How to make a staff-sling - in possibly too much detail
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2017
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It turns out that sisal is botanically an agave, and not strictly part of the cactus family. Sorry about that. I've seen them and they look very cactus-like to me.
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It has been pointed out to me that the particular model of Swiss Army knife I show in this video is the Mauser version, which was not issued to Swiss troops. Apparently, these are now 'highly collectable'.
In the comments, people have suggested anchoring one end of the string to something solid like a nail in a door, and then plaiting away from this. This can help, but there are pros and cons. I needed to be able to show the camera what I was doing so had to keep the action of the plaiting in a small space under the camera.
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Hello there
@@Vertfil2 hello o/
PLEEEASE!
I second this
Archimedes?
*CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR OF QUALITY CONTENT😁❤️*
*looks at watch still 7 hours to go till 2018*
*Excellent year of riding in tanks, lectures, and stuffing the french!*
Cheers to another year of UA-cam fucking over innocent creators like Lindybeige
_raises beer_
Here here!
You managed to string us along for 43 minutes.
Well done.
"Everything's a pound, I can't remember exactly how much it cost" Ahh Lindy, the low key deadpan jokes is why I watch a tutorial on how to make an authentic staff sling despite no intentions of ever making one.
The weird thing is, that I was in a few 1€ shops and many of the items didn't actually cost 1€ in the end.
Same with a lot of "Dollar" stores, with the exception of the "Everything 99 Cents" store on Apache Trail just down from the Wal-Mart. Everything there is actually 99 cents.
@@MsJavaWolf Haha funny to hear thats not just a thing about Dollar stores in the US. I think as originally conceived years ago they really were 'everything is a dollar' stores but inflation makes that impossible to sustain now I guess.
Euro stores turned into 2 euro stores in Ireland, and before we joined the EU we just had pound shops, my memory is foggy but I seem to remember everything actually just cost 1 pound.
@@MsJavaWolf Happens in my country too. The 10₪ store, where nearly everything starts around 20₪ or so.
This is some quality old-school Lindybeige.
I finally have a means to return the stuff my neighbor's dog keeps leaving me.
Thanks!
Dread, the Mad Smith I was scrolling through the comments, caught a glimpse of yours, and had to do a double take. I read "this will be great for helping me return my neighbor's dog." The thought of someone loading a small dog like a chihuahua into a sling and launching it over a fence really made me laugh.
ColbOnTheCob I first thought of balls then I realized what he meant
You definitely want a pouch of some sort on the end.
Colb, for the dog a hand trebuchet would better serve the purpose.
You are going to be slinging pots filled with dogs nastiness that it lays on your lawn?
Lindy,
Thanks for the tutorial.
When you are plaiting you will get a much neater and more uniform plait if you plait under tension. By this I mean that you tether the end of your work to an immovable object, slightly higher than your hands and keep tension on your work as you plait. This will help you get the lay right and make it much easier to get a nice tight plait - which in turn produces a more uniform and stronger finished piece.
Thanks again for the vid.
Thank goodness you explained the tension bit as I'd assumed I'd have to plait during an exam or an awkward relationship break up which would've been tricky.
I don't think I have ever been more entertained than when I listen to this prattle on endlessly. His verbal meandering is just fun to listen to and I have no idea why.
I'm sure Lloyd would say that it's just good I'm entertained by his stuff and not bored out of my mind.
43 minute video, 47 minutes left in this year. I know what I'm doing!
What it's 4:00 not 11:00! What time zone are you in?
he is somewhere in Europe, probably.
I’m presuming Germany, Sweden, Switzerland. I don’t really know their time zones to be frank though.
Daan Wilmer happy new years Dan
Daan Wilmer happy new year!!!!!!
You should make a video about only scholar's cradles, I would watch it
Like that comment you plebeians! Lindybeige talking about Scholar's Cradles is quality content!
