Graaille
11-28-2009, 01:20 AM
A quick question or two- I've heard that you can duplicate a thumbhole w/tape already in it so that it's exactly the same as the ball it's made from.
1. Most of the thumbholes I see that are cut out of a slug have a void underneath that looks like the casting material would flow down into that void and set up. Problem is that the void underneath the slug is the diameter of the slug, and smaller than the thumbhole that it's supposed to come out of. How do you extract the cast with that 'plug' on the end?
2. Related to #1 - my thumb is basically 75% knuckle, 25% meat. As such my best fitting ball was drilled to accomodate my knuckle, and I then took an old Vise fingertip grip and cut out the back third of it and glued it into the back of my thumbhole, and the covered it w/Frankentape. (Basically makeing a severe oval that won't allow me to knuckle the ball). Given that the grip doesn't go but 1-1/4" into the thumbhole, could a cast be made (and successfully extracted) to duplicate that feel. I know it won't be exact since the Vice grip material does have a small bit of cushioning to it, but at least close would be great.
1. Most of the thumbholes I see that are cut out of a slug have a void underneath that looks like the casting material would flow down into that void and set up. Problem is that the void underneath the slug is the diameter of the slug, and smaller than the thumbhole that it's supposed to come out of. How do you extract the cast with that 'plug' on the end?
2. Related to #1 - my thumb is basically 75% knuckle, 25% meat. As such my best fitting ball was drilled to accomodate my knuckle, and I then took an old Vise fingertip grip and cut out the back third of it and glued it into the back of my thumbhole, and the covered it w/Frankentape. (Basically makeing a severe oval that won't allow me to knuckle the ball). Given that the grip doesn't go but 1-1/4" into the thumbhole, could a cast be made (and successfully extracted) to duplicate that feel. I know it won't be exact since the Vice grip material does have a small bit of cushioning to it, but at least close would be great.