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About 3 years ago, we had an Altoid tin slingshot build-off, which some of you may remember:
http://slingshotforum.com/topic/15639-altoid-tin-build-off/
It was a LOT of fun and generated a lot of creativity. Soooo, Winnie and I decided it was time to do it again. Your task is to make a fully functioning slingshot that fits ... frame, bands, and pouch ... into an Altoids tin.
What is an Altoids tin, you ask? Well, Altoids are just a brand name of a mint ... that can be found pretty much world wide:
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These tins are popular for all sorts of things ... Folks use them to hold small survival kits and first aid kits, folks use them to hold circuit boards for various purposes, folks even use them to make small pocket stoves. We propose using them to hold a slingshot. Just to be definite, here are the dimensions:
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The tins are 3/4 inch = 1.9 cm deep.
Even if you cannot find an Altoids tin, you can probably find some other brand of mint that comes in a tin of the same size. Any tin will do, as long as it has the above dimensions. If you get downright desperate, you can make a small box out of cardboard with those dimensions.
To enter this contest, you have to build a functioning slingshot that fits into an Altoids tin, and post a photo of it in this thread ... simple as that. You must give a description of the wee beast ... design details, materials, bands, pouch, etc.
We want to encourage you to actually use your wee slingshot. Sooooo ... you will receive extra consideration for the FABULOUS PRIZES if you also post a video. The video has to show you using the slingshot to shoot a standard soda can at a distance of 5 meters or 16.5 feet ... verify the distance on the video. You can use any ammo you like, take as many shots as you like, but you gotta hit the can.
If you need some inspiration about small slingshot designs, just check out the previous contest. I listed a whole bunch of appropriate designs there ... and of course there are all the ones that were entered in the last contest.
How are the FABULOUS PRIZES to be awarded??? At the end of the contest, we will just do a random draw from those who entered. So do not worry if you cannot make a super laminated, diamond studded, blah, blah, blah. This is NOT a beauty contest, nor a popularity contest.
You can enter as many times as you like. Each time you enter, your name will go on my list. If you also submit the shooting video, your name will go on the list twice. So if you enter 3 different slingshots and have a shooting video for each one, your name will go on my list 6 times. At the end, we will make random draws from the list ... the more often you are on the list, the better your chance of winning a FABULOUS PRIZE. But to be fair, only one prize per person will be awarded. Winnie and I will be the final arbiters of awarding the FABULOUS PRIZES. No whining or winging allowed!!!
The contest starts NOW. The deadline for entries will be midnight, Pacific Standard Time, on February 14 ... that's Valentines Day ... you gotta LOVE this contest!
You are allowed to submit a slingshot that you have already posted, but you must post a photo of it here in the required Altoids tin ... BUT you cannot have entered it in the previous Altoids Build Off. Your slingshot can be a natural, a board cut, laminated, metal, wire frame, folding, modular ... whatever suits you. So get to it, my friends.
Oh, yes ... And what are those FABULOUS PRIZES, you ask??? Well, we are going to tease you and reveal them bit by bit. We will have half a dozen prizes or so. One of the prizes will be my Altorus slingshot:
http://slingshotforum.com/topic/15338-altorus-another-altoid-tin-slingshot/?p=173739
It is shown there with braided #64 office rubber bands. You can have it that way if you insist, but personally I would prefer Alliance File Bands, and will send it to you with those unless you direct otherwise.
Neither Winnie nor I will be eligible for the prizes. So come on guys and gals ... put your thinking caps on and get to work. Let's have some fun!!!!
Cheers .... Charles
http://slingshotforum.com/topic/15639-altoid-tin-build-off/
It was a LOT of fun and generated a lot of creativity. Soooo, Winnie and I decided it was time to do it again. Your task is to make a fully functioning slingshot that fits ... frame, bands, and pouch ... into an Altoids tin.
What is an Altoids tin, you ask? Well, Altoids are just a brand name of a mint ... that can be found pretty much world wide:
These tins are popular for all sorts of things ... Folks use them to hold small survival kits and first aid kits, folks use them to hold circuit boards for various purposes, folks even use them to make small pocket stoves. We propose using them to hold a slingshot. Just to be definite, here are the dimensions:
The tins are 3/4 inch = 1.9 cm deep.
Even if you cannot find an Altoids tin, you can probably find some other brand of mint that comes in a tin of the same size. Any tin will do, as long as it has the above dimensions. If you get downright desperate, you can make a small box out of cardboard with those dimensions.
To enter this contest, you have to build a functioning slingshot that fits into an Altoids tin, and post a photo of it in this thread ... simple as that. You must give a description of the wee beast ... design details, materials, bands, pouch, etc.
We want to encourage you to actually use your wee slingshot. Sooooo ... you will receive extra consideration for the FABULOUS PRIZES if you also post a video. The video has to show you using the slingshot to shoot a standard soda can at a distance of 5 meters or 16.5 feet ... verify the distance on the video. You can use any ammo you like, take as many shots as you like, but you gotta hit the can.
If you need some inspiration about small slingshot designs, just check out the previous contest. I listed a whole bunch of appropriate designs there ... and of course there are all the ones that were entered in the last contest.
How are the FABULOUS PRIZES to be awarded??? At the end of the contest, we will just do a random draw from those who entered. So do not worry if you cannot make a super laminated, diamond studded, blah, blah, blah. This is NOT a beauty contest, nor a popularity contest.
You can enter as many times as you like. Each time you enter, your name will go on my list. If you also submit the shooting video, your name will go on the list twice. So if you enter 3 different slingshots and have a shooting video for each one, your name will go on my list 6 times. At the end, we will make random draws from the list ... the more often you are on the list, the better your chance of winning a FABULOUS PRIZE. But to be fair, only one prize per person will be awarded. Winnie and I will be the final arbiters of awarding the FABULOUS PRIZES. No whining or winging allowed!!!
The contest starts NOW. The deadline for entries will be midnight, Pacific Standard Time, on February 14 ... that's Valentines Day ... you gotta LOVE this contest!
You are allowed to submit a slingshot that you have already posted, but you must post a photo of it here in the required Altoids tin ... BUT you cannot have entered it in the previous Altoids Build Off. Your slingshot can be a natural, a board cut, laminated, metal, wire frame, folding, modular ... whatever suits you. So get to it, my friends.
Oh, yes ... And what are those FABULOUS PRIZES, you ask??? Well, we are going to tease you and reveal them bit by bit. We will have half a dozen prizes or so. One of the prizes will be my Altorus slingshot:
http://slingshotforum.com/topic/15338-altorus-another-altoid-tin-slingshot/?p=173739
It is shown there with braided #64 office rubber bands. You can have it that way if you insist, but personally I would prefer Alliance File Bands, and will send it to you with those unless you direct otherwise.
Neither Winnie nor I will be eligible for the prizes. So come on guys and gals ... put your thinking caps on and get to work. Let's have some fun!!!!
Cheers .... Charles
