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toomanytenpins

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my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« on: June 10, 2006, 05:13:23 PM »
this freakin thing blows i have taken the surface down to 2000 and it is still half the ball it was when i first threw it. I cant depend on it to do anything but not carry and it does that consistently. Now i am gonna spend another 70 redrilling it. I need some suggestions. I am a 3/4 roller tweener and am now throwing the ball between 15 and 16.5 mph. it is set up with the pin below the ring finger with the pin cg and mb in line towards 4:00 with a weight hole just inside the mb ,about an inch between them.
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El Capitán

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2006, 01:37:12 AM »
Is it not hooking enough at 2000?
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2006, 01:40:18 AM »
my mb is like 6 inches right of my thumb hole and my weight hole is right above it.kinda looks like thisin is (.) 1inch down and between fingers,cg. down and right 2 inches,weight hole 3 inches right of cg on same line, mb 1 inch straight down from weight hole and then the thumb hole.                        


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toomanytenpins

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2006, 01:41:28 AM »
it isnt hooking at all and i just soaked it before i shot with it.
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2006, 01:49:32 AM »
That looks like it's supposed to roll early.... what type of condition are you bowling on? 2000 is too soft for oily-oilness.

Also, are you sure soaking it is a good idea? Cus i've heard othewise...
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2006, 02:38:55 AM »
Without trying to sound like an unnecessary prick.. If it doesn't work for you then scrap it and try something else.

 If modifying it, yet again, is your best course of action then I would suggest taking the cover down as far as possible say about 400 grit and then moving upwards until you find a surface that works for you. I've never been a fan of redrilling balls. You obviously chose that drilling for a specific purpose and I am not convinced that redrilling it will work better than adjusting the cover will.

 Just my thoughts...

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2006, 06:45:01 AM »
It seems like you complain about every ball you've bought recently.  From what I can remember, many of them were high end oilers.  Maybe you don't bowl on the volume of oil you think you do?  Those type of balls will look terrible when thrown on the wrong conditions.

What newer balls have you thrown recently that you do like?
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2006, 08:14:35 AM »

  Seems to me that someone should follow the explicit drill instructions supplied with the ball.
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2006, 09:39:52 AM »
His profile says he's a low track, low rev, low speed player.  No ball is going to look good coming out of that type of game unless the ball is drilled very delicate to his specs.  With the MB "6 inches" right of the thumb it could be almost 3 inches or more past his VAL which is going to cause a hook/set/die motion out of a ball with this much assymetry built in.  I shake my head in sadness every time I see a so called "pro shop operator" set people up with such terrible layouts and ball choices that would never fit the user's game.
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2006, 11:14:02 AM »
Its not drilled as aggressively as it could be.  I mean what were you thinking if you wanted a strong ball and putting the pin under your ring finger?  Ebonite doesn't even recommend that drilling.  They suggest pin above the ring finger or stacked leverage at 1:30 along side the ring finger.  

Pin under like that is a more hook/set.  Makes the ball arc more with less backend, especially when you take the surface down.  Which is fine if you have really strong backends.  We just don't see that strong a back ends to warrent such a drill.  

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2006, 11:20:37 AM »
I don't care what the Ebonite drill sheet says, pin in relation to gripping holes mean nothing when PAP's are varying from 2 1/2" from the center of grip to as far as 6" from the center of grip.  So this guy's pin under ring Big One which could have a pin placement of 2" to his PAP would react a whole world of difference to someone like me where pin under ring would come out to be 5" from my PAP.  Lets not stray away from the basics here, that drill sheet is only a mere guideline assuming the person has a PAP measurement of "around" 5 inches right and a variance of 1/4 up or down.  Other than that, the picture is comepletely useless for someone with specs like the original person.


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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2006, 01:16:36 PM »
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this freakin thing blows i have taken the surface down to 2000 and it is still half the ball it was when i first threw it. I cant depend on it to do anything but not carry and it does that consistently. Now i am gonna spend another 70 redrilling it. I need some suggestions. I am a 3/4 roller tweener and am now throwing the ball between 15 and 16.5 mph. it is set up with the pin below the ring finger with the pin cg and mb in line towards 4:00 with a weight hole just inside the mb ,about an inch between them.
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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2006, 02:13:57 PM »
The only layout any of the One series doesn;t work is the PIN under layout.  For some reason NO one has a issue with the ball if the PIN position is above the finger, but most don;t like the PIN under layout as the performance is nothing special.  Hope someone from Ebonite can explain why this core/cover combination doesn't work with the PIN under layout

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2006, 02:24:39 PM »
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The only layout any of the One series doesn;t work is the PIN under layout.  For some reason NO one has a issue with the ball if the PIN position is above the finger, but most don;t like the PIN under layout as the performance is nothing special.  Hope someone from Ebonite can explain why this core/cover combination doesn't work with the PIN under layout


I totally disagree i have seen 30 plus people love the ball around here in vegas that love the pin under drills. Dave Wodka shot 1055 for 4 games when i watched him one night with a pin under big one with mb out towards the val. I have seen many regular joe blows shot good series most with pin under drills, i have mine pin high so i like to spy alittle when i see others using theres.

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Re: my big one sucks i dont care what anyone says
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2006, 02:26:02 PM »
My One quit on me, I threw it in the revivor for about 10 minutes, good as new.  My dad hasn't had any problems with his Big One.