Cutting Golf Balls

[Larry Bev]

Method to cut golf balls.I drilled 1 5/8 hole in wood to mark center line. took blade out of tubing cutter sharpened it with diamond point in dremel and honed it on buffer.Line ball up in cutter place it in corner of wood vise, tighten cutter enough to start the cut, make half a round turn ball back half round turn cutter to start point, then tighten cutter deep enough to cut through cover tighten vise on ball enough to hold it. you can hear it crack when cover separates.some times you can lift cover off and at other times you will need to use screw driver.
Larry

[Larry Bev]

Three more shots.

[Merle Rice]

Hi Larry, Dumb Question. Now what do you do with the parts remaining? Do you carve them or what? That is a clever idea of taking the cover of a Golf Ball, but again why? Sorry I'm just Dumb, but interested. Merle

[Larry Bev]

Merle from what i have seen on this site you are the extreme opposite of dumb.
Some of us carve faces in them just for fun.I have some posted in the caricature
gallery.Gene has a video on carving them, that is how i got started on them.
Larry

[doggylv]

You need to go to Dale Kirkpatrick site to see some carved golf balls.

Carved Golf Balls - a set on Flickr

[Larry Bev]

doggylv You are right that is one amazing site.
Larry

[carver33]

Larry,

Neat idea and method - thanks for sharing.

[Dougie]

Thanks for sharing Larry.
Doug

[Wildbirdcarver]

Hey Larry, thanks for posting about carving golf balls. Very clear on how to prepare them for carving. My question is there a difference in different kind of golf ball centers? If there is one kind that doesn't carve well or others that carve very well can you tell from the brand or cover of the golf ball? DM

[Nomad]

Tom Rhodes, in his book "Golf Ball Carving Unlimited" there are over 15 pages that list a variety of charasteristics of different golf ball models, from ease of cover removal to color and how easily they are carved.