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17-03-2010, 00:25

Karthik

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Re: pic: 1114 hanging around

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Originally Posted by Dan 1038

The kicker is powered by surgical tubing (of course...think 1114 in 2008) with adjustable tension and the ball magnet is a spring loaded assembly with high and low powered rollers, the springs actually push the ball into the floor - without the springs, they pick the ball off the floor (as seen a few time when they got hit while in posession of a ball). Very effective solution!

Dan's description covers most of it. As for the ball magnet, there's only one active roller. The bottom "roller" is actually just a steel bar covered with grip tape.

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