- End of wood is placed in boiling water for a period of time till the wood is "soft"
- Wood is compressed in clamp/vise and allowed to dry in compressed state.
- wood is put thru hole in golf ball.
- End of wood is again placed in boiling water and allowed to swell up
Little gimmicky thing a friend got from his father.
> The fellow who presumably made it has passed away, and he took the
> method he used to make it with him, presumably.
>
>formatting link> The golf ball has a very smooth hole driled through it, and it moves
> freely on the wood shaft. Both ends of the shaft are too thick for
> the ball to pass over them.
>
>
> We looked under a 30X dissecting microscope at work..no joints
>
> Hit it with various wavelengths of UV thinking if any glue was used
> and the join was well disguised, we might detect flourescence from the > glue ..nothing.
>
> Did the fellow drill the hole, and have the tree grow through it? >
> Was the ball split? We can't detect any evidence of this on the ball > either. >
> Let me know what ya' think
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry