[Island made]

Here’s about 1.5 hours worth of work put into about 8 minutes that you’ll never get back

just a quick overview of my process. My lathe I use here at home is a small tool room 109 lathe that was made in 1939. I have a fetish for old tools

 

[Heifereye]

Nice lathe and slingshot too!
Not to steal your thunder but check out this abandoned lathe at a military base in NY.

 

[Island made]

Nice lathe and slingshot too!
Not to steal your thunder but check out this abandoned lathe at a military base in NY.

Thank you!
Oh man! Would I love to restore that beast! Imagine the machinery that was built on that machine.

 

[devils son in law]

Right on!! Watching you work that lathe with 2 hands makes me respect you and you builds so much more. They have that soul that a CNC build can't match!

 

[Karloshi]

Beautiful slingshot. A work of art!

 

[Sandstorm]

Thanks for the video. Beautiful slingshot. I’ve always loved old tools. Probably the best I have to compare is my Foredom flexshaft from the mid 80’s lol. Still gets the job done though! I guess I do have a few West Germany items now that I think about it…. you’ve still definitely got me beat though haha

 

[SJAaz]

Hey look Ma... two hands at once!! Kinda like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time. Nice job young man!

 

[Tree Man]

Here’s about 1.5 hours worth of work put into about 8 minutes that you’ll never get back

just a quick overview of my process. My lathe I use here at home is a small tool room 109 lathe that was made in 1939. I have a fetish for old tools

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I love the reflection of the camera in the handle. A mirror finish for sure

 

[Island made]

Right on!! Watching you work that lathe with 2 hands makes me respect you and you builds so much more. They have that soul that a CNC build can't match!

Thanks, Jake! Years ago anything that was machined with a contour was done with both hands working simultaneously. Now with CNC it’s a dyeing art.

 

[Island made]

Beautiful slingshot. A work of art!

Thank you very much!

 

[Island made]

Thanks for the video. Beautiful slingshot. I’ve always loved old tools. Probably the best I have to compare is my Foredom flexshaft from the mid 80’s lol. Still gets the job done though! I guess I do have a few West Germany items now that I think about it…. you’ve still definitely got me beat though haha

Old tools are the bomb! The foredom would be awesome!
Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

 

[Island made]

Hey look Ma... two hands at once!! Kinda like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time. Nice job young man!

Thank you, Steve! You gotta be simple minded to do 2 things at once I think

 

[Island made]

I love the reflection of the camera in the handle. A mirror finish for sure

Thanks, Chris!

 

[snydes]

Thanks alot for giving us all a "look behind the curtain" of how you create your amazing metal slingshots - thanks for putting that video together. Really interesting how you have to simultaneously manipulate the two cutting tool feed wheels at once - I always knew there was skill involved, but now I can truly appreciate the degree of dexterity and skill involved.

 

[Ibojoe]

WOW 🤩. You got some skills there my friend!

 

[Flatband]

Ah......the smell of cutting fluid and metal chips.The Dial indicator and lathe bring back memories from my time in the shop. No CNC back then. Customer would walk into the shop ,show us a sketch of what he/she wanted. We would make a blue print,pick the metal type and start shaping, milling, turning, griding-whatever was needed. The old days! Oh BTW, great looking Slingshot Mr. Island made! Love your work!!!!

 

[Island made]

Thanks alot for giving us all a "look behind the curtain" of how you create your amazing metal slingshots - thanks for putting that video together. Really interesting how you have to simultaneously manipulate the two cutting tool feed wheels at once - I always knew there was skill involved, but now I can truly appreciate the degree of dexterity and skill involved.

Thank you so much for your time! Appreciate it.

 

[Island made]

WOW 🤩. You got some skills there my friend!

Thanks Joe!

 

[Island made]

Ah......the smell of cutting fluid and metal chips.The Dial indicator and lathe bring back memories from my time in the shop. No CNC back then. Customer would walk into the shop ,show us a sketch of what he/she wanted. We would make a blue print,pick the metal type and start shaping, milling, turning, griding-whatever was needed. The old days! Oh BTW, great looking Slingshot Mr. Island made! Love your work!!!!

Thanks Gary! I had a feeling this might relate close to home with you! My shop has no CNC either! We have 5 lathes 3 mills and 3 of us cranking dials lol. We’re an old school shop and I love it!
Thanks for the kind words, I truly appreciate it.

 

[Flatband]

....and I KNOW you have a Bridgeport Milling machine in that mix!!!!!!!!!