[vince4242]

Hi everybody, been several years since I've been on the slingshot forum. Had to share my newest creation. At our office they print out tons of paper everyday, it comes from corporate and it gets dropped directly in the recycling bin after being printed. I have a four-day weekend so I thought I would grab a stack of it and see if I could turn paper back into wood to make a slingshot. It was a long process that had partial success. Took a lot of time to spray each sheet and stack it and then deal with all the gunk glue everywhere. After pressing it under bricks I had to use plywood underneath it so it would not flex when I cut it with a jigsaw. With about 10 pounds of force I'm able to Flex the slingshot but then it bends right back into shape. When shooting my light bands for 3/8"clay and BB's it is perfect. As with all of my homemade slingshots I coated it in 2 layers of epoxy. The epoxy definitely stiffened it up and I could probably run my light practice bands with it but I have other slingshots for that. Fun little project that was kind of a pain in the butt to shape and cut but a fun use of my morning. Fun new BB shooter for my collection!!

 

[Trap1]

That's certainly turned the pages! A new leaf in the slingshot world?

Well done! Like it :thumbsup:

 

[mattwalt]

home made silk micarta... kind of.

 

[vince4242]

Thanks...I will use it till I make something new.????

 

[IOAN]

You worked hard!I like!

 

[vince4242]

Ya not pretty but fits hand well.

 

[bingo]

Nice work. ????

 

[vince4242]

So I guess I didn't let all the glue dry before shooting it? I took it out and shot 30 or 40 clay balls and then set it down and when I came back the forks were bent back a little bit. But they're frozen in place now in that position it is hard as a rock it will not move it all as if it was solid wood! Definitely could put any kind of bands on it now if I wanted to! Guess I got a little too excited to play.

Vince

 

[Flatband]

Talk about recycling! So Cool!

 

[Pebble Shooter]

Try this design for paper slingshots:

That frame is able to handle flat bands to shoot 12 mm steel ammo with "oomph", and is safe (as long as it does not get wet, that is).

 

[Ordo]

And when you thought you had seen everything...

 

[raventree78]

That is really neat, way to think outside of the box! Pebble Shooter's design is fun and strong too, I have made a couple of them. Great inventiveness guys

 

[BushpotChef]

Pretty cool man!

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[vince4242]

Very cool origami slingshot! Never would have thought of that one? Thanks for sharing, working on a slingshot Rifle right now it's a little more tricky than I thought.

Vince