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Equipment Boards => Dyno-Thane => Topic started by: kleetus300 on October 21, 2003, 06:33:47 AM
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Hey everyone, I just got a Thing a little while ago and I'm very impressed with this ball. I was thinkin of tryin to put together a 3-4 ball arsenal to start with to replace what I currently got. My thing is drilled pin below and alittle right of the ring finger and the cg is in the center of the grip. Didnt think it would do too much, but this ball handles the fresh shots I see just fine and has the most ungodly backend (don't mean to sound like a house bowler or anything, but this ball is just amazing). So right now thats good for the heavy side of things, and was just hoping to see if Phil or any other experts could reccomend a good arsenal.
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I wish I could turn the ball like Dave tha fluffer 
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One possible range of DT balls:
Barrage (left in stock surface) - dry to medium light oil
Vendetta Pearl (original) - medium light oil
Thing (left polished) - medium oil
Element (Left dull) - medium to medium-heavy oil
Vendetta Particle (but save it for TRUE heavy oil)
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Alright thanks for the suggestions so far. Thats kinda what I was hoping to get but just thought I'd ask anyway. I guess my bigger question is can someone reccomend some drilling on these balls to compliment one another, based on how I already have my Thing drilled. Thanks for the help so far and I look forward to hearing some great suggestions from you guys!
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I wish I could turn the ball like Dave tha fluffer
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Surprisingly, I would drill them similarly with the exception of the Barrage, which I would tend to drill 5x5 or thereabouts. Otherwise, a higher flare good length drilling works very well on all. (Basically 4.5x4 or 4x4.5.). For my style, I tend to put the pins below the ring finger and kick the CGs right so that a line drawn through the CG and the pin would run about 1/8 to 1/4 inch outside the right edge of the thumbhole. This tends to give me (with some modification of thumb and fingerweight) the length I want, mellows the flare some, but still allow them all to turn the corner. The difference in reaction becomes the difference in coverstock and core rather than the drill.
FYInformation I've owned: a Barrage, three Vendettas (four different drill patterns), a Vendetta solid, three Elements (four different drill patterns)(my favorite ball), a Thing, and two Vendetta particles (three drill patterns). I still keep two Elements, two Vendettas and one of everything else. Oh, and the Soaker coverstock is the best on the market. Period.
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