My homemade solution, from scrap material.
Two-sided ball rack
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My homemade solution, from scrap material.
I prefer Thrifty, cheapskate sounds so......uh vulgar.
There is no cheaper rack than a template rack…Correct.
Remember what I said earlier about my cheapskate ass?
Go to your back yard, get 2 sticks, stick a nail through them to form a pivot
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
I know the OP doesn’t want a hinged one but it has been brought up. The above smartrack is nice and thin but I think the V-Rack looks more solid long term imo.
I’d guess without a hinge a 2 piece rack would break over time. We’ve all seen traditional wood racks falling apart at the joints. A triangle is the strongest shape. A V is dirt weak by comparison.
The hinge allows it to go in a stick bag too. Frankly I think two paint stirrers tied with leather cord would do fine.
My ‘cheapskate’ girlfriend claims she is just ‘frugal’.I prefer Thrifty, cheapskate sounds so......uh vulgar.
Nice rack !!!!!!
You don't still have the first nickel you ever earned, do you??
(just funnin with ya) But seriously, that's nniiiiiicccccccceeee.
Paul_#_
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The $100 V-rack also has a cushion along the side that allows a better rack with worn balls:
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boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
I had one of this style cheaper hardwood racks. They were built surprisingly well but the balls didn't really touch as they should. I glued 1" strips of craft felt on the front two sides and it made it into an excellent rack. It's still a bit tight at the back so I don't think this would work for OP, but I can attest to how well felt works on a rack. I've also used it at a local league with mismatched balls and it does a great job.
Obviously it's no Delta 13 but for around $20 it's a great option.
That would have been earned picking blackberries in the late 1950s. Using a coffee can and selling for a dollar a gallon. I squandered those earnings on model airplanes that cost $1 each.
Grandma and Grampa migrated to California from Oklahoma much like the movie The Grapes of Wrath. Grandma had picked everything including cotton. I could never keep up with her picking berries. Abandoned apple orchards in Northern California led to us picking apples until the pickup bed was full. Oh the pies she made! If she wasn't picking she was cooking. Her apple pies cooling on the kitchen window sill put out an irresistible arroma. No visitor ever left Grandmas house hungry. Talk about a work ethic. Thank you Grandma!Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Being a cheapskate led me to making my own template racks from recycled paper..
LOL, not just paper but recycled paper I like it!!!!!!
xX-Wizard-Xx
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$100 dollar racks ... lmao i would just deal with what i got
but people spend $20 on chalk .... cant cheap out on a rack either ...
it never ends
where there is a product there are suckers willing to buy ... it looks cool .. it makes me feel cool ...
but people spend $20 on chalk .... cant cheap out on a rack either ...
it never ends
where there is a product there are suckers willing to buy ... it looks cool .. it makes me feel cool ...
My grandma never called her refrigerator and refrigerator, it was always the ice box. I suppose that's what they had when she was young and the name stuck. The house I grew up in had a milk door.That would have been earned picking blackberries in the late 1950s. Using a coffee can and selling for a dollar a gallon. I squandered those earnings on model airplanes that cost $1 each.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
See you just don't understand. Before I bought a delta 13 elite I could only make 3 balls in a row. Now I can make 4 in a row. IMO it's totally worth it.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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Since you put it like that another few hundred and your running racksSee you just don't understand. Before I bought a delta 13 elite I could only make 3 balls in a row. Now I can make 4 in a row. IMO it's totally worth it.