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Good morning all. Made my first homemade slingshot yesterday.
I received my first slingshot in the mail earlier in the week - an Axiom Ocularis from Simple Shot along with a couple band sets and clay ammo. I enjoyed shooting it so much I thought I'd try to make one.
I turn wood bowls and plates on a lathe so usually have plenty of logs and cut offs around. I grabbed a piece of cherry and made a couple blanks - roughed them out on my bandsaw.
I've carved wood spoons in the past and don't have a vice setup so grabbed my carving knife and got to work. After a couple hours of carving I got my cabinet scrapers out to smooth out the knife marks.
Followed up by sanding smooth thru 240 grit and oiled it with some walnut oil.
I put some bands on it and did some test shots. Had about the same accuracy as my Axiom so that made me super happy!
Looking forward to making more of these and making a better shape
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I received my first slingshot in the mail earlier in the week - an Axiom Ocularis from Simple Shot along with a couple band sets and clay ammo. I enjoyed shooting it so much I thought I'd try to make one.
I turn wood bowls and plates on a lathe so usually have plenty of logs and cut offs around. I grabbed a piece of cherry and made a couple blanks - roughed them out on my bandsaw.
I've carved wood spoons in the past and don't have a vice setup so grabbed my carving knife and got to work. After a couple hours of carving I got my cabinet scrapers out to smooth out the knife marks.
Followed up by sanding smooth thru 240 grit and oiled it with some walnut oil.
I put some bands on it and did some test shots. Had about the same accuracy as my Axiom so that made me super happy!
Looking forward to making more of these and making a better shape






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