saves a lot of time. Ash is a really good wood for making boomerangs, I’ve only made one out of ash so far though. It is only 25”

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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #10 - Oct 12^th, 2021 at 4:34pm From what i have read, a non returning boomerang, is just a regular rabbit stick
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: I made a 42” boomerang today Reply #11 - Oct 12^th, 2021 at 7:35pm Well I could make a boomerang that returns but I want to actually use it for hunting, so once it hits the target, it isn’t going to come back to me anyway.
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