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moonlite 37

03-09-2008 03:21:27




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Did anyone ever cut a golf ball open? I have been thinking about it but have heard it is dangerous as it may explode. Seems like holding it may be another problem. Guess long winter nights give me to much time to think




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mj

03-16-2008 09:18:48




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to greg b, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  

Rod in Smiths Falls, said: (quoted from post at 05:11:26 03/09/08)..... I'll never forget the time I cut into one and it exploded a white paste which blasted out on either side of the knife blade .....


THAT brought back some memories! :lol: I had forgotten about that white stuff ..... :)

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Pat-CT

03-09-2008 19:10:52




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
Yes THEY DO EXPLODE the solid core ones will explode when you cut them it scares you but i dont think there teribly dangeros jsut wear saftey glasses



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jose bagge

03-09-2008 13:09:21




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
toss one into your next bonfire- it's a pretty interesting rubber band explosion!



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Dick2

03-09-2008 07:15:06




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
I don't know about cutting them open, but our Dachshound found a couple in the backyard left by the previous owner. He had no trouble chewing them open and scattering the rubber band stuff around.



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Coldiron

03-09-2008 06:31:51




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
When I was a kid I hung around the golf course to caddy. Finding balls that golfers lost I would cut them open to see what made them different for the golfers to prefer one over the other. I would cut them open with a pocket knife and spent lots of time to get the cover off. After that there was a fine rubber band wound around a small nut in the center that was usually a ball. Some of the balls were filled with a liquid and some were solid. Some were hollow. That was back in the 50`s and must have improved over that in the many years. (Yeah, I cut myself quite a few times.)

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s.crum

03-09-2008 06:09:20




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
Never seen a pro golfer that could hit a line drive quite as far as a John Deere 112 lawn tractor. Also witnessed a few golf balls as they unraveled coming out of the chute of the lawn mower. Put a whole new meaning to "slicing the ball". Had a neighbor who was a wanna be golf pro.



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Alex-41JDb

03-10-2008 13:13:33




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to s.crum, 03-09-2008 06:09:20  
Worked on a golf course for quite a few years, hitting one with a front deck mower shot it aways but we had a 14 ft pull behind mower behind a 40ish horse deere, now you are talking about some serious air time.



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Chuck UR

03-09-2008 06:07:20




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
"hard rubber center about the size of a big marble"

They would bounce a mile !!!
Someone got smart and sold them as 'Superballs'.
I bet he made a mi$$ion !



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Joe from MN.

03-09-2008 05:51:56




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
I just put it in a Vise and used a hack saw..



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Leland

03-09-2008 05:38:16




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
bandsaw



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Rod in Smiths Falls,

03-09-2008 04:11:26




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
I still remember one of my experiments as a kid. Under the hard surface is an amazing ball of what look like miniature elastic bands. A sharp knife cuts through these in a most satisfying fashion.

Then comes a rubber centre. These vary, but I'll never forget the time I cut into one and it exploded a white paste which blasted out on either side of the knife blade. The stuff missed me, but I remember looking around to see this very shocked face next to me, almost entirely covered with white stuff. My dad had sneaked up behind me to watch the dissection.

Further experiments (no kidding) proved that some balls have a smaller liquid centre not unlike a cod liver oil pill and some are reputed to have a steel centre, though I don't recall ever finding one of them.

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Fawteen

03-09-2008 04:08:04




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to moonlite 37, 03-09-2008 03:21:27  
Done it many a time on the old "rubber band cored" balls. Manufacturing techniques and/or components have probably changed since the 60's, but they used to consist of a hard rubber center about the size of a big marble, wrapped with a hundred feet or so of a rubber-band like material.

Dad would give me any golf balls with a cut cover on it, and I'd peel the cover off and unravel the rubber band. The goal was to get the whole piece off without breaking it.

Hey, life on a small farm could get pretty boring toward the end of summer...

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Fawteen

03-09-2008 04:09:06




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 Re: Cut a golf ball? in reply to Fawteen, 03-09-2008 04:08:04  
And that little rubber marble in the center was EXCELLENT slingshot ammo...



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