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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #60 on: December 16, 2009, 05:04:18 PM »
FLATS ! Yikes . The balls I have bought are near inspection grade balls . I would like to see a pic !

Gary
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #61 on: December 16, 2009, 05:08:28 PM »
It's in my car that my wife took to work tonight, when she gets home in the morning i will post pics of the ball
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #62 on: December 16, 2009, 08:15:56 PM »
405winchester, while your at it, could you post a couple of pics of the rear end of that barrel, the welded end? (Also called the breech) We would like to see the fit, and the base plate, and casabel, if one is on there! Thanks, BoomLover
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #63 on: December 17, 2009, 12:59:03 AM »
Quote from: 405winchester on December 16, 2009, 04:54:42 PM
Ken at fox sent me a 1.5" carbon steel ball sample, the measurement across both flats comes out at like 1.47" and around the biggest part of the ball it is 1.55", so my bore will have to be 1.59"-1.6".  I am going to call Ken tomorrow and ask if this size will be the normal size sent out.  Hope to have some more pics for you guys soon!

 I'm not so worried about the flats as the .05" over nominal dia. That could present a problem for guys who already have a 1.5" + standard windage bore.

 You might ask him if it's possible he sent you a metric ball by mistake.
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #64 on: December 17, 2009, 02:16:00 AM »
Here is a pic of the ball


  it is sitting on one flat and you can see the other on top and you can see a band around the middle of the ball-this is the point that is 1.554"
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #65 on: December 17, 2009, 02:35:00 AM »
when you post a picture be sure a hit enter and put the picture on a line by it's self. After posting the picture hit enter again be for typing.


With in the past 5 minutes I set an E-mail to Ken at Fox asking for an explanation.
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #66 on: December 17, 2009, 02:47:56 AM »
And here is the response I just got from Ken at Fox

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Doug,

 

That is a carbon forged ball – They have the 2 little flat spots on each end. These are the most common types of balls when in the range of over 1 ¼”.

 

The 42.8 mm Balls we are producing will be perfectly round.

 

Regards,

 

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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #67 on: December 17, 2009, 03:50:15 AM »
that pic must have shook you up a bit DD.
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #68 on: December 17, 2009, 03:55:21 AM »
Quote from: carronader on December 17, 2009, 03:50:15 AM
that pic must have shook you up a bit DD.

Yes, it sure did!!!
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #69 on: December 17, 2009, 03:14:38 PM »
I called Ken after you emailed him this morning, asked a couple questions and he was gonna call me back with the answers.......No call back today.  Maybe I will call him again in the morning
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #70 on: December 21, 2009, 12:21:41 PM »
Well got the barrel to the machine shop and the hole down the middle is egg shaped and to true it it would need to be bigger than the 1.6" bore for the 1.55 ball :(.  So it looks like i might be back to the 1.723 bore.  If its not one thing it's another!!!
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #71 on: December 21, 2009, 04:33:18 PM »
Fox has many ball sizes; see if they have one between 1.5 and 1.72.
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Re: Golf Ball Cannon---NOW A 1.5" Bore CANNON
« Reply #72 on: December 21, 2009, 08:35:09 PM »
Quote from: 405winchester on December 21, 2009, 12:21:41 PM
Well got the barrel to the machine shop and the hole down the middle is egg shaped and to true it it would need to be bigger than the 1.6" bore for the 1.55 ball :(.  So it looks like i might be back to the 1.723 bore.  If its not one thing it's another!!!

 I'd go with that if I were you. Fox is going to produce nice steel golf balls for us at a good price.

 Besides, cannons are like cars in a way; you get one with 200 horsepower, and after a while you want 300.  :)
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