Made my own Soccer Ball Shooter Rod for WCS after my repro shoot knob broke at league night so I thought I'd share how to make one.

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I bought some soccer foosballs from the local sporting goods store and some JB Weld ClearWeld from WalMart

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I used a 1/2 inch spade bit. This hole was slightly larger than I really wanted but it was the smallest spade bit I had. I would have went smaller if I did it again to make the process a little easier.

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I put the foosball on my vice and cut approximately half way into the foosball with the bit. The remnants of the material started to melt from the heat. I let it cool and cleaned up with the same bit. Turned out well.

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I then put my shooter rod in the vice, mixed up the ClearWeld and filled the hole in the Foosball with the mixture.
I then placed the ball on the rod and cleaned up the excess that escaped with a shop towel.
This was the hardest part because I made the hole larger then the rod and the mixture is slightly runny.
The ClearWeld sets in about five minutes so I had to hold the ball centered while it set.
The ClearWeld sets in 1 hour but I let it set over night (about 20 hours).
The ClearWeld seemed to setup hard as a rock.

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Total cost was roughly $21 bucks as the Shooter was $10, Foosballs $6 and ClearWeld $5. A cheaper rod could have been used ($5) and the end could of been removed but this is what I had on my game when it broke.
Extremely happy with the result. I was going to paint over the excess epoxy material but the shooter spring covers it and is not seen.
Hope this helps others that may want to make their own.
Happy Flipping!

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Clearly I can't do some of the awesome stuff you put out so I think your okay.

Thanks I didn't realize PBL sold them blank.