[Biker_Bob]

I've been playing with making stainless aluminium and brass slingshots for a while. I saw the Altoids tin challenge and thought I could do something.
I always carry a Leatherman Crunch (and a Rebar) and I've made several tools that work by gripping them in the Crunch, such as pry bars, hack saws and socket wrenches so I took the handle off the latest pocket shooter I'd made and just gripped the frame in the jaws of the Crunch, the Crunch becomes the handle.

Now I can carry a slingshot everywhere, it lives in a little leather pouch with a couple of dozen 6mm steel balls and the whole lot goes in my EDC pouch.

The slingshot has an adjustable sight, the forks are 80mm wide and for me with my drawing knuckle in the hollow of my right cheek the point of impact at 20 yds sits about 10mm above the top fork, so the sight has plenty of adjustment for different ranges, as well as windage.

 

[Tag]

Excellent craftsmanship

 

[MOJAVE MO]

Welcome to the Forum Bob and excellent contribution man!

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[Biker_Bob]

Welcome to the Forum Bob and excellent contribution man!

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Thanks, not my first post though:

https://slingshotforum.com/topic/122702-heavy-metal/?hl=%2Bheavy+%2Bmetal

I like making slingshots!

 

[MOJAVE MO]

Welcome to the Forum Bob and excellent contribution man!

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Thanks, not my first post though:

https://slingshotforum.com/topic/122702-heavy-metal/?hl=%2Bheavy+%2Bmetal

I like making slingshots!

Right! I remember now!

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[NSFC]

Very creative. I like re-purposing stuff. Does your multi tool lock shut? If it dosent a thick strong rubber band or inner tube at the end of the handles might help. So you dont have to grip it so tight constantly. Some metal pieces to direct the pliers where to go would make sure the fork is always positioned in the same place, and would eliminate and slippage. You could probably use JB weld two part epoxy that stuff dries like steel.

This is just my two cents :twocents: I would not make suggestions if i didnt think it was awesome.

Welcome to the forum Im going to look for more cool builds from you, I dig your style.

NSFC NeverSettleForCommon

 

[hoggy]

nice work

 

[Biker_Bob]

Very creative. I like re-purposing stuff. Does your multi tool lock shut? If it dosent a thick strong rubber band or inner tube at the end of the handles might help. So you dont have to grip it so tight constantly. Some metal pieces to direct the pliers where to go would make sure the fork is always positioned in the same place, and would eliminate and slippage. You could probably use JB weld two part epoxy that stuff dries like steel.

This is just my two cents :twocents: I would not make suggestions if i didnt think it was awesome.

Welcome to the forum Im going to look for more cool builds from you, I dig your style.

NSFC NeverSettleForCommon

Leatherman Crunch - the only self locking multitool in current production. Basically it's a folding Mole Wrench.
It grips very tightly so there is no slippage, I even removed a wheel from my motorcycle once with just a Leatherman Crunch!

Thanks for the suggestions, I appreciate that you've thought about it.
I did think about putting a couple of nubbins on to ensure consistent position of the Crunch jaws, but it's not necessary (and I'd use the TIG welder if it came to doing it)

Thanks.

 

[Biker_Bob]

I seem to like making things in threes.....

 

[NSFC]

Sounds like your set up. I never know any builders skill set. yeah tig welding would be much more gooder than epoxy. I might have to look into the crunch tool.

Hows the shooting going?

 

[Biker_Bob]

Sounds like your set up. I never know any builders skill set. yeah tig welding would be much more gooder than epoxy. I might have to look into the crunch tool.

Hows the shooting going?

Really well, I made these to be a pocket-able EDC shooter, but it turns out that this is the most accurate slingshot I've used. It's entirely by accident rather than by design but I believe that it's due to the mass of the Crunch most of which is sticking out to the left my shooting hand (as in the photo). This mass acts as an inertial balance and stops the slingshot flipping forward when I release the pouch.

The more elaborate slingshots I built with the sights are very accurate but I have to work really hard not to flip the frame on pouch release, with these Crunch shooters it's pretty much effortless. I can hit a 60mm target 9/10 at 13yds in my back garden with this - which for me is the best I've been.

The commercial Barnett Diablo Pro has various counter weights sticking out on rods, I always thought they were a useless gimmick but now I think perhaps they knew what they were doing when that one was designed.

 

[NSFC]

Yeah ive seen that sling shot with counter weights. They look to technical for me, like something they would use in the Olympics. Definitely not something for the woods.

It sounds like the crunch was a happy accident. Im glad you found an accurate one.

Keep shooting, sharing,and having fun while doing it.