Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:03 am
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Surely you can do better
Surely you can do better
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:25 am
Excellent!
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:17 pm
I just had to do it. Against all odds.
I doubled up the rubber.
Now we are talking!
The stronger bandset pushes the weapon into the realm of deadly weapons. The pencils now go through a rubber door mat, which withstands the 20 mm steel ball hits from my strongest slingshots!
As a matter of coincidence, some better quality pencils arrived (Faber-Castell HB, 1,18 Euros for twelve pieces including tax). Much more solid. Just in time.
But in order to push the envelope even farther I took a damaged carbon fibre arrow shaft, sawed it into five pieces and glued tip holders in. Then I screwed the field tips in. The arrows now weigh 9,6 gramms (154 gr).
The impact is absolutely astounding. They go into a massive wooden plank and I need tools to get them out again. They even pierced through a PET water bottle and still stuck in the plank. Distance 8 meters, the flight is absolutely stable.
I reinforced the string catchers (glued in a steel nail in fact), so the weapon withstands the much harder impact of the 300% pretensed bands (3,5 cm x 2,5 cm x 11 cm relaxed length).
I doubled up the rubber.
Now we are talking!
The stronger bandset pushes the weapon into the realm of deadly weapons. The pencils now go through a rubber door mat, which withstands the 20 mm steel ball hits from my strongest slingshots!
As a matter of coincidence, some better quality pencils arrived (Faber-Castell HB, 1,18 Euros for twelve pieces including tax). Much more solid. Just in time.
But in order to push the envelope even farther I took a damaged carbon fibre arrow shaft, sawed it into five pieces and glued tip holders in. Then I screwed the field tips in. The arrows now weigh 9,6 gramms (154 gr).
The impact is absolutely astounding. They go into a massive wooden plank and I need tools to get them out again. They even pierced through a PET water bottle and still stuck in the plank. Distance 8 meters, the flight is absolutely stable.
I reinforced the string catchers (glued in a steel nail in fact), so the weapon withstands the much harder impact of the 300% pretensed bands (3,5 cm x 2,5 cm x 11 cm relaxed length).
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:40 pm
Wow thats cool
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:06 pm
Can I expect a video sometime soon?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:36 am
This new video is actually more like a general update on things here at the Slingshot Channel.
See the pencil launcher with doubled up rubber and new, specifically made arrows, see the Cold Steel blowgun and a "rivalling" homemade rubber based "Hawaiian Speargun", watch how the Cold Steel "Voyager" does against a Zombie Head simulating coconut, plus a "meat shoe", and last not least look at the performance of the Cold Steel Shillelagh against coconuts in super slow motion.
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See the pencil launcher with doubled up rubber and new, specifically made arrows, see the Cold Steel blowgun and a "rivalling" homemade rubber based "Hawaiian Speargun", watch how the Cold Steel "Voyager" does against a Zombie Head simulating coconut, plus a "meat shoe", and last not least look at the performance of the Cold Steel Shillelagh against coconuts in super slow motion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:13 pm
Looks sweet, can't wait to see the chest supported beast.
The laugh at 4:15 is epic too.
The laugh at 4:15 is epic too.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:08 pm
Bratwurst in a shoe...
I love it!!
I love it!!
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:14 pm
That was my favorite part
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:03 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:56 am
Awwww coooool
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:44 am
that thing is friggen amazing!! The slingshots you make are truly amazing and every new one I see never ceases to amaze me!! Good work and good stuff man!!
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:50 am
Giant strap on...
lol ok but this thing is epic. I loved how you were holding the tiny one and then a second later you're holding a huge one that cracked me up haha. Nice.
lol ok but this thing is epic. I loved how you were holding the tiny one and then a second later you're holding a huge one
that cracked me up haha. Nice.Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:31 pm
That is ridiculously awesome
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:55 pm
Nice work, have you ever thought of using A lever like the Chinese repeating crossbow??