So about the mold: it's called the Hook Again Chamber. It was made by Ebonite and they had some sort of cleaner along with it, you would basically soak your ball in the solution to make it hook more. Randomly saw some for sale on facebook and I just had to snag one and get it to you. But it really sucks it didn't work out they way we were thinking it would. Hoping for one day a method to come to you so you can make all the craziest homemade balls of your dreams!
So, as an artist who does projects that require the pouring of glue, floetrol, and resin, the bubbles are formed from the pour, to elimate them, try to pour slower, as well as you can use a butane torch (i use a creme brulee torch) to pop them and get rid of them!
Getting closer! I don't think there'd have been any fix for the flat spot regarding not being a risk in the ball return, but it'd probably be good to surface future balls before you lay them out. That way if there's imperfections like that you could have drilled to (attempt to) not track over them. Something like a Cook Sphere for surfacing would also probably be worthwhile, but I do think you'll need to keep searching for a totally spherical mold. I love these videos though, I'll be super excited to see you eventually cast a real core to use in one of these as well.
Thank you Brandon and Forrest. Glad that you told us what it weighted. The mold looks like the ones that Bowling Ball manufactures use, but they machine the ball afterwards to make it round, so you just need to find a CNC machine to do that. 😂😂😂😂😂. 220 as always another fun video to watch. Ken
You should try this again. But your first step is to find someone who can lathe or sand the ball completely round. Next please put a core in it Also mix all your resin and pour 1 time. And if your pro shop has a determinator. That will help you with laying out the ball the best way possible.
Maybe scuff up the inside of the mold and use some silicone to get an exactly* round insert that to make the next ball? Brandon absolutely made the video!
People would use acetone or paint thinner in that mold thus making the outer Shell of the ball softer this letting your soaked ball hook 10 times more.
That's definitely an option. Another one is what's called Deep Pour resin. It's designed to cure slowly so that the bubbles have plenty of time to rise out. It works surprisingly well. Just takes longer to cure.
Im really glad he gave us credit in the "we made 3 bowling balls" i feel like I put in a lot of effort on this endeavor so far and im just glad to feel seen
Pro tip for you. When you try this again, put the ball on the ball spinner with the seam spinning as an axis. Use a razor blade to scrape off the ridge by lightly shaving it as it spins. Should get rid of that noise and the hops. Also, if your pro shop has a Hause Resurface machine, use that to get it right. Hope this helps.
Dude, get something that fits in the top of the hole of the mold to mix with. You literally have a measuring device with the mold. Clamp it all together, put half and half, add coloring, mix, and top off. Final mix, let it sit.
Brandon looks a lot like a guy I went to the University of South Carolina with who was in the Carolina Band and I think he was also a Music Ed. major like me. I can't remember his name because my memory sucks, but I feel like it might have been Brandon. I'm probably totally wrong but just thought I would check to make sure it wasn't him, because that would be kind of a crazy coincidence.
"I know you've been here 5 minutes, but I bee here over 2 hours"....LMAO MIKE>..you're hilarious....hope one day you get this to really work and start your 220 line of balls.
I dont care if i am 2nd, 3rd or what-the-heck-ever! I just sincerely want to say that, I love your videos, my man! Always brings me joy and replenish my need to grab a ball and hook it to the pins because i am busy most of the time lately and can't just go to a bowling alley and play a few rounds. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS!
the only thing coming to my mind with that groove is that you need to cut the surface down a little and not just trying to do it with surface pads, iirc even the ball manufacturers do it that way, tho where to get a tool like that is another question
Nicely done Deca. That ball mould looks cleaner than mine. The ridge is a problem I encountered as well, and found that pouring past the seam in one pour helps a lot. I actually use cut down gallon jugs as mix containers. Think windshield washer fluid bottles.
I sort of followed 220s route. Except mine I placed 2 layers of wax paper roughly 3/4 up, and in the bottom I had a brake parts cleaner cap holding the ball in place, screwed to plywood. Solved the flat spot problem, but I have 2 extensions that have to be removed when the curing is done. I was trying to make a clear dragon ball bowling ball. Got the stars figured out so they're actually functional weight blocks, but can't find a urethane or resin mix that looks even slightly correct. They just end up looking like tangerines or with the quick set urethane they're just too bubble ridden. Then it got really cold up here in the northeast US, so I haven't even tried for the last 2 months. My barn isn't heated.
@drg19841 yeah that was basically what I was thinking of doing. I don't know what exactly manufacturers are using to make completely clear covers, I have to assume it's a kind of resin that needs some machine assistance and not so much one that you can mix by hand. Would need to find someone to spill the beans on how they do it.
