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SleepOnIce

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Emerald Vibe Idea
« on: February 08, 2009, 02:38:58 AM »
Would putting a Pin in the track drill on an Emerald Vibe make is usable for drier lanes? I know the Razyr will probably work better, but I'm getting a really good deal on an Emerald Vibe, so I figured I'd go that way.

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Fatboy8

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Re: Emerald Vibe Idea
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 05:42:12 PM »
The Emerald is sneaky strong, so I"d say no. My daughter has a Cherry Vibe with the pin over and close to the track, and that ball is still not for "true dry" lanes.
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Re: Emerald Vibe Idea
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 05:48:51 PM »
You might want to try putting ther Pin on your PAP instead of your track. This will enable you to play straighter with a nice movement on the back with the EV with the Pin Axis drill. But remember you will be taking a good performance ball that handles oil well and taking the preformance out of it.  

A suggestion here would be find and old Hammer Ball from the late 80's that is urethane and do a Axis Weight drill on it.  Cheaper and you won't loose a performance ball.
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Re: Emerald Vibe Idea
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2009, 08:28:14 PM »
It really depends on what you mean by dry lanes.  On really dry lanes no reactive covered  ball is a good choice.  For really dry lanes urethane is the ball to use or even plastic.
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SleepOnIce

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Re: Emerald Vibe Idea
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2009, 06:22:09 AM »
I mean shorter patterns and/or low volume patterns. My main issue is that I'm bowling on relatively old wood lanes, and on some patterns I can't get deep enough without the ball checking up in the midlane and losing angle/carry. I figure the cover is strong enough on the EV (I used to have a Toxic) that as long as I could get it to push through the mids it'll still react good on the back.

I probably should have put this in the first post.
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Edited on 2/10/2009 7:23 AM
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chitown

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Re: Emerald Vibe Idea
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2009, 07:40:59 AM »
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I mean shorter patterns and/or low volume patterns. My main issue is that I'm bowling on relatively old wood lanes, and on some patterns I can't get deep enough without the ball checking up in the midlane and losing angle/carry. I figure the cover is strong enough on the EV (I used to have a Toxic) that as long as I could get it to push through the mids it'll still react good on the back.

I probably should have put this in the first post.
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I would think a long pin to pap layout would give it the length thru the mids.  

Another thing you could consider is getting some delayed reaction type of polish.  Something with slip agents.
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