Or even hack a branch off if you can do so legally (ethical if doing so is
not a mere whim). But you don't need a rare hardwood; anything stout enough
of the right shape will do fine. I made several out of "Y"s I got from my
mother's mulberry trees after a pruning.
I made many slingshots when I wa
The Blug's Slingshot Class (MAYBE) announcement claimed that one of its
learning points would be "how to quickly, stealthily, and sustainably
harvest a fork" from buckeye or walnut.
Any ideas on what these tips would be? Find a suitable tree with a branch
that fell off?
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On Saturday, January 7, 2012 6:34:01 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
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Oooo. now you're starting to venture towards my childhood:
ladyfingers used w/ a piece of pipe to fire BB's, or sleds tied to the back
of a
I made slingshots for my daughter and two friends last summer after my
brother trimmed my mother's several, large mulberries. Memories of boyhood,
when (age nine to about 12) I was Deadeye Dick with the weapon, hunting
lizards in, around and on our houses in, seriatim, Bangalore and Delhi. (I
could
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