I would be concerned about causing lane damage with all these balls not being completely finished and round. Need to give them some time on a HAUS before bowling to try and make sure they are as round as possible.
You picked like the worst possible way to mix the resin and fill the mold... In the future, just pour directly into the mold. Use a funnel. Mix in the mold, including the color so swirls will be consistent across the entire ball.
So was the ball getting stuck because it's not completely smooth or is it cause the ball is misshapen? Making your own bowling balls is one of the most awesome things I've seen since watching bowling on RUclips. Keep the videos coming.
you should send a message to one of the resin channels(evan and katelyn is the first one that comes to mind, they seem to love doing wacky resin things)and see if they have any ideas on how to get this to work. in your attempts it feels like youre sooo close, need to workshop this
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he deserves more those pinsetters can be quite dangerous!
I agree
@@220avgthe plastic ball mold is a bowling ball mold to make ur own. 😂
That’s awesome.
Michael is the most creative human I’ve ever met. These science experiments bring me back to elementary school times. Love it!
Love it we need those consistent league videos with you guys 💪🏻
You owe Mike a few more slaps since he acts like a brat on league night videos 😂👍
So about the mold: it's called the Hook Again Chamber. It was made by Ebonite and they had some sort of cleaner along with it, you would basically soak your ball in the solution to make it hook more. Randomly saw some for sale on facebook and I just had to snag one and get it to you. But it really sucks it didn't work out they way we were thinking it would.
Hoping for one day a method to come to you so you can make all the craziest homemade balls of your dreams!
Thanks again for being on the lookout! Decadude #1
Nicely spotted! I'll keep my eye out for one as well. Maybe once the northeast gets back above freezing I can continue with my project
I mean, 220 should def do a before and after on the hook again and see if it actually improves hook on a ball!
@@Samuel-xs2yv I'm pretty it was just acetone that made the cover softer.
This is actually the mold the bowling ball companies use to pour new balls
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Thanks Brandon and 220! awesome vid , always looking forward to these
Man that’s huge! Thanks so much Sam
Brandon is a real one, Forrest gets a homemade steak
Thanks!
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Thanks for the thanks!
19:48
5-7-10 2 lanes over from you 😂😂
Thanks Brandon!
legend
Bedankt
So, as an artist who does projects that require the pouring of glue, floetrol, and resin, the bubbles are formed from the pour, to elimate them, try to pour slower, as well as you can use a butane torch (i use a creme brulee torch) to pop them and get rid of them!
There is no access to the surface for the torch method. Vacuum chamber the resin before pouring would be better.
Honestly this was the greatest of all your videos.
Getting closer! I don't think there'd have been any fix for the flat spot regarding not being a risk in the ball return, but it'd probably be good to surface future balls before you lay them out. That way if there's imperfections like that you could have drilled to (attempt to) not track over them. Something like a Cook Sphere for surfacing would also probably be worthwhile, but I do think you'll need to keep searching for a totally spherical mold. I love these videos though, I'll be super excited to see you eventually cast a real core to use in one of these as well.
Thank you Brandon and Forrest. Glad that you told us what it weighted. The mold looks like the ones that Bowling Ball manufactures use, but they machine the ball afterwards to make it round, so you just need to find a CNC machine to do that. 😂😂😂😂😂. 220 as always another fun video to watch. Ken
You should try this again. But your first step is to find someone who can lathe or sand the ball completely round.
Next please put a core in it
Also mix all your resin and pour 1 time.
And if your pro shop has a determinator. That will help you with laying out the ball the best way possible.
Maybe scuff up the inside of the mold and use some silicone to get an exactly* round insert that to make the next ball?
Brandon absolutely made the video!
Nothing hits like a dumbbell 💪
Put a dumbbell core in the next ball
Also, I used to work at a bowling alley. Those allies I worked at didn't have enough room for someone to grab a ball like that.
That Jolly Rancher Watermelon C4 is amazing! Oh and ty for the amazing content as always
LETS GO BRANDON AND DELTA BOWL
Love the 5-7-10, that was awesome
Hell yes! These homemade ball videos are the best! I look forward to more now that you have the mold
People would use acetone or paint thinner in that mold thus making the outer Shell of the ball softer this letting your soaked ball hook 10 times more.
to deal with the bubbles you need to have a pressure chamber that will pull the air out while the resin cures.
That's definitely an option. Another one is what's called Deep Pour resin. It's designed to cure slowly so that the bubbles have plenty of time to rise out. It works surprisingly well. Just takes longer to cure.
