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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: sprocket on April 17, 2005, 03:53:17 AM
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I bowl thumbless and do well on oily lanes and medium oiled lanes. I have trouble when the lanes are dry or have a good deal of backend. One of the problems I have is that I need to place the pin past the ring finger or the ball will roll over the middle finger hole. If the pin is too far left I might hit the thumb as well. I believe I could do quite well with plastic on dry lanes except that a plastic ball like a white dot doesn't flare and therefore hits the finger hole and maybe the thumb hole. I don't get a good reaction when the track hits the holes. It can hit the middle finger a little and I'm OK but if it hits the thumb, forget it.
My question is this:
Is there a way to layout a plastic ball so it won't hit the holes?
Or is there a urethane or reactive ball that will not over hook for me and can be laid out to not hit the holes?
For comparison I found an old black buzzsaw and resurfaced and polished it. I think it has a strong layout and it hooks a little too much for me on medium oil with strong backend.
Thanks for any input,
sprocket
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I also bowl no thumb and can give you a few options. Storm's Proglide cover is very mild. Try the Barbed Wire or the Big hit. They flare a bit and have a very low hook potential. You can also hit a solid reactive or particle ball with several coats of Control-it. If you burn that stuff on with a spinner and do several coats a few hours apart, it drastically lowers a ball's hook potential. Perfect for dry lanes.
Good luck!
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Why does everyone laugh when I bowl?
louie
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when i throw no-thumb, i have an original hot rod that i use and it is drilled with the pin above the ring finger and the cg directly below that. that ball usually never moves. but i would agree with louie unless you have the money you need to get rid of.