When are you going to be home?! I think I've done it!!! Once I got my pener up to 11 inches I stopped and started really trying to work on my theory.
After LARPing on Sunday, I invited a couple of my buddies over to play ball. I didn't tell them about the rim. I made a side bet for Ricky's excalibur sword that James (the one with the lazy eye) would beat him in a game of 21. I stayed on the side and played it off like I was just messing around with an old RC car that I have but the controller actually controlled the polarity of the magnets.
James won 21-0 and I have a new sword. Let me know when you can stop by, it's too much for me to take apart right now. Bring your mom. She can go down on kme while you practice your shots.