Finished some unique Catapults (slingshots)

[BILLy]

Hi
Just finished the last of my catapults.








made a ball pouch as well


also smelted my own lead balls

All feedback welcome

Cheers
Bill

 

[Samon]

looks awesome bro! real tidy finish and that ball bag rolleyes looks like an armadillo! am I right in thinking tubes have a little less power bands but don't degrade as fast??

how much do these sell for?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice work..

 

[Albus Culter]

Yeh. You need to make these, and sell them bundled with a bag of home made shot.

Fantastic looking work. Very impressed you made your own lead balls too.

 

[Dreadhead]

nice one Billy

 

[bambodoggy]

Very nice looking work Mate and that's a cracking ball bag too (snigger snigger).

I think you'd do very well flogging those.

Cheers,


Bam.

 

[BILLy]

looks awesome bro! real tidy finish and that ball bag rolleyes looks like an armadillo! am I right in thinking tubes have a little less power bands but don't degrade as fast??

how much do these sell for?

Thanks Samon.
The tubes seem to match these types of Catapults well really, the balance and pull weight of them makes for some really accurate shooting, and it’s surprising after a couple of hundred shots how accurate you can get your shots.
I think the gold Thera band strips are slightly more power than tubs, not through experience, just what I have researched, and although I have some band, I have not experimented with it yet; I would say the gold strips could be fixed to these catapults. Also With them being Ali, they are surprisingly light in weight, from only 117g to 149g for the heaviest.
Cheers
Bill

 

[HillBill]

Nice work Bill

 

[Bumbler]

Belive it or not, but catapults are illegal in Norway, and the fine to import one is 400£
...but I can get a license for a semi automatic rifle in about 30 minutes.

 

[BILLy]

Belive it or not, but catapults are illegal in Norway, and the fine to import one is 400£
...but I can get a license for a semi automatic rifle in about 30 minutes.

WOW!!
What is the reasoning behind this?

 

[sandbender]

Those look really great!

 

[BILLy]

Cheers Hamish.

 

[BILLy]

Those look really great!

Cheers Sandbender

 

[grumit]

Awesome they look very cool

 

[topknot]

Hi Bill,
That's some good looking catapults you made up. I like how you put the balls in the ends of the tubes to keep them in places. Top one mate.

Cheers
Andy

 

[pauljm116]

They look great. Will any of these be going up for sale?

 

[greensurfingbear]

how much do these sell for?

yeah how much??

 

[grey-array]

Those looks superb, what is your production method? hand casting?
They look sublime, surely those will find a good home!
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[BILLy]

Those looks superb, what is your production method? hand casting?
They look sublime, surely those will find a good home!
Yours sincerely Ruud

Hi and thanks
Not hand casted mate.
They have been shaped out of one piece of Ali metal, using rotary files in a drill, with a piece of jab rock araldite on both sides and shaped again with files and emery clothed smooth,
to be fair theres a lot more work than it sounds
Cheers
Bill

 

[thedawnawakens]

Very neat work...liking the fact you made balls too.