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Equipment Boards => Roto Grip => Topic started by: Weaser on July 20, 2014, 04:31:09 PM
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Last spring I traded for a used Berserk with less than 10 games usage. It is drilled 4.75 above ring x 3.5 CG no hole @ 2000/polish. OOB should have been 4000. It will be used in later games for High Street THS (44' 21.3 ml) on 20 yo Proanvilane. My ball for fresh is a Reax Version 2 pin down hole down. The few games I have used it in league have not been great so I am open to suggestions of surface changes that have worked for you. Bowler is 62 yo stroker. THX in advance.
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From my understanding and also having used this ball, it's not meant for 'later' games. For me(even OOB polished) this ball had very good read in the midlane and was continuous. If you are using 2000, this ball is going to start even earlier. What is this ball doing for you?
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The big thing I can tell you is that you may want to add surface to the Berserk if starting with it. High Street has more hold room and a higher oil line than some oil patterns.
Now, there is Pro Lane and then Anvilane. The difference between both is that Pro Lane will have the breakpoint markers towards the back of the lane whereas Anvilane will not. Also, Pro Lane is going to have less friction than Anvilane. In either case, Anvilane and Pro Lane are both slicker than any AMF synthetic surface I've seen (HPL, SPL, MAD II), especially with sport patterns. This means that the backends will be smoother. However, if the synthetics are 20 yrs old as you mentioned, there may be a worn track area where you can find some friction.
This chart helps describe the High Street pattern, along with showing suggested angles for different styles. http://www.revolutionsproshop.com/Test/highstreetoverview.htm
My advice is that you will probably want to square up and keep your angles tighter until some carrydown occurs.
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T_F - Ball gets to hole but does not carry.
TB74 - Berserk will be my secondary THS ball if RV2 does not get the job done (Midwest climate control/laneboys lazyness). I stand corrected - Pro Lane with the downlane rangefinders. Plastic was installed in 1994 by Jayhawk along with Brunswick automatic scorers (been in this house since 1973). Machine is Kegel Ion - backends are clean, but not squeaky.
On the link - If I understand correctly, a stroker will play between the cranker & tweener around 12/13 tweak to 8/10? I agree straighter is greater with the 11:1 taper. It is quite easy to leak the ball to the right too early & watch it hang missing the pocket unless you play outside of 10.
So I guess my question is - 500/1000/2000/4000 or 500/4000 or what?? Ball should not be used for fresh if machine puts out pattern correctly - have other balls for that.