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Samstag:
Here's a link to some [somewhat expensive] white rubber you might want to consider:

http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=3275

Item #86795K77 is probably what you want.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Samstag on January 09, 2005, 11:57:13 am ---Here's a link to some [somewhat expensive] white rubber you might want to consider:

http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=3275

Item #86795K77 is probably what you want.  36x4x1/4" strips.  They're about the same hardness as a car tire.  At $6.60 per foot it might be more than you wanted to spend but would probably be the next best thing to the real rings, and probably cheaper than brand new rings.

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I have a chunk of that material on the floor next to me (left over from a different project).  Nice stuff, but by time you did all the rings you needed you'd be into it for close to $200 and you'd still need to piece it for the larger ones or cut lengthwise from a much larger sheet (even more money)

Like Brad said above, the black is cheaper and might be a better way to go , if you don't mind the black rings.

RandyT
Ixliam:
With the plastic rings, it looks like the problem was with me not using a heat gun to form it, so it was overstressed big time. I will say if you are going to go with plastic rings, go with plastic balls from Happs. They are the same price right now as the wooden ones, and when I weighed them the weight is the same.

Here are the pics of the day...


Yellow plastic cover with clear ball cutout.


I had to trim some on the inside of the wood to get the overhang of the plexi to fit flush down onto the wood, so it didn't have a hump right where the 9th ball window is.


Front cover. The sides will be done either with a custom stainless piece or if possible, original covers.


End of ramp plastic cover.

Brad
Ixliam:

The shelf for the monitor/marque is now in place, along with a back cover. You can see the broken ring here.


Back cover, from the back,


Overall view of ramp. I will be covering this with another thin cork layer and painting the cork.

Brad
Ixliam:
Ring problem solved... I won me a set.



Brad
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