Great tips... for someone stranded on a desert island... with an abandoned Toyota, a running generator... and a welder. I must have missed the video on how to craft a bowling ball out of tree sap, and how to widdle a set of bowling pins from black palm.

@MyLameAnimations

Жыл бұрын

lol. This is one of my favorite comments of all time. Thanks for taking the time to watch.

Love the video, a lot of tips. I just built my jig out of scraps of micarta, and female tie rod ends. Looking forward to drilling my own equipment here in the near future. Thanks for the video.

Very cool video. Innovative thinking and a can do attitude will take you much further than running an paying for people to do everything for you. As a long time bowler, that also enjoys fabrication, machining, welding, I looked for a video that would give me some pointers on drilling my own equipment. Thank you for sharing, I learned a few things and I'm going to fabricate a ball holder and start experimenting.

@MyLameAnimations

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Once you understand how the finger pitches work, it's pretty easy to get good results. I just move the ball the opposite way I want the pitches to go. If I want the pitch to be 3/8 inches to the right, I move the ball 3/8 inches to the LEFT from dead center. If I want 1/2 inch forward pitch, I move the ball 1/2 inch BACKWARD from dead center. Good luck to you, and let me know how your experiments work out.

Once again you prove that you are a genius!!!! Great video and awesome idea!!

Should consider getting a x y table. But great job showing this if you don’t have the X y table. I was considering using a break rotor as well to set the ball down on my mill table and buy the clampdown plate at innovative. But I found a old litchco jig online and bought it

This was certainly helpful. I have a drill press, am a welder and machinist, and unfortunately cannot work in the fabrication/manufacturing industry anymore, but I want to buy a full arsenal of balls but not pay the $60 per ball price to have them drilled. I would have to drive a few hundred miles to a larger city to get better prices. So now begins the deep dive into layout tools and learning how to use them lol.

@MyLameAnimations

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I was lucky to have a friend who ran a pro shop. He taught me how to layout and drill my own equipment. I was familiar enough with how his jig, mill, and drill press worked that I knew I could do it myself for a lot less money. I've drilled a few balls since making this video, and each time it gets easier. If you are a machinist, you could probably figure out a good setup pretty easily.

Good afternoon , where are Sir? I miss your sudoku videos, please we love to see you on you tube often My best regards

Hello! I to drill my own equipment, but I do not have a mill. Is the anyway that I can upgrade my standard upright press to digital read out (DRO) so that I can drill oval thumbs accurately?

What i wanna know is what kind of drill press do i need to start drilling bowling balls???

Where can I get cheap bits?

My friend put a piece of tape around the drill bit at the exact depth for your grip that way you don't have to keep guessing you will just drill down to the tape and stop

@MyLameAnimations

Жыл бұрын

That's an excellent tip. I'm going to do that the next time I drill a ball. Thanks for sharing.

Just a suggestion, as you have more viewers than I do, ( I may still make a video on it) but a dial indicator costs less than a plug cutter, and can be used to center the ball to the spindle, actually probably more accurately.

@MyLameAnimations

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video showing how the dial indicator works. I used a plug cutter because I needed to know where zero-zero pitches were so I could move to the ball from zero to my desired pitches. (Plus I have the added bonus of being able to cut plugs.) This is the easiest way I could figure it out, but I'm sure there are better ways. Good luck with whatever you come up with, and if you post a video, let me know so I can watch it.

@travishanson166

2 жыл бұрын

@@MyLameAnimations certainly. I have been inspired haha. I ordered some toggle clamps to build a different style fixture. I have a ball that needs to be plugged and redrilled, so I will also build the router jig according to your video to mill the plugs down. Between your videos and a few others I will have saved well over 500 bucks by the end of a year by the time I get all my balls lined up. Opens the door to plenty of used options as well. Been working on getting the garage straightened out for projects and video making. Excellent project for the first run.

Where did you get the drill bit and what kind of drill bits are you using

@MyLameAnimations

Жыл бұрын

I ordered them from Innovative Bowling. They sell equipment for pro shops. Everything is expensive, but very high quality.

I’m assuming we would need a measuring tool also?

@MyLameAnimations

11 ай бұрын

You would need a pro sect to lay out your ball, a span gauge, and a yellow pencil. I would not recommend anyone try this unless they already know how to drill balls. I spent a lot of time in a real pro shop being taught by a skilled driller. I just made this video to prove it could be done. My advice is go to the pro shop and pay whatever they charge.

where did u get the drill press from ? I wanna do this at home but have no idea what drill press to buy and dont want to spend $$1000's on it.

@MyLameAnimations

7 ай бұрын

I use the drill press where I work. If you buy one, it needs to have an adjustable deck height and be large enough for the ball and the drill bit to fit.

@cozzi67

7 ай бұрын

ok great thanks - any idea what speed or HP I need ? @@MyLameAnimations

for what you paid you could have had a pro shop do it assuming they had a digital drill press with zero risk of error.

@MyLameAnimations

2 жыл бұрын

Good comment. You are correct. I wouldn't recommend that everyone try this at home. I was just proving that it can be done. For me it was worth it because I live 70 miles from the closest pro shop, and I drill about 6 balls per year. Also, I have been drilling my own equipment in a pro shop for several years, so I have a good understanding of how the professional equipment works.

@shane7851

2 ай бұрын

For real! I think you missed the point! The ability to do this work at home assuming your a good bowler and have a solid understanding of ball dynamics and layouts and with the price of online balls and having to deal with butt hurt pso's I'd love to spend 50$ to be able to do my own work! Yes it's the same as if you just went to the pro shop on the first ball! What abt ball 2 through 50? That's free money!

@daveshostack4950

2 ай бұрын

@@MyLameAnimations I WOULD WORRY ABOUT MAKING A MISTAKE BECAUSE ONCE YOU DRILL IT IF ITS DONE WRONG NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR AN UGLY LOOKING PLUG JOB IN ORDER TO CORRECT WHAT YOU DID.

No thumb hole? Are you a 2 handed bowler?

@MyLameAnimations

8 ай бұрын

Yes.

DIGITAL DRESS PRESSES ARE BETTