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by JoergS
Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

A pencil can be very dangerous - when The Slingshot Channel builds a weapon around it! The "Nerd Revenge 2000" is a homemade pump action slingshot crossbow that can fire 10 razor sharp pencil in under five seconds. The "arrows" travel at an impressive 100 miles per hour, fast enough to go through a ...
by JoergS
Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:15 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Usopp (aka Sogeking) is one of the main characters in the popular Manga/Anime series "One Piece". http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080916130737/onepiece/images/c/c6/Sogeking_Kabuto.jpg He fights with a slingshot as his main weapon! The large one is called "Kabuto", and it has five strings of ...
by JoergS
Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:49 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Shooting shrapnel with the slingshot

Fifteen 10mm balls, or 8 12 mm balls... that is larger than Four-Aught buckshot. Well in the srapnel league.

See here:

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by JoergS
Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:04 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Yes, I made two new vids this weekend! First, I always wanted to know how deep various ammo types penetrate into ballistic gel. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASLW2j2cesA[/youtube] Then, it was high time for a review about Flippinout's slingshots. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFZ...
by JoergS
Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

I just shot lots of video with another great youtuber, Dustin from Huntsville/USA. He runs an excellent youtube channel called "Get smarter every day". Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2#p/u/2/_eUlpPY96Ok I picked up Destin in Karlsruhe and we drove to Tobias's farm, just 30 minutes away. T...
by JoergS
Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:15 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Well, in all these years a few accidents happened, mostly when there is distraction and/or not enough caution. This weekend, I hit my hand while clocking the speed of the recent Zombie Rooftop Slingshot. Luckily, it was just a grazing shot and it was not fully accelerated when it hit the hand, but t...
by JoergS
Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:37 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Well, a record holder can always increase his own record, can't he? :)
by JoergS
Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:06 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

NOTE: This is not meant seriously. I don't believe in Zombies, really. It's just for the fun of Halloween! Halloween approaches quickly, and it is again time for the long awaited Special. The scenario: The shooter is standing safely on a rooftop, and fires down at approaching Zombies - until the ar...
by JoergS
Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:14 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

I realize that the original masterpieces are worth a fortune, and mine isn't one. But it certainly is handmade, and the steel is folded. It is much better than the average type you can find anywhere.
by JoergS
Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:49 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

That Katana has a folded blade, very sharp. Found the rusted over blade in an auction, real cheap, a great occasion. I bought the handle and the sheath extra, took me some time to fit things together.
by JoergS
Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:50 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

The intro was a "gift" from the guys that filmed two pieces about me for German TV (www.tapefilm.de). Top notch professionals!
by JoergS
Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:42 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

They can be - if fired from a powerful slingshot. Marbles are often used as alternative slingshot ammo. In this regard, The Slingshot Channel tests two very common myths: - Can marbles penetrate flesh? - Will marbles shatter when they hit a hard surface? These myths are checked out, using ballistic ...
by JoergS
Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:33 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

Invisible here means: Not detectable by metal detection portals at airports. That's right, I wanted to find out what non metal knifes and non metal slingshot ammo can do to a block of ballistic gelatin. I started out with the gorgeous flint knife Ad'lan (from the Zombie forum) made for me (we traded...
by JoergS
Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

A true repeating slingshot crossbow was always something I knew I had to make one day. Lots of problems to be solved. How do you deal with the band twisting? How do you cleanly line up the "pouch" every time? How do you feed a ball into the pouch without jamming? Now I have done it - the first funct...
by JoergS
Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:29 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: The Slingshot Channel Thread
Replies: 1168
Views: 201975

A new video is online! [YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0BSQ3xAuU[/YouTube] This time, the pulley based draw length extension employed by the Bullpup Sling-X-Bow has been brought over to a conventional slingshot. 32 cm (13") of additional acceleration make this camo painted huge frame a tru...