Hi there, just completed a slingshot for my 8 year old son this week and wanted to share.
It's made of maple and uses red theraband for the bands.
I branded it using irons I made from paperclips and coated the unstained wood with water based poly urethane.
The pouch is from a broken commercial band.
The bands are tied with double constrictor knots using bow string serving thread.
I used light band's and a heavy pouch as I didn't want it to shoot too hard untl my son shows he is responsible with it (yea right, I know). Anyway I set it up to shoot air soft pellets. It shoots them very well and I was hitting pop cans with it at 30' so I'm real pleased with it.
"CASE" is my son's name. "AJS" are my initials. The "#1" is the serial number since I have already started four more slingshots. I really found the project fun and relaxing.
Hope you enjoy seeing it:
It's made of maple and uses red theraband for the bands.
I branded it using irons I made from paperclips and coated the unstained wood with water based poly urethane.
The pouch is from a broken commercial band.
The bands are tied with double constrictor knots using bow string serving thread.
I used light band's and a heavy pouch as I didn't want it to shoot too hard untl my son shows he is responsible with it (yea right, I know). Anyway I set it up to shoot air soft pellets. It shoots them very well and I was hitting pop cans with it at 30' so I'm real pleased with it.
"CASE" is my son's name. "AJS" are my initials. The "#1" is the serial number since I have already started four more slingshots. I really found the project fun and relaxing.
Hope you enjoy seeing it:





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