1129 - Recycling Bike Innertubes Into a Slingshot
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Makes my heart glad to see the 'old arts' have not been forgotten. I did this kind of stuff when I was 10 and that was 60yrs ago. We did have access to the glues back then so we just made the bands and pocket out of one piece of inner tube.
That is so awesome! I'm glad I used to do all this kind of stuff growing up. Cheers mate! :)
Yeh, that’s exactly what I just wrote, no need for resin and the pocket cut as one piece in the rubber.
back in those days it was actually very risky to roam around with one. only "truant" had slingshots.
Joerg sprave would be proud. 500 yards at least. Nice very well done! So would Tods workshop. Keep it up!
It was pretty far! I'm glad that it picked it up on the camera. Cheers mate! :)
Thanks. We used to hack away at the local park to get that slight asymmetric shape to rest that half way up the index finger to give a firmer grip and prevent twist on firing.
Thank you, this would be great for ground baiting!
I'd probably need a slightly different pouch, however.
Nice work. XxX
Yes! I think it would suit that perfectly, a bigger cupped pouch should scatter some bait really nicely! Thank you! :)
Use 3 thinner strands of rubber and braid them together and you'll get more power out of it.
Well done mate! Brilliant.
Now that is a super cool suggestion! I think I will have to do that, Thanks mate!! :)
Instead of cutting the tube into long bands cut them the other way... into rings. Start with thicker ones and then progressively smaller ones. Link them like you would any rubber band with a catchers glove palm leather for the cradle. How we made them in the 70s and 80s and went hunting with them. Careful....they ARE deadly
Hi Luke,
Nice project!
In addition to your slingshot, I would think about a forearm support to relief your wrist. Never thought about yet?
I had some smaller version of a slingshot about 40+ years ago.
Nowadays in Germany it's like the Netherlands: forbidden for some decades.
Wouldn't stop me from building one, it's just the game "Don't get caught". 😉
Well, I do medieval reenactment. Onsite of such gathering (mostly inmidst nature) it even may be legal.
BTW: Inspired by that hobby, I built my own English Longbow (like those found onbord the "Mary Rose"). Has some decent 60 pound. 🏹🎯
Maybe a nice further wood project of yours... 😉
Very nice Luke. Very good video, in many ways. 👍
We used to use the tongue off an old pair of trainers for a pouch. Works well 😁👍
Carfull Luke those rings are light casting and can snap off and launch back at you, an eye bolt will take all manner of stress, wear goggles, the elastics can nail you in the eyeball👁 nice rig and lots of fun🎯
You actually made me feel like being twelve years old again, which I consider one of the most amazing journeys of/in the mind a YTube-Video can trigger- Real magic and great job on that build! Thx Luke!
To be able to add power and accuracy I'd recommend to get the rubber attachments a lot further down and closer to your hands (=shorten the limbs!)
This way your projectile and sighting line will be a lot closer to your natural pointer finger sighting line and the shorter leverage above the handles pivot point is easier to hold steady.
That makes sense! I will have to modify it just a bit. thanks for the suggestion mate! :)
If you used 1 long piece of the rubber and slide the pouch on it so the rubber goes behind the pouch
You will have a stronger unit that the pouch will not tear from
The pouch will not need to be as thick, either
Luke, you didn't show where you electroplated the copper onto the steel. Or did you use copper paint?
Ah yes! It was just a bit of spray paint, I did it before I installed the handle. :)
great job, interesting and well presented. Best wishes.
Thank you mate! :)
Nice video.
Thanks mate! :)
Cool slingshot. Why don't you use one piece of rubber for the pouch and as the elastic?
Great exercise in mechanical energy storage. You could also look at a spring storage for a treadle or flywheel. Good work.
love the I.T. crowd tshirt.
Awesome! I was hoping someone would recognize it! you win lol! :)
Nice idea nice job thanks
Cheers mate! :)
Smashing !
Cheers mate! :)
Excellent vid
"Dad please keep the noise down I'm making a video here"
nice slingshot, you may want to cut down/round the pouch corners. To add strength to the pouch where the rubber attaches Ive laid string around the edge of the duct tape between layers.. slapping yourself in the face when a pouch breaks is no fun!! Im on my 5th version of a sling shot for my 4 and 5yo grandsons because their hands are so small they cant get a good grip and cock their wrist. The last set of chained rubber bands, 3 links of 2 bands per link seems right but the pvc pipe frame/handle was still too big. The other day I found some orange tree cuttings with decent forks Im hoping will work
If you taper the inner tube to the right shape it will give you a much faster projectile.
Nice work Luke,I wonder if you can adapt your design slightly and make a Pocket Shot.
Such good fun.
Next Crossbows!!!!
Very nice but you know what works very well probably even better as for slingshot is surgical tubing
inner tubes are free
@@docink6175 true
Luke is rather cool, thinking outside of the box! ((Can't remember, have I met him?))
Smart guy
The wooden handle didn’t need resin to be used just drill a hole slight smaller than the metal cut or chisel a couple barbs onto it and a bit of glue and tap it onto the metal. Re the rubber the inner tube could of been cut so the ‘pouch’ was included in the one piece of rubber.
Now we need a crossbow, using a bike wheel cut in half. Just saying, y'know.
Now that would be truly awesome! :)
@@MyNameIsLukey
Thanks :)
Nice one Luke. Was that Gaffer tape rather than duct tape?
Slingshot channel with Joerge has good ideas too. You could corroborate.
Well done Luke! If you need a proper wrist-rocket, I'd be willing to post one. My email address shouldn't be too difficult to sort out. Just let me know.
Another use for those tubes is what your across-the-pond friends call "Ranger Bands."
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Don't laugh. Super Glue would stick your bands together. The stuff adheres to Rubber really good. I've repaired swim fins with the stuff.
I did think about using glue, as we have some super strong stuff, I was just a bit unsure so I went for the old thin rubber strip trick. But repairing swim fins with it is awesome! Thanks mate! :)
...someone call Jörg Sprave...
whäst vöuld you like to ask him, perhaps, "Guten Morgen Jörg, da ist ein Typ am See, der Schleudern abfeuert".
@@dav1dbone I just want him to say, "Let me show you it's features! (Hahaha)"
@@dav1dbone that dude has the best laugh.
@@tommytigert5993 Agreed ;-)
Nice. Slingshots are illegal in holland now for 20 years or so. When it was forbidden you could turn it in and get a reward for it. Maybe still so.
Next step...SLINGBOW. To be used with caution. I am sure they are legal but best check. Very powerful Bows and xbows are legal in UK so don't see a problem. Check on laws for these. I have xbows much more powerful than a slingbow and they are legal. Check age restrictions.
Is that the natural color of your hands? 🙄😛
Is that the natural color of your lips? 👄 😁
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