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BeerLeague

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Cracked balls
« on: September 11, 2018, 08:54:09 PM »
In the past 12 months I have lost a Ride, a Snap Lock, and an iQ Tour.  They all cracked all the way around the ball.  They are stored in my finished, climate controlled basement on a ball rack when not in use.  I do not leave gear in the car overnite.

WTF is with all the Storm stuff randomly cracking?
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MI 2 AZ

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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #76 on: April 25, 2019, 03:55:35 PM »
Quote from: milorafferty on April 25, 2019, 12:34:28 PM
Luke and Alonzo, thanks for making my point about it. Some balls crack, but MOST don't. It doesn't seem to be associated with a specific brand and from my experience, it doesn't seem to matter much how they are stored(within reason) either.

I do think there is a relationship to how they were drilled. But I could be mistaken on that as well.



I have seen many balls crack around here owned by other bowlers.  Many are because the driller they use in Tucson does not adhere to the hole to pin distance recommendations.  They are usually within a half inch or less and that I suspect is part of the problem. 

Also, I don't know for sure if this is a cause, but our average humidity here in Arizona is very low, usually under 20%.  That can't help.  Plastic items don't do well here, usually end up cracking or splitting but that may also be due to the extremely high heat from the sun.  Our sun is intense.

I agree that the brand does not seem to matter but storing does.  Around here, you should not keep it in your car or trunk.  Too much of a temperature swing.  One bowler kept complaining about the new balls keep cracking and then I asked him how he stored them.  "In the car" was his answer. 

« Last Edit: April 25, 2019, 04:02:50 PM by MI 2 AZ »
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #77 on: April 25, 2019, 03:57:22 PM »
Quote from: milorafferty on April 25, 2019, 02:06:32 PM
Quote from: leftybowler70 on April 25, 2019, 01:55:41 PM
Mili, I also agree on you having the most balls on here as well.... I was heading that way many years back; Fortunately, life got the best of me, and slowed me down, because had I continued, I would of been divorced, and in rehab; whew.....  ;D

I think MI 2 AZ might give me a pretty good run for the title. And I have been selling mine off recently.

Not a title I would like to admit to, but I too am single, no kids.   :)
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #78 on: April 25, 2019, 04:07:16 PM »
I enjoy these type of discussions.  :)

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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #79 on: April 25, 2019, 07:11:46 PM »
Have kids but built my arsenal on the cheap.  Vast majority of my balls were not bought new and when do buy new almost always buy clearance.  Have a lot more balls with inserts than I would like this way but guessing average for me is probably a lot closer to $100 a ball than $200 even with occasional plugging and drilling.  Ball that cracked was bought new so go figure.  Beats gambling or opioids so always worse ways to spend money.  Going to retire comfortable which bowling will probably help make possible by helping me not die in my 50s of heart disease or something by being a couch potato.
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #80 on: April 25, 2019, 07:25:38 PM »
I have kids but I'm on staff and know how to drill my own stuff, plus I'm a student of the pro shop game, so I'm ahead. My other great love is being a computer nerd, and I haven't spent much money on that love recently, but with the new AMD server chips out, I just priced out a $5000 rig that would blow your mind. I can't afford both, so bowling it is!
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #81 on: April 26, 2019, 10:32:46 AM »
I had 4 or so crack just sitting on the ball rack in my basement. Power Groove, RG Horizon, Hammer something and Columbia something. I think the covers are too thin. I have older reactive balls when the covers were like 2" thick never cracked.
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #82 on: April 26, 2019, 11:09:06 AM »
Quote from: Impending Doom on April 25, 2019, 07:25:38 PM
I have kids but I'm on staff and know how to drill my own stuff, plus I'm a student of the pro shop game, so I'm ahead. My other great love is being a computer nerd, and I haven't spent much money on that love recently, but with the new AMD server chips out, I just priced out a $5000 rig that would blow your mind. I can't afford both, so bowling it is!

It wouldn't blow my mind. I just recently purchased two servers for our company that cost $155K each. 100TB(Usable space) of SSD hard drives after RAID 10 on one and RAID 5 on the other. 64TB RAM and 64 Sockets with 4 CPU per. Yours probably has a better graphics card though.   ;D

Of course, it wasn't money out of my pocket.
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #83 on: April 27, 2019, 07:05:45 AM »
Quote from: Impending Doom on April 25, 2019, 07:25:38 PM
I have kids but I'm on staff and know how to drill my own stuff, plus I'm a student of the pro shop game, so I'm ahead. My other great love is being a computer nerd, and I haven't spent much money on that love recently, but with the new AMD server chips out, I just priced out a $5000 rig that would blow your mind. I can't afford both, so bowling it is!

Here I am looking for old scrap server stuff that still works. Running a dual X5650 system that does ok. That new AMD stuff looks very very good.

We’ve had many balls crack in their our house. Temp control isn’t perfect by any means and I believe that causes the problems. Have seem several times where any existing plug material is noticeably higher than the cover stock. Always know those are toast. Not a matter of if, just when.
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #84 on: June 07, 2019, 11:45:51 AM »
By the way come to the conclusion at least when it comes to cracking in the garage your biggest risk factor by far is plugs and balance holes.  If have to keep a ball in the garage pick the ones that have never been plugged or without balance holes is my advice.  Every ball I have had crack, one of the crack endpoints was a plug or balance hole.
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Re: Cracked balls
« Reply #85 on: June 07, 2019, 07:16:56 PM »
I have had many and I mean many balls crack in the garage and the house that never were plugged or had a balance hole.
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