I can follow SOME of the more technical explanations given, and I get the general gist which is to try some surface changes first before messing with either a weight hole or revised drilling.
Also want to re-emphasize in response to Charlest''s comment:
"(ASIDE: I must assume you know that when you asked your driller to make the ball stronger, he made it earlier and hook more.)"
Yes. I very much aware that this is MY fault. Not the drillers.
I should never have mentioned anything about making the 2nd ball slightly stronger. It was more of an afterthought than anything else, and I should have kept my mouth shut.
I was hoping for a TINY incremental difference between the two balls, and it is possible that it IS a tiny difference in actual specs. I think the drller misunderstood what I wanted in this case too.
I only wanted the ball to go a smidgen longer and thus have a smidgen more backend than the first ball. Instead... when I picked up the ball, the driller showed me the pin placement and said the ball would roll slightly sooner. This was not what I intended, but I figured it was already drilled, and I still have decent speed, so I would give it a shot.
Bottom line, the adjustment was in the opposite direction of what I wanted.
Getting a bit off topic now, but what is a nice way to tell my driller that I did not want the ball to start earlier. That when said I wanted it to be just a little bit stronger, I meant at the backend.
It''s mostly my fault, but then again he knew why I bought ball number 1 (go long and snap hard on medium to light oil), and I even have several conversations with him afterward about why I liked it so much. It was because of those conversations that I was sure he knew I wanted the backend stronger, not an earlier roll.
Now I''m just looking for the best way to "fix" a ball that is not really broken, but is not AS fit for the purpose I bought it for as I would like, and now overlaps with other equipment rather than serving as a backup piece for the first 607A (I have plenty of other balls that can get into an earlier roll, so i dont want this ball to do that).
Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and information, whether technical or common sense. Regardless of what I end up doing, I appreciate the information and hopefully can work with the driller to undo what I did when I opened my mouth at the wrong time (really wanted a duplicate ball, and was just thinking aloud about what it would be like if it was a tad stronger ----- At the backend !!!!).
Edited on 12/25/2010 7:25 AM
