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[LBurnett]

Hey guys,
At the weekend, I decided to create a Mini-Hunter by Bill Hays! I have made one of these before but only out of plywood, whereas this one is aluminium!

I started by tracing my design on to the aluminium plate (1cm thick)
Then I began to carefully cut out using the jigsaw.


After this I began to file the edges and finger and thumb grooves.
Next I sanded the whole slingshot/catapult until smooth with sandpaper, and then wet sanded it again.

I then began to polish it, hoping to bring out a lovely mirror shine only to end up dropping it!! This marked it a lot!
I carried on and polished more..

Here are the results so far.. Still need to polish more!!




Cheers Luke

[akmslingshots]

that's looking good luke, let us see it when its mirror shiny

[LBurnett]

Cheers mate, will do

[Jaxter]

can't wait 'till then.

[LBurnett]

Haha, Cheers Jaxter!

[Setarip]

Looking good! Cant wait to hear how it shoots! I love aluminum.

[LBurnett]

Thanks Setarip! Can't wait to try it out, my wooden one shot great!!

[tokSick]

Well that' s nice. I be a happy guy if i had one like that. Shiny or not... Great job.

[LBurnett]

Cheers Mate!

[Jesus Freak]

Looks like to me that everybody has made this design! I have got to make one!

[Btoon84]

Love the mini hunter. Although he might be calling it a ferret hunter now? Anyhow. I have made this frame and it is one of my favorites.

[LBurnett]

Yeah I think he has changed the name? Well, it's different on here now!

Definitely work making guys!

[SlingGal]

That's beautiful!

[LBurnett]

Thanks!

Decided to wet sand it again to get rid of the scratches after dropping it. Began to polish it as well now, looks alright

[tomshot123]

Can I ask you where you get you aluminum please?
Cheers, tom

[tomshot123]

And great slingshot by the way
Tom

[LBurnett]

To be honest Tom, I am not sure! My dad gets it from work. I'm sure I can find a website for you? Where are you located, UK, US?

Cheers Luke

[tomshot123]

I live in the UK but all of the
10mm steel/aluminum is stupid prices

[LBurnett]

oh, i'll have a look tomorrow for you mate!

[akmslingshots]

I have just had my contract end in a factory that laser cut mild and stainless steel sheets, from 20g up to 12mm+. The bits they scrap are scary, but the cost of big sheets is even more scary.

I would suggest finding somewhere locally that might scrap offcuts, and offer them slightly over the current scrap value, for say a kilo, and try buying it by the weight.

An awful lot of effort, but you could save immense amounts of money than trying to buy a 1' x 1' piece for example. And tell them what it's for, I have learned that people help loads more when they take an interest.

or you could just get lucky on ebay

Edited by akmslingshots, 25 April 2012 - 03:30 PM.