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Re: Lunacy Game Ball Kits: for sale!
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Originally Posted by teampronto
You are amazing. I hope you know that.
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The parents who pulled-off the "crash" manufacturing effort deserve the credit.
I've attached the assembly instructions, complete with photos of the ball weaving process. Taping the first three strips to the table makes weaving much easier. The first six steps are pretty quick and easy. Weaving in the 5th strip is probably the most error-prone part of the process. We're still looking at alternatives to sewing the ends of the fabric together, but stitching them isn't too difficult if the fabric is gathered near the ends.
A few notes about these Lunacy balls: they are a bit stiffer (10-15% in compression), the fabric is not as cushioned, yet the coefficient of restitution (bounciness) appears to be almost identical to the Orbit ball. One thing for sure, the Lunacy ball is far more durable than the Orbit ball.
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