http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/ Crokinole Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:04:56 GMT Willard J. Martin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1196 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1196 Back into it. Yesterday I fixed up 3 crokinole boards that consistently made leaners. The one thing in all of the boards was that the owners thought they could Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:06:02 GMT Super Plak http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1195 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1195 Good morning everyone, I may have missed the point somewhere in the dialogue but are "leaners" really that big a deal? Having purchased a number of boards over Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:17:56 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1194 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1194 We have waxed all of our men and the leaners have been reduced but still occur. My brother bought some kiddie round sunglasses from Value Village. We popped Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:33 GMT troll47ca http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1193 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1193 ... The problem im having is trying to figure out how the hole depth changes?The depth must have been wrong in the first place and thru ware will stop the man Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:49:12 GMT wkmartin@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1192 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1192 ... Hello, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SILICONE SPRAYS. Silicone sprays may have content that will damage the board. It is very likely that a new hole bottom will be Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:00:35 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1191 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1191 Thank you Willard, I was hoping you would read this thread. We will study the problem and see if we can figure out why they are hanging. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:11:50 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1190 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1190 Thank you Troll, The problem we are having seems to be with the actual hole itself. The board is very fast but frequently we get the hangers. I think the Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:34:22 GMT troll47ca http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1189 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1189 ... I think you should wax the board to make the surface real slick. I use lemon pledge and buff it with a terry cloth.if this doesnt work then i would use Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:02:12 GMT wkmartin@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1188 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1188 ... Hello Brian, Thank you for your email. At the moment I am in South America on vacation. However the problem is evident on some boards more than others. The Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:47:30 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1187 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1187 My brother has quite a few crokinole boards, and some of them produce a lot of "leaners" or "hangers" that don't quite fall in the twenty when they should be. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:07:32 GMT Willard J. Martin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1186 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1186 Hello, Handcrafted by Willard has the unfinished official size discs as is used at the World Crokinole Championships. WJM ... From: brianmiltenburg To: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:41:10 GMT carlhilinski http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1184 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1184 Brian, here are a couple of suggestions. First you can get unfinished discs from workshopsupply.com in Canada. That might be a good starting point. As pointed Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:33:59 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1183 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1183 I will have to restart my project using everybodys tips. Although they looked good, some of the discs began to wear rather quickly. I think one of the Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:05:10 GMT troll47ca http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1182 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1182 ... I wet sanded my final coat with 600wet sandpaper to get rid of fine dust particles,left after drying then i used white rubbing compound to remove the fine Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:00:01 GMT brianmiltenburg http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1181 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crokinole/message/1181 Would it be correct to sand the final coating of polyurethane, or to apply it very thinly or even cut with something to give it that glass like smoothness and