Author Topic: Oh yeah, that coverstock thing. (Read 1787 times)

LuckyLefty · « **on:** October 20, 2004, 05:51:42 PM »

I've moved over a year ago and couldn't get it.

Now maybe I do! Charlest is gonna get on me for this post!

You see the area I've moved to has Brunswick Anvilane surfaces=rock hardlanes. And usually over 39 foot patterns.

Worse I noticed lefties really struggled on this shot!

Well for a year I've been takin the attitude that this shot is NOT gonna beat me!
But until recently it has.

First part of the solution was a strongly drilled sonic boom played out in the dirt outside the oil line. With its weaker coverstock and mild differential it smoothly goes around the pattern to the pocket and kablam. 6 pins are near a thing of the past with this ball.

A second option now working is a super low rg Vortex 2 pearl. Whereas this ball covered tons of boards in Florida the length of the pattern coupled with the low volume the hardness of the lanes and the 2000 grit polished surface and incredible high rev in the heads and the midlane have allowed me to get my feet in the oil pattern and swing slightyl out to dry and back AND still carry.

Last of all I was looking for the oilier solution these lanes are on the lighter side of medium but a long pattern compared to the rest of the country!
Solution another pretty low rg one the Crunch this one original box condition 1500 matte but it looks like it's worn itself down to 800 grit dull. (IS it charlest who said most balls gravite from friction with the lanes down to 600 grit?).

This shot is played with the feet over in the oil and a pretty good swing shot!
15 to 8 that most lefties cannot do on this long pattern. I actually had brought a ball drilled 3 X 4 to see if I could get more read in the heads. A Ti Messenger with 1000 and polish. But the Crunch at 4 X 5 with a dull surface was much better! It seems that the 600 grit lane ground down surface is ideal for moving one's feet in to the oil!

The point of this post is the high lefty average in this house has been about 211. With these lower rg duo above I have hardly scored below 195 with either of these balls and a ton of scores in the 220++ . Low rg and proper surface go a long way towards battling a long oil pattern on a high hardness surface.

Food for thought!

REgards,

Luckylefty

Surprisingly this lumbering ball which reads every part of the lane then flips hard
now here I think I"ve found it!

dirtbikebowler · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2004, 02:46:37 AM »

i think one bowling alley i bowl at has these lanes, im not for sure.

I know my main one has all amf.

The one with brunswick dont seem bad at all though.
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LuckyLefty · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2004, 03:07:26 PM »

Was I on crack when I wrote this. Boy I was tired.

The main point is this! Low rg on these rock hard lanes seems to really help.

On wood and softer synthetics medium rg works better.

Also because of the area where I came from even though oily it was shorter I tended to use polished stuff.

The dull crunch is the first ball I have used in that dull matte surface in a while. It is letting me go where no other lefties are going and get a beautiful reaction. (Of course I think that ball and core combination are great)

REgards,

Luckylefty

charlest · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2004, 07:41:05 PM »

Lucky,

I think you got carried away with a stream of consciousness typing. Even I, who can get verbose, was confused by all you wrote. I'll take a stab at it again later.

I have been "fooling around" on their AnvilLanes surface for a few years. Unless you know their definite oiling pattern to be thatlong, that surface is the SLICKEST, the lowest friction bowling surface made. The least bit of oil seems like a flood.

A few comments:
Even a strongly drilled Sonic Boom will not react well, unless the oil is shorter than you indicate or very light out by your breakpoint. (left sides are typically oiled lighter than the right side, just so owners can save money.) This is just fromwhat I've seen on the AnvilLanes onwhich I have bowled. These are very well taken care of and I've seen many patterns, from light to heavy on them.

I'd expect a V2 pearl (sweet) to hook strongly because of the low RG and high flare potential AND stronger coverstock than the SB.

The Crunch is a solid resin and I'd expect that to react strongly and easily on a lightly oiled Anvillanes. (That eventually-get-to-600/800-grit" formula was espoused by the late, great Bob Summerville, founder and main source of knowledge at Bowling This Month. I only adopted his well thought out philosophy.) If you actually go to 600 grit, the worn out track is probably more responsible for revving in the heads/midlanes than anything else.

As with many heavy oiled lanes, low RG will help; but the right surface is a larger (I think) requirement. Drilling for ball + bowler + oil pattern + lane surface is a major key to stress-free bowling ....

(My two cents:
Drilling for lane surface becomes a MAJOR key, when it is at either end of the friction spec book, as is Anvillanes (least friction) and Guardian overlay (most friction).)

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LuckyLefty · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:01:32 AM »

My point exactly.

All 3 are working!

Sonic boom at 1500 matte outside oil.

Vortex 2 pearl slight swing starting in oil pattern and out.

Crunch around 800 matte to 600 matte deep in oil out to dry and looping back.

Volumes of oil near outside of pattern are very low, shot IS long, and oil is fairly deep in the middle. On the left where I'm playing with the crunch there is NO track. Unless I'm putting a track in them with practice. 8.99 unlimited games after 9. Lanes less than 1 year new synthetics.

REgards,

Luckylefty

charlest · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2004, 07:01:55 PM »

Lucky,

haven't seen hard (low-friction) synthetics track in one year ... yet. They may but I wonder if they don't last a good 3-5 years before a track begins onthe right side, where 85-90% of the duffers throw ...

Kind of surprised you got both a solid resin Crunch and high RG pearl Sonic Boom to work on the same oil pattern, but then, I'm easy and not such a hot bowler anyway. (But my eye is pretty good!)
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Author Topic: Oh yeah, that coverstock thing. (Read 1787 times)

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