OT - Building a ball and chain

"David Todtman" wrote in news:OMnIc.1007764$Pk3.968105@pd7tw1no:

Nowadays most young bachelors expect some stripper action.

Yeah. Because his drunk ass is passed out.

When's his fiancé going to tell him, when they're standing in front of the priest?

Joel. phx

Should be easy to find.

Another option, assuming you had a long enough bit, would be to drill a hole all the way through the ball big enough for the bolt to slide through. You'd need a looooong bolt, btw. Then drill a larger hole on opposite end deep enough to countersink the nut you'll use to hold the eyebolt in place. With a washer, lockwasher, and some locktite, it won't be going anywhere.

But I still agree with the other guy that recommended premixing some

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"H*mo sapiens non urinat in ventum."

I was picturing the jamb nut method.

If you get the bolt length right (with relation to the depth of the hole), you should be able to place the eye down in the hole and turn it (directly, or by the first link of the attached chain) with a vice-grips. Once it begins to tighten up, the eye shouldn't move much at all, as the rubber is compressed. If anything, it should move in, just a bit.

Bob, I'd say go with the concrete. It wil be less work, and the results will look better. A bowling ball, no matter what you do to it, is going to look like... well, a bowling ball. :-)

You don't even need the bolts, just suspend the end of a piece of chain right in to the cement while it cures, paint the ball (optional) and you're done.

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(Please don't ask me how I know about these URLs.) ;-)

Don't pee in what?

Bob

If you did it that way what would stop him from unscrewing it in the bathroom? There shouldn't be too many emergancies, we arn't leaving his house. And we will have to play it by ear if we do.

"Bob" wrote: If you did it that way what would stop him from unscrewing it in the bathroom? (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^ That same question would apply to all the suggestions about drilling and tapping, or drilling and screwing in a threaded eyebolt to an untapped hole.

So it turns out I was retarded, and all you have to do is drill a hole and screw it in. No tapping required. I added some epoxy for good measure, some in the hole and then coating the bolt. I screwed it in and took the extra epoxy that seaped out and smoothed it around the hole and bolt because it looks cool and was easier than wiping it off.

The failed attempt in the finger hole came out no problem, and there was no real trouble cleaning the non-set epoxy out,just a mess. I was even able to reuse the bolt.

I am going to find a leather strap to make the shackle out of so it will be more comfortable.

Also, if you ever do this and are drilling by hand, start with a small drill bit and build up to a bit that is a smidge smaller than the actual bolt diameter. The unsteadyness of hand drilling into a round object caused the drill to oscilate enough to mill the hole out to the actual bolt diameter. My actual 1/2 inch drill bit made a hole too big for my 1/2 inch bolt, had to drill twice.

Thanks for the advice.

When you screw in an eye-bolt with a wrench, you have at least twenty centimetres of leverage and a better grip. When you try to unscrew it with your fingers, you need to try to get about the same angular force with one centimetre of leverage. So unless your mate is about twenty times stronger than you are, he isn't going to unscrew it by hand.

Peter

'A wise man does not piss into the wind'

very useful thing to know when you're rowing during the winter.

My latin is virtually non-existant, but that doesn't look like a good translation, to me. Seems as if it ought to be ad ventum, if you want into/towards the wind. non unrinat in ventum looks like "go inside to piss, if it's windy" to me. Placement, as opposed to orientation.

-Goedjn

Marriage is a committment between man and woman. Hiring a stripper is a totally awful way to build trust and get the committment started.

A ball and chain symbolic of a wife, is a totally terrible idea, also. Someone (probably you) doesn't understand the covenant of marriage.

Rethink the entire idea. You're a marriage wrecker.

BTW, I not that good at it either, but when used with the accusative, "in" denotes into, towards, or against.

AFAIK, this isn't a classical Latin quote, but comes off some relatively recent arch erected in Copenhagen, I think. But privately, I like to imagine there was a sort of Latin Ben Franklin out there who published a tablet inscribed with wise sayings that all began "H*mo sapiens non...". To think that is the origin or our species name gives me great joy.

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"H*mo sapiens non urinat in ventum."

Well with everything set, it still appears you can turn the bolt by hand, but barley. I if I tapped threads I could probably get it to screw lock down in there with a big wrench and he would never get it off by hand.

--Falooley

If you are planning a stunt like that.... you are no friend.

Kettlebell and cuffs, dude.