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Djarum300

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Was watching last week's replay, and Randy Peterson mentioned new rules for balance holes. So if I join a league, I can't use the balls I have with weight holes (about half)
 
NOPE. THEY CHANGED THE RULES. I THINK EFFECTIVE AS OF AUG 1, 2019. NOT SURE ABOUT THE EXACT DATE THOUGH.
 
IM SURE TG KNOWS CHAD MURPHY. HE WAS KEY IN GETTING THAT RULE PUSHED THRU. HE HAD SOME IDEAS WHEN HE WAS HIGHERED BY USBC. SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO GOOD. SCORING WAS A BIG PART OF SOME OF THE DECISIONS. BUT AFTER THEY WENT TO ONE AWARD FOR LIFE, I WOULD HAVE FIGURED HIGH SCORING WAS GOOD FOR BOWLING. BUT, I DONT KNOW.
 
WTF was the specific issue with weight holes, anyway? They were there to make the balls legal!!
 
THEY STARTED USEING WEIGHT HOLES WHEN I WAS STILL DRILLING EQUIPMENT IN THE 70'S. IT WASNT TO MAKE THEM LEGAL, IT WAS TO MAKE THEM STRONGER ON THE BACK END. MADE THEM ROLL UP HARDER TO FINISH STRONGER AND IMPACTING THE PINS AT A BETTER ANGLE. THEN AXIS WEIGHT CAME OUT. THEN IT JUST WENT NUTS FROM THERE. BUT STILL, WITH THE ONE AWARD PER LIFETIME NOW, DONT KNOW WHY THE BIG PUSH. SEEMS TO ME HIGHER SCORES WOULD GET MORE ATTENTION FOR NON BOWLERS. :Confused:
 
WAMO said:
THEY STARTED USEING WEIGHT HOLES WHEN I WAS STILL DRILLING EQUIPMENT IN THE 70'S. IT WASNT TO MAKE THEM LEGAL, IT WAS TO MAKE THEM STRONGER ON THE BACK END. MADE THEM ROLL UP HARDER TO FINISH STRONGER AND IMPACTING THE PINS AT A BETTER ANGLE. THEN AXIS WEIGHT CAME OUT. THEN IT JUST WENT NUTS FROM THERE. BUT STILL, WITH THE ONE AWARD PER LIFETIME NOW, DONT KNOW WHY THE BIG PUSH. SEEMS TO ME HIGHER SCORES WOULD GET MORE ATTENTION FOR NON BOWLERS. :Confused:
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When I was Drilling we used to use the PIN to Pap measurements to get the ball reaction and then take out the excessive weight with a balance hole to make the ball legal.
 
DRILLING OFF CENTER WOULD CREATE THE EXTRA ILLEGAL WEIGHT THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED. DRILLING OFF CENTER WAS TO MAKE THE BALL ROLL STRONGER. DRILLING A BALL STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX OVER THE LABEL, NO WEIGHT HOLE. OFF CENTER, WEIGHT HOLE. TO MAKE THE BALL STRONGER ON THE BACK END.
 
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