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by rmack
July 29th, 2021, 6:02 am
Forum: General Bowling
Topic: Ball Fit Advice
Replies: 39
Views: 5910

Re: Ball Fit Advice

Pitch manipulation can be done in conjunction with span adjustments. When you have stiff joints you have to bend the second knuckle to compensate, many fitters fear going too short with the span... but closing the hand will help with reducing the pressure.
by rmack
March 12th, 2021, 6:44 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Turbo Switchgrip Bit vs Ultimate Bit
Replies: 1
Views: 1205

Re: Turbo Switchgrip Bit vs Ultimate Bit

I have done this. You can use the turbo bit, but it will not match the bit issued by Brunswick... that bit is a wee bit deeper into the ball. So wherever you have it installed you would always want them to turbo depth if you go that route.
by rmack
August 17th, 2020, 8:49 pm
Forum: General Bowling
Topic: Are Fall leagues possible (and what is the limit?)
Replies: 12
Views: 4458

Re: Are Fall leagues possible (and what is the limit?)

We are hoping our benevolent dictators allow us some sanity & mercy before Thanksgiving.... :(

Given that, I would feel safe with 4's or 3's. Plenty of room on our concourses for distancing at those numbers. Doubles is too fast for my old bones.
by rmack
August 17th, 2020, 8:45 pm
Forum: General Bowling
Topic: Howdjadoo ????
Replies: 1
Views: 1071

Re: Howdjadoo ????

another day of insanity up here in MI....

so,

by rmack
March 26th, 2018, 6:00 am
Forum: Ball Talk
Topic: Nord's Full Roller Thread
Replies: 149
Views: 26973

Re: Nord's Full Roller Thread

I could try again with a new ball if there was some guarantee that there was some way to exactly figure out how to do a proper Axis Weight layout that is balanced. No one seems to know anything about this layout and the inventor is dead. its not that no one seems to know, its just that its a lot of...
by rmack
October 4th, 2017, 6:25 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Going to purchase Innovative proshop package.
Replies: 13
Views: 3972

Re: Going to purchase Innovative proshop package.

strikelineproshop wrote: Having to open the top of the mill, loosen the drawer bar, change the bit, tighten the drawer bar and then close the top of the mill for every hole must add time?
As Steve said, exposed draw bars and 30 years of practice... it goes just about as fast as a speed chuck.
by rmack
September 27th, 2017, 9:19 am
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Going to purchase Innovative proshop package.
Replies: 13
Views: 3972

Re: Going to purchase Innovative proshop package.

I had no issues with speed on an AMF Vaccujig using a standard R8 and drawbar. Could cut and finish a standard 3 round holed ball in ~ 4 minutes.
by rmack
April 28th, 2017, 12:29 am
Forum: General Bowling
Topic: Single Strip vs. Double Strip
Replies: 47
Views: 7207

Re: Single Strip vs. Double Strip

Here's something that I found intriguing when I watched the 2017 Team USA trials. Round three they were bowling on a 45 foot pattern. Using the "rule of 31," they should have been exiting the pattern at the 14th board. But everyone was playing way outside. Chris Barnes and John Janawicz w...
by rmack
April 13th, 2017, 4:26 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Pro shop recommendation near Toledo
Replies: 3
Views: 1519

Re: Pro shop recommendation near Toledo

I am an hour north of you just west of Detroit in Livonia and would be glad to get you going. I do not anyone in Toledo, but there is a shop listed on the BC member map... their website says that they are IBPSIA trained and Dual Angle capable. http://www.interstatelanes.com/Pro-Shop Good Luck and Go...
by rmack
December 1st, 2016, 10:08 am
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Pro shop recommendations in Michigan?
Replies: 5
Views: 1968

Re: Pro shop recommendations in Michigan?

