Cutting a golf ball in half - GIF

**Altair** · Oct 12, 2022, 01:56 PM

Cutting a golf ball in half.

Previously:

Golf hole water extraction tool - GIF
Changing golf course holes - video
Handsfree golf ball picker-upper - GIF
Golf hole cutter/filler - GIF
Dragging dew off a golf course fairway - GIF

**IntheGroove** · Oct 12, 2022, 07:09 PM

I took apart a golf ball when I was a kid. Just a long thin rubber band...

**astroscuba** · Oct 12, 2022, 07:55 PM

I did also but the center ball was liquid filled. Probably around 1970. No idea at the time what the liquid was.

**Bony** · Oct 13, 2022, 05:17 AM

Latex is the liquid.

**astroscuba** · Oct 13, 2022, 08:41 AM

Thats interesting. Thought it could have been silicone. Wonder if liquid filled are still used? I don't ever recall any advertisments claiming this on a package of balls.

**Bony** · Oct 14, 2022, 01:43 AM

No, they're all solid plastic now. I use them a lot for tool and machinery handles. There's a thread of mine somewhere all about their use, so good to use and very cheap for what they are.
If you use one as a handle end turn the hole in a lathe for centering and drill 2mm undersize and simply wack on.

**astroscuba** · Oct 14, 2022, 06:37 AM

Which iron do you prefer to whack it on with? I would probably use my pitching wedge but perhaps a driver would give it more travel? Thanks for that info and happy Friday!