BallReviews
Equipment Boards => Visionary => Topic started by: Blindstag on January 22, 2005, 05:31:56 AM
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Hi all,
I'm in the process of looking for a dry lane ball from Visionary (I have the Charcoal for med/heavy oil and the Crimson for med/light). Seeing as the B/G Centaur is a fairly mild ball I was thinking of buying it and having it drilled up with a mild layout and use it for my light oil ball. Currently I use a Blue Dot for my spares.
Thanks in advance
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Dale
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Imagination is more important than knowledge - Knowledge is limited,
Imagination encircles the world ~ Albert Einstein
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It's a matter of degree. The Slate Blue is a true dry lanes ball.
The Centaur may serve your purposes if you have higher than average speed or if your lanes are not truly dry, only reltively dry. If the Centaur proves too much, don't be afraid to take some polish to it.
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I use a very enexpensive Storm Hot wire for my drier lanes. Ball hooks pretty nasty on the backend, i love it.
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"I was raised by a cup of coffee..."
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Seeing as the B/G Centaur is a fairly mild ball I was thinking of buying it and having it drilled up with a mild layout and use it for my light oil ball.
Blindstag--I think you should go back and do a search on the B/G Centaur. IMO....do NOT layout rhe B/G mild.....big mistake!
It's mild already and mild layout will kill the ball completely. Read my review and see what you think any questions let me know. I keep mine 2000 grit high polish now and can play a worn out track very well.....when the only place in some houses require you play in the track to carry...I use this ball.
Scott
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Scott,
On the drill sheet that comes with the b/g centaur would your layout be termed a control drilling ?
I will send the specs of your layout to my ball driller so he can try something similar on this ball.
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Dale
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Imagination is more important than knowledge - Knowledge is limited,
Imagination encircles the world ~ Albert Einstein
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Dale--Here are my specs and the B/G Cenatur specs:
Ball Specs
15.15 lbs., 2.95 ozs. TW, 3 1/2" Pin
Surface box condition 1000 matte
Layout 5 1/2 x 4 1/2
Pin above fingers centered above bridge
CG kicked right 1 1/2"s from grip center on horiz. center line
X hole 5/8" diam. 3" deep on VAL 1" below horiz. center line
My Specs
Right handed male consider myself tweener
Axis angle 45 deg.
Axis point 4 7/8" over 1/2" up
RPM 325
MPH at 10' 18 mph consider myself medium speed
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Now you have to compare your game to mine and also the lane condition you intend to use this ball on.
If we are comparable I'd say yes that layout should work for you.
Since, I originally posted my review I have taken my Centaur to 2000 polish which is as high a gloss polish as I can get on it using my spinner.
I can play the worn out track area or the dry in a wet/dry block with it no problem. In fact, I am further right and playing a down and in shot when everybody else is left of me.
This ball is a sleeper that nobody really knows about if you know how to use it.
Again I'd never layout this ball mild.
Hope that helps.
Scott