Russian balls for sale on eBay
Le_lemGo
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lemGo
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n8rae
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do you have any pepper filled ones?
Brian Fahs
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Why Salt over Sand?
Brian
Hydrophidian
Sand is generally more fine, which creates more of the russian feel
and less noise.
Salt is more widely available and tends to clump up less while inside
the ball.
I don't like to use racquetteballs though. They still bounce, even
when partially filled. Which is sort of the point of a russian styled
ball. They do make very good number balls though. They won't have the
most perfect russian qualities but, it's a 2.25" soft ball for
numbers, instead of beanbags. I'm only saying this because, the balls
in the auction look like some yellow racquetteballs. If I'm wrong, I'm
sorry for the rant.
-Rico
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Only 75 grams? That seems rather light...
Greg Phillips
> Only 75 grams? That seems rather light...
We'll, they're also only 57mm (2.25") in diameter.... I suspect they're
racquetballs, and mainly intended
for numbers.
Greg
Le_lemGo
Hey Rico.
Thanks for your input. I do not know if they are racquetballs, I bought a
first set at one of these
everything's cheap stores and found them reasonable, so I bought several
more.
They do indeed bounce on a hard surface, but not that much on the ground.
For the salt, I hadn't even considered, what, buying sand? Well, we have
loads of sand here, but it not
really fine, so salt was fine-grained enough to get through the hole in
the ball :)
I like these balls a lot, they are durable compared to other cheap balls I
have tried, so I thought
someone else might also want to get a set :)
Le_lemGo
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Hehe. I can get you some, but they are more expensive :)
Le_lemGo
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> Bekah.Smith wrote:
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> We'll, they're also only 57mm (2.25") in diameter.... I suspect they're
> racquetballs, and mainly intended
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Yes, they are for indeed intended for numbers, though I don't know whether
they are racquetballs (see
my reply to Rico).
Regarding the weight, this is approximately the limit before they lose
their russian effect. The balls I
use weigh only 10g more, but that's enough to kill the russian effect
becaus ethey are so small.
Hope this helps :)
lemGo
Bekah.Smith
Hmm...interesting. I recently made a batch that were 2.25 inches and 125
grams. They feel really good and I don't notice that they've lost any of
their "Russian effect." And I can flash 7 with them (I'm a horrible at
7), so the heavier weights must be good for numbers too.
Anyway, to each their own. :)
Bekah
David Ferman
i use 3.2 inch balls that i made and they each weigh 80 grams
:)
they are amazing though
theyi switched to them a few months ago wen my 7b record was like 100
catches and now its 418 catches so they are definately pretty good
i bought a set from vladik and i used them for a few weeks and then
realized that the ones i made were way better
lol
n8rae
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> I personally use both. Each has their advantages.
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> Sand is generally more fine, which creates more of the russian feel
> and less noise.
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> Salt is more widely available and tends to clump up less while inside
> the ball.
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Can anyone think of a way to use a salt solution, inject it into a ball
and then some how baking the water out, just leaving the salt behind?
this way you could use a ball with no valve but still have grains inside.
just a thought...
nahatn
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Brian Fahs
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> Can anyone think of a way to use a salt solution, inject it into a ball
> and then some how baking the water out, just leaving the salt behind?
> this way you could use a ball with no valve but still have grains inside.
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> just a thought...
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> nahatn
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You wouldn't have grains of salt, you would have one big Cake of salt on the
side/bottom of the ball. Try it. Put a salt solution in a pan and boil off
the water.
One of the things that made the Morton's salt famous was their discovery of
a process that would keep salt in a granular form and not clump up. Hence
their famous slogan "When it Rains, it pours". Previous commercially
available salt would clump up when it got humid.
Brian Fahs
> Hmm...interesting. I recently made a batch that were 2.25 inches and 125
> grams. They feel really good and I don't notice that they've lost any of
> their "Russian effect." And I can flash 7 with them (I'm a horrible at
> 7), so the heavier weights must be good for numbers too.
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> Anyway, to each their own. :)
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> Bekah
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What did you fill them with? I suspect salt is less dense than sand. If you
used sand and he salt, you could have a heavier ball with less material
inside, so get weight + the Russian effect.
Brian
Bekah.Smith
Ahhh! Mine are filled with sand.
rhalf
This is the reason I make 70mm balls. If filled with dust in 30% they
weight 90 grams which is the best for most people. For 75mm it is 110
grams, but people who buy from me mostly order 130g ones
Alan Thompson
No... not 80 grams... you must mean 180 g. 80 g is horribly light for a
3.2 Inch ball. Although I also believe I personally will have to upgrade
from 2.75 inches to 3 inches to break the seven ball minute mark.
Also-Are you joggling in the 5 ball 100 meter at IJA this year? If so,
you better bring your "A Game" if you want to defend that title.
David Ferman
ummm
whats your 5 ball 100 meter time?
ill hav to try it again to c what i can do now
Scott Seltzer
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> > Can anyone think of a way to use a salt solution, inject it into a ball
> > and then some how baking the water out, just leaving the salt behind?
> > this way you could use a ball with no valve but still have grains inside.
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> > nahatn
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> You wouldn't have grains of salt, you would have one big Cake of salt on the
> side/bottom of the ball. Try it. Put a salt solution in a pan and boil off
> the water.
And then juggle with them and drop them and do whatever, and I'm sure that
the cake would shatter to granules.
-Scott
TraxxasJedi
More like big clumps. In any event, this would not be a very efficient
method of putting salt into a ball.