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Title: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: ImBackInTheGame on June 24, 2009, 04:42:16 AM
Am I really the first to post it?

side cut diamond core with pancake flip block.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: ImBackInTheGame on June 24, 2009, 12:44:38 PM
beachcomberjones is running a pre-order on it over at BBE.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: urbanj51 on June 24, 2009, 12:54:48 PM
It's awesome!
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: bowlerdawg on June 24, 2009, 12:55:59 PM
pics and info sheets are up plus actual ball pics
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Badger856 on June 24, 2009, 01:01:16 PM
Gemstone is a nice looking ball
Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: bowlerdawg on June 24, 2009, 01:02:34 PM
i worry it might be too close to the chainsaw w/ those #'s, but the pancake flip block might help


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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: ImBackInTheGame on June 24, 2009, 01:13:07 PM
Isn't the Diff quite a bit larger than the C-Saw?  Probably thanks to that pancake block...
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: urbanj51 on June 24, 2009, 01:18:06 PM
That's correct.  Primarily why it's a Medium oil ball and not light oil.  And don't worry dawg.  The core is cut in half.  Reason why the pancake block is there.  It'll be a completely different piece.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: ImBackInTheGame on June 24, 2009, 01:21:24 PM
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How does a pancake block increase Diff?  Please enlighten me.


I don't have a clue, completely guessing!  It wasn't meant to be a statement.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: urbanj51 on June 24, 2009, 01:23:06 PM
+1 there BITG.  It's there for a reason.  Probably to compensate for the half cut, end cut, diamond core.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: bowlerdawg on June 24, 2009, 01:24:23 PM
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+1 there BITG.  It's there for a reason.  Probably to compensate for the half cut, end cut, diamond core.
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sounds like it might lope
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: NoseofRI on June 24, 2009, 01:28:21 PM
Wow so you guys don't seem to think that making a core skinnier will actually create a high diff?  That it must be caused by the pancake block?
Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: ImBackInTheGame on June 24, 2009, 01:33:44 PM
I guess I thought it was the same core as the C-saw with an added pancake.  But I see now that it's the same end cut diamond yet cut in half, making it skinnier?  Not much diamond left after all of that cutting, lol
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: triggerman on June 24, 2009, 01:39:07 PM
also weight moved to the outer regions increases differential as well

wonder if it has a marked mass bias
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: triggerman on June 24, 2009, 01:41:16 PM
pricing looks good, nice numbers for a mid priced ball, and if you go by their claims on the coverstock, it is a pearl version of the hybrid cover on the new dynamo x2


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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: NoseofRI on June 24, 2009, 01:42:34 PM
so then does it look like a rounded off version of the torsion core?
Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Roy Munson on June 24, 2009, 01:47:37 PM
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How does a pancake block increase Diff?  Please enlighten me.


I don't have a clue, completely guessing!  It wasn't meant to be a statement.
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No problem.  Anyone else?  I don't know I am actually asking a serious question.  I always thought pancake blocks had lower Diffs.


Look at the picture of the core and maybe you'll understand the effect it has because of its orientation - go to BBE or Lane #1 forum for the core picture.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: urbanj51 on June 24, 2009, 01:49:21 PM
Right.....it's the OG Chainsaw core, but cut in half.  And added a pancake flip block.  Like from the Hacksaw.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: triggerman on June 24, 2009, 01:52:59 PM
original diamon both ends cut off (just like original chainsaw) but then they cut the core in half vertically, then added the pancake flip block to the ball

like i said in the other post decent looking numbers on a mid priced ball
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: NoseofRI on June 24, 2009, 01:56:18 PM
quote:
original diamon both ends cut off (just like original chainsaw) but then they cut the core in half vertically, then added the pancake flip block to the ball

like i said in the other post decent looking numbers on a mid priced ball
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: triggerman on June 24, 2009, 02:14:08 PM
pretty close
it still sticks out on one side like a diamond would bet the other side of it is all filler

will be punching one soon, if its all backend like advertised im sure it will be a welxome addition to my bag
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Badger856 on June 24, 2009, 02:35:53 PM
Would it seem to fall below the CM and above the chainsaw
Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Roy Munson on June 24, 2009, 02:37:40 PM
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Would it seem to fall below the CM and above the chainsaw


good guess
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: urbanj51 on June 24, 2009, 02:45:42 PM
DAMN SKIPPY CG!!!!!  Lol.

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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Badger856 on June 24, 2009, 02:53:47 PM
Well in that case I'll buy two.
Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: BeansProShop on June 25, 2009, 04:50:39 PM
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How does a pancake block increase Diff?  Please enlighten me.


I don't have a clue, completely guessing!  It wasn't meant to be a statement.
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No problem.  Anyone else?  I don't know I am actually asking a serious question.  I always thought pancake blocks had lower Diffs.


Pancake blocks do have a low diff and highest RG usually. Only not when coupled with an actual core.
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Title: Re: Lane #1 Gemstone
Post by: Doug Sterner on June 26, 2009, 06:16:26 PM
FINALLY!!!!!!!!

This is the ball I have been begging Chuck to get Richie to make.....a lower priced ball designed for the heavy handed bowler on today's house patterns....

I can't wait to get my hands on this gem(stone)!!!
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