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jpierc25

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Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« on: December 20, 2013, 01:14:58 PM »
I just bought a Yeti with a pretty short pin length (about 1-1/2") and I was just wondering if anybody has something similar or if anybody can recommend a good drilling for this pin layout.

 

SVstar34

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 01:26:29 PM »
well there isn't a whole lot to do with a short pin. You're pretty much stuck with using a pin-down layout.

Probably something with pin below bridge or middle finger with cg kicked out a little. The actual numbers will vary according to your PAP

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 01:44:03 PM »
So I should not use any of the suggested layouts that came with the ball?

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 01:55:26 PM »
Throw away the drill sheet!!! Go to a shop ask the driller if he can do anything different. Short pins on symmetric balls don't mean that you have to settle for a pin down. Granted, I'm not discrediting what SV is saying because he's right. Most times, short pin= pin down. You can go pin up if the driller buries the fingers to ensure statics. Just nothing dynamic.

The Yeti is a very dynamic ball all its own. There are just more variables, like grips or no grips, span, etc. But see your driller they can help a lot more.
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 02:21:16 PM »
Yea, I already have pin down stuff including a Mission X pin down with a short pin. I was wanting to try something a little different.

On the Yeti, what would putting the pin down lower in the palm area do?

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2013, 02:34:01 PM »
Will give you a boatload of thumb weight and at that point, you could use a Double thumb or P3 weight hole increasing flare and making the ball more aggressive.
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2013, 02:50:10 PM »
Umm, no one has asked what the top weight is on the ball. How much top weight does the ball have?

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 03:20:40 PM »
Umm, no one has asked what the top weight is on the ball. How much top weight does the ball have?

slipped my mind. Plus when he takes it to the shop they'll be able to weigh it. We're just speculating on possibilities.
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 08:12:41 PM »
you can also keep the pin even with the fingers and go with a pin anywhere fron 3-5" from your pap and use a p2 or p3 location.

Your proshop who is hopefully drilling the ball should have no problems helping you with that.
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2013, 03:22:38 PM »
Umm, no one has asked what the top weight is on the ball. How much top weight does the ball have?

3.0 oz top weight.

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2013, 04:27:54 PM »
Plenty of options.  Drill away
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2013, 05:35:24 PM »
You shouldn't have a problem unless you go FAR off the center line. Depending on your span, you can go pin up and drill the fingers extra deep.

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2013, 09:38:20 AM »
Very easily stated and I hear a lot from pro shops.

"Drill the fingers much deeper".

What is the effect of doing that in many cases?  In many balls the area near the pin is sometimes the densest part of the weightblock and a flip block?

Anyone have the feel of the general change in reaction by going an inch deeper in both fingers,  Versus standard depth?

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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2013, 03:43:59 PM »
You drill the fingers deeper when you'r trying to shift static weight because you have a short pin and put the pin above the fingers. You can drill the fingers normal and add a weight hole by the fingers as well. The weight hole location or the fingers being deeper slightly lessen the diff, and raises the RG.

I would never drill the fingers holes deep just because.

http://wiki.bowlingchat.net/wiki/index.php?title=Effects_of_Drilling_Finger_Holes_Deeper
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Re: Drill suggestion for Yeti with short pin
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2013, 04:01:57 PM »
IMO, the fact that USBC still has the static weight rule in effect is stupid. It's paramount to dusting off a atomic bomb before you drop it because you don't want the dust to somehow hamper the destructive nature of the bomb.