Yes, that is exactly what I did. When I drilled the finger holes, I turned the ball in the jig and lined everything up to the ACL/25* line and then did the standard pitches from the wikifit. Technically, I could probably use a bit more reverse in the fingers (based on my thumb reverse) but the laterals are right off the fan chart for C (24 degrees, I think). When I measure that angle on the ball itself, it does seem to be a few degrees less than the paper (22 vs 25), but that's so close IMO that I am just using 25 as a good ballpark.TonyPR wrote:So what you are saying is that you did 1/4" MF and 5/8" RF laterals on the ACL/CLT/25* line etc... Not on the centerline, you only used the centerline for your spans and to layout the ball. Correct?
As far as the fingers go, I only used the centerline for span and to layout fingers/thumb relative to the DA/VAL/PAP. On one ball I drilled the thumb relative to the centerline, and on the other I drilled relative to the adjusted thumb/ring finger line. That line effectively shifts the thumb pitch forward a bit, but doesn't do much to the lateral. To me, the one with more reverse feels better, but I can't tell if that's due to the reverse or the oval. I should stick to changing one variable at a time, but it's a time consuming approach.
I've re-read Snick's posts on the scissoring effect on the fingers, but I'm still not sure what's happening. For my way of thinking, 1/4" reverse on the fingers will always be 1/4" reverse, RELATIVE to the 25* ACL line. My pitch gauge it telling me the same thing. Sure, it's going to be a little wonky compared to the centerline, but with the hand aligned to the ACL, the fingers are 1/4" reverse relative to the ACL. Yes?
Steve