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Equipment Boards => Lane #1 => Topic started by: star on November 29, 2006, 09:54:45 PM

Title: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: star on November 29, 2006, 09:54:45 PM
Im looking for a replacement for my Silver Diamond.

It is extremly battered but is still working awesome but now serious cracks are appearing all around the fingers. So I will soon be looking for a replacement.

Any ideas as to what is close to it in the current line up or should I just keep looking for a second hand one which is going to be tough in the UK.

I have it drilled label leverage, no weighthole if you need to know. The rest of my specs are in my profile.

Thanks in advance.
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Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: Charles on November 30, 2006, 08:21:13 AM
Drill and plug the fingers right now and stop the cracking and possibly resurface your current Silver Diamond and you may not have to replace it. Nothing in the currewnt lineup rolls like the Silver Diamond in my opinion. Just my opinion. Good Luck.



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Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: star on November 30, 2006, 09:40:38 AM
No not really looking to get rid of it but I have had 2 major chunks out of it and have plugged them. Then Ive had to have it resurfaced near to losing the serial number.
Thats the reason why it needs replacing.
Mind you I could always do the Dremmel trick and re-ingrave the numbers.

Charles I thought like you that this ball was a bit special compared to the other Lane#1 balls.
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Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: Charles on November 30, 2006, 09:42:50 AM
Don't need no stinking serial numbers.....just plug, resurface, and redrill the holes.
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Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: Roy Munson on November 30, 2006, 09:50:18 AM
quote:
Don't need no stinking serial numbers.....just plug, resurface, and redrill the holes.
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You're right, Charles, except when you enter tournaments that requires it.Tournament officials want to make sure that the ball you use to qualify with is the same ball that they have tested.

Other than that, no biggie . . .
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Edited on 11/30/2006 11:07 AM
Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: star on November 30, 2006, 10:02:04 AM
Yeah sorry, I need the numbers, pretty strict for some of the tournaments I play in.
Its the UK, you know how some can be over here
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Edited on 11/30/2006 10:53 AM
Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: Roy Munson on November 30, 2006, 10:15:02 AM
To answer your question, there was a previous post here that which stated that the Silver Diamond's specs closely resembles the HRG specs . . . so there you go . . .

http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=143406&ForumID=7&CategoryID=2
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Edited on 11/30/2006 11:06 AM
Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: charlest on November 30, 2006, 02:15:08 PM
quote:
To answer your question, there was a previous post here that which stated that the Silver Diamond's specs closely resembles the HRG specs . . . so there you go . . .

http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=143406&ForumID=7&CategoryID=2
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-Noel


Edited on 11/30/2006 11:06 AM


That was mine. Only the core specs are similar. Most everything else is different. Most people using or trying both seemed to agree that they're different balls.

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Title: Re: Silver Diamond replacement ?
Post by: star on December 02, 2006, 03:21:57 AM
Thats why I asked as most people said it wasnt a good comparison.

Im thinking about what Charles said and just keep the ball for home league where they dont need the numbers.
I'll have to find something else from a different manufacturer for tournaments.
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