So I just attended the Radical bowling instruction and fitting seminar that Ron posted about (in this thread) at Merri-Bowl in Livonia, Mi. I can vouch that Ron is one of the best pro shop guys I have worked with thus far. Between Mo Pinel (mastermind behind the Radical Bowling Ball tech was in the...
by rmack
November 18th, 2016, 8:13 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Pro shop recommendations in Michigan?
Replies: 5
Views: 1968

Re: Pro shop recommendations in Michigan?

Welcome to BowlingChat. Here is something you might be interested in... http://forum.bowlingchat.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=12575" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Thank you for the mention, Mr. Hartwell. If you are wanting to see Mo, there are still openings Monday early a...
by rmack
May 25th, 2016, 1:03 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Things I've already learned from my DeTerminator
Replies: 22
Views: 7544

Re: Things I've already learned from my DeTerminator

I don't like drawing arcs. So my Prosect "short-cut" for finding neutral to X, Y & Z is to bisect X & Y (use 3 3/8" from Y, as X is not always accurate as marked), mark a 90* angle and measure 2 5/8" from there to the same spot.
by rmack
May 25th, 2016, 12:42 pm
Forum: The Pro Shop
Topic: Things I've already learned from my DeTerminator
Replies: 22
Views: 7544

Re: Things I've already learned from my DeTerminator

One thing to watch out for is the roundness of the ball that you are spinning. Not all new balls are true... plugged/repaired balls especially so. I have seen balls that initially spin in the teens or higher drop to their true value (usually in the 5-10 second range) after 5 minutes on a haus resurf...
by rmack
January 17th, 2016, 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mo Visit in Metro Detroit February 22&23 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 2544

Re: Mo Visit in Metro Detroit February 22&23 2016

I am updating this thread to reflects Mo's upcoming visit in February. I will have a new flyer posted with equipment pricing once Radical announces their upcoming releases!
by rmack
December 18th, 2015, 7:03 am
Forum: General Bowling
Topic: How old is this ball?
Replies: 3
Views: 1318

Re: How old is this ball?

1980's box, serial# puts it in 1984.
by rmack
November 25th, 2015, 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.
Replies: 28
Views: 4953

Re: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.

This is very odd. As I have at least 10 measurements which are only 1/16 max out of range of Wiki span. So may be there is an exception. If you look at post #8, the hand is scanned but it's totally different from your hand scan, my dear. Your hand is crumpled up while hand in post #8 of this topic ...
by rmack
November 24th, 2015, 11:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.
Replies: 28
Views: 4953

Re: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.

I asked the question as the distance from my thumb base to half way between first and second knuckle is constant. Measured flat or measured over a ball. Just like a ruler. As spans are measured by a span gauge which in essence is a ruler follows the contour of the ball. Unless someone does the expe...
by rmack
November 24th, 2015, 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.
Replies: 28
Views: 4953

Re: The Measurements. Ball or Paper.

I agree with what is said here. All I'm saying is what my results were. Here is question for Thomas. If a 6 inches scale, which is 6 inches from one end to another, of course, is put on a ball and made to follow the contour of the ball and marked from one end to another. Does it measure more than 6...
by rmack
October 15th, 2015, 1:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mo Visit in Metro Detroit February 22&23 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 2544

Re: Mo Visit in Metro Detroit November 2015

Thank you, Mo. For those that want your Mo experience "Straight, No Chaser"... his clinic/visit in Detroit doesn't have a classroom component, it is all on lane, hands on work! I schedule bowlers to arrive at a rate of approximately one every 40 minutes, so it is not quite a one-on-one les...
by rmack
October 13th, 2015, 6:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mo Visit in Metro Detroit February 22&23 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 2544

Mo Visit in Metro Detroit February 22&23 2016

Precision Bowling Pro Shop is proud to announce that Mo Pinel will again be assisting bowlers at Merri-Bowl Lanes in Livonia on February 22 & 23, 2016. The fee to reserve a spot is $39.99, which gets you an on lane consultation with Mo regarding your bowling style, equipment choices and grip. At...