I am sure you were happy when he did ^^
Only 2 years to wait
He did it
Your wishes are fulfilled
You're human quality, the good bits, makes what would have been a rather dry and boring video enjoyable. There is ten minutes of information, at best, in a forty three minute ramble, and I liked it.
I'd love to see a demonstration of these staff slings on action. Great work sir!
Heres to 2018, may it have no shortage of Lyndybeige videos!!
3:20 "And that's pretty much it"
40 minutes of the video remaining
Not that I mind, it's entertaining to watch Lindybeige ramble, but he really wasn't kidding when it comes to the title
What's the perfect sling for launching small rodents?
The broomhandle mouser.
the51project that was a *sheep shot*
How much time did you spandau thinking about this?
@Wetcorps Shhh... Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
Oh.....
I think I need one, since I c 96 mouses over there.
Wow, who knew Lindy was so fast with woodworking tools! Man, he really missed his calling as a carpenter!
I can see his slogan now:
*"Sawing and rasping done at lightning speeds!"*
(with only minimal blood drawn!)
Jesus, look at him sand! Belt sanders could learn a thing or two from him!
"I'm sorry it's so long" - Lindybeige, 2017
Thanks for the endurance!
"I've just done a granny"
Somebody put this on a T-shirt.
Scholagladiatoria is leaking. What next, thumbs up the back?
Let me fix that comment for you...
"I'm sorry it's so long." Lindybeige: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and God Willing, a few more times in 2019!~
Great video
The reason why kite string from India breaks is that it is intended to
Kite flying in Southeast Asia is a competitive sport
Young lads try to cross the string of their opponents in flight with the intent to cut them, thus causing them to fall from the sky
The tensile strength of this cotton cording is more or less a known value in this sport.
The Wigwam But he didn't say that it was specifically "kite string" (if there is such a thing) just that it was "string".
You've got to imagine that the seller, in countries outside of India, is selling the string for the expressed purpose of being actually useful.
I can't imagine that anyone in the entire World, (outside India) is going to be interested in shitty string, which (apparently - if we are to believe your explanation) is designed for the sole purpose of breaking easily.
Anyway, your explanation simply doesn't stack up, (unless you're having a laugh) as kite flyers would only want strong string - the only way you'd carry shitty string is to surreptitiously switch your opponents strings, (I can't believe that I'm commenting on this nonsense) which they can then cut easily.
As far as I'm aware the 'competitors' in this stupid nonsense attempt to affix glass, razors, even sand 🙄 to their own strings, so as to 'weaponise' their kite strings.
Sadly, the result of this stupid shit is hundreds, if not thousands, of dead or badly maimed birds, as they inadvertently fly into the strings.
I have read that the authorities, are (on the face of it) attempting to curtail is nonsense, because it's so popular that the birds have literally nowhere to go.
It sounds, (and looks) absolutely horrific.
I think it is plain as day why weak string exists... to break-off by hand (without requiring something sharp) for day to day purposes like tying a few sprigs of rosemary together or even tarragon (if you feel like it).
TARRAGON!!! Your hedonism knows no bounds!!!
What can I say. I have lived.
I'd say! Civilised society is dissolving before our very eyes when people feel comfortable discussing such extravagance in public!
I lost it at "Months ago"
Well, he is technically correct...
Surprisingly I have a spreadsheet on optimizing the length, point of rotation and height needed for the furthest throw with fixed force on a trebuchet, it's easy to change it for a staff sling.
Oh nice, do you have a link to that? The one I used wasn't customizable
Sir. It has been 4 years. Give up the file already.
Pls gib file
Liked for the 'reverse butterfly' comment! I mean, the other content is awesome, but that IS the best way to recognize an academic expert with proper clout!
Dat dude took it to the house wit dat move.
Also, Knife Hand Vs. Pointing. True professionals use the Knife Hand instead of pointing when emphasizing a point. Pointing is to often used to assess blame.
*A **40:00**+ video about a stick that throws rocks*
Rocks were for prepubescent kids. Today's lads army have petrol bombs.
