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[smitty]

Great job Martin...a beautiful as well as functional slingshot !

[pelleteer]

Conga Rats, Martin!

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[Sam]

Well done Martin!

PS: I voted for you

[USASlingshot]

great job martin! you deserved it

[Tex-Shooter]

What, again, now that is great and it is well deserved! -- Tex

[Dayhiker]

Smitty, you should get together with Martin and make sure he isn't gonna post one before you post yours -- he's a hard guy to beat!

Just kidding

[ZDP-189]

I have some ideas, but I'm waiting for Martin to go on holiday with the family for a month.

[smitty]

Yeah, that darn Martin ! I can understand why he wins though because I have two of his shooters and you can't appreciate what a great craftsman he is until you hold one of his creations in your hand. They are a real pleasure just to hold because they are soooo smooth. I have his blue Theraband on one and some gum rubber on the other. Maybe if more of us would buy them he wouldn't have the time to make them so well ! Ha Ha! If everyone would just say they need it in three days, maybe I could win. Oh, I forgot...there's still Bunny Buster waiting to kick my butt...and Flatband...and Perry...and Joerg...USA Slingshots...Shot in the foot...Dayhiker...Harper...OH Yeah, and that guy named Jim Harris... Oh whatever, I ain't gonna show any of my sorry look'n slingshots no more ! You guys just have no appreciation for "Butt Ugly " slingshots!

[shot in the foot]

smitty, on 17 August 2010 - 09:34 PM, said:

Yeah, that darn Martin ! I can understand why he wins though because I have two of his shooters and you can't appreciate what a great craftsman he is until you hold one of his creations in your hand. They are a real pleasure just to hold because they are soooo smooth. I have his blue Theraband on one and some gum rubber on the other. Maybe if more of us would buy them he wouldn't have the time to make them so well ! Ha Ha! If everyone would just say they need it in three days, maybe I could win. Oh, I forgot...there's still Bunny Buster waiting to kick my butt...and Flatband...and Perry...and Joerg...USA Slingshots...Shot in the foot...Dayhiker...Harper...OH Yeah, and that guy named Jim Harris... Oh whatever, I ain't gonna show any of my sorry look'n slingshots no more ! You guys just have no appreciation for "Butt Ugly " slingshots!

Wait till he gets some tools ha ha, i know he dont use a lot, and they are all hand finished, that bamboo one ihave feels like glass, jeff

[USASlingshot]

smitty, im guna nominate one of your slingshots this month. you make good ones. oh, any you had more votes than 5 of the people who were in the ssotm

[smitty]

Well I appreciate the sentiment, but only if you want to be on the losing side. Ha! Ha!

[USASlingshot]

smitty, on 18 August 2010 - 08:10 AM, said:

Well I appreciate the sentiment, but only if you want to be on the losing side. Ha! Ha!

haha, dont be hard on yourself. you make good slingshots and sooner or later you will win. We have only been up for nomination 1 time! keep at it and i can garantee you will eventualy win

[A+ Slingshots]

Congratulations Martin...................again??? Just joshin'... It really was nice mate!!! Impressive to say the least.
I love the statement from "Shot in the foot" ........."Wait till he gets some tools!"
That's when the real male bonding starts with statements like.... "Well if you can't do no better n that with all those tools, you need to get a different hobby!!!!"

[Dayhiker]

Perry:

Quote

"Well if you can't do no better n that with all those tools, you need to get a different hobby!!!!"

That's darn funny, dude!

[Sam]

*Whispers* Martin you're supposed to give everybody else a chance!

BTW just a suggestion for Aaron, do you think you could arrange the posts in the 'Slingshot of the Month' section in chronological order? I think it would be a little less confusing

[Martin]

All I use is a coping saw carving knives a japenese rasp and various grades of emry cloth and wet and dry paper.
I have tried a fretsaw and jigsaw but would I rather do it by hand, unless I am making up a batch to sell then I will run them through the fretsaw.
I quite fancy getting a set of drum sanders for my bench drill though.
Martin

[Dayhiker]

That's the spirit, Martin. I'm not even up to your knees in skill, which is why I haven't attacked the yew yet -- well, that and the fact that I'm still not happy with any of my designs. Keep doing what you do; you're an inspiration to us all!

[whipcrackdeadbunny]

danny, on 11 August 2010 - 05:30 AM, said:

:)I voted for Martin.

Me too. Advanced elegant and simple wooden design, excellent.

[whipcrackdeadbunny]

I think my vote just swayed it over Joerg. no offence, they are both amazing, I would never expect anyone but joerg to come up with the x-bow, but Joerg has the potential to design beautiful ones like Martin, as we've seen in the past ... Joerg really is amazing but he can't win every time ... it's so hard to decide ... if he deserves to win he should ....

[JoergS]

whipcrackdeadbunny, on 20 August 2010 - 07:22 AM, said:

I think my vote just swayed it over Joerg. no offence, they are both amazing, I would never expect anyone but joerg to come up with the x-bow, but Joerg has the potential to design beautiful ones like Martin, as we've seen in the past ... Joerg really is amazing but he can't win every time ... it's so hard to decide ... if he deserves to win he should ....

It seems like I made number two quite often by now!

I am actually not disappointed at all. After all, the SOTM was my idea, and if I would win often, I feel it would look like I came up with the idea just to bragg around...

I made a few nice catties in my "beauty" phase, but currently I am back working at efficiency and power. New frontiers!

The ongoing success of my youtube channel (1,2 million views and 3250 subscribers) gives me a ton of great feedback. So don't worry, vote for the slingshot you like, even if is not one I have designed.

Jörg

[Performance Catapults]

Martin, on 19 August 2010 - 10:54 AM, said:

All I use is a coping saw carving knives a japenese rasp and various grades of emry cloth and wet and dry paper.
I have tried a fretsaw and jigsaw but would I rather do it by hand, unless I am making up a batch to sell then I will run them through the fretsaw.
I quite fancy getting a set of drum sanders for my bench drill though.
Martin

Yes, a drum sander would be nice!

I do use a jigsaw, but it's a cheapie B&D. I use an old makita nicd battery drill, and a dremel. I do have a nice palm router, but everything else is finished by hand. I may ask Santa to bring me a scroll saw this year, and a nice bandsaw sometime in the future to do re-sawing with would be cool. But for right now, the tools I do have, get the job done.

[whipcrackdeadbunny]

JoergS, on 21 August 2010 - 12:51 AM, said:

whipcrackdeadbunny, on 20 August 2010 - 07:22 AM, said:

I think my vote just swayed it over Joerg. no offence, they are both amazing, I would never expect anyone but joerg to come up with the x-bow, but Joerg has the potential to design beautiful ones like Martin, as we've seen in the past ... Joerg really is amazing but he can't win every time ... it's so hard to decide ... if he deserves to win he should ....

It seems like I made number two quite often by now!

I am actually not disappointed at all. After all, the SOTM was my idea, and if I would win often, I feel it would look like I came up with the idea just to bragg around...

I made a few nice catties in my "beauty" phase, but currently I am back working at efficiency and power. New frontiers!

The ongoing success of my youtube channel (1,2 million views and 3250 subscribers) gives me a ton of great feedback. So don't worry, vote for the slingshot you like, even if is not one I have designed.

Jörg

Thanks, big man with a big heart.