Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1917 — RUBBER IN GOLF BALL [ARTICLE]

RUBBER IN GOLF BALL

Did you ever study a golf ball? Almost one mile of thread rubber is necessary in the making of the globule. The rubber which reaches the factory in the crude state is cooked, then rolled into sheets and finally cut into threads. The thread then is placed on a huge bobbin and automatic njachines wind 1,536 yards of it onto the little core which forms the golf ball. The next process in the making of the object which causes so much worry is the applying, of the gutta percha cover. This reaches the factory in raw state. It is treated so that the resin is completely extracted. Then it Is masticated and washed. fJext it is put into a roller which squeezes out the moisture. A machine then cuts the sheets into sizes for the covers and an automatic device clamps the covers on the rubber core. A brambing machine is the next to receive the golf ball. This creates those funny little holes or bumps.