If she did care you could just buy a volley ball
On Feb 19, 2:40 pm, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ahhh...not an issue...she has a leather ball now. ;) Already asked
> her and she doesn't care.
>
> Derek
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Major snag I can think of with this plan is when your daughter's
> > volley ball team beats you up for destroying their ball!
>
> > Phil
>
> > On Feb 19, 2:52 am, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> As you guys have seen, the Sturmtiger has a ball and socket set-up for
> >> the main gun. My problem right now is filling the socket with a ball.
> >> So, I took the idea of a ball literally. My daughter has one of
> >> those flimsy rubber volleyballs made out of rubber. I have deflated
> >> it and what do you know? It fits perfectly in the gun socket I have
> >> right now. The idea would be to cut a hole in the volleyball for the
> >> gun sleeve to fit through (made from a large PVC pipe) and seal it
> >> with some sort of caulk. On the opposite side of the ball, I would
> >> cut another hole big enough to be able to pour resin around the barrel
> >> sleeve. Using something like Smooth-on resin, I would fill the ball
> >> up about 3/4 of the way full. Once it cures cut the ball away and
> >> voila, a nice ball to fit in the socket. Anyone have and pros or cons
> >> of doing this? Does the resin expand while it's curing? I'm asking
> >> that since the ball does stretch when it's filled with air. Also, if
> >> there are any other ideas, I'd be open to those also.
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> >> Derek
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