Mending a split Bocce Ball

When playing All-Terrain Bocce Ball, once in a rare occasion one of your balls might land directly on a non-forgiving rock. We all know that Bocce Balls can take a beating when playing outdoors, through metal studios, or through the farm, but it's when that darn ball lands smack dab on top of a rock when the fun ends.

Let me show you how all hope is not lost, and neither is the time in between your All-Terrain Bocce Ball matches.

Step 1 It's broken, now what?

Simple, start gathering some pertinent items to fix it.

Items you'll need:
- Two 2"x1/4" bolts
- 1/4" coupler
- Small tube of epoxy

Tools you'll need:
- Drill press (1/4" bit, 5/8" bit, and a countersink bit)
- Packing tape
- Screw Driver
- Epoxy applicator

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[fluddjr]

Bocce Ball is a game in many countrys where you throw colored balls at a white ball and see which color team is closest overall

[random man]

whats bocce ball

[n0ukf]

You can't use Google or Wikipedia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce_ball

[ItsTheHobbs]

when i play bocce, i use real bocce balls made of crushed up quarts

[vaxjo]

you use quarts? I only use gallons unless I'm feeling particularly competitive in which case I use bushels.

[ItsTheHobbs]

sorry i meant quartz

[ARVash]

I'm a loser.. I use cups :<

[jongscx]

I just skip the bocce and go straight to pints...

[Rectifier]

The amazing thing is that it's possible to play bocce so hard that you bust the ball. What a remarkably clean break. This is a great fix. I probably would have just epoxied the whole thing together in a sloppy mess. However, I would think a pair of hilti inserts - a quick-bolt in one half and a regular insert in the other - would make a quick and easy fix, rather than having to turn your own coupler?

[X_D_3_M_1]

wtfs a bocce ball?

[theknife]

ingenious thinking. great pics too!

[jarv34]

that's one ball that has seen a lot of bocce action, nice instructable!

[John Smith]

Somehow I think that was overkill, but oh well, good instructable.