Making your own.

[Daveo 61]

Do any regular guys, I.e not catapult craftsmen make there own frames?

I couldn’t find a style I really like so I drew out my own design and made it.

best think I ever did 

I’ve refined the type now and my latest was my first attempt at a clipped frame.

photo shows before it was finished 

anyone else made their own?

 

[tatsblisters 9,472]

Keep saying i am going to have a go at making a natural catty from a fork found on my walks. Some outstanding frames being made nowadays and from different parts of the globe that are works of art .

[Daveo 61]

there are some stunning things being made out of super exotic materials 

id be keen to see what average not necessarily professional, gifted folks can make!

some frames are far too good to actually shoot, what I make are rough a f**k by comparison but they work for me.

 

[tatsblisters 9,472]

12 minutes ago, Daveo said:

there are some stunning things being made out of super exotic materials 

id be keen to see what average not necessarily professional, gifted folks can make!

some frames are far too good to actually shoot, what I make are rough a f**k by comparison but they work for me.

 

That one you have made looks great to me mate like you say if they work for you that's all that matters. I admit to not been any good at making things and now with the vast choice of catapults on the market its easier to buy and try were has when in year's gone buy the millbro was the only shop bought catapult we could get our hands on though to be honest the catapult was only a stepping stone to us getting our first air rifles.

[Daveo 61]

Me too airguns then big guns it’s gone full circle for me back to my roots 

[booboy2 139]

I make all my own nattys and cattys I do sell a few aswell like but im no way a pro catty builder . a jigsaw a dremel and Sandpaper and your sorted here's some I've done .I've made hundreds now like it's quite addictive

[steve66 3,374]

On 01/05/2023 at 21:21, booboy2 said:

I make all my own nattys and cattys I do sell a few aswell like but im no way a pro catty builder . a jigsaw a dremel and Sandpaper and your sorted here's some I've done .I've made hundreds now like it's quite addictive

some very nice work there 

[Appo 60]

Could u make a clipped one with sloped tips 95 or 100mm outer, if so how much for one?

[Appo 60]

On 01/05/2023 at 21:21, booboy2 said:

I make all my own nattys and cattys I do sell a few aswell like but im no way a pro catty builder . a jigsaw a dremel and Sandpaper and your sorted here's some I've done .I've made hundreds now like it's quite addictive

Could u make one with clips and sloped tips 95 to 100mm outer, if so how much?

[fred90 3,205]

On 30/04/2023 at 10:16, tatsblisters said:

That one you have made looks great to me mate like you say if they work for you that's all that matters. I admit to not been any good at making things and now with the vast choice of catapults on the market its easier to buy and try were has when in year's gone buy the millbro was the only shop bought catapult we could get our hands on though to be honest the catapult was only a stepping stone to us getting our first air rifles.

I think those of us of a certain age have gone full circle mate. small mooching dogs, catapults etc. the do gooders and law changes have seen to that. more mooching, pot filling like when we first started. 

[terryd 8,385]

I used to think we don't hunt for the pot but for the sport and free grub is a bonus but with todays prices the reality of it now is a free dinner is more than welcome. Fish pigeon rabbit hare duck geese what ever is now more than welcome plus the enjoyment of the sport its self so win win. When I used to work in the woods and was too knackered to make sarnies I would take tin rice pudding with the sultarnas in it.  Not had a tin for like 20 years so nipped into tesco. £2.40 per tin ! I left it there bloody redicolous 

[Greyman 28,179]

Done tons from natural wooden Y to some nice carvings over the years just think when you can buy one for a tenner from China banded up, it becomes a bit less of a necessity  

Edited May 23, 2023 by Greyman

[Greyman 28,179]

On the subject of naturals I often cut myself a nice hazel thumb stick when out walking then eventually take the Y bit off the end and use as a fork been thinking of making a thumb stick catty for a while 

[terryd 8,385]

I am still at the point when any deviation from what I’ve been practicing with will take me another two years get any where close to target 

[Greyman 28,179]

52 minutes ago, terryd said:

I am still at the point when any deviation from what I’ve been practicing with will take me another two years get any where close to target 

Think the distance between the tips has more bearing on things than the shape or banding style some people like a wider gap I like quite a small one but nothing else has much effect I can be just as shit in any style