In one of the last couple of Readers Grant had an article on making sling shots. Mere months later, that has inspired me to get out and make my own. I had saved a few promising Y-branches when I was cutting out some blown down trees from a nearby trail earlier this summer. Surgical tubing from the hardware store, some leather from work (I work in automotive seating, so this is easy to come by), a warmish afternoon in January, and I was on my way.
I don't have Grant's boylike glee at using a pocket knife to cut wood, and I couldn't find mine anyway. I started using a utility knife, but that was slow and daylight was waning, so out came the die grinder. I'm also lousy at knots, so in the spirit of Rivendell I went with zip ties. I'm not sure zip ties are the hot ticket for a long life of high powered rock throwing, but it worked well enough for this trial. I cut the tubing kind of short, so my little boy could use it. Still, I was able to solidly thunk a fence post on the opposite side of our backyard. My five year old (with me holding the Y and him pulling) was able to send a rock in a gentle arc about 30 feet or so. Not bad! He only hit my thumb the first time. Good fun on a winter Saturday afternoon. A picture is here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BH0vfMZCEoM6OGGV5iEsENMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink Anyone else have one to show off? I know it might be kind of intimidating to top my masterpiece here, but don't let that stop you. Eric Daume Dublin, OH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
