Author Topic: Spare Ball Drilling (Read 2137 times)

moondays · « **on:** April 29, 2004, 09:54:16 PM »

Hi all!

I'm a 3/4 roller and have a Target Zone (my only spare ball) that is about 10 months old. After one season and 4 tournaments, the cover is chipping away right below the thumb slug. I know it's due to rolling over the thumbhole, and on about 40% of my spare shots you can clearly hear about 10 thumps before it reaches the 10 pin. Currently, it has about a 1/8" gap between the bottom of the slug and the cover, and there are about 3 chunks inside that gap that look ready to fall out. Is it possible to get the thumb redrilled so that it won't roll over the thumb on its way down the lane, or am I better off replacing it?

Constantine · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2004, 01:21:30 PM »

Hard polyester balls are brittle and the glue in a thumb slug makes it worse.

To fix this ball you'd need to drill out all of the loose material, plug and re-drill.

I don't know what it would cost you, but around here a brand new ball is generally about the same price.
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Author Topic: Spare Ball Drilling (Read 2137 times)

moondays

Spare Ball Drilling

Constantine

Re: Spare Ball Drilling