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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: CoorZero on November 21, 2018, 09:41:20 PM

Title: Layout Tools
Post by: CoorZero on November 21, 2018, 09:41:20 PM

Little different question for this forum, but I think it fits. What tools do you use to transcribe a layout on the ball?

Looking more towards something I can use at home starting out, nothing really fancy. Are the plastic options like the PowerHouse Mass Bias Layout Tool (link below) worth buying or is it just a cheap toy that's not very accurate? I'm not real familiar with these kind of things so any feedback is much appreciated.

https://www.buddiesproshop.com/sales-event/powerhouse-mass-bias-layout-tool/

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: Aloarjr810 on November 21, 2018, 10:45:01 PM

Never used the PowerHouse Mass Bias Layout Tool but it looks like it would work okay, $19 is a pretty good price.

I use the Turbo Pro-sect, it's what you typically see in the proshop.

https://www.turbogrips.com/product/pro-sect-layout-tool/ (https://www.turbogrips.com/product/pro-sect-layout-tool/)

(https://www.turbogrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Pro-Sect-Layout-Tool.jpg)

You might want to look at the  Motion Enhancement Guide for how it's used:

https://www.turbogrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ProSectUserGuide.pdf (https://www.turbogrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ProSectUserGuide.pdf)

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: ignitebowling on November 21, 2018, 10:45:41 PM

Looks like a great option that does the same or more as other quarter scales at half  to a third the price.

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: lefty50 on November 22, 2018, 06:53:42 AM

Can someone explain a little further? I've looked at this on Google, but not getting enough info to understand this acomplishes. I can't say it's a turkey fog... That comes later today  :).

All help appreciated. and Happy T-Day to all.

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: CoorZero on November 22, 2018, 09:46:29 AM

Quote from: lefty50 on November 22, 2018, 06:53:42 AM

Can someone explain a little further? I've looked at this on Google, but not getting enough info to understand this acomplishes. I can't say it's a turkey fog... That comes later today  :).

All help appreciated. and Happy T-Day to all.

It's a tool you use to draw the layout on a ball before drilling.

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: lefty50 on November 22, 2018, 10:18:43 AM

Thanks Coor. I was expecting it to be something that indicated the theoretical relative changes of various layouts as positioned on the ball. This makes more sense.

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: dmonroe814 on November 24, 2018, 02:43:44 PM

Quote from: lefty50 on November 22, 2018, 10:18:43 AM

Thanks Coor. I was expecting it to be something that indicated the theoretical relative changes of various layouts as positioned on the ball. This makes more sense.

powerhouse has a software tool that Will do what you want to do, but it is only for EBI balls and costs around $1000.  Storm vector layout is a spreadsheet tool that Will do what you want to do, without the graphics.  It is free.

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: ignitebowling on November 24, 2018, 09:59:39 PM

Blueprint software is $500. You can do a trial version for free. 

Title: Re: Layout Tools
Post by: dmonroe814 on November 25, 2018, 06:36:03 AM

Quote from: ignitebowling on November 24, 2018, 09:59:39 PM

Blueprint software is $500. You can do a trial version for free. 

Thanks for the correction.  I haven't looked at it for a long time.  I was going from a bad memory.