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Title: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: bowlerdawg on November 19, 2009, 12:42:00 AM
W/ all the recent talk of balls cracking, It hit me that most seemed to be solids.
Is there any reason why the solids i.e. buzzbomb and dynamo are cracking more so that the pearls ???

Just an observation not necessarily related to L1, but it seems most other MFg's are also having problems w/ solids and not pearls ???
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: BrunsMike on November 19, 2009, 01:52:21 PM
Could be what is in the solid's that is not in the pearl's? That would be my 1st thought, I might be completely way off since I don't really have any idea what chemical's make up the material of these bowling ball's.
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: bowlerdawg on November 19, 2009, 09:57:10 PM
I don't know the make up either, but I think it's a relevant topic to address the recent wave of cracking going on, and lets be clear also. This is not a L1 only issue, because after all these are being produced by G900
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: triggerman on November 20, 2009, 11:40:18 AM
the first question to my mind is how many of these cracked balls are on ball cups vs laying on the floor?
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: OddBalls on November 20, 2009, 11:52:14 AM
Last two balls that cracked on me were pearls. Both on cups, off the ground
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: jls on November 21, 2009, 09:56:35 AM
quote:
W/ all the recent talk of balls cracking, It hit me that most seemed to be solids.
Is there any reason why the solids i.e. buzzbomb and dynamo are cracking more so that the pearls ???

Just an observation not necessarily related to L1, but it seems most other MFg's are also having problems w/ solids and not pearls ???
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B-dawg,   We average about 10 cracked balls per year...

Now many times the bowler will say they had stored their ball in a closet, etc... for some length of time.. And when they took it out, it was cracked.

Also, the shells on todays balls are only about 3/8 - 5/8 of an inch thick.. Older balls were sometimes 1 1/2" thick....

To me, I believe that has something to do with any increase in balls cracking...

Also, we have had 2 balls crack that were on display....  Now that's just 2 balls in all the time we have been open...  Just over 3 weeks now...

Also, I don not see a cracking issue higher on any brand...
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: Hogsharley on November 21, 2009, 10:07:41 AM
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Also, the shells on todays balls are only about 3/8 - 5/8 of an inch thick.. Older balls were sometimes 1 1/2" thick....


Is the thinner shells because of cost cutting measures or because of the bigger cores going into some of these newer balls?

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Also, we have had 2 balls crack that were on display....  Now that's just 2 balls in all the time we have been open...  Just over 3 weeks now...
 


Were they cracked deep and all the way around or were they more like a hairline crack? I've seen hairline cracks in brand new undrilled Brunswick before.
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: jls on November 21, 2009, 11:18:03 AM
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Also, the shells on todays balls are only about 3/8 - 5/8 of an inch thick.. Older balls were sometimes 1 1/2" thick....


Is the thinner shells because of cost cutting measures or because of the bigger cores going into some of these newer balls?

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Also, we have had 2 balls crack that were on display....  Now that's just 2 balls in all the time we have been open...  Just over 3 weeks now...
 


Were they cracked deep and all the way around or were they more like a hairline crack? I've seen hairline cracks in brand new undrilled Brunswick before.
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My "guess" is Cost Cutting on thinner shells....

Now as for the cracked ball on display...  Was a deep crack all the way around the ball.... <<<< Very uncommon.  I believe I had this happen twice in all our years....
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Title: Re: Ball cracking question // observation
Post by: bowlerdawg on November 21, 2009, 03:40:07 PM
yeah i hate the thinner shells, and i definitely think it plays a role also

and i have said before, bowlers who buy performance balls will pay an extra 20 spot for a durable ball imho
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