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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: REvans284 on November 29, 2007, 06:57:28 AM

Title: Is this a good book?
Post by: REvans284 on November 29, 2007, 06:57:28 AM

Fitting and Drilling a Bowling Ball, By Bill Taylor

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http://www.bowlingthismonth.com/products/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_14&products_id=105

I'm getting pretty serious about learning to drill my own equipment, and I have learned alot from the members on this site, but I would also like a real guide/manual in print to go by as well.  Does anyone have any experience with this book and is it good enough to learn from?  I don't want to spend an outragious amount to go to a school to learn.  I think the $78 the book costs vs. roughly $500 for the classes would be just as effective if I experamented on a few old house balls the alley will give me for free.  I'm only going to be drilling for me really, and maybe family.

Thanks,

REvans284

Edited on 11/29/2007 4:08 PM

Title: Re: Is this a good book?
Post by: JohnP on November 29, 2007, 08:49:43 PM

Bill Taylor's book is classic and set the guidelines for fitting.  However, it doesn't tell you anything about how to actually drill the holes in a ball.  And it was written long before dynamic cores were first used, so it tells you nothing about modern layout techniques.  I recommend the Powerhouse classes.  --  JohnP