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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: omegabowler on June 10, 2003, 09:00:14 PM

Title: 135 edgree layout?
Post by: omegabowler on June 10, 2003, 09:00:14 PM

Has anyone with some hand, drill up this pattern on a ball for use on  dry lanes?

if so what ball do you use or any good suggestion?

I like to control the lane not fight it. I joined a summer league that is bone dry on the heads. It playes like out of bounds around the 5 boards about 40 feet down.

My normal light /dry ball is too much. I wound up using a plastic ball swinging 20 out 5 at the break point. No room for error. I would like to use a urethane or pearl reactive to try and get deep and keep more of the lane in play and improve carry.

The first game fighting rollout was a 137. switch to plastic for the next 2 game opened the 10th each one for 180's. I think if I can play deep with a smaller line than 35 out to 5. I might enjoy some strikes.


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Title: Re: 135 edgree layout?
Post by: Jerry Weller on June 11, 2003, 05:16:00 PM

I don't know if I have enough hand to qualify being a Tweener, but I drilled up an old Gold Rhino Pro with a 135 degree layout. It gave me a fairly smooth arc and hit ok as long as you had clean backends.

I don't think the drill does everything that's claimed for it, but I've only drilled one ball this way as an experiment.

http://www.rollrite.co.uk/secrets/index.php?id=10

Title: Re: 135 edgree layout?
Post by: omegabowler on June 13, 2003, 11:58:06 PM

I got my chance to throw a 135 degree polished reactive pearl blade(2000 grit treated with Docs elixir) on toast tonight.

Awesome layout and ball. I had a multitude of shots. too many. I could not figure out which to use.

I could play 4th arrow out to the 5 if I revved it up with a lot of axis rotation

or a little straighter and deeper 4th arrow out to 12 with higher tilt and less axis.

I could pick up the speed and go straighter over the second arrow  up the back of the ball.

I think my best look was 4th arrow out to 12. I had 3 or 4 boards of area if I miss and recover enough to strike. if I sent it wide and poorly the hook set reaction would tickle the head pin and leave 2 or three on the left.

Overall I left no splits( 1 baby but I don't count that) I left a lot of 2 and 3 pin groups. I left very few 10's when I hit the pocket. I did manage to chop every multi pin spare but 3. some quality practice with this ball and dry lanes and I think I have kicked my toughest lane condition

Now all I have to do is relax and let it go. What an excellent drilling. mine wound up being 1oz neg side 0oz finger. I may take that down to 7/8. it's just to close and I don't want it kicked out becuse of scales being off by a hair.

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Listen up you primitive screwheads, this is my BOOM! stick