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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: bowlingforfun on January 07, 2004, 03:36:40 AM

Title: Weight hole?????
Post by: bowlingforfun on January 07, 2004, 03:36:40 AM

I was just wondering if there is any advantages or disadvantages to drill a ball so it needs a weight hole?  an what different reaction will ya get with the ball being light or heavy in certain areas like fingers,thumb,side weighs.

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: just joe on January 07, 2004, 06:59:28 PM

this may help,
www.bowlingfans.com/jeffballreactionbasics.html

Edited on 1/7/2004 7:57 PM

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: Burak Natal on January 09, 2004, 02:19:25 PM

check this:
http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=40157&ForumID=18&CategoryID=5

Burak

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: T-GOD on January 14, 2004, 12:10:30 PM

Star, it's possible, but 1/4 oz. is too much to get out. If it as 1/16 or maybe even 1/8, I could see it, but not 1/4 oz.

BFF, the advantage of using a weight hole is the ability to put the core at different angles, therfore giving you different ball reactions, which you mormally wouldn't be able to do without a weight hole. =:^D

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: Burak Natal on January 14, 2004, 01:20:11 PM

oops.. what an approach, isn't it..
Starbucks, believe me it's not only a female thing.. even men can come up with the very same reason..
I remember a post in BR, something like "what kind of an idiot wants another whole in his/her ball"..  
You decide who is idiot..

Ignorance is a bliss!!!

I agree with T-GOD and in this case you better let her understand the purpose of the balance hole.

Just my 2 cents
Burak

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: LuckyLefty on January 14, 2004, 02:18:17 PM

For the excellant article by Jeff P or JeffMop of this site try this link

instead

http://www.bowlingfans.com/jeff/ballreactionbasics.html

This one works above does not.

REgards,

Luckylefty
/ between Jeff and ballreactionbasics.

Title: Re: Weight hole?????
Post by: tenpinspro on January 18, 2004, 06:11:57 PM

Hi BFF,

The advantage of a weighthole is to be able to shift a weightblock in a high tech ball to various positions to create a certain reaction.  If you have a ball which does not posses a high tech core, then shifting the block is not as necessary(i.e. Col Scouts, Bruns Grooves, urethanes and of course plastic).  The weight hole is drilled to adhere to ABC standards of static weights (3 ounces top or bottom, 1 ounce max pos or neg side, 1 ounce max fing or thumb).
The only disadvantage I can think of is an aesthetic one for some.  Hope this helps...
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