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J_Mac

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Tropical Storm aftermath (core pictures)
« on: August 26, 2008, 06:13:37 AM »
Sometimes boredom just takes over...

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x16/madcelt2000/IMG_0370.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x16/madcelt2000/IMG_0369.jpg


I had picked this ball up as a single drill and after I had the fingers plugged and redrilled it cracked from the middle finger to the thumb sitting in a box on my floor.  Liked the ball, but no major loss for me.

My curiosity got the best of me, and over the past few months I've worked on it a little here and there to get it to the point you see above.
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Edited on 8/26/2008 2:22 PM

 

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Re: Tropical Storm aftermath (core pictures)
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 03:40:38 PM »
You were really, REALLY bored!
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J_Mac

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Re: Tropical Storm aftermath (core pictures)
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 11:00:51 PM »
Bored and curious... not always a good combination.
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Re: Tropical Storm aftermath (core pictures)
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 07:38:44 PM »
In this case, it's forgivable because the ball wasn't usable anymore anyway.  If you had done that to a usable one, I would agree that bored and curious was a bad combo.  The funny part is that if you let one of these sit long enough, it comes apart anyway.  I had a Paradigm do that and it split completely in half in a matter of a couple of months.   I used to use primarily Storm & Roto, but after 5 balls cracked in the period of a couple of months, I'm going to take a break from Storm, but I will try a Cell in the near future.

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Re: Tropical Storm aftermath (core pictures)
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2008, 10:43:04 PM »
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In this case, it's forgivable because the ball wasn't usable anymore anyway.  If you had done that to a usable one, I would agree that bored and curious was a bad combo.  The funny part is that if you let one of these sit long enough, it comes apart anyway.  I had a Paradigm do that and it split completely in half in a matter of a couple of months.   I used to use primarily Storm & Roto, but after 5 balls cracked in the period of a couple of months, I'm going to take a break from Storm, but I will try a Cell in the near future.


It was usable, but no longer under warranty due to the plug work.  I'm sure I could have used it for a while longer before it got worse.
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