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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: themachine300 on September 16, 2014, 09:54:13 PM
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I picked up a Tropical Breeze kona blue off ebay for pretty cheap and this is what came in the mail today. 2.5" pin and 2.87 oz. of top weight. Is it possible to go pin above the fingers with a short pin like this? My pap is 5 1/4 x 1/4 up and span is right at 4". I know this is really weak ball and looking for something on shorter patterns when I have to play a little deeper later in the block. I was thinking like 4 1/2" to pap without a weight hole? Any thoughts.
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The breeze is a ball with very little core influence so unless you have a lot of hand or very little tilt the ball is going 60 ft without a weight hole or cover adjustment. My philosophy on that ball has been strong pin to pap ' s and flare increasing weight holes for sport, CG to center grip if you are bowling on THS. And they are so cheap you can do both. I had a guy that bought 3 of them, (2 with the same layouts different weight holes and broad range different surfaces, and one with a different layout and no hole and surface.
Again, key to this ball is surface, not a lot of core basically all you and cover. Talk with your driller who knows your game.
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2.5" pin and 2.87 oz. of top weight. Is it possible to go pin above the fingers with a short pin like this?
Yes, just keep the pin close enough to the grip centerline to make the side weight legal and drill the finger holes deep enough to take out the excess finger weight. Or you could use a properly sized and located balance hole. Either will make it legal but you'll have to decide if the layout will suit your game. -- JohnP