Full Version: My Crafty Husband
From: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#1]
7 Jan 2006
To: ALL
After having my laser for over a year my husband FINALLY decided to take some interest and play around with it. Sort of. Attached is his creation which was entirely his idea, I just did the lasering for him.
He had a photo of a golf trip he took with his buddies so we got a shadowbox deep enough to hold half a golf ball (which he cut in half with a hand saw.) I lasered the logo on the back matboard, cut out the "2005" in coordinating matboard, lasered his friend's first name on the golf ball (color filled with black shoe polish) and his last name down the tee). He glued the pieces together and the fake grass on the bottom and VOILA! As much as he loved it, he gave it to his friend for a housewarming gift. Now he wants his own!
I must admit I am pretty impressed. It was the first, and I'm sure the last, time my husband begged me to go to the craft store! :)
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2]
7 Jan 2006
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#1] 7 Jan 2006
Laura,
Lovin' it! :-)
Don't let word get out, or people will want you to do the same for Hole-In-One awards.
Of course, I'm kidding. I would encourage you to shop the concept around to your local Country Clubs and higher-end public courses.
When I worked at a trophy store in the Hollywood, CA area, we did a steady stream of Hole-In-One awards for Lakeside Golf Club, home course for many celebrities.
I'll tell ya what - In comparison to your item, our plaques were flat-out mundane.
EDITED: 7 Jan 2006 by DGL
From: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#3]
7 Jan 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#2] 7 Jan 2006
Glad you liked it!
Looks like I'll have to make a couple more...one for show and one for my husband (his commission) :P
From: UncleSteve [#4]
7 Jan 2006
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#1] 8 Jan 2006
EDITED: 7 Jan 2006 by UNCLESTEVE
From: BrianC (INKSQUIRTER) [#5]
7 Jan 2006
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#1] 8 Jan 2006
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#6]
7 Jan 2006
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#1] 8 Jan 2006
Laura,
WAAYYYYY Cool. Very impressive.
Question though, how did he cut the golf ball in half without it going "boinnnnngggg" ? Aren't golf balls filled with rubber band like things?
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#7]
8 Jan 2006
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#6] 8 Jan 2006
Chuck,
Now that you have stirred up an old subject of mine, here is an explanation of where golf balls are at in the golf world today. There is a great deal of marketing hype with golf balls, but it is a bit ridiculous when the U.S.G.A. puts distance limits on golf balls used in competition.
While wound golf balls are still the cat's meow with the better players, there are other popular options with golfers depending on their swing tendencies and shot results. The four options for golf ball construction these days are wound golf balls, 2-piece, 3-piece and 4-piece.
Wound balls are balls whose core (liquid or solid) has been wound around with a rubber thread. On a 2-piece ball there is a resin-like core with a more durable cover. 3-piece balls (aka a multi-layer balls) are usually made of a large synthetic core, a thin mantel and a coat. For optimised weight centering some manufacturers use Tungsten-weights in the center of the synthetic core. 4-piece balls (also a multi-layer ball) have a small inner core surrounded by the actual core which we already know from the 3-piece balls. This inner core is surrounded by a thin inner mantel which transmits the relevant distance characteristics from the coat to the core and is thus responsible for that special feel players used to get from the softer, less durable, Balata cover.
Enough for today's lesson on golf balls. :-)
EDITED: 8 Jan 2006 by DATAKES
From: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#8]
8 Jan 2006
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#6] 8 Jan 2006
EXACTLY what I was worried about Chuck! Guess Tyson (my husband), like David Takes, knows much more about golf balls than I do.
He did a great job too, very nice clean cut. As we've discussed on previous posts lasering a golf ball isn't the easiest or nicest looking thing but practice makes um, maybe not perfect, but better. :)
From: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#9]
8 Jan 2006
To: BrianC (INKSQUIRTER) [#5] 8 Jan 2006
From: BrianC (INKSQUIRTER) [#10]
8 Jan 2006
To: Laura (ELLEMD628) [#9] 8 Jan 2006