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Rhodophyta Tiro Offline Rockin' Slings! Posts: 35 Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Adventures in Mass Producing Clay & Concrete Glandes Reply #45 - Sep 18^th, 2026 at 6:51pm Man you got me good. I was so excited by the gland press I went to your Etsy store to buy a model to 3D print and ended up buying a whole sling
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Reply #46 - Sep 18^th, 2026 at 9:03pm

Rhodophyta wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 6:51pm:

Man you got me good. I was so excited by the gland press I went to your Etsy store to buy a model to 3D print and ended up buying a whole sling Grin

I get that all the time Grin

The other week I needed to order some leather sewing thread and ended up ordering half a cows worth of leather... and no thread. (and thanks for the order, its the first sling of the new batch!)

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Reply #47 - Sep 19^th, 2026 at 11:01am

Nice. I think a pantyhose on the mould could save you the talc. Thats how I make it. I didn`t have to the change the pantyhose (on my gland press

) for a few hundred clay bullets. I did not even have to clean it once!!!

My standard speed in making clay bullets is 3 per minute, but I think I could easily do 4 per minute if I needed to. The pantyhose makes it possible.

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... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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Rhodophyta Tiro Offline Rockin' Slings! Posts: 35 Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Adventures in Mass Producing Clay & Concrete Glandes Reply #48 - Sep 19^th, 2026 at 11:05am Do y'all go back and cut off the remaining flashing, or does that crumble off easily once the glande is dried? Where do you get your giant blocks of clay from?
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Reply #49 - Sep 20^th, 2026 at 3:10am

@floatingflint I must give that a try at some point!

@Rhodophyta I get mine from an arts&crafts type website, it's sold as clay for schools and is around 50c a kg. Clay isn't too hard to make though, providing you have clayey soil in your area.
The excess clay around the parting line generally breaks off easily, or you can smudge it smooth once the glande is firm but not completely dry

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Reply #50 - Sep 20^th, 2026 at 9:23am

Rhodophyta wrote on Sep 19^th, 2026 at 11:05am:

Do y'all go back and cut off the remaining flashing

I usually run over the side with my thumb to smoothen the surface directly after pressing the glande. If I intend to use them for distance throwing I make it carefully, otherwise just roughly.

Rhodophyta wrote on Sep 19^th, 2026 at 11:05am:

Where do you get your giant blocks of clay from?

I get mine from a creek nearby. I dig it out from a top secret spot where the consistency and moisture content is just right to directly be used. I throw the clayblock about 20 times on the ground until the colour is even and I don´t see any more stripes or textures.

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Reply #51 - Sep 20^th, 2026 at 2:04pm

Guys, thank you for sharing the process of creating such cool flying acorns!! It is always very interesting to observe the process of creation. How the master solves a particular problem in different ways. It is very interesting and useful to look into the workshop of a skilled person. And priceless!!!

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Rhodophyta Tiro Offline Rockin' Slings! Posts: 35 Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Adventures in Mass Producing Clay & Concrete Glandes Reply #52 - Sep 20^th, 2026 at 2:07pm Thanks for the info, clay for schools it is. All the soil around me is sand-loam or silt-loam. No good for glandes but the plants sure love it.
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