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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2017, 12:13:22 AM »
wondering waht you guys are using fro the actual ball in the middle of the porcupine please
Cheers Boof63 :)

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Porcupine-Fish-Attractor-Pack-Spheres-Only/703738.uts
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2017, 05:36:52 PM »
Here is my hub made out of steel.  25 spokes.
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2017, 07:21:16 PM »
Jimmy that puppy should hold up. So how much to make me three?
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2017, 11:27:56 PM »
Thanks all for the info, will have to see what i can find around the brothers farm scarp bins.
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2017, 05:33:56 PM »
the hard part here was finding pipe that's goes into 3/4 pex.  3/8 gas pipe threaded will screw into pex, I could not find and at home dumpster or blowes. only thing they did have was 3" long nipples. 3 bucks a piece needing 25 well.  I was hoping to find a length and thread my own. What I did find was the right size pipe off an old cloth awning.  Now just need clamps on the ends. All pieces here found laying around at work. My cost 1 hour of labor.   
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2017, 04:53:51 AM »
OK I finally got the balls repaired. The PEX tubing needs 1/2" not 3/8" on my balls. A local machine shop wants $165 per ball to make them out of metal so I hope these will hold up.
Kent Davis
Davis County UT

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2017, 09:04:09 AM »
Congrats on getting your balls repaired.

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2017, 08:39:52 AM »
Congrats on getting your balls repaired.

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2017, 03:09:22 PM »
Kentd what size pex are you using.  3/4 or 1". How are you fastening the pex to the PVC
JimmyG
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2017, 07:13:27 PM »
I'm not sure what size PEX but it needs 1/2" inserted into the Cabella ball with metal clamps on the tubing to hold the PEX onto the 1/2" insert. I know it is larger than 3/4".
Kent Davis
Davis County UT

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2017, 07:27:22 PM »
The 1/2 inch is a lot more common than 3/8 gas pipe. Using 3/4 pex, the bullets and wire just fit going in. After building mine out of 3 inch pipe in the center I think it was over kill. I'll have to see how well 1/2 gas pipe or electrical conduit and 1 inch pex fit. A little math and see how small I can make a few. 
JimmyG
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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2017, 08:32:39 AM »
Congrats on getting your balls repaired.

GROAN and I suppose you are STILL snickering Gil?

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #27 on: April 10, 2017, 06:58:58 PM »
ok so I finely got my porcupine ball together. Did a quick sequence on it and this is what I came up with.   
 The center hub is all steel the PEX tubes are 3/4 x 30 inches long. 25 of them.

 https://youtu.be/zBiIIW2MGv4
JimmyG
Rochester, New York

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #28 on: April 10, 2017, 07:31:49 PM »
ok so I finely got my porcupine ball together. Did a quick sequence on it and this is what I came up with.   
 The center hub is all steel the PEX tubes are 3/4 x 30 inches long. 25 of them.

 https://youtu.be/zBiIIW2MGv4
How did you end up modeling that, as a custom Matrix?

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Re: Cabella Porqupine Balls
« Reply #29 on: April 10, 2017, 07:42:37 PM »
I used 2 models   A spinner and a spinner in a group . effects work differently on a model and a group of a spinner.
JimmyG
Rochester, New York