Looks pretty close.
Here's the formula to calculate it yourself.
Ball Speed = 40.9 / time in seconds
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- August 11th, 2012, 7:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ball speed table--comment please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2688
- August 9th, 2012, 10:25 am
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: Perfect Scale and Rating Coverstocks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3381
Re: Perfect Scale and Rating Coverstocks
See if the Ball review spreadsheet helps Direct link here http://home.earthlink.net/~litefrozen/downloads/Ball_Reviews.zip The ball review spreadsheet has been updated to 08/2012. The Ball Reviews (SS) is a spreadsheet with ball spec's and box finishes,with all the balls from 2001 to 08/2012(about 9...
- August 5th, 2012, 12:06 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: The Borden Number?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1013
Re: The Borden Number?
Bout what I figured, just happened to run across that in a old pdf (Matching Up-The Ball to the Bowler)that had info about a lot of thing's: Speed Calculation Layout Instability Number Release Rev Rate Calculation Normalized DRG Number (DRGN) Permission to Flare Number Actual Flare Realized Number R...
- August 4th, 2012, 4:22 am
- Forum: General Bowling
- Topic: The Borden Number?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1013
The Borden Number?
I was reading some old bowling information from back in 2002 and it talked about The Borden Number. Which you could use to compare balls and would give you a estimate of which ball will most likely tend to snap more. Higher numbers more snappy, lower more arcy. The Borden Number Definition: The Bord...
- August 4th, 2012, 3:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lane Maintenance Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 885
Re: Lane Maintenance Question
I seen something similar here. They started having a lot of out of ranges, so before they ran the lane machine down the lanes. The lane man would spray or squirt something just on the pin decks, then had the lane machine do the lanes. They only did it for a while then they quit it. I figured they ch...
- July 30th, 2012, 4:46 am
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: Quick introduction & question (Thickest coverstock???)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 975
Re: Quick introduction & question (Thickest coverstock???)
Just a thought: I seen around here a couple of bowlers who had a similar problem. They had the whole area of the fingerholes and bridge drilled out and plugged (looked like one big plug), The plug was thicker than the coverstock in that area and was a more durable material. Then had the fingerholes ...
- July 27th, 2012, 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need some info on particular type of grip (offset thumb)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1339
Re: Need some info on particular type of grip (offset thumb)
You could try "Smoke and Mirrors" Fit and drill the ball how you would normally if you think that fits correctly. Then before you set the ball up there for her to try. Wipe all the lines off, then draw a new grip center line that goes down beside the thumb hole (not through the center of t...
- July 24th, 2012, 1:26 pm
- Forum: Ball Talk
- Topic: 1500 grit polished
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1053
Re: 1500 grit polished
Using a Spinner Old Storm Method: 1500-grit Polished Factory Finish 1. 500-grit Abralon® pad – Sand for 15 seconds on all four sides. 2. Grey Scotch-Brite™ pad – Sand for 40 seconds on all four sides. 3. Storm® Step Two™ – Polish lightly for 15 seconds on two sides. New Storm Method: 1500-grit Poli...
- July 19th, 2012, 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Breakpoint
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11575
Re: Breakpoint
I believe the minus 31 formula just show's the exit point for the oil pattern. Not the actual break point.donw wrote: So, is the minus 31 formula simply a way to approximate the breakpoint?
Slowinski: Exit Point = Pattern Length – 31
- July 12th, 2012, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Layout Advice
- Topic: Is how you locate the PAP flawed
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3575
Is how you locate the PAP flawed
Is how you locate the PAP by measuring from the grip center flawed? if not Could someone please,please help these guys over in this forum: http://www.bowlingboards.com/threads/9967-PAP-Identification-Method-(-amp-Terminology) Sample: A dual angle layout doesn't produce the same dynamic parameters fo...