Fun with dremels

[Ball99999]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BIGGER? HOW ABOUT SOME VIAGRA!
OK kidding.

I felt like my thumb hole was letting my thumb slip off regardless of how much tape was in there so I went in and dremeled out enough to go from reverse pitch to forward pitch.. dremel'd so much off there is no more slug left part way down.
The weird thing is that before the ball felt heavy, now I can hold the ball with just my thumb and it feels light.

[75lockwood]

couple things, first this is a family forum so get rid of that first part of your post, second, I'm not sure how good of an idea working on your ball yourself was.... (I wouldn't do it) but hey, if it worked thats good for you

[Zothen]

Thats not good! I would take it to the pro shop and make sure you didn't damage the ball and it is proper fit without causing long term problems.

Zothen

[Ball99999]

Somehow I have a hard time picturing a family of mom dad and 6 year old kid sitting down to read these forums.

[AZBowla]

Thats not good! I would take it to the pro shop and make sure you didn't damage the ball and it is proper fit without causing long term problems.

What Zothen said. You may have voided the warranty and you might injure your thumb when throwing it. I'd definitely have someone at the Pro shop look it over and ideally you should have the thumbhole plugged and redrilled to the correct pitch. If you think you're having problems with your release now, just wait - if you break your thumb or sprain it you'll really have a problem bowling.

[Ball99999]

You all gotta chill I didn't mess it up. No warranty was voided and not going to break a thumb. I padded it with tape anyway.
I want to get this redrilled anyway the layout sucks

[AZBowla]

You all gotta chill I didn't mess it up. No warranty was voided and not going to break a thumb. I padded it with tape anyway.
I want to get this redrilled anyway the layout sucks

OK well then good luck, and here's hoping I don't see a new thread by you saying "OMG my thumb looks like a grapefruit, what did I do?!?!"

[75lockwood]

You all gotta chill I didn't mess it up. No warranty was voided and not going to break a thumb. I padded it with tape anyway.
I want to get this redrilled anyway the layout sucks

And what may i ask makes the layout "suck" is it by chance because you don't get as many strikes as you think you should? Sorry, but layout should almost irreverent at your average, if it was laid out based on normail drilling practice the ball should be good enough to bowl and bowl rather well with... there is not secret layout that will make you a pro.

As for what you did to the ball, that is for all intensive purposes your issue to deal with, it is possible that what you did helped, but given the lack of experience, it could end badly (i wouldn't even think about doing this) there is also the fact that you used the wrong tool for the job, a dremel runs at a much higher speed then the bevel sanders pro shops use. if i were to try something like this, i would buy the sander (fairly cheap), read as much as i could on the subject, then experiment on a throw away ball. not something that should be done on impulse.

[Ball99999]

You are just taking this so seriously.
A dremel is not high speed it's adjustable speed. Im not 4.

The layout sucks because the layout sucks, im not completely oblivious.

[AZBowla]

This thread really needs a picture of the ball pre (if possible) and post dremel treatment. I gotta see this for myself.