I just picked up a TNV drilled with the #1 drilling, for a long and strong reaction.  The ball works great on wood lanes and the couple of houses that have dry boards on the outsides.  However the house that I bowl at most, puts about twice as much oil outside 10, so there are no drier boards on the outside I can get the ball to kick off of.  The other issue here is that they dont put out a ton of head oil so balls without polish, even 2000 grit seem to burn up in the front and hit flat or lose their pop on the back ends.

With my med ball speed and med-low revs I do better here if I play a more down and in shot around 12-8, rather than playing deeper.  Ive struggled here trying to adjust the surface of my Black Widow on this shot.  With the drilling on it its too sharp with polish on it, goes too long at 4000, and burns up in the heads at 2000.  So I had the TNV drilled for a strong but arcing back end.  Im thinking my best bet here is to take the ball down to 1 or 2k and then put the polish back on it, to get it clean thru the fronts and a little more bite on the back ends.  However im also open to trying a different line or other surface adjustments.

thank for your time.

JD