-VENDOR- Open - Numbski's Balls (Updated 11/9/2008, joystick tops)

[Numbski]

Sorry for the sudden silence.  This thing called "real life" kinda got the best of me...

anyhoo.  I have all balls in stock, but my jig is torn up.  I have (literally) 40 new jigs coming in the mail.  I had 1 jig before - so I should be able to ramp up production pretty good now.

More pictures as they become available.  Rule of thumb - $15/ball top, I can ship up to 4 in a flat rate envelope, and shipping is $4.68.

[Kaytrim]

If I were to send you some square wooden blocks could you round them off and drill for the inserts?  Or would I have to send you the hardwood balls?  I am looking for cherry, walnut and a few other hardwoods.

TTFN

Kaytrim's Kustoms

[metahacker]

can you post more pics of your balltops to this thread.... to convert us distant speculators into obsessive lustful soon-to-be customers ?

[Havok]

can you post more pics of your balltops to this thread.... to convert us distant speculators into obsessive lustful soon-to-be customers ?

Check out pages 5 - 8 to get a good look at his balls...

(That sure could get taken out of context!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/numbski/page5/

[lowlifefalcon]

are these still available anywhere? the ebay store is dead...

[Hellfromabove]

These still available? Still very interested. I wonder if you make any custom ones also. Something where I could give you a very small action figure and you could encase it in a 30mm ball then make that a ball top.

-Tha Hindu

[Numbski]

I.....vanished.  It's been a very rough year.  I haven't messed with my glass rig in as long.  I'm trying to get rolling again.  As soon as I have stuff available, I'll post again.

[Numbski]

Okay, here's the story.  I have 100 color glass balls sitting here staring at me, along with 50 black "torpedos" and 50 clear glass.  They all have an iridescent finish, except the metallics.  My old jig is still torn up, I had someone make me new ones, but they were made wrong.

 

So - I have the pieces to make 2 new jigs, and presuming I get a decent process down for those, I'll make 10 more, and then my wife and I can spend any evening watching tv, taping my balls up and putting them in a jig.

I can then drill them, take pictures, put them up on the intarweb for you guys to buy.  I just can't seem to keep a job long enough to feel okay with the time and money investment.  I have the supplies (aside from for the rest of the jigs), so it comes down to time.

Since my store is down, pricing is typically $15 per ball top, and I ship in a flat-rate envelope, can hold 4 glass tops, possibly 6.  Since Luigi is selling stainless steel shafts with LED's, I have 4 on order from him - depending upon how much deeper the hole needs to be ground out to accomodate the LED, I may make them all LED-compatible from now on.  Don't kid yourself - you WILL NOT be able to drill these deeper yourself.  Trust me on this one - if I had a Flickr Pro account, you'd see how much trouble I went to in order to be able to drill balls AT ALL.

So - that's my status.  I have stainless shafts coming in, and I'm hoping to ramp up production a bit (again).

Numbski

[Numbski]

Currently Available:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/numbski/archives/date-posted/2008/11/09/

2 x Clear w/ iridescent finish
2 x Black Glass with metallic finish
1 x Green (Emerald) with iridescent finish

$15/each, $4.75 flat rate shipping, can ship 4 in one envelope, so 4 balls would be $64.75 shipped.

I won't be ordering any stones until I get some sort of confirmation that anyone is willing to spend $35 on a stone ball top. I have to order them in quantities of 12 or more, so ordering that many makes no sense unless I have potential buyers.