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Equipment Boards => Track => Topic started by: turtleroll on September 27, 2006, 09:45:05 AM

Title: EMB
Post by: turtleroll on September 27, 2006, 09:45:05 AM

to all the Track gurus or anyone that can help out...does anyone still have the drilling instructions for the EMB? or know where i can get my hands on the info? any help would be appreciated

Title: Re: EMB
Post by: BowlingWolf on September 27, 2006, 05:57:37 PM

Turtle,
Here's a link that I used for my EMB XF:

http://www.columbia300.com/trackarchives/images/drillSheets/drilling2.pdf


Copy and paste it.

Regards,
BowlingWolf

Title: Re: EMB
Post by: turtleroll on September 27, 2006, 11:24:28 PM

thanks bowlingwolf...
i was just wondering though...that looks a lot like the drill sheet for track's symmetrical bowling balls...the EMB had some mass bias to it i believe...similar to ebonite's "bombs away" core if i'm not mistaken...are there some rules that should be applied as far as placement of the EMB marker on the ball? anyone out there?

Title: Re: EMB
Post by: BowlingWolf on September 28, 2006, 09:48:16 AM

Turtleroll,
You are welcome.
I had mine drilled a few years ago (around '01).
Anyway, I've had much success with the ball, winning a couple of scratch tournaments in NY, and to this day I still use it (since it hasn't been overused, and the cover is still in very good shape).
My driller used the #1 drill pattern, placing the EMB about an inch to the left and slightly down from the thumb hole, with the pin parallel and slightly right of ring finger (close to 3" pin).  Ball is 16 lbs, originally had 3 oz of TW, and ending static balances are around 1/2 oz finger and 1/z oz positive.
On slightly dry to slightly oily conditions, when I decide to bring this ball for some exercise on the lanes, it still shines; it goes long, and when it breaks, it has very long continuation thru the pin deck with a very loud pop.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
BowlingWolf