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Re: First FIRST ball launcher?

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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
Prototype ball launching system. Delta bench sander, Porter Cable 361 belt sander, various scrap lumber, and some drywall screws -- VIOLA! Or voila. Something like that. Anyway, the project took two hours.

The belts run at about 4mps, and the ball goes a maximum of about 4 meters. You're going to want to go for the full 12mps max velocity.
Very nice! But, I think the thread title should at least be second FIRST ball launcher*, seeing as how This Post appeared on Sunday...

*for 2006

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