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Frederick

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Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« on: January 01, 2007, 10:20:42 AM »
Ok big B fans I need your help settling an arguement. My friend and I had a debate over the Wizard. He says the ball hooks too much. I said it didn't. I showed him what Bowlingball.com says on their perfect scale rating. 145.7 which is no where close to any of the Inferno balls. I don't know how accurate the perfect scale is but it does seem to show a huge difference. What started the arguement was that I was going to buy one (Wizard) and have it drilled for a medium arc type reaction. My friend says the ball is too strong for that. Is he right?
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fins4ever88

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Re: Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2007, 06:22:08 PM »
Depends on the shot you're shooting on. Almost anything will be a hook monster on a lighter oil shot. With the right drilling and surface prep, I assume you could get it to do what you want.
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MegaMav

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Re: Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2007, 06:26:38 PM »
Get a mild drill on it, somewhere around 4 3/4" to PAP under the fingers, take it down to about 600 grit then add rough buff compound, that will get you close to what you want out of the ball on a medium house shot.
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TWOHAND834

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Re: Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2007, 06:39:20 PM »
The Wizard can be very archy.  I have used one and with a little polish on it, it will clear the heads pretty well and give a pretty controllable reaction off the breakpoint and I have a pretty high rev rate.  Like fins said, it depends on the lane conditions.  A medium, THS is the best condition to use it on.  It will not like longer/heavier conditions or once the heads dry up and shorter conditions.
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Re: Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2007, 09:05:53 AM »
My Nemesis (same ball, different color) is very arcy, but I had it drilled with an earlier rolling drill pattern (2E).  One caution about that drilling - if you track high, you will probably clip the thumb....I know I do!

Basically, if you drill the ball to roll earlier, it will.  If you want it to go further (not quite "snappy" since it's a solid), use a later drilling......following the Brunswick drilling guide and you should be okay.
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Re: Settling an arguement about the Wizard
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2007, 09:27:24 AM »
It really depends on you ball speed and rev rate, but unless your ball speed is pretty high and you have a medium to low rev rate you are really gonna want to take some surface of of it and go 4-1/2" to 5" inches from axis. I would put the pin 1-1/2 above the midline, unless there is a lack of head oil or your ball speed is low then I would put the pin about 3" above your midline, you can adjust these up or down based on the length of your span so you don't drill into the pin.
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