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Title: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: ParoxysM on May 02, 2004, 11:57:19 AM
Let me start out by saying I dont bowl in tournaments. The ball I have is over 10 yrs old. It's a 15lb Columbia 300. Instead of purchasing a new ball, I wanted to add weight as close to 16lbs as possible. I dont have any professional bowling tools, but have a drill press. If there is a web link someone could point me to that would be ideal...Im sure someone has done this before. Thanks.
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: AdrianS on May 03, 2004, 03:31:52 AM
There's plenty of outside the rules ways to stick a lb of weight in a ball!!, i'm afraid you might have to stick with 15lb or open up the wallet.
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Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: ParoxysM on May 04, 2004, 02:05:17 AM
So what are some of the plenty?
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: AdrianS on May 04, 2004, 02:26:47 AM
Or Lead , Barium, Mercury, pile of quarters.....
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Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: ParoxysM on May 11, 2004, 01:25:28 AM
Ummm, so no one has any info then??
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: ParoxysM on May 13, 2004, 01:55:01 AM
Ill just attempt myself...thx.
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: pgpelton on May 13, 2004, 07:28:20 AM
Impossible to add weight and keep the ball legal.
If its something to mess around with, I would try adding carbide to one of the holes.
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: lane1lover on May 13, 2004, 07:52:56 AM
I have tried to add a 1" steel sphere (about 2 oz) to the ball to add extra top and finger weight for test (want to know if someone's ball is illegal) the motion of the ball is very different, just like you hava a very high rg ball in the back end, the ball will go to a very angular turn even it is throw by a slow speed woman !
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: Strider on May 13, 2004, 08:34:17 AM
What the heck is carbide?
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Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: charlest on May 13, 2004, 08:39:23 AM
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What the heck is carbide?
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Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: Doc Hollywood on May 13, 2004, 10:46:53 AM
We once took a bunch of lead balancing weights from car tires and cut them really small drilled an axis hole and filled the ball up to give it like 3 oz of side then put ball plug in it.  Talk about rolling like crap.
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Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: JohnP on May 13, 2004, 11:40:56 AM
ParoxysM -- The bottom line is that it is impossible to legally (by ABC rules) add this amount of weight to a ball.  No legitimate ball driller is going to recommend a procedure that will result in an illegal ball.  --  JohnP
Title: Re: Adding weight back to ball...
Post by: Goof1073 on May 13, 2004, 12:06:36 PM
That's nothing doc...I had one with a heavy lead weight and a portion of a pool ball in it (don't ask...just a dumb idea we came up with).  When finished the ball had 6 oz's of side weight in it!!!  Damn thing never hooked...just kind of laughed at us as it went down the lane.  But it was a good conversation piece!