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[Froggy]

Just a note for other newbies confused by the expert's arcane stuff about tapers and bands. This is a small natural ± 4" x 1.6" (inside fork), latex 0.05, 2 cm x 1 cm x 40 cm (butterfly). Light pouch from gardening glove. It seems to shoot harder than my 2 cm x 2 cm x 30 cm band set with a heavier pouch. Maybe it's the taper and light pouch. Scruffy but it works for me. It's guava fork, ends sealed with wood glue and now several hundred shots down the road. My point is don't sweat over the details, that can come later, make something and play with it.

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[Henry in Panama]

Froggy, on 18 October 2011 - 07:34 AM, said:

Just a note for other newbies confused by the expert's arcane stuff about tapers and bands. This is a small natural ± 4" x 1.6" (inside fork), latex 0.05, 2 cm x 1 cm x 40 cm (butterfly). Light pouch from gardening glove. It seems to shoot harder than my 2 cm x 2 cm x 30 cm band set with a heavier pouch. Maybe it's the taper and light pouch. Scruffy but it works for me. It's guava fork, ends sealed with wood glue and now several hundred shots down the road. My point is don't sweat over the details, that can come later, make something and play with it.

Natural guava fork.jpg

Excellent point, Froggy. If I had allowed myself to become bogged down in details and making things pretty when I started, I would most likely still be shooting a Daisy. Not that my slingshots are all that pretty, but they sure do shoot better than a Daisy.

[Dayhiker]

Froggy and Henry,

I think you are both right. Slingshots are similar to computers in that the best way to learn about them is to play with them.

Nice little pocket shooter.