I own a proshop in Texas and have drilled many of
Ebonite's "One" bowling balls. A few of my customers
have come back to say that they were dissatisfied with
the ball reaction. By chance, I placed one of the balls
on a Haas resurface machine for one minute using the
diamond wheels. To my astonishment, the ball had shiny
areas all over it--indicating flat spots. I resurfaced
another customer's "one" and found that it also had flat
spots all over it. I resurfaced four other "one" balls
that I had in inventory (1-16lb, 2-15lb, 1-14lb; all four
were as out-of-round as they could possibly be.
Next, I tried my experiement on four "Big One" balls that
were in inventory; all four of them were in the same
out-of-round condition. This sort of poor quality from
Ebonite is shocking!!
As for the customers whose balls I resurfaced, they love
the new reaction.
If you own an Ebonite "One" or "Big One" and are unhappy
with it, please don't give up on it. Take it to a shop
that has a resurfacing machine that can restore it to
a proper round condition.
Ebonite: Please improve your poor quality!
