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I paid $1.00 for a bowling ball at a yard sale once and I think it was $5.00 for one at a used-goods store but all the others I've had (20-30 of them) we obtained for free, by asking nicely. It also didn't hurt to briefly explain what they were going to be used for. I put out the word with friends a...

One design element with the Guillotine that I wish to change concerns the TA carriage. The current design has a solid carriage 2 trucks, one left and one right for each rail. Each truck carries 4 wheels, in the current configuration at least. 2 problems arise with this arrangement. 1. In the passage...

Much better! Buy more kibble though, this guinea pig ain't done yet. I'm looking for a way to edit/add/remove text from a current picture. Other than adding a comment, I don't yet see a way to do this as the owner. For example, I could delete the main Guillotine picture, then add it again with comme...

Wonderful addition, we all know the value of pictures on a forum of this type! I was able to load up a "Guillotine" picture but the image description is not seen, at least by me. (I even turned off NoScript.) I added text after selecting an image, Submitted, then was presented with yet ano...

More likely a fatted pig. I keep my eyes open for possible materials for at least a small scale version. Something in the 2-5 foot height range for the horizontal rails would be nice. Any smaller then that and I believe the action would be too fast for my naked eye-balls to follow. That and the payl...

A quick look at some of my notes indicates around 2009, for my first drawings. I'll have to dig deeper to find anything prior, not that it really matters I suppose. The drop off the end of the curve is something I thought of has well but quickly gave it up and too much of a stress multiplier and the...

Sorry Matt, I've been away all week. Bowling balls suffer weathering fairly badly, more or less depending on what material is used, plastic, rubber, etc. Keep your bowling balls in a protected area until use. On firm ground, even a smallish rock can chip or crack a BB, even though the impact my driv...

Great! Thanks Matt, just the answer I was looking for.

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Precisely. This is one of the reasons competitions can be rather sporting, one can never be sure of the outcome, despite all the efforts put into designing, building and even testing. I would say that most spectators don't appreciate this particular aspect of the sport but Hurlers sure do! For non-c...