5-7-10 split at 20 minute mark the lane beside him that’s hard to do
“What ball is that you’re using?”
“I made it at home earlier today”
Im really glad he gave us credit in the "we made 3 bowling balls" i feel like I put in a lot of effort on this endeavor so far and im just glad to feel seen
Pro tip for you. When you try this again, put the ball on the ball spinner with the seam spinning as an axis. Use a razor blade to scrape off the ridge by lightly shaving it as it spins. Should get rid of that noise and the hops. Also, if your pro shop has a Hause Resurface machine, use that to get it right. Hope this helps.
Dude left a 5-7-10 on lane 34 around 20 minutes. That was skill.
Michael - “we have a very suspect thing protruding from the ball” .. my brain “congratulations it’s a boy” 😂
Missed up on the ball! didn't design a core for the ball! coreless bowling ball! wounder if it gonna hook lol
It did hook, surprisingly more than the rock core from what it seemed.
Need to rig up a vibration table and preferably a vacuum pot to eliminate bubbles.
I would love to see a video of you using the OG 1990 Fab 16lb Blue Hammer Urethane ball. It is the GREATEST ball ever made imo 💯
That color looks so close to the NU Blue
Dude, get something that fits in the top of the hole of the mold to mix with. You literally have a measuring device with the mold. Clamp it all together, put half and half, add coloring, mix, and top off. Final mix, let it sit.
Could you shave the ball molding around the center to create more of a circle?
Brandon looks a lot like a guy I went to the University of South Carolina with who was in the Carolina Band and I think he was also a Music Ed. major like me. I can't remember his name because my memory sucks, but I feel like it might have been Brandon. I'm probably totally wrong but just thought I would check to make sure it wasn't him, because that would be kind of a crazy coincidence.
We need to send Michael one of those vibrating machines that helps you shake all the bubbles out of pours. You would get the smoothest finish that way
You also need a vacuum chamber for the resin to eliminate bubbles.
"I know you've been here 5 minutes, but I bee here over 2 hours"....LMAO MIKE>..you're hilarious....hope one day you get this to really work and start your 220 line of balls.
I dont care if i am 2nd, 3rd or what-the-heck-ever! I just sincerely want to say that, I love your videos, my man!
Always brings me joy and replenish my need to grab a ball and hook it to the pins because i am busy most of the time lately and can't just go to a bowling alley and play a few rounds.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS!
You win the 3rd trophy 🥉 anyway but thank you sir 🥹
@220avg Holy-shootin'-balls! 😳
Sorry, my first time ever being replied by an AWESOME MAN such as you, my good sir! ❤
I loved this. nexdt time put a 3D printed core in there or something lol
I can't be the only one thinking we need a 220 + Evan and Katelyn collab for making resin bowling balls
What's their channel?
@@decadude8968 ruclips.net/user/evanandkatelyn they do a ton of resin and DIY stuff.
Need to find a lathe or one of those automatic sanders maybe to get that ridge right. I like this series so far. Hopefully 5 is a success
19:49 that guy that 5-7-10 must have been so mad 😂
the only thing coming to my mind with that groove is that you need to cut the surface down a little and not just trying to do it with surface pads, iirc even the ball manufacturers do it that way, tho where to get a tool like that is another question
Thanks Brandon. Forrest with the assist. ❤🔥
Not gonna lie that storm joke had me rolling 😂😂😂😂
19:50 sour apple sighting lol
one more thing you should make a bowling ball with random items like cans cardboard and maby leaves or grass
hope u like it
mixing the blue into the resin looks like a scene from breaking bad
19:51 RIP the dude who sour apple's on 34 lmao
Strange how that is called the sour apple now. If you watch PBA shows from the 80's, they call just the 5-7 a sour apple.
He needs to put a core into it
Nicely done Deca. That ball mould looks cleaner than mine. The ridge is a problem I encountered as well, and found that pouring past the seam in one pour helps a lot. I actually use cut down gallon jugs as mix containers. Think windshield washer fluid bottles.
You have your own mold? Can you tell me about it? I'm all ears lol
I sort of followed 220s route. Except mine I placed 2 layers of wax paper roughly 3/4 up, and in the bottom I had a brake parts cleaner cap holding the ball in place, screwed to plywood. Solved the flat spot problem, but I have 2 extensions that have to be removed when the curing is done. I was trying to make a clear dragon ball bowling ball. Got the stars figured out so they're actually functional weight blocks, but can't find a urethane or resin mix that looks even slightly correct. They just end up looking like tangerines or with the quick set urethane they're just too bubble ridden. Then it got really cold up here in the northeast US, so I haven't even tried for the last 2 months. My barn isn't heated.
