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Any interest in custom stainless steel wico sticks.

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ChadTower:

Afraid they don't ground properly?   :laugh2:

C'mon, man, barely any amps going through a CP.  Touch it.

SodaPopinksi:

--- Quote ---I thought it was more of a hard acrylic myself, but you are probably right. I have a fiberoptic ball at home, I'll mess with it tonight to non-destructively test its durability.

--- End quote ---

All I have to go by are a few sites I found with them, some with the exact same picture you posted, most sites say nothing but a few said glass with fiber optic strands running through it. Found another saying its "Ulexite"... so I dunno. They would make very cool balltops if possible!

VESUVIUS:
Hello,

I'm not sure if you could use a fiber optic sphere on one of these. One, I think it is made of glass and I don't have a way to drill it. Two, from the description it seems like light passes through the sphere. So even if I were able to mount it on a shaft the, the shaft itself may change the optic quality. I suppose I could place a small flange or pedestal on top of a shaft and epoxy the sphere on top, but I don't know how that would hold up to the rigors of game play.

Anyway the price for the standard stick with a polished 303 or 316 stainless steel shaft (no rusting) with a polyester balltop will be $20 per stick or $35 for a pair plus shipping. Now for those of you who think that this is too expensive please consider a few things. Firstly the material cost as I am not a factory dealing in bulk is about 7 dollars per stick. Secondly the time involved to make one stick is about 2.5 to 3.5 hours. So you can see that I'm working here for less than minimum wage plus I have power and bandaid costs to consider. I'm not trying to make a living at this or get rich but I have to cover the cost of the hobby. So I think it is a good deal considering it is a custom piece, and not readily available from any major manufacture.

My main plan here since I mainly do this on the weekends is to make these as time permits and sell them on ebay. However I wanted to get some feedback from you guys and let you know that I was part of this message board and was willing to take special requests as time permits.

Remember I can do more than just Wico size sticks so you can ask about others, but you have to have accurate dimensions for me to build any thing. The web site I buy the polyester pearl rod from is masecraft.com so check it out for the colors I am currently using.

Thanks for you interest, I plan on making a few more variations and posting picture later in the week so check back if interested

XtraSmiley:
At those prices I would take one red one for now that would fit into a Wico base.  Also, I think prefer the larger balltop.

SodaPopinksi:
I wanted to show off the awesome balltops and 360 brass Wico shaft VESUVIUS created for me. If I didn't know any better I'd swear the balltops came straight from Sanwa, they are perfect right down to the little flat area around the thread. The Wico shaft is also perfect and its the taller variety for wood cp's. The top of it is threaded to accept Sanwa/Seimitsu balltops as well! The second pic shows the shaft in a NOS Wico 4 way I managed to get on eBay with an Antique Green balltop he also made. The third is with a purple LB39 bubble top. I'm extremely happy with the results, VESUVIUS does amazing work  :cheers:





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