I have a 15lb Nomad that I want to get drilled to compliment one I already use, but my driller says that this new ball has the wrong specs for the layout I want. The ball has a 2 3/4" pin and 3.16 oz top-weight. I want to have it drilled pin up, with a 4" or 4.5" pin-to-pap, with about a 1.5"-2" pin buffer, and I prefer to be able to add a weight hole if needed to tune it. He also says that Roto requires a gap of at least 1/2" between pin and any hole for warranty purposes. My PAP is 4 1/2" over by 1/4" up, and my speed is right around 14-14.5 at the pins, I come up the side with medium revs and good tilt.
So, do I need another ball with a longer pin, or will this one work? If it does work, any downside effects from this layout and these ball specs, such as a required monster weight hole or something like that?
For what it's worth, my other ball is drilled 2 5/8 (pin) x 2 5/16 (cg), which puts the pin beside my ring finger and ever so slightly up (1/8"), and the CG basically stacked below. There is a 7/8" hole 3/4" down from my PAP and 1/8" past the VAL, pitched away. I get a nice, sharp reaction from this layout, and I'm hoping the proposed longer pin layout for the new ball would get it a little further down lane than my first Nomad, but still keep the same strong angular turn. I would then go to this ball after the heads are gone and the first Nomad is turning too soon.