@drg19841 yeah that was basically what I was thinking of doing. I don't know what exactly manufacturers are using to make completely clear covers, I have to assume it's a kind of resin that needs some machine assistance and not so much one that you can mix by hand. Would need to find someone to spill the beans on how they do it.
Mike this was dope.
When storm offers you a gig make sure to decline and tell them you’re waiting for Brunswick
This is absolutely amazing that's my home bowling alley, I have a league there tonight!
I would be concerned about causing lane damage with all these balls not being completely finished and round. Need to give them some time on a HAUS before bowling to try and make sure they are as round as possible.
I mean to me it didn't sound much worse than a ball rolling over it's thumbhole. The first homemade ball he made was worse.
@ this comment is about all of the home made balls. Should have put it through a haus machine as well.
Guy to your left had a Lilly 😅
You picked like the worst possible way to mix the resin and fill the mold...
In the future, just pour directly into the mold. Use a funnel. Mix in the mold, including the color so swirls will be consistent across the entire ball.
I almost wrote an angry comment asking why we don’t weigh our homemade bowling balls anymore. Good thing I watched til the end.
13:33 Good thing Forrest is friendly, he's flagged for PvP.
Underrated comment.
@TheZotmeister my nerd is showing... But 220 literally has Frostmourne hanging up in his house.
I love when fellow wow nerds see the little subtle references 😂
@220avg oh yeah... dedicated too much time to the game to let stuff like that slip by unnoticed 😂
I had over a year /played on my main and I had like 10 chars at max level lol
Lily on lane 34, I repeat Lily on lane 34. That is all, thank u lol
The color of the ball looks pretty cool and hits surprisingly well for just 13 pounds
Needed to second fill the imperfections than sand smooth.
Also need more cat!
And safety precautions such as gloves and safety googles???
The ball surface is doing all the heavy lifting.
Cool video talk tech bowling ball homemade bowling ball Michael
“You should always use protection”
-220 Average 2025
Hammer Called-- They Want Their Ball Back!
I was literally just thinking it looked like a hammer NU then saw this 😂😂😂
I would put it on a resurfacer with 80 grit pads to round the ball back
14:14 I pray that every league out has a guy that sounds like this. I've got mine, he goes by Moonshine Rob
So was the ball getting stuck because it's not completely smooth or is it cause the ball is misshapen? Making your own bowling balls is one of the most awesome things I've seen since watching bowling on RUclips. Keep the videos coming.
you should make a ball with a candle pin ball and another is diffrent pins 😎🎳🎳🎳
hope u like it
5:56 goddamnit beat me to the punch
You should take the core from a different ball and put it in a homemade one!
Did anyone notice the guy leave the 5-7-10 on the next pair 😂
any thoughts on when you might sell more invisible balls, sir?
8:43 christmas tree ornament!
Lilly sighting
Pressure pot and those air bubbles won’t be there
I think it would be cool if you had Forrest do a homemade ball challenge with you .
Major assist from Forrest and the staff owe them a pizza or something
Maybe get something to vibrate the mold after you poor to help the bubbles surface out
you should send a message to one of the resin channels(evan and katelyn is the first one that comes to mind, they seem to love doing wacky resin things)and see if they have any ideas on how to get this to work. in your attempts it feels like youre sooo close, need to workshop this
i agree!!! michael needs to get in touch with some resin youtubers and brainstorm
That was a crazy lilly in the background
Honestly at 6:00 I had a feeling that would've happened 🤣
I saw that coming a mile off 😂
Make that "that's what she said" into a short😂
W Brandon
Theirs definitely potential with that mould just need to get the rid of the ridge
Just recently watched a bowling ball being made video, they took off a good mm from a similar mold, I think that's why it didn't work.
Make another ball using that mold then take it to a machine shop. Have them put it in a lathe and cut it to the correct size.
better idea for next time you can use a bucket to mix the resein and the hardner all together and pour it into the mold at the same time :))))
How do you harvest a watermelon from underneath a bowling alley? Of course you use a rake!😂
Forest YT : Balls, *competitive style*
220 YT : Balls.... yup balls.
Now put a core in it
Please try zhe 2-hook-ball on the 2025 U.S. Open Pattern #4
Thanks Brandon!
At 19:56 lane 34 left the Dreaded 5-7-10 Lilly!
Almost looks like the Hammer nu. Nice job. How much does it weight?
13.6 pounds, he showed the weight at the end of the video after he bowled.
16:54 I could watch Forrest slap Micheal in the face all day 😂