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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Iketown300 on July 11, 2004, 10:08:13 AM

Title: another ebayer
Post by: Iketown300 on July 11, 2004, 10:08:13 AM
Here's another funny ad from an ebayer about a lane 1 XL and could someone tell me what the extra hole under the bridge is for?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36104&item=3687434290&rd=1
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: channel surfer on July 12, 2004, 01:32:05 AM
Might have been to remove excess top weight.
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: Iketown300 on July 12, 2004, 01:41:59 AM
Couldn't you just remove the excess top weight by drilling a weighthole by the PAP or by drilling the finger holes deeper?
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: BowlingDude300 on July 12, 2004, 01:49:17 AM
Thats a thumb hole silly!





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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: Iketown300 on July 12, 2004, 01:54:06 AM
hahahahha then he has to be a midget with the shortest span ever.
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: SrKegler on July 12, 2004, 03:21:17 AM
You must have better eyes than me.  I can't see the finger or thumb holes.  Looks like a balance hole to me.
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: DanH78 on July 12, 2004, 09:36:56 AM
What's the funny part?  

And drilling a hole on the PAP would have little if any effect on Top Weight.  Drilling the finger holes deeper could be an option, but if you drill them too deep then they may meet at the bottom which could cause bridge cracking problems.
Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: channel surfer on July 12, 2004, 11:36:58 AM
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And drilling a hole on the PAP would have little if any effect on Top Weight.


Unless your axis is .3 inches.
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: Jeffrevs on July 12, 2004, 11:41:09 AM
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Who was it...umm...Mike Scroggins maybe?  That drilled a TPC Warrior up with that drilling.


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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: DanH78 on July 12, 2004, 11:43:40 AM
quote:
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And drilling a hole on the PAP would have little if any effect on Top Weight.


Unless your axis is .3 inches.
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Well, I was going under the assumption that this ball wasn't for the king of all spinners.
Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: JohnP on July 12, 2004, 12:22:41 PM
SrKegler -- Scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on the right hand small picture to see the holes (the large picture will change).  I'd guess it was to remove finger weight, possibly to make the ball break earlier, but don't know why he didn't just drill deep finger holes.  The pitches can be adjusted so the holes don't come together at the bottom.  The way the ball is drilled, it would have to have extremely high undrilled top weight to be illegal after drilling.  Also, it looks like a layout for a leftie.  -- JohnP
Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: livespive on July 12, 2004, 02:14:48 PM
It's a weight hole.

If you look at the bottom of the ball you can see
The outline of the thumb hole.
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Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: tenpinspro on July 12, 2004, 02:15:13 PM
The adj appears to be a decrease in finger and top.  It's the old school way(usually above the bridge so you don't feel the hole in your grip) to just punch a hole vs working a little harder to drill deeper thru fingers, maybe the guy doesn't know how to drill the correct laterals so the fingers don't meet.  If set correctly, even my conventionals don't meet(2.5 inches deep).  Then again...could be for the "King of all spinners"...lol  

Another possibility is that this guy/gal had success with one ball drilled like that so now he/she wants them all like that, bowlers are funny that way...
Title: Re: another ebayer
Post by: laufaye on July 13, 2004, 01:29:12 AM
Its a candle stand.
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