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pin-smasher

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ball drilling
« on: July 04, 2010, 12:37:20 PM »
Since i have just started to drill my own stuff i decided to get all my balls together and measure them against my drill sheet measurements and i noticed that only a couple of them actually match and all balls were drilled by same person...anyone else ever run into that
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Mike Austin

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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 09:36:06 PM »
Unfortunately, that is pretty common.
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pin-smasher

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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 09:44:33 PM »
i always wondered why some balls felt great and some just bugged me....
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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 08:16:07 AM »
Another reason for buying the KMT Personal Ball Jig.  Drill them yourself!  www.kmtballjig.com .
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glssmn2001

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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 08:41:36 AM »
Yeah, I think this is all too common. I have since changed shops and no longer run into this problem.
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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 10:11:22 AM »
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Since i have just started to drill my own stuff i decided to get all my balls together and measure them against my drill sheet measurements and i noticed that only a couple of them actually match and all balls were drilled by same person...anyone else ever run into that


I noticed thr same thing since I also recently started drilling my own balls.They weren't off by much,maybe a 1/16 and they all felt good.I've discovered that the art of putting gripping holes in a bowling ball is an inexact science.
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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 11:13:29 AM »
i measured my middle finger hole to hole and on my favorite ball its 4 3/8 and i found a bunch of balls that were 4 1/4 then some were right on the middle finger but off on the ring finger...
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Re: ball drilling
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 11:28:01 AM »
I had this problem until I switched drillers a few years back, I always wondered why I'd clear ball X a little better than ball Y and this one just felt better than that one.
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