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dmonroe814

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Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« on: October 11, 2012, 10:43:33 AM »
A lefty, rather new to the game had a ball drilled and the driller put a weight hole on the track side of the ball.  I have never seen that before.  The driller said it was because of his layout.  Can someone enlighten me on this?
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2012, 11:43:19 AM »
That was done all the time in the OLD DAYS...

More than likely it was done to ADD some Side weight...

Usually when a weight hole is on the other side,  it's to reduce side weight...
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 12:05:55 PM »
Wouldn't it have worked just as well to move the finger/tumb holes so it wouldn't be illegal?
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2012, 12:08:20 PM »
Yes, that probably was an option also, but it might not have conformed to the drill pattern that he chose to use.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2012, 12:14:09 PM »
Quote from: dmonroe814 on October 11, 2012, 12:05:55 PM
Wouldn't it have worked just as well to move the finger/tumb holes so it wouldn't be illegal?
Yes,   But sometimes the ball might have been drilled "Straight Up".. And then after the person used it he may have wanted more hook...So the balance hole was put in...

Not very common today...
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2012, 12:15:56 PM »
How does putting a weight hole in the track area make it illegal? Or is that poster wrong.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2012, 12:21:28 PM »
Quote from: mrwizerd on October 11, 2012, 12:15:56 PM
How does putting a weight hole in the track area make it illegal? Or is that poster wrong.
No, you misunderstood the original statements.  After the ball was drilled, the driller weighed the ball and decided he had to put a weight hole on the track side of the ball to make the static weights (finger and side weights) legal.  I was wondering if this was and unusual drill, or why didn't the driller place the thumb and finger holes where the static weights were legal in the first place.  Apparently some drill patterns make this difficult, so he had to place a weight hole on the track side of the ball to make the static weights legal.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2012, 01:41:12 PM »
Quote from: jls on October 11, 2012, 01:14:14 PM
Quote from: dmonroe814 on October 11, 2012, 12:21:28 PM
Quote from: mrwizerd on October 11, 2012, 12:15:56 PM
How does putting a weight hole in the track area make it illegal? Or is that poster wrong.
No, you misunderstood the original statements.  After the ball was drilled, the driller weighed the ball and decided he had to put a weight hole on the track side of the ball to make the static weights (finger and side weights) legal.  I was wondering if this was and unusual drill, or why didn't the driller place the thumb and finger holes where the static weights were legal in the first place.  Apparently some drill patterns make this difficult, so he had to place a weight hole on the track side of the ball to make the static weights legal.
Can you post a pic of the ball...
Sorry, don't have one.  The guy posted the comment on facebook.  I had never seen a weight hole on the track side, so I was wondering if it was legal or sensible since I could see the ball rolling over it.  Someone posted that it happened sometime with older balls.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2012, 03:42:27 PM »
As already stated, the weight hole is not illegal.

One guess is that the core was asym and the cg was way off from being inline with the pin and the mb.  Based on the layout, it could have added negative side weight and he wanted to bring it back to positive.

Just a guess.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2012, 03:49:10 PM »
Agreed with the above, just interesting that the driller wouldnt have just drilled on of the fingers deeper.
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Re: Weight hole on the track side of the ball?
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2012, 04:56:44 PM »
What you might be referring to is putting a hole on the NAP, or Negative Axis Point. This is not illegal by any means. Usually it was done on pancake weightblocks that didn't flare much anyways. Nowadays, if you were to put one on a ball with any amount of diff, it would flare over it, but it's not illegal.

What kind of ball is it?
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