Thread: Un-Golf Ball

Nut! Fun and interesting though!

Joe, quite interesting, and it amazes me, as seeing this for the first time.
Ukibori, is this not a carving technic invented by a Japanese person??
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Do the bumps help it fly any better than dimples?

You have more patience and a steadier had than I do Joe!

Very clever an very well executed!

Joe thats amazing

Lot of thought gone into that well done

Wow that is quite amazing. I would have tired long before getting a final result.

Patience is not mine to have. Rekon it would have ended like my golf shots do( In the scrub.) long before it was finished.
Very good exercise in whatever. Do admine your work tho.

Joe you have way too much time on your hands

Still and interesting excersize, well done, your patience must be unlimited.

Yes, Ad, it's of Japanese origin. Tomiharu is cited as the expert.

Oddly enough, and unbeknownst to me until today, in the period of about 1890 to 1908, some golf balls had raised projections called "brambles." Thus called because they resembled wild fruit of the English countryside. Then recessed dimples were found to perform better.

Worked in small doses, it isn't very tedious, usually during television commercials. The clamp accessory was devised for another project, so it was already at hand. Somewhat squirrelly otherwise.

I found that a piece of carpet, without any cushion, provides the best support on the far side. On a hard surface, the far side might get flattened; with cushion, the initial dimples aren't deep enough.

In case it isn't obvious, the reason for erasure is to avoid marks on the final product. It also helps to wash hands frequently.

Cheers,
Joe

Speechless Awesome stuff Joe

Cool!

Hmmm... I wonder how effective this process'd be in making "non-slip" tool handles?

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Cool!

Hmmm... I wonder how effective this process'd be in making "non-slip" tool handles?

Now you've got me thinking. When I was teaching Plastics in the 70's, we used to squash a key or coin into hot acrylic, let it cool, sand the surface flat, polish it and then reheat it to allow the "indentation" to rise. Of course, the old method of steaming dents from wood means that the same technique would apply. I may be rehashing something many of you already do, but the idea of using it to produce raised sections on tool handles sounds good.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Cool!

Hmmm... I wonder how effective this process'd be in making "non-slip" tool handles?

The bumps are essentially raised bruises, where the fibers have been deformed by stretching then restored. They are softer than the surrounding timber and easily worn away, so not ideal for long-term use in tool handles.

It's easy to try this yourself - hit a hammer into a bit of wood, then steam it out again. You'll find the bruised area will never be as hard as it once was.