But at 60, the bearded Sammy is more impatient than 52-year-old Billy, stuffing little clumps of bands under the ball’s surface to hurry things up. Billy laughs easily and cares a little less.

What we like: This ball consists of 270 rubber bands in a rainbow of colors, meaning that you can color coordinate your items by way of rubber band colors. They’re easy to store when you’re ...

The current record holder is Steven Milton of Eugene, Oregon, who created a 4,600lb ball using over 175,000 rubber bands. It was recorded as the world's largest in November 2006 in Chicago.

It's Joel Waul's rubber band ball. View full size (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)Joel Waul, 27, removes the tarp from his rubber band ball on the driveway of his home in Lauderhill, Fla., Friday, Oct. 23, 2009.

Steve Milton, through concentration and perseverance, has created a 3,300-pound ball comprised of rubber bands. His creation measures almost 5 feet tall and takes up half his two-car garage.

Joel began pilfering rubber bands from work and buying 50-pound bags from Office Depot. After a month, Nugget was up to Joel's knees and weighed 300 pounds. By July 2004, the ball had reached his ...

His rubber-band- ball-building days will end once his name appears between the world's largest collection of refrigerator magnets (12,000) and the world's longest scarf (20 miles, 13 feet long).

1. Record breaker According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest rubber band ball weighs 9,032 pounds and was created by Joel Waul in Lauderhill, Fla., where it was weighed back in 2008.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The giant rubber-band ball that was a familiar fixture at the Staten Island Children's Museum for nearly 10 years has shrunk. Nicknamed "Timmy Jr.," the ball was created by ...

Steve Milton makes rubber band balls so large that if they were dropped from the top of a skyscraper, they would bounce clear into space and vaporize the moon. He’s so good at it that he has ...