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BOWL119

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RUBBER PIN?
« on: November 05, 2006, 12:23:35 PM »
My son had a GameTime and a GYRO. He has purchased a couple new balls and we decided that he was going to give those other two away. So I took them in so I could plug them. But while milling and sanding them both I noticed something really weird.

Where the pin is located, there seems to be a piece of rubber on both of the balls. I am not a big Ebonite person, so I do not have much experience with them. But is this normal for Ebonite to use a rubber cap where the pin is located?
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dizzyfugu

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Re: RUBBER PIN?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2006, 04:17:07 AM »
I was surprised when I sanded my Vicious Attack that the pin appeared to be very soft, yet durable. It was not easy to sand down, I finally took a file and evend it out with the rest of the surface, but it could not be made really plain and smooth because of the material's softness. Never had this issue with an Ebonite ball, however.
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Re: RUBBER PIN?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2006, 04:19:46 AM »
That happens to a lot of the older ebonite/hammer balls such as the Apex's and the Visious's. I believe that the certain plug/urathane they use to make the pins breaks down and becomes a soft rubbery goo. The easiest way to get rid of this is to cut it down as if it was plug.
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