Hand Made Catapults: My 1st Aluminium Cast

This Is My Very 1st Aluminium Cast I Made Using Cans.

This Was What It Looked Like As Soon As The Aluminium Set.

Then I Put It Into A Bucket Of Water To Cool.

Within Seconds I Was Able To Pick This Out With My Hand, As It Wasn't Hot Anymore.

Then I Got My Sandpaper, Files & Dremal Out & Got Sanding, Taking Off All The Rough Edges & Making This Smooth.

This Is What It Looked Like After & Once I Had Put The Grooves In For The Bands.

Once I Was Happy With This, I Decided To Give It Some Colour.

I Had Some Old Land Rover Black Gloss Spray Paint On The Shelf Which Had Been There For A While.

So I Hung Up The Catapult Frame From The Roof Bearers With Some Wire & Give It A Spray.

Once It Had Dryed After About 30 Minutes, I was Pleased With The Shiny Black Look Of The Frame.

So Then I Needed Some Elastic Of Some Kind.

So I Then Remembered That I Had Some Old Black Rubber Tube Elastic From A Long Time Ago.

This Was Somewhere In My Shed, I Hope'd So.

I Had A Search Round & Found The Elastic In A Box Under A Pile Of Dust.

So I Give The Elastic A Good Clean & To Preserve It, I Used Vegetable Oil & A Little Bit Of Vasaline.

I Then Put The Bands On To The Frame & Tied Them Over The Top Using String.

Once The String Was Tied, I Used Electrical Tape Around The String & Band.

This Give The Bands More Strength Of Staying On The Frame.

It Is Now A Catapult.

This Is How It Turned Out.

The Catapult Is Big, But It Is Strong & very Powerful.

With The Shape That I Designed, It Is Made To Fit My Hand.

I Went Outside To Give It A Test & It Has 100% Accuracy & Lots Of Power.

I Will Be Making Many More Of Different Shapes & Sizes.

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Hand Made Catapults