I have never used a staff-sling but I do fish regularly. That bendy type of staff-sling will fling lighter stones a lot further than a stiff one. The snap of the wood straitening is a lot faster than just using arms.
But the line stays on the rod while it slips off the staff sling before imparting its energy to the stone.
Lindyeige made another sling video! *Hallelujah!!*
Lloyd's series on slings is what brought me to this channel. I've been hoping for another entry in the series for years.
you can never have too much detail, only varying levels of how long you want to take to explain something
Agreed! Can we have, maybe, a full-length, uncut version of this? Or maybe a slightly-edited version, if it's not too much work?
I want to see it work.
Lloyd's first ASMR video.
My fantasy has finally come true.
That's the stuff that seperates true fans from plain enthousiasts...And having watched this video in its entirety, well I can proudly say that Im a true Lindy fan! Cheers from Hellas!
never heard of a staff sling before and now 43min of my life are gone feels like i cant tern a lindybeige episode off once i start. grate stuff
Thank you for a 43 minute video on staff-slings this will help me a lot :D And Happy New Year!
Kirati Wilhelm don't forget the great courses plus
I won't! XD I really want to watch the series he was talking about thats on there :D
How did my comment get so many likes o-o
I'm not sure, mate XD That would require stealth, and throwing rocks is not stealthy! What if you miss? Wouldn't it be loud? Or wait, are you going to stand there, throwing rocks at people until they submit...? That won't go well for you... But ummm... Why would you want to rob a bank itsn't that bad? o.O Why are you even asking me? I dont want to get involved ;-; XD If you take my advice and don't to it XD The stealing or throwing rocks at people who don't deserve it...
'If you take my advice, don't do i't*** I didn't spell that sentence correct, so there is the correct form uwu
I read the title and I was like "too much detail!? Impossible!"
Then I saw the running time....
Came along this video 4 years after and found it very uplifting and enjoyable.
Thank you for sharing
I love that you are so British you still use imperial. It's wonderful.
I don't know what depresses me more, the fact I (a 16 year old boy) spend 43 minutes watching a staff sling be made on new years, or the fact that i enjoyed it.
Tom Marshall keep it up young man.. I'm 50 today and am starting to realise that videos such as this are actually where it's at..
Thank you very much, and have a very happy birthday!
It's 2017, there's nothing wrong in this day and age with watching a man handle and shape a large stick for 43 minutes.
Couldn't not.
And of course you have references to studies that show the correlation between partying on new year's eve and having high-responsability jobs, right?
45 year old boy here--I'm totally gonna make one.
From an evolutionary perspective; how can you expect to attract a mate without being able to hunt small game? Chicks dig it when you cook for them :D
I'm going to become the world's first staff-sling spree-killer.
Thanks, Lindy!
I will try to match your kill count.
Can't wait to watch the shootout against cops.
Right after the "pommel throwing murderer"
I think in bird culture, that's considered a dick move
Please don't. First there's the deaths, and then there's the demonetisation to think of.
Ok your sense of humor deserves a platform
Never ever again apologize for a longer video. Is that clear?
Ooo a lindybeige video!
This is the best new years eve ever!
I made a sling that could throw whole cinder blocks around
Can't afford a stick yet owns at least four types of string...
NOW I have four types of string. When a student I had one, salvaged from some packaging.
Lindybeige love your work mate.
why do you think he couldnt get another stick he already spent his money
@@lindybeige Aren't sticks free?
@@lindybeige packing string? You were lucky to have packages. We used to have to tie together bits of used dental floss
I appreciate the practical lesson in making a sling as well as the humor.
Lloyd, to avoid mess, affix the braided end to something, preferably above your hands, and let the loose end dangle freely below your hands.
Just like it is when braiding someone's hair.
Also, 6 lengths of 12 strands just screams "I refuse metric in subtle ways" at me. xD
It's been a pleasure watching some relaxing handicraft from one of my most favorite persons on UA-cam.
