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djgook

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Widow Spare
« on: January 24, 2017, 01:29:36 PM »
Hello bowling family,
First of all thank you all for helping this new bowler out on everything.
I am going to a house where some say the lanes are like dirt. I say more like concrete. I am a two hander would it be wise to get the widow spare real aggressive so I can use it on other lanes and since it is already weak?
I have a (new) blue urathane and when we go to these lanes I stand on 35 and the ball just straight hook in to the left gutter(drilling stacked).
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Re: Widow Spare
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2017, 02:28:25 PM »
i don't have the RPM's that you have, but I can use my core spare ball with a polished (S.O.) cover where I bowl.  I suggest you carrying a pad with you and test the lanes out first. If you need more surface, than cross hatch the cover.

Also, I don't need to throw <14mph just to make my spare/core ball hook. If the lanes you say are like "concrete" which sounds much worse than were I bowl, you might be leaving pins behind of you sand it. But then again, if you're a lightning fast roller, maybe it adding surface would help. I don't know...lol just test the ball out first then go from there.
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Gene J Kanak

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Re: Widow Spare
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2017, 03:30:40 PM »
I have a Widow Spare that I bought to play straight with on our local house shot. Early on, it was money. I was able to play up first arrow, hammer on it (I'm a no-thumber with a Tom Daugherty-like style, just not the talent), and have firm control of the pocket. If I got it in, it fought the oil, but my revs and the core allowed it to find the pocket, and the hitting power was good. If I was a bit wider, it read the friction on the extreme outside and charged back to the hole. Things were great...and then the shot changed.

I don't know if the center deliberately changed something, or if things are just playing differently because of the change of weather with the seasons; nevertheless, I've had a heck of a time using it lately. The outside are so dry that despite being plastic, this ball snaps off the dry hard. I threw one during practice last night, and the ball backended like a reactive and damn near went Brooklyn! Sadly, being polished plastic, moving into more oil really doesn't apply because despite the strong core, there still isn't enough strength there to truly play it in oil. Now, maybe things would be different if I knocked the shine off, but I have a true spare ball (Target Zone) and two urethane balls I can use when moving slightly left. As such, the Widow just hasn't been a good option for a while now.

I mention all of this not to say that it will be a bad option for you. I don't know that. I'm just warning you that if you're encountering the friction you alluded to, you may find the Widow Spare too strong to play straight, but not strong enough to move in unless you do surface adjustements.

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Re: Widow Spare
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2017, 09:11:31 PM »
Try keeping the drilling simple. Use a 5" pin to pap and adjust surface as needed. Lots of friction will make plastic hook like resin
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Re: Widow Spare
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2017, 01:23:33 AM »
Try keeping the drilling simple. Use a 5" pin to pap and adjust surface as needed. Lots of friction will make plastic hook like resin

agreed! I made the mistake of requesting a flaring layout. If you didn't see the logo XXXL and know it's a spare ball, You would think I had a scout in my hand.
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Re: Widow Spare
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2017, 06:44:55 AM »
Thank you bowling family
My Weapons for WAR: 15LBS. Hammer Black Widow Gold, Storm IQ Tour, Storm Timeless, Storm Drive, Hammer Black Urethane, Hammer Gauntlet.  Gold Widow Spare