My Atomic driver (Hasbro) is tight. (It won’t spin freely) How can I break it in?
[Answered] Tight Atomic Driver?
Just keep using it.
or you can speed up the process by launching it on carpet or your hand.
or you can speed up the process by launching it on carpet or your hand.
its because of imperfections in the ball mold. this is also true for the TT versions.
i have 6 versions of TT atomic, each one was slightly different in their ability to roll smoothly at first. some perfectly free spinning, some locked up bad out of the box.
basically the ball is molded in two halves, sometimes the two halves are fused together slightly off creating a slight seam which gets stuck against the back of the driver. to make matters worse, sometimes there is a build up or slight mound where i assume the plastic is injected into the mold of the ball halves themselves.
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if you use the driver it will eventually wear down the problem, usually. however some are so bad that nothing will ever wear the seam or mound down. i have one like this.
i'd inspect the driver closely (e.g. magnifier in iOS) under good light, and figure out which of the two problems you have, and then try to wear them down through use (or even just spinning the ball with your hand for a while).
the conventional wisdom here is that a free spinning ball doesnt matter anyways, and i am inclined to agree based on my experience.
however TT did not design atomic to NOT spin freely.
i have 6 versions of TT atomic, each one was slightly different in their ability to roll smoothly at first. some perfectly free spinning, some locked up bad out of the box.
basically the ball is molded in two halves, sometimes the two halves are fused together slightly off creating a slight seam which gets stuck against the back of the driver. to make matters worse, sometimes there is a build up or slight mound where i assume the plastic is injected into the mold of the ball halves themselves.
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if you use the driver it will eventually wear down the problem, usually. however some are so bad that nothing will ever wear the seam or mound down. i have one like this.
i'd inspect the driver closely (e.g. magnifier in iOS) under good light, and figure out which of the two problems you have, and then try to wear them down through use (or even just spinning the ball with your hand for a while).
the conventional wisdom here is that a free spinning ball doesnt matter anyways, and i am inclined to agree based on my experience.
however TT did not design atomic to NOT spin freely.