Recent content by David Morningstar

Yes there is! If you head over to http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?board=1 there is a ton of info there. Have a look at the FAQ/Tutorial thread to get started.

Many thanks to everyone who showed an interest in the pellet bow. I have learned a lot by seeing you all using it for the first time, because several of you were clearly better than I am. I will continue with the project and bring it again next year. Here is an album of photos and video...

Here is a a few pics of people shooting the pellet bow and one nice pic of the sun through the trees at my camp. https://goo.gl/photos/8h8BFSUPbpHUMzgD7

I think this would be of interest to the weavers and basketmakers. I found the presenter a bit annoying after a while but the skills being shown are clear and reproducible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikdgPibP8w0

And here is a big list of tutorials for making and using different kinds of slings: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260271797

And this is the simplest slinging style of all, the Greek style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc_rAly4oLY

The figure-8 in slow motion from different angles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2PBaioX2JI

Brian in action at full power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-yvC5f1SWw

But this isnt the only way to sling, some of you also learned the Figure-8 style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyN2MnBOzI

This is a practice session in Soller, Mallorca in 2011. You can hear the difference between the metal of the target centre and the plywood of the surrounding square. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VwbJ8f7bE

Here is Diego Camuñas processing raw sisal fibre and braiding a sling directly from it. He also makes one from the rougher esparto grass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ouNR6djZy4

Here is a competitor for the club Foners Felanitx in action earlier this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtZakKT5FE

Some of you got a taste of Balearic sling competition at the Bushmoot recently. This is a video I took at the first international competition in 2011 in Mallorca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJa7FhVjSHI

There is a problem with the photos we took of the slinging competition. If you have some good pics of the competition or the sling making workshop please submit them because I have nothing.

There are two valves in the bottom of the pump: a non-return valve that stops the pressure from coming straight back out again, and a safety valve that opens and closes by twisting the pump knob. If that safety valve is closed then you will not be able to pump air into the tank at all. You turn...