Friday, July 22, 2011

Slingshot design part 1, template design.

I read a post by Kepis Bushcraft earlier tonight about a slingshot that he had made and it got me thinking about the basics of designing a slingshot.  I had taken a few pictures of my most recent slingshot, designed a week or so ago.  I have spent quite a bit of time over at the Slingshot Forum reading posts and looking at custom designs.  The most important thing that I have learned about slingshot design is that a slingshot is a simple thing.  It's not much more than a forked piece of wood with some elastic bands and a leather pouch.
 Please take a look at my advanced tool set for my slingshot design.  It is a piece of white paper, a pencil, and a large plastic cup.
There isn't much more to it than that.  I just used the rim of the cup to draw circles on the paper.  I folded it in half and just worried about designing one side.  After cutting it out I simply unfolded it and had a completed slingshot pattern.
I traced the template onto a piece of 1/2 inch laminated plywood.  I'll cut it out with a coping saw or a jigsaw, following the lines as closely as possible.
One suggestion if you are using a jig saw or other power tool to cut out your design, make sure you have a blade that is specifically designed for cutting plywood.  Using a normal blade results in a lot of splintering.  I'll show you the rest of the process in part two of this post in a few days.

I took a few pictures of some mushrooms that popped up in the front yard.  After doing some research I found that they were not edible, not that I was planning on eating them anyway.  I can identify a grand total of two edible mushroom species.  Anything else I wouldn't risk eating.  Mushrooms are certainly something you do not want to take chances with.


I hope you all have a great weekend and are finding ways to stay cool on these hot summer days.

6 comments:

  1. Can someone suggest me good example of some template design for my blogging website which is good looking and color scheme should be one that provide clear text for reading.
    Web Design

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  2. Very interesting Post thank you.
    if you want to buy and use jig saw i recommend
    Power tools
    I think Makita would be the best for this kind of job.

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  3. Wow amazing!Excellent piece of work i really like your creativity keep it up...Website Template

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  4. I think you will find that your mushrooms are called Parasol Mushrooms and they are edible.

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  5. For your DIY projects, consider to use makita cordless tools. They are a good brand of power tools.

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