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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: bowling9883 on May 06, 2005, 05:31:52 AM

Title: PAP? what is it?
Post by: bowling9883 on May 06, 2005, 05:31:52 AM

I've only been a bowler for one year now and I have been hearing lots about pap. I know it it personal access point but what is it for? What does it do?
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Title: Re: PAP? what is it?
Post by: Jim12387 on May 06, 2005, 01:33:21 PM

POSITIVE AXIS POINT. It shows what kind of track you have on your ball. This a main component needed to drill bowling balls properly.
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Title: Re: PAP? what is it?
Post by: Hex017 on May 06, 2005, 01:35:07 PM

Agree with Jim. It is Positive Axis Point and it stands for where your ball tracks or rotates as it goes down the lane. Can be used to help set up more specific reactions when drilling new balls.
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Title: Re: PAP? what is it?
Post by: Ragnar on May 06, 2005, 01:38:53 PM

To expand:  the part of the ball that actually comes into contact with the lane is your track.  Think of this as a bicycle tire.  The "axle" of this tire is its axis.  There are two ends of this axis; one on your Positive Axis Point (PAP) and one on the Negative Axis Point (NAP).  The PAP is the point on the side facing you (ie, the side that you can see) as it goes downlane.  It is used in providing layout coordinates for drilling.
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Title: Re: PAP? what is it?
Post by: 230-n-up-or-bust on May 06, 2005, 01:39:08 PM

Think of your ball track as the equator and the PAP as one of the Poles.  Although your ball track doesn't necessarily split the ball in half like the equator does for the Earth, you get the idea.  Your PAP is a point equidistant to your ball track.
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