Golf ball handle ends

[Bony]

Golf balls make great handle ends. They are very comfortable in your hand, extremely easy to fit, a visual novelty, free or very cheap and electrically insulated. Just make sure you drill the hole using a lathe (so as to easily locate the hole symmetricaly along the axis of the ball) and drill 1 mm undersize for the shaft you're fitting, then press on. No tapping of threads or adhesive necessary yet the ball can be removed if necessary without damage. Join the club!

[Toolmaker51]

I'll scoop up a few and do this too.
Then I'll call Dad and tell him I did four hole-in-one this evening.

[Frank S]

What are goof balls made of now? the last one I saw I cut it open and it had a 1000 ft of rubber string and a fluid filled ball inside. OK admittedly its been a lot of years since I have even seen a golf ball. Probably the last time was at a put put with my kids when they were little my youngest is not 42 or maybe she is 43.
The closest I have ever been to a golf course was the 19th hole Senior NCO&O club in Furth Germany back in the 70's
The idea of golf ball handles is intriguing though. I have a couple of drill presses that could benefit from them.

[Bony]

I don't play golf either, except at the 19th hole. Waste of a good walk they say. The recent golf balls I've used in the workshop are solid plastic, and drill very well with 10 mm holes at 600 rpm, no melting or fumes. Perfect for drill press knobs.

Interestingly since my first post I've been inundated with ads for golf equipment. Big brother at work.

Bony

[olderdan]

What are goof balls made of now? the last one I saw I cut it open and it had a 1000 ft of rubber string and a fluid filled ball inside.

Frank you are right in how golf balls used to be made, this reminds me of an amusing incident while working with a builder. He found a golf ball and said I wonder what is inside them, Having deconstructed one years before out of idle curiosity I explained the lead paste sack wound with elastic but he would have none of it saying they must be solid, so I cut through one side until the lead paste squirted out under the pressure like party string all over his face and shirt, some people have to learn the hard way I guess.

[mklotz]

... some people have to learn the hard way I guess.

Or, put another way...

A few learn by reading. Some learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

[tonyfoale]

Frank you are right in how golf balls used to be made,.............

So are they now just solid plastic?

[ranald]

So are they now just solid plastic?

they still have a separate casing over the inner somewhat like a cricket ball or grass hockey ball.Designed to split after a few shots so you buy more: the original was to contain the long rubber contents to shape, i think.

[mklotz]

Thank goodness that golf equipment can be usefully repurposed.

I share Churchill's opinion of the game...

"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."

[Frank S]

Thank goodness that golf equipment can be usefully repurposed.

I share Churchill's opinion of the game...

"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."

Now if someone could just come up with A useful purpose for football or basket ball equipment the world would be set.
Base ball bats can be turned into many useful things, tennis rackets can be used to swat large flying insects out of the air. Hockey sticks have been turned into farm implements but what use is football or basket ball?
One may have guessed that I am not a devote of any ball game sport, don't play them don't watch them, but then again I am about the same way with musical stuff as well