Sorry for the explanation, but this is as close as I could get with the drilling.  I bought this ball for heavy oil, but everytime I get near heavy oil, the ball just skids.  I have medium-high revs, and throw the ball about 14-16 m.p.h. I was wondering what kind of reaction I should expect to get.  My pro shop owner told me this was drilled for maximum hook and if it is, then for me this is a very weak ball in heavy oil.  Thanks.

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I had it at 500-600 grit, then my pro shop owner wet-sanded it.  Is that the max drilling for the ball?

Edited on 10/3/2005 7:54 PM

He just said that it was the max drilling.  I have tried slowing my ball speed down, but it still doesn't hook a lot.  The last thing I thought of trying was bring the ball down to 220 grit.

Edited on 10/3/2005 7:58 PM

I need to put the pin below my finger?  Where should I put the MB? How do I locate my VAL?  The pro shop owner said the lane machine was broken so the machine pushed oil outside of 2nd arrow, which is where I play.

Have my pro shop owner put the pin down and to the right a little from my ring finger, the MB clost to the Val?  What if the MB was put on the VAL?

Hey TheMan,

Like Clint mentioned, it's a little hard to say without knowing your pap to say how it measures up.  How close is your first oil line to your fingers and thumb?  If you're fairly close (within an inch or so), I'd say the drilling would be fairly weak relative to that.

The Animal was designed to have quite a bit of axis retention which translates into a fair amount of built in length.  Now add the longer distance or placement of the mb to your pap and this would cause this ball to skid quite a long way in heavier oil.  

Your driller said it was for maximum hook, tough one again bud until we know your pap to see if the mass bias was placed in the proper position.  I'd try and take the cover down some more to see if it can give you the desired reaction.  Just to give you an example,I had my Animal at 400 "PLUS" the mass bias past my val about 3.25-3.5 to pap to help promote earlier roll for the heavier oil and then it worked.  Try the sanding and see if that helps, if not,plugging and redrilling would be your other option.  The Animal can handle heavier oil but it does need to be dull and have the mb in it's proper positioning to react.  Hope this helps explain some...
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If I am correct, I usually see an the first oil ring 1-1.5 inches from my finger and thumb.  Knowing this, how should I drill the Animal?

Edited on 10/4/2005 9:05 PM

If I move the pin down, would that get me an earlier roll?

Edited on 10/6/2005 8:18 PM