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How to make a slingshot?

The slingshot is made as follows:

Tools: Y-shaped Mu Cha, wooden board, saw blade, coarse sandpaper, fine sandpaper, cotton rope, cloth strip, polished paraffin, rubber band, cotton thread, slingshot leather pocket.

1. First, you can find a Y-shaped Mu Cha. If there is no Mu Cha, you can draw a Y-shaped Mu Cha with a wooden board and then saw it off with a saw blade.

2. Process the Y-shaped Mu Cha and clean the edges. If there is unevenness, polish it with coarse sandpaper first, and then polish it with fine sandpaper. Finally, tie the polished paraffin tightly with cotton rope or cloth to wrap the slingshot and pull it back and forth. You can see that the slingshot is very bright after cleaning.

3. At the distance of 1cm above the slingshot fork, just wrap a rubber band, usually two. Leave one centimeter at the joint of one end and the other end of the two rubber bands, and then tie them tightly with cotton thread. After the two sides are tied, tie the slingshot leather bag, find the position where the top of both sides of Mu Cha is about 1 cm downward, and tie a knot around with rubber bands.

Matters needing attention in making slingshots

It should be noted that wood that is too soft can't be done well. Choose hardwood, find a hardwood fork, peel it, and smooth the edge with a wooden file, and it will basically take shape. Then drill, polish, wax cork, wax Mu Cha for three times, waterproof and pollution-proof, increase luster and feel, directly bake candles, polish with cloth, then tie rubber bands with needle-nosed pliers and tie leather bags.