naked shuttlecock...

***kwun*** · 05-16-2003, 07:46 PM

just found this page:

http://www.racketsupply.com/shuttlecompare.htm

not sure how that is useful. but kinda interesting.

**Chia** · 05-16-2003, 08:07 PM

Have these shuttles been hit a few times or brand new out of the box?

**TOmike** · 05-16-2003, 10:12 PM

nice find kwun.

but wouldn't the quality of the bird cork vary from each of the same species?

maybe they got the one of not so good corks on camera

**cooler** · 05-17-2003, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by kwun
just found this page:

http://www.racketsupply.com/shuttlecompare.htm

not sure how that is useful. but kinda interesting.

it was useful kwun, thanks for the find.

***kwun*** · 05-17-2003, 01:16 AM

sorry i was on my way out. didn't comment much on the link.

it was interesting to see the different types of cork used in different brand. i don't know enough, so i don't know what to make of them though. most seems to be one single piece of cork, some are layered, some doesn't look like cork at all.

**bluejeff** · 05-17-2003, 01:19 AM

WOW, those pics were too hot!

Now my eyes hurt.

**Californian** · 05-17-2003, 01:50 AM

With shuttles, it's usually the quality of the feathers that is considered. I never hear anything about the quality of the cork.

Nevertheless, I've used some shuttles where the feathers hold up better than the cork.

**Yodums** · 05-17-2003, 08:54 AM

Wow, weird that there's so many different corks!

**cooler** · 05-17-2003, 11:07 AM

Originally posted by bluejeff
WOW, those pics were too hot!
Now my eyes hurt.

LOL, you sound like ralph wiggum

**Traum** · 05-17-2003, 10:47 PM

Has anyone done a similar thing with nylon shuttles?

Here is my stripped and naked Mavis 300. Note that the head is a 2-piece construction, with the hemispherical portion as one piece and the cylindrical portion as the other.

-Rick

**Californian** · 05-17-2003, 10:52 PM

Maybe that's the most economical way to make them--make cork spheres, cut them in half, and combine them with sections of cork cylinders.

**bigredlemon** · 05-18-2003, 12:35 AM

Originally posted by Californian
Maybe that's the most economical way to make them--make cork spheres, cut them in half, and combine them with sections of cork cylinders.

i doubt that... it's very difficult to make spheres from wood... compared to other shapes anyway.

I'd imagine they have lathe with the drill at the front to make the half-hemisphere, and then another lathe with the drill at the side to make the cylinder. This would be the easiest way to make it. Having two drill bits on a single lathe would make it difficult to design a high-speed process since there wouldn't be enough access for the machines to put in the unlathed cork and eject the finnished cork.

**cooler** · 05-18-2003, 12:47 AM

the plastic skirt and feathers are inserted into the cork differently. I can see why the plastic shuttle's cork is two piece construction. Overall the mavis 300 cork look pretty decent quality.