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NJStroker

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BALL DEATH
« on: March 05, 2009, 09:20:43 AM »
IT HAPPENED!!!I went to pull my passion out to use it for league and BAM, a crack running from the ring finger about six inches up. i havent used it for a while and its been sitting under my bed, nothing else there cracked. i wanted to use it and lol i did. it rolled decent but very weak. i'll make a vid of its last games lol but damn i loved that ball.
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Im so glad people are brainwashed to think that TRACK sucks. And its even funnier when im carrying with my TRACK ball and they''re going flat ten with their OTHER BRANDS ball.
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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 07:56:41 AM »
I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.
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Monster Pike

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2009, 08:00:03 AM »
So we have to rotate our balls now?  Just don't do it in public....
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actsbowler21

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2009, 08:09:27 AM »
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I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.


Jeff,

I heard that same theory from John Gaines one day and put it to test. I can say that it does happen if you let the ball sit holes up for a good while, the cores are soo dense and with gravity doing it's job pulling on the compromised areas of the ball, I had the ball crack clean from the fingers to my thumb in a matter of weeks.

I was told to rotate the ball every now and then or place them holes down if you don't plan on using the ball for a good while.
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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2009, 08:20:18 AM »
Hmm...never really gave this any thought, but I could see the principle behind the theory.  Now I've got to get home and rotate a couple sitting in the closet.
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« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2009, 09:01:28 AM »
quote:
I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.


I had the same thing happen to an agent that I used for tournaments only. I had it in a box in the closet for the past 6 months. I pulled it out 2 weeks ago for a tournament and it was cracked halfway around the ball.
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carlitopeters

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2009, 10:36:48 AM »
Would this be true for balls with the cover all the way to the core? I mean like Lanemasters, Dynothanes?
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 11:25:41 AM »
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I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.


I had the same thing happen to an agent that I used for tournaments only. I had it in a box in the closet for the past 6 months. I pulled it out 2 weeks ago for a tournament and it was cracked halfway around the ball.


I would have never thought this could happen. I mean it makes sense, but its still a very strange thing to imagine.
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NJStroker

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 05:35:30 PM »
k lol well at least my stomp hasnt cracked lol, definetly gonna try and rotate them a bit now.
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Im so glad people are brainwashed to think that TRACK sucks. And its even funnier when im carrying with my TRACK ball and they're going flat ten with their OTHER BRANDS ball.
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charlest

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 06:26:23 PM »
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I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.


Jeff,

I heard that same theory from John Gaines one day and put it to test. I can say that it does happen if you let the ball sit holes up for a good while, the cores are soo dense and with gravity doing it's job pulling on the compromised areas of the ball, I had the ball crack clean from the fingers to my thumb in a matter of weeks.

I was told to rotate the ball every now and then or place them holes down if you don't plan on using the ball for a good while.
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Orlando, FL

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Rich Gibson's Pro Shop at Boardwalk Bowl Orlando, FL

http://www.myspace.com/wildcat300
http://www.stormbowling.com


I find this .. hard to swallow and to understand.

I have been letting balls sit in my basement since 1995 or so. Only 2 balls have cracked while sitting there: a Track Sensor/C  cracked about 2000 after 2 years, all the way around the circumference, and Track Mojo cracked only across the bridge from middle finger hole to ring finger hole. This covers 150 - 200 balls, drilled and undrilled. variable temperature over winter and Summer, 55 degrees to 75 degrees and variable humidity from 35% to 60%.

Gravity cracking balls? I'd have to see actual evidence, not anecdotal testimony.

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2009, 06:44:12 PM »
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So we have to rotate our balls now?  Just don't do it in public....
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The only one I want rotating my balls is my wife
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actsbowler21

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »
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I don't know if others saw this but there was an article (maybe in Ebonite pro shop mag?) a while back about gravity causing this in balls that sit for long times in one spot - core and coverstock separate. Recommended rotating them every so often.

I chuckled at this but lo and behold earlier this week I went to dig out an old SPECIAL AGENT with a special weak drilling that I mostly use just in regionals and it was cracked about halfway around ball. Hadn't moved it in months.

So maybe there is something to this.


Jeff,

I heard that same theory from John Gaines one day and put it to test. I can say that it does happen if you let the ball sit holes up for a good while, the cores are soo dense and with gravity doing it's job pulling on the compromised areas of the ball, I had the ball crack clean from the fingers to my thumb in a matter of weeks.

I was told to rotate the ball every now and then or place them holes down if you don't plan on using the ball for a good while.
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Justin Buford
Orlando, FL

2009 Storm Bowling Staff Member
Rich Gibson's Pro Shop at Boardwalk Bowl Orlando, FL

http://www.myspace.com/wildcat300
http://www.stormbowling.com


I find this .. hard to swallow and to understand.

I have been letting balls sit in my basement since 1995 or so. Only 2 balls have cracked while sitting there: a Track Sensor/C  cracked about 2000 after 2 years, all the way around the circumference, and Track Mojo cracked only across the bridge from middle finger hole to ring finger hole. This covers 150 - 200 balls, drilled and undrilled. variable temperature over winter and Summer, 55 degrees to 75 degrees and variable humidity from 35% to 60%.

Gravity cracking balls? I'd have to see actual evidence, not anecdotal testimony.

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There are many reasons to why bowling balls cracked. Like you, I have many bowling balls that are still intact after sitting for years. BUT, the ones that have cracked on me recently are post 2006 models with the bigger and more dense cores. Of what is sitting at home right now, I will tell you I have a Total NV, Special Agent, and an Agent that have all cracked from sitting around. In the same closet, I have a tropical storm,ez money, money, hot rod, hot rod pearl, trauma ER, and Trauma Response that have no damage at all. All of the above mentioned have gone through some big temperature changes with moving from FL to North Carolina and back.

I am not saying the theory is absolute, just that there is something to think about. If you attach a weight to rope and hang it from a beam, it's going to hang there for who knows how long, possibly forever. If you weaken the structure of that beam by chipping at it, or in this case, drilling holes into it, you have compromised the integrity of that beam. Now hang that weight from the weakened portion of the beam, it may not snap immediately, it may take a lot of time, or it might not break at all. But, the chances that it will break are higher now than before.

The other side of it, place the weight on top of the weakened spot (holes down) and it still might snap.

Like I said, theory is not absolute, but definitely possible.

on edit: To add, I opened up the shop last week and as I was checking inventory, I noticed two undrilled balls that had cracked that had been sitting in the shop for sometime. One ball was an No Mercy and the other a Cell..No Mercy had been there for a lot longer than the Cell. The Cell was only there for a month or so. Both split from the Pin indicator all the way around, so that made me think about this theory of gravity too.
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Justin Buford
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Edited on 3/9/2009 7:07 PM
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riggs

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Re: BALL DEATH
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 08:35:30 PM »
Charlest, I wish I could remember where I read that article. It was a serious article but a company person, I'm pretty certain. I am thinking it was the Ebonite Insider but not 100 percent sure.
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