My advice: hire a Halfling. They have weapon familiarity with this sort of thing, they know what they're doing with slings.
Is it a halfling thing to have some quite strong string to make a staff-size sling, or is it a halfling thing to make staff-size slings out of quite strong string?
HowDo ILogin
A Halfling Staff Sling with a Hobbit to lob it. Good advice.
Kender please
Kender makin hoopaks!!!!
Make a strong enough Fustibalus and you can launch the halfling instead of a stone...
If you were unwilling to go to the expense of buying another stick, then your student finances must have been pretty dire.
Sticks don't grow on trees, you know.
A Stick !
When I was a student we dreamed of being able to afford a stick !
...but you tell that to the youths today,.they won't believe you..
He made a video about frugal students: my guess would be that his obligations were manageable, yet his income was little.
you made my day sir.
Frozen string !?! Bloody decadence ! We had to imagine the string. Only thing we had was the frost - and plenty of it, for breakfast. And that was only on sundays.
Another good year of Lloyd. Still my only subscription on YT that I have watched every single video published over all these years.
I'm a student, and need to listen to recordings of lessons to prepare and exam. But just sitting and listening to lectures is, predictably, boring. So I remembered this video, and 3 hours later, I have listened to 3 lectures, and platted my first sling. Thanks for the idea! =D
I hope this doesn't get blocked for "teaching terrorists how to make/use weapons" or something stupid like that.
Thanks for making up my reason for flagging this video for me.
just kidding
At least if they did follow the whole video it'd be pretty and functional;
New year is right around the corner and here I sit, watching a video about making a staff-sling. Well, happy new year everyone.
Don't skimp on your string - great advice and words of wisdom. Lindy is legendary - no irony intended.
Lloyd, your humor is always a welcome thing. So many 'experts' take themselves way to seriously and that can spoil the presentation.
I would select a garden tool handle, like an old rake or shovel with a non-parallel profile. This means better quality wood and better looking end probuct. Although, that looks like a much higher quality broom handle that you're going to get from a new broom from a Everything is a Pound/Dollar store.
A note on the hook, by adding the off-side slope and rounding the top you ARE increasing the performance because less energy is required for the release of the loop than a squared off end. Sure, it's not a huge amount of energy, but every little bit helps. Rounding also means you can have a smaller loop and that could also have an effect on ease of use and even accuracy of the projectiles.
When it comes to the braiding, I would secure the end with clamps to a stationary object like a solid titchen table so that you can work at a standing position with the camera also on the table. Or you could use the method used in Macrame, which is pretty much like what you are doing...
A note on plaiting, the tighter you plait, the more string you need. Also, I would have knotted the groups of string at the end before braiding them aount the staff so that there would be no chance for the strings on the sling side to tighen up and thereby loosen the strings around the staff.
When it comes to making your shaff more fancy, along with that reallt cool single string plait, you could carve and stain your staff. Adding celtic knot-work carvings would be really spiffy if you are portraying a celtic type character, roman style icon(s) for a Roman or Romano-british character, or heraldric figures for a truely medieval character. After all, if you are a professional Slinger you probably have time on your hands to do things like this when crafting your new staff-sling between conflicts.
Oh, as for the length of the string being the same as the length of staff, that in itself could be something of an optimal ratio. You really need to let us know how this turned out in a future video comparing the two stave-slings.
I for one don't mind the length of your video, showing the actual process is cool, especially for those who have -1 skill in crafting.
After poking yourself you have blood and sweat invested in your project!
ProTip: A Trebuchet is a GIGANTIC Staff Sling.
P.S. I made several spears as a youth, all of which were perfectly dangerous (I was even accidentally stabbed with one of them and still bear the 4 inch long scar from the incident) and I used to make wooden wasters for my own use, so I have some experience with medieval weapons and their crafting.
Been looking for instructions for this; A teacher friend of mine's building a trebuchet for his science classes (hopefully not for disciplinary functions!) and we're going to compare the ranges of his (four foot high) trebuchet and my shepherd's sling. This'll give me an additional device to bring to the table...
