Big Rubber Band or Tourniquet for Slingshot?

[nickytea]

My wife wants me to make her a Carrie Kelly Robin costume from Dark Knight Returns to go along with my Batman this Halloween, so I'll need to whip her up a slingshot:

Anyone know where I could obtain a standard rubber-colored medical tourniquet or large rubber band?

All of the websites I've seen have a massive minimum order.

 

[kdawg1]

Whamo use to make those sling shots had one as a kid Try Walmart!

 

[punisher]

If you can't find any rubber strips, what about a small strip of vinyl/pleather? You can get it at walmart.Horrible idea I know, but it's all I can think of.

 

[nickytea]

I'll definitely look into that, Kdawg, thanks.

And punisher, if my search is fruitless, and I decide to make it non-functioning, I'll do that! Thanks!

 

[robstyle]

if you have a cool bunch of guys at your local fire dept, hit em up for a hose wrap band. They are big rubber bands. If that fails, get a bicycle intertube and make one yourself.

 

[Kt Templar]

Have you tried a pharmacy?

 

[patsmear]

couldn't you get a slingshot at a sporting goods store?

Pat

 

[Trooper_trent]

couldn't you get a slingshot at a sporting goods store?

Pat

Last time I checked, wal mart still sells slingshots. Theyre the kind with the arm guard so you'd have to modify it, but they aren't very expensive.

 

[nickytea]

Yeah, I could just buy a slingshot, but silly old me wants it to look like the comic book version.

All the modern slingshots I've seen use rubber TUBING for the band.

 

[SurferGeek]

Try looking for a local company that has Phlebotomy supplies.

http://www.kentelastomer.com/
http://www.allmed.net/catalog/item/122/1615
http://www.narang.com/rubber_goods_surgical_medical/tourniquet-latex.php

Most companies are moving away from latex for reasons of sensitivity. The bands you're looking for are typically latex with the yellow color.

 

[patsmear]

How about these?

http://www.pentagondefense.com/8020051.html

They remind me of the kind when i was a kid.

Pat

 

[8 perf]

Check out a surgical supply company for the tubing. i used to make these all the time as a kid. You can usually find them nearby just about any hospital.

 

[cheech9898]

Have you looked at Rockler.com or your local woodworking supply store?

This might be what your looking for.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10622&filter=rubber band

Rockler also has urethane rubber bandsaw wheel bands
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5838&filter=rubber band

 

[nickytea]

Have you looked at Rockler.com or your local woodworking supply store?

This might be what your looking for.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10622&filter=rubber band

Rockler also has urethane rubber bandsaw wheel bands
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5838&filter=rubber band

Okay, those clamp bands look perfect.

 

[MaulWalker]

Anyone know where I could obtain a standard rubber-colored medical tourniquet or large rubber band?

I went to an office supply store and bought a package of about six giant rubber bands. They were about an inch wide and six or seven inches long.