Anyone out there seen a scoring tool that is basically a wire strung between the overhead table lamp suspension rods that has balls rather than beads? The balls are similar to ping-pong balls and are either painted to match the numerical rack or are just one simple color. When a game is won, you simply slide a ball over carefully with the cue shaft. Very easy. All I see are beads out there... Help please, anyone? Thanks.
Scoring tool: Sliding balls, NOT beads!
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I have seen whiffle balls used before. The ones that already have holes in them. They simply spray painted them, then slid them onto a solid rod that is hung between light chains.
https://www.michaels.com/floracraft-styrofoam-ball-white/M10553321.html
These come in 4" to 10" in diameter.
Run that in conjunction with safety wire routed up above the lights. Sometimes every 5th or 7th bead is larger in diameter or painted orange.
Sometimes a piece of plastic tubing in the hole keep the balls from deteriorating.
These come in 4" to 10" in diameter.
Run that in conjunction with safety wire routed up above the lights. Sometimes every 5th or 7th bead is larger in diameter or painted orange.
Sometimes a piece of plastic tubing in the hole keep the balls from deteriorating.
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Try playing Straight Pool with YOUR BALLS!!! <<(Caps cuz OP seems to have it out for BEADS)!
Just go to a craft/hobby store and use styro-foam balls. Get a wire coat hanger, grind one end sharp, heat it and poke hole thru ball. String them up on thin wire or cable.
Buy a set of miniature billiard balls...
1.5”
https://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Tab...hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-650806415476
or
1”
https://www.amazon.com/Dengguoli-in...2M08D0XP16X&psc=1&refRID=PCSGJECET2M08D0XP16X
If those are too small....
Steal some of those play pit balls next time you are at MsDonalds or Chuck Up Cheese.
2”
Here’s 100 of them for $6.00
https://www.amazon.com/100pcs-Plast...hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-568834652099
1.5”
https://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Tab...hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-650806415476
or
1”
https://www.amazon.com/Dengguoli-in...2M08D0XP16X&psc=1&refRID=PCSGJECET2M08D0XP16X
If those are too small....
Steal some of those play pit balls next time you are at MsDonalds or Chuck Up Cheese.
2”
Here’s 100 of them for $6.00
https://www.amazon.com/100pcs-Plast...hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-568834652099
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Plastic Golf Balls
$2.67 for a dozen.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pridespo...-d7e-16dbd429d8a7a5&athancid=null&athena=true
Styrofoam will chip and look really bad in just a short time.
$2.67 for a dozen.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pridespo...-d7e-16dbd429d8a7a5&athancid=null&athena=true
Styrofoam will chip and look really bad in just a short time.
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I ran a long string of dice.
No one can figure out how to keep score!
No one can figure out how to keep score!
Seyberts sells toy billiard ball sets. Slightly smaller than ping pong ball size.
https://www.seyberts.com/pool-ball-sets/miniature-pool-ball-set/
Drilling centered holes is very simple with a drill press and a jig using a couple of c-clamps and a piece of wood.
https://www.seyberts.com/pool-ball-sets/miniature-pool-ball-set/
Drilling centered holes is very simple with a drill press and a jig using a couple of c-clamps and a piece of wood.
I don't remember exactly where or why I got these, but I have a bunch of sets. They are a little smaller than a quarter, as you can see. They are made of super ball material but some of them have lost their bounce. You would want to drill and put a small tube through them before stringing them. If anyone wants a set, $8 includes shipping.
But you can get real phenolic pool balls on Amazon for $10 to $15 per set in 1.0 or 1.5 inch size. They would be a lot more durable and not much harder to drill.
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“Super Bounce” balls can not be drilled or cut.
They will just unravel.
Unless they are just rubber balls.
They are pretty bouncy and show the reversal of spin of super balls, but the bounce height is only about 66% (some less).
A Dremel ceramic tile cutting bit (the first that came to hand) at 20,000 RPM cut a hole easily.
I have managed to make tips from real super balls (clear) and I agree that they fracture and tear very easily.