Tell us how it goes
Capn Clawhammer I would pay good money to see a trebuchet used for discipline purposes!
ROFL
Capn Clawhammer to be fair, there would have been significantly less shenanigans taking place from me if an instructor was pointing (aiming? I don't quite know) a trebuchet in my direction.
DoubleAJA I'm thinking even more effective if it's you in the trebuchet aimed at the duck pond.
Not the optimal weapon to rob a bank with.. but it can be done!!
"Careful, he's got a Spaffsligger!"
" A wha- _THUNK_ "
" *Alright, give me all the beige money you got and put it in these beige Jutesacks!* "
people have robbed banks with stranger things. I remember hearing about an old man who robbed a bank with his cane. Not like a sword cane, or a cane he was trying to pretend was a gun, or even a really heavy cane, just a garden variety hallow cane.
@@arthas640 a guy in Florida tried robbing a gas station with an alligator
We appreciate the effort. One thing on the bendy staff. Flexible golf clubs are able to hit the ball farther than stiff ones. Same basic principle. Accelerating the end of a stick.
Tuned in for banana hammock instructions, found ancient weaponry instead! Good play sir.
Lindy, how's your suit of armour coming along?
TheEvanator03
He's wearing it underneath.
His name is Lloyd though
Tissaye I highly doubt that your name is 'Tissaye' and yet that's what I'd call you on UA-cam
Tissaye A lot of people evidently don't know this, and don't watch his dance videos, so they don't know who Lindy was.
Jeremy Whitman Kinghorn I am aware that his name is Lloyd, Nikolas Lloyd to be more precise, but I used Lindy because that's what he's known as on UA-cam.
a new toy for the new year. Happy new years all!
panther guy ftw
20:40 theres something vary satisfying about watching him whittle it away a bit by bit.
your wit makes an instructional video more interesting & entertaining.
Everybody needs to hear Lloyd mumbling softly about team one, team two, and the greens.
Happy new year Lindy!!!!
43 minutes of lindeybiege platting string and talking about sticks and it's still amazing😂
I've had my old broom for more than 10 years now, I've only had to replace the head 4 times and the stick twice, so pretty good going I think.
Lloyd, idea for next time platting. I find it easier to plat with strings hanging vertically, for example, from the table to ground, preferably with little weights at the bottom. That way you will greatly reduce the unraveling time, as weights will help move the strings and friction will be less of a problem ;)
I found in my experience with plaiting that if you hook the loop you made onto something, the tension makes its much easier to plait.
I was thinking that when watching the video.
Shout out for Lindy for having a traditional wickedly sharp Marttiini puukko from Finland!
At about 40 minutes you said it was such a long video, but I paused, rewound, and replayed so many times that I was definitely into the video for over an hour at that point. Please continue to go into 'excruciating' detail, for those of us that get excited by these things that we never knew we wanted to learn!
After so many years another sling related video? And that long? Oh Gods, this is wonderful! Thanks Lindy and I wish you, and all guys here as well, a happy and succesfull new year. :-)
“I was a student and didn’t have too much money and didn’t want to buy a new stick.” Couldn’t buy a stick XD
They don't grow on trees, you know.
faarsight students in cities seldom own trees. There may be trees in their yards (or gardens if you hail from that side of the puddle) but their landlords would object to tenants hacking bits off. I doubt explaining that the purpose is to facilitate throwing stones about would be persuasive to many landlords either.
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I got the joke. It was just interesting to me to think of how out of reach stuff that grows on trees is for many people. It's a foreign idea that's interesting to explore.
@@GunFunZS If that stuff is out of reach, you just need to find shorter trees.
dear mr. beige, you are sure the best entertainer...timeless!!
