Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
method he used to make it with him, presumably.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg

The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
the ball to pass over them.


We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.

Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it?

Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball
either.

Let me know what ya' think

Thanks

Jerry

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Jerome Ranch wrote:

Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
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http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg
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We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.


I'd guess simple - wide wood bits at one end split off, glued back on
splits. No visible cut, and perhaps the glue used was not one that
fluoresces - or the vanishingly small glue line is not visible with any
squeeze-out sanded off.

Before looking at the picture I was guessing glued inside the ball, but
I see this has room enough for the ball to slide so you can examine that
area.

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

1. End of wood is placed in boiling water for a period of time till the wood
is "soft"
2. Wood is compressed in clamp/vise and allowed to dry in compressed state.
3. wood is put thru hole in golf ball.
4. End of wood is again placed in boiling water and allowed to swell up
5 wood is taken out of water and allowed to dry.
"Jerome Ranch" wrote in message
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Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
method he used to make it with him, presumably.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg

The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
the ball to pass over them.


We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.

Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it?

Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball
either.

Let me know what ya' think

Thanks

Jerry

Thanks Sam


1. End of wood is placed in boiling water for a period of time till the wood
is "soft"
2. Wood is compressed in clamp/vise and allowed to dry in compressed state.
3. wood is put thru hole in golf ball.
4. End of wood is again placed in boiling water and allowed to swell up
5 wood is taken out of water and allowed to dry.

The same method was used to make a Gag gift of an arrow passing
through a glass bottle with a wooden ring inside the bottle and the
arrow going through the ring.

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:36:50 GMT, Jerome Ranch
wrote:

Thanks Sam


1. End of wood is placed in boiling water for a period of time till the wood
is "soft"
2. Wood is compressed in clamp/vise and allowed to dry in compressed state.
3. wood is put thru hole in golf ball.
4. End of wood is again placed in boiling water and allowed to swell up
5 wood is taken out of water and allowed to dry.

Very easy trick. Boil you some water, put the rounded end of the wood
into the waters for like 5 minutes. Put it in a vise and squeeze the
wide part of the wood to the handle size. Let it dry over night, take
it out of the vise, and stick it though the golf ball. Boil some more
water and put the end back into the water and it should within 3
minutes return to the original size. Let it dry and let other guess
how it was done. There are many thing you can do with this trick.
Attached is a pic with a roofing nail in a center of a piece of pine,
that was made on this principle.
John

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:33:35 GMT, Jerome Ranch
wrote:

Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
method he used to make it with him, presumably.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg

The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
the ball to pass over them.


We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.

Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it?

Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball
either.

Let me know what ya' think

Thanks

Jerry

John wrote:
Very easy trick. Boil you some water, put the rounded end of the wood
into the waters for like 5 minutes. Put it in a vise and squeeze the
wide part of the wood to the handle size. Let it dry over night, take
it out of the vise, and stick it though the golf ball. Boil some more
water and put the end back into the water and it should within 3
minutes return to the original size. Let it dry and let other guess
how it was done. There are many thing you can do with this trick.
Attached is a pic with a roofing nail in a center of a piece of pine,
that was made on this principle.
John

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:33:35 GMT, Jerome Ranch
wrote:

Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
method he used to make it with him, presumably.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg

The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
the ball to pass over them.


We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.

Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it?

Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball
either.

Let me know what ya' think

Thanks

Jerry



Roy Underhill did the nail trick exactly as described here on one of the
Woodwright shop episodes. He said to use Beech it compresses the easiest.

I remember a similar trick: "Tie a knot in radium".... on a the box of
"Sreaming Yellow Zonkers".

Basically, it said:

1. Get som radium
2. Tie a knot in it
3. Your friends will be amazed!

Worked for me, back then.

-Zz


On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:33:35 GMT, Jerome Ranch
wrote:

Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
method he used to make it with him, presumably.

http://www.jerrysbigworld.com/GolfAr..._0733small.jpg

The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
the ball to pass over them.


We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints

Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the
glue ..nothing.

Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it?

Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball
either.

Let me know what ya' think

Thanks

Jerry