Brunswick Corporation right here in my town. Huge operation, with many employees. Just like our factories, including the foundry my dad worked at, which was at one time the largest gray iron factory in the entire world. Cambell, Wyant, and Cannon, was huge, with plants all over the city, a line of cars from every small town around going there in the morning. Now there is nothing but one small plant making a tiny amount of castings for the automotive industry. The Cannon from that company had 2 sons, who started a sand company, and a steel melting shop to test the sands they made. One brother kept the sand company and the other took the steel making business. I hired into the steel making business in 1978. Called Cannon-Muskegon, we made steel for the investment cast business, and also for the aerospace industry inside of vacuum furnaces. The sand company is now a huge lake, being developed into expensive condos. The steel company is huge in the industry, we made metal for all of the major gun companies, for Mercury Marine outboards, Rolls Royce jet engines, etc. They are now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, of Warren Buffet fame. They are one of the very few industries left in Muskegon. It is now considered to be a tourist town. The owners of the tourist attractions get rich, and the workers struggle to make a living. Although the fast food joints pay 15$ an hour, just like the liberals cried for, before Covid. Strange how that worked out.
This was fascinating. I would like to learn more about the center component and how that was designed - it seemed very irregularly shaped and I would not have guessed it was the core of the ball.
The core is irregular so the center of gravity can be manipulated. A ball goes through “precession” when rolled properly. This makes the core work for you and helps the ball rotate and hit with more force. The ball driller will position the CG depending on whether you want the ball to snap or arc.
I know that bowling ball.
ReplyDeleteI saw "Balls" in the title and reminded me when my GF would play with mine. Good Times!
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Nice. Flashback to my childhood.
ReplyDeleteMerca use to make those. Ahhhhhh
Merca used to make a lot of things. Not so much anymore.
DeleteBrunswick Corporation right here in my town. Huge operation, with many employees. Just like our factories, including the foundry my dad worked at, which was at one time the largest gray iron factory in the entire world. Cambell, Wyant, and Cannon, was huge, with plants all over the city, a line of cars from every small town around going there in the morning. Now there is nothing but one small plant making a tiny amount of castings for the automotive industry.
DeleteThe Cannon from that company had 2 sons, who started a sand company, and a steel melting shop to test the sands they made. One brother kept the sand company and the other took the steel making business. I hired into the steel making business in 1978. Called Cannon-Muskegon, we made steel for the investment cast business, and also for the aerospace industry inside of vacuum furnaces. The sand company is now a huge lake, being developed into expensive condos. The steel company is huge in the industry, we made metal for all of the major gun companies, for Mercury Marine outboards, Rolls Royce jet engines, etc. They are now owned by Berkshire Hathaway, of Warren Buffet fame.
They are one of the very few industries left in Muskegon. It is now considered to be a tourist town. The owners of the tourist attractions get rich, and the workers struggle to make a living. Although the fast food joints pay 15$ an hour, just like the liberals cried for, before Covid. Strange how that worked out.
The one we dropped out of the airplane from 2000' was cork in the center. Basic black lane ball. It took 3 drops onto concrete to break it.
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At least one company still making them in America:
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Fascinating
ReplyDeleteThis was fascinating. I would like to learn more about the center component and how that was designed - it seemed very irregularly shaped and I would not have guessed it was the core of the ball.
ReplyDeleteThe core is irregular so the center of gravity can be manipulated.
DeleteA ball goes through “precession” when rolled properly. This makes the core work for you and helps the ball rotate and hit with more force.
The ball driller will position the CG depending on whether you want the ball to snap or arc.