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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: stussycole on August 30, 2007, 09:52:41 AM

Title: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: stussycole on August 30, 2007, 09:52:41 AM

I have read and seen that many people prefer a certain drilling or have a favorite drill pattern for their balls.  I have been bowling for about a year and have yet to find mine.  I am wondering what your favorite drilling is, why, and what your specs are(PAP, Speed, RPM's,...).  Thanks.

PAP     4 5/8"ish
Speed     17mph
RPM    300
Favorite Drill ?

Title: Re: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: Russell on August 30, 2007, 06:34:10 PM

Mine is pin 5 1/2" from PAP, 1" up from midline, 45* cg w/a hole on my VAL below my midline.

This puts the pin under my bridge and the CG in the thumb positive quadrant...this allows me to put the hole down.

I like this layout because I can keep the ball from overreacting on most conditions...but still have the ability to play inside and get the ball to change direction.

I don't use it on everything.....but it is my most commonly used one.
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Title: Re: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: Strokewiththelefthand on August 30, 2007, 06:53:10 PM

4 1/2 x 4 with the pin just about under the ring. I have it in the only two balls I use right now and it has seemed to solve my 7-pin problem by creating an earlier ball reaction. I spin the ball and it allows me to spin it and still play the outsides without creating too sharp of an angle that kicks the four around the seven.
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Title: Re: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: Greg T on August 30, 2007, 08:23:36 PM

 Depends on the strength of the coverstock, but normally i prefer about 4 1/2 to 5" high pin and MB at about 80*


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Title: Re: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: mainzer on August 30, 2007, 09:28:56 PM

Pin over bridge or over ring finger, mass bias out about 1 inch
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Title: Re: Name Your Favorite Layout
Post by: TWOHAND834 on August 30, 2007, 09:36:24 PM

Profile:  18 mph, 500+ rev rate, 5 1/2 PAP

I have two drillings that I use commonly.

1.  4 1/2 stacked with a weighthole (most common).  I like this layout simply because it gives me a little more midlane to prevent a true skid flip reaction.  But, not too much midlane so as to kill my backend reaction.  It is a "happy medium" layout for me.  This layout allows me to bowl on a variety of conditions and play anywhere on the lane depending on conditions.

2.  5 x 4 with a weighthole.  I use this layout for when I need to ball to get me a little more length down the lane.  But, if I stack the cg with a longer pin to PAP distance, the backend is uncontrollable.  So, I kick the cg out just far enough to put a weighthole in order to control the breakpoint better.
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