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Schwanstuker

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2 finger drilling question
« on: July 05, 2015, 08:38:34 PM »
If you take a 15.3 Brunswick Karma with 2-3 top and a 3.5 inch pin and simply drill the fingers through the Cg without a thumb hole, is this a legally drilled ball?

 

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2015, 08:44:47 PM »
yep

Aloarjr810

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2015, 08:45:46 PM »
If you take a 15.3 Brunswick Karma with 2-3 top and a 3.5 inch pin and simply drill the fingers through the Cg without a thumb hole, is this a legally drilled ball?

Yes as long as the ball meets the static weight requirements.
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Schwanstuker

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2015, 09:00:38 PM »
The pin is located above the ring finger which is drilled through the Cg, middle finger just to the left with a 1/4 bridge.

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2015, 09:30:15 PM »
If throwing a ball with no thumb, the fingers are your center grip line for measuring static weights. If the cg is located near the fingers (and no thumb hole/weight hole is added) it will never have any issues on statics unless the ball had 4.5ozs plus of top weight.

Most bowling balls drilled with two fingers and a thumb with no additional weight hole meet the usbc guidelines for use by no thumb bowlers when weighed on a scale based off the finger holes being the center gripline.  If you get board just check random equipment you may be surprised.

…… you can't  add a physics term to a bowling term and expect it to mean something.

Schwanstuker

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2015, 09:49:35 PM »
Thank you, a friend asked me for a drilling pattern that would give his new Brunswick length & finish on a THS pattern. He bowls great with it but since I only enough about standard thumb & finger placement this drilling seemed logical.

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Re: 2 finger drilling question
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2015, 07:48:13 AM »
CG's are mis-marked all the time.

You have to balance the ball to be sure.