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Thanks for the pictures Craig. Does the device work correctly with the bowed base? IE, are we talking about a user convenience issue, or defective output?
If the product produced by the device is correct and the wobbly base is just a user annoyance, why don’t you go low tech. Place it in a sandbox.
Matt
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Thanks for the pictures Craig. Does the device work correctly with the bowed base?
IE, are we talking about a user convenience issue, or defective output?
If the product produced by the device is correct and the wobbly base is just a user annoyance, why don’t you go low tech. Place it in a sandbox.
a) For dogs that run "slow", a box loader can carefully stand a particular way on the box, such that the wobble doesn't matter.
Obviously, when time is a factor in a competition, speed becomes an issue.
So, simplistically, adding one more thing to thing to do in a frenzy of things to remember to do while competing is not realistic.
Thanks for the pictures Craig. Does the device work correctly with the bowed base? IE, are we talking about a user convenience issue, or defective output?
If the product produced by the device is correct and the wobbly base is just a user annoyance, why don’t you go low tech. Place it in a sandbox.
Ummm… no. Literally “place it in a box of sand”.
Build a box 4” wider than the existing base, 2-4” inches deep, and fill it almost full of sand. Set the flyball contraption in the box of sand an rock it gently until it is level. Play flyball; adjust as needed.
It’s a low cost, low tech solution to get some extra life out of an otherwise worn out flyball contraption. If you’re going to throw a bunch of money at the problem, just build a new flyball contraption out of heavier materials.
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Ummm… no. Literally “place it in a box of sand”.
Build a box 4” wider than the existing base, 2-4” inches deep, and fill it almost full of sand. Set the flyball contraption in the box of sand an rock it gently until it is level. Play flyball; adjust as needed.
It’s a low cost, low tech solution to get some extra life out of an otherwise worn out flyball contraption.
If you’re going to throw a bunch of money at the problem, just build a new flyball contraption out of heavier materials.
Craig,I looked at both some videos of flyball, including a short documentary, looks like fun.
And I did go look at these launchers, which it seems can go for anywhere from $50 to $900!
I can understand why you'd want this to work since it's definitely not a $50 launcher.
* Side note to makers => dang these things can be really over engineered! Take a look at Premier Launcher Construction.
I take it that there is a base (red arrow) re-inforced by the tubes (blue) and then a skid plate (yellow) is attached to the bottom. Is that correct?
Next question assuming that the answer to the last question is "yes/true", is the base bent or is the skid plate bowed?
Given the problem presented in the pictures, I'm guessing that after a lot of use, the launcher now has a pronounced front to back wobble.
Those dogs hit the thing pretty hard.
Sort of puckering it from front to back?