I really liked this video on crafting a staff sling. It was the longest by far of your videos that I've watched but I enjoyed (nearly) every minute of it. Seriously though, I have just lately gotten interested in the making and use of slings. More recently, staff slings, so I was very pleased when I found this video that you have made available to us. Thank you Lindy Beige for the time and effort you put into it. It was more informing than any other i have found and answered nearly all the questions that I had on the subject. I liked in particular the sections on how the braiding changed over the length of the, thongs, I guess you call them. The idea of starting out with 12 small strings completely solved the problem, along with your very detailed instructions. Thanks again for your time and for your very entertaining videos. There is only one thing. The offhand comment you made, "What if there were no coincidences?" caught my attention. For some reason, that has been rattling around in my brain like a song you hear but for some reason you can't get it out of your head. Thanks a lot. I have a touch of insomnia and I predict that comment will be going round and round in my brain like the ceiling fan in my bedroom.
Happy New Year from Brazil!
Miguel Rizzolli Happy new year from São Paulo!
People are odd about sharp knives - my late mother had a morbid fear of them, and was always getting herself cut, whereas my late father had a rather laissez-faire attitude to knife safety and very rarely got cut, and when he did, always underplayed it: "Bit of a nick, old son," he said to me once, after finding out just how sharp the blade on my lopping shears actually was, and nearly severing his thumb. I share his respect of blades but am sure to be safe, and have only cut myself badly once, with a craft knife trying to cut polypropylene (hint: a very bad idea). The blade snapped with a ping, whizzed past my face, and stuck in my wardrobe. It had also gone through the knuckle of my right forefinger, which did the disconcerting 'delayed bleed' thing. I still have the scar.
People are very odd about sharp knives, my mother was always terrified of them. Few people seem to realise that with common sense and practice a sharp knife (or any tool - people worry about my axes/machetes) is less likely to cause injury than a blunt one - ask any man who shaves which is most likely to cause a cut; sharp or blunt.
Sharp tools do what you intend to do with them. Dull ones do random stuff. As long as the wielder knows what they are doing, the sharpest tool is the safest, but try to explain that to kitchen knife makers... hard as hell not to injure yourself as soon as you cut something harder than a tomato, and tomatoes get squashed instead of getting sliced.
Its amazing how many ppl cant grasp that simple fact. Lol
I find both the fear and proneness to cutting injury strange. It's all about knowing what sharp objects can do. Then, giving all the respect for power, inertia and possibilities.
If you're used to them, very sharp tools can be safer, because they are more predictable and one will probably not use unnecessary, variable adding force. It's just common sense that tools do what they're made to do- not what you think they'll do- so take a custom to preparing for it.
You don't chop logs with the kind of swinging arc that could ever make the blade meet anything you wouldn't want to, for example.
the only times I cut myself were when I didn't have a sharp enough knife.
Don't be afraid to make long videos. This one was EXTREMELY long, however, it went by quickly due to the amount of information packed into it and the rather entertaining way it was presented. Beige on, my man!
Awesome, and hilarious as well. Platting/braiding top: it's easier if you clip the start of the braids to a fixed object like a hook in a vice. Then you can gently pull as you go to keep the braiding neet, straight, and tight.
It's kinda like braiding a horse's mane; you can pull on his mane but the horse stays put.
Thanks for the advice! Do you know if you could make this with paracord?
Hope to see how accurate you can hit the water 💦
I seldom miss the North Sea.
Malcoordinated fool!
Sorry. I shall try harder.
Lindybeige smite him Lindy!
Do not listen to this man's tomfoolery!
You do amazing work and have inspired me to apply for my H category license so that one day I might own a tank!
I just need somewhere in N.Ireland that does it...
Holy shit a 43 minute video about staff slings, there is nothing else I could wish for on christmas or new year
Lindybeige is an internet hero. Thanks
the 'trad' look XD
i know right i love how he said that so sarcastically lol
Must always be a blood sacrifice to any project you work on. Only way to ensure it comes out right of course. Not at all that I always accidentally draw my own blood at least slightly on every project. :P
Sandman382 *BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!*
The sound and movement of the rasps at high speed really fascinated my cat.
2min 10 sec in and I'm liking the witty humor. You have my like already.
Now I want to see you use it to hurl a clay pot filled with poo over some city walls.
LA might not even notice
Way to spend my new years eve lol
true, but getting drunk with my friends would (possibly) have been more enjoyable. Alas, the circumstances haven't allowed for that, so here I am, enjoying myself. (or was, as I finished watching the video a while ago)
i feel you, mate. nothing wrong with that, there are situations where it just doesnt fit. (or rather, there is no real reason to celebrate.. other than the date ofc)
exactly. we got smashed on 29th and then one of my friends fell sick and couldn't come and that's like an avalanche, so in the end everyone was somewhere else and yeah...
It helps to fix the end so that you can pull on the strands as you plait them. It also helps to use bobbins (could be as simple as just some cardboard to wrap your string on) so that you don't have all that "housekeeping" to do.
Lindybeige a true renaissance man.
Is there a reason why you didn't demonstrate your weapon of "mass" destruction?
If he used it to harm I'm not sure he could deal with the WEIGHT of what he'd done
Such a heavy discussion in the beginning of 2018....
1. The video was already LONG, and 2. My living room isn't very big and is full of stuff.
I'd love to see you take it out and test it. I always thought the staff slings looked ridiculous and surely couldn't work/work well until I realized that I played Lacrosse for years... Pretty much the same concept :P
pick up random things and sling them out of your window. Cleaning up has never been more fun!
With this and JoergSprave's recent airbow tutorial, maybe UA-camrs are onto something about 2018.
Thank you for this video! I just finished my walking cane version, with the sling slightly shorter, tied at the bottom end, made of plaited jute and epoxy enforced pine, with a t-shaped brass engraved handle I found at a rummage sale. I'm giddy to take it to the pastures and launch some black walnuts into orbit. And with no leather pouch, the jute (green and beige) looks quite nice wrapped up at the tip end; although I might add leather later, depending on performance. I'm quite self-impressed, actually; as well as grateful for the instruction.
The blood on the stick was a nice touch. This sling is clearly an instrument of death and destruction. It's comforting to know that there are others as uncoordinated as I am. When you are braiding the string, it might help to temporarily attach one end of it to something about the height of your hands while you are working on it. A hook on a wall, etc. Then you can do it standing and have better control of the process. It makes it easier to keep the string organized and untangled.
If you run your fingers through the remaining unplaited string after each crossover you won't have to keep stopping to untangle it.
Or one can use laundry pegs or short sticks as bobbins.
Blue Peter for men
Sales of sheds will skyrocket!!!
Real men call it berloo paetter
Winning a Lindybiege badge would make me a very happy man indeed
Thank you! I was literally about to type a comment asking what the lecturer's Scholar's Cradle was like when you told me. I was worried you were going to forget for a moment.
This guy is a great example of the internet. A very odd man, but her inline he's got s following. I like him.
I would very much like to see you slinging things at other things.
I wanted to see you try it out, I am disappoint.
This video is the perfect antidote for insomnia. Thankzzzzzz...
Just found this channel. must say I am an immediate fan, and it must be good as there are mostly positive comments. Here is another. Cool.
Yeah, I woke up super early and have nothing to do until midnight, New Year's, in 2 1/2 hours, why the hell not watch a 43 minute video on... *staff-slings.*
Hope the detail is excruciating, because I have nothing to do but take it all in!
Long story why waking up at like 9:30pm is early, but I'm adjusting my time to Berlin time before studying abroad there, so I'm trying to wake up at 1am, 8am there. Though today, New Year's Eve, I was going to wake up at 11:30 to be up for that.
When the tools came out, I thought, "Oh yeah, we are going to see some blood."
I was listening to this as I worked today. It was a nice bit of Lindy ASMR
Since this video came out I’ve sat down 7 times to watch the whole thing and 7 times I failed, but now I am determined to watch the whole thing through. Cheers and wish me luck and to all those who care I will update if I finished or not.