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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: Laniarty on July 08, 2010, 01:19:36 AM
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I've had a lot of success with the standard rico drilling, however in heavy oil I actually find that this drilling goes too long for me. Would I run into static weight problems if I were to move the pin an inch up and an inch right (I'm a righty), and would doing this still retain the same ball motion that I like?
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What's your PAP?
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Formerly BrunsRico
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5-> 1/4^
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First of all, if you are having issues on longer patterns why would you move the pin up?
I would suggest moving the pin closer to leverage, straight across to increase overall flare and leaving everything else on the same alignment. I would try 4 1/2" from your PAP and possibly use a larger balance hole.
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Formerly BrunsRico
Edited on 7/8/2010 9:55 AM
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You shouldn''t have any problems. Just depends on the TW of the ball and pin distance.
My favorite is just moving everything 1" closer to my PAP.
My PAP is 5.5" across and this puts the pin in the 4.5" range.
It gets the ball into a roll a little sooner and works great for when My other ball on the same pattern is going a little too long and not carrying the ten pin. I can switch to the Rico with a shorter pin to PAP and move in a little and get a great reaction.
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Edited on 7/8/2010 10:12 AM
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Would this cause tracking over the middle finger hole, or would the balance hole raise the track enough to prevent this? I ask because I'm a speed dominant player and tournaments with longer oil or heavier oil are becoming problematic, but if I place the mass bias too close to the strong position I end up with an uncontrollable reaction.
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It shouldn't. This pattern isn't much different from most leverage patterns and when you compare a ball on the Rico Pattern to the same pattern with everything moved over an inch you will notice that the biggest move is the pin. The cg, mb, and weight hole are only moved a little.(if both bowling balls are identical in pin length) When I have the two side by side they look almost identical except for the pin.
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Have you tried using more surface
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Surface is the largest component of adjusting overall reaction and easiest. Also if the flares are too tight the oil stays on top on the rings longer creating too much length.
You can use surface and weight holes to adjust reaction easiest.
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Formerly BrunsRico