The Hale-->-->Wonderwand

[Jeff Stickney]

Yeah, I'm the one who stuck a recquetball on the end of my hammer,
remember?  As I feared, the hole in the ball started to rip out but not
before I was hooked on the feel.  So I hired a guy with a lathe (he makes
custom pool cues) to add some wood to the end of my hammer in the
approximate shape of a light bulb.  He did a beautiful job - it looks
like it's been that way all it's life.  It didn't add any length to the
hammer (shorter is better I believe), and only a little extra weight
which doesn't seem to affect the feel when it's on the pin.  So far I
like it although the hard wood is still, well, *hard*.

Jeff Stickney, RPT
University of Montana
jpage@selway.umt.edu