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user
23-01-2006, 20:37
Hi guys, Just wondering what I do if I lose the string for the powerball.

Is there another way to start the bloody thing.

Enda Nagle
user
23-01-2006, 20:38
Well Enda, I know that you can contact the guys in powerballs and they can organise a replacement for you.

Another alternative is to try and start it by another means - Ive even seen a guy do it with the slightest flick of his thumb - amazing!

Best of luck with it..

Fred Anderson
user
23-01-2006, 20:38
You can actually just use your fingers. Its all about technique :o)

Edmund Johansen
user
23-01-2006, 20:38
Yesterday I found out that you can start it with your pants. If you got a jeans or something like that, just rub it as fast as you can away from you on your upper leg, and it should be at a reasonable speed to accelerate it with your hand...
Starting it with your thumb also works, but I think the starting speed is a bit lower with your thumb, so it's a bit more difficult to accelerate it.

Tijl
user
23-01-2006, 20:38
So Simple, I am only 17 and can do it, it just requires practice.

Tom Cullen
user
23-01-2006, 20:39
Another technique is to use a table or another flat object. Just roll it fast over a table. This should make you able to get enough speed to start the "bloody thing" :-)

Kjell
user
23-01-2006, 20:39
buy a thin shoelace, and cut the bit at the end shorter, to about 6mm, and you're away.

Garry
user
23-01-2006, 20:39
Thumb is a very easy way to do it... Just place your thumb on the very closest edge of the rotator, and push it away from you as fast as you can. Very easy to do this way.

Also 17.

Jaakko (Finland)
user
23-01-2006, 20:39
Careful with the pants/table/carpet. Read on here that the Powerball can collect materials and can alter the physics behind the rotor etc..

Richard
user
23-01-2006, 20:39
yea using ur panties or table isnt good cos they all stuff lots of tiny fibre into ur powerball that will .. well screw it up eventually.. I got my powerball in the mail 4 hours ago and I have already successfully started it with my finger a couple of times already :D

tomas
user
23-01-2006, 20:40
i can not start it with the string, i roll it on my forearm(the inside) and that works !!

sven beckers
user
23-01-2006, 20:40
Easy...

steo
user
23-01-2006, 20:40
Forget the lace i havn't used it once yet, use thumb or alternatively along the floor

Gk
user
23-01-2006, 20:40
you can get it started with your finger aswell

joe
user
23-01-2006, 20:40
After a few attempts I can usually start it with a flick of the thumb or by running the Powerball down my upper arm. I find I need about 1200 RPM to be able to get it going, and maybe 1 in 5 times I can start it without the string.

Tim
user
23-01-2006, 20:41
im 13 and i can do it so im sure u can
i run it off my hand up my middle finger =-)

cherish
user
23-01-2006, 20:41
Hey. I have just recently recieved a powerball for xmas and have lost one of the strings, can you actually work it without the string? please reply to my message

Superpower
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Please refer to the FAQ page here:

http://www.powerballs.com/faq.php?q=1
user
23-01-2006, 20:41
In reply to cherish's post - I tried to copy the video that is on this site with no luck. The I followed this person's method and it worked a charm. Straight off the bottom of the palm up onto the middle finger and it starts up every time.

Swear Bear
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Glad to hear it Swear Bear...we're pleased to learn about everyones technique on this subject...keep supplying these starting tips to the site and we'll go and add them to the FAQ's once there are a couple more in the 'pot' for the benefit of all our Powerballing customers - thanks and with kind regards Rory
user
23-01-2006, 20:42
well you can use boot lace it work just as good

im 14 and i got 10,110 and it took me a week to fiqure it our properly

faisal
user
23-01-2006, 20:42
I just roll it off my forearm, once you get the hang of it, the string is useless.

Tristan
user
23-01-2006, 20:42
Some how I manage to start it with my thumb as i don't have the string... but now I can't do it anymore :( (after 6 month without my powerball) and it's reeally sad :((( But I know that it's possible

Elina
user
23-01-2006, 20:42
When you get it spinning with your thumb then with which technique do you accelerate it?

Roger
user
23-01-2006, 20:42
I found a method that works very well is to hold the ball with the counter to your palm, and the exposed part of the ball sticking out to one side (left or right as opposed to up or down). Then using the other hand, flat and vertical, strike it quickly past the rotor a few times in succession. That almost always gets it up to a speed that allows you to start it spinning up. I can never manage it with the thumb.

Steve
user
23-01-2006, 20:43
The cord will make it reach 3000rpm, which is more than enough to start it. I have found that is is enough with about 1000rpm to start it, and I have numerous times managed to keep it running after the speed dropped to 750rpm. I always start it nowadays with a barely visible flick with my thumb, which brings it up to around 1400rpm! Just practice, that's all!

Hymnly
user
23-01-2006, 20:43
the powerball in one hand (of course...), and sitting on a chair, i use my thigh as a flat surface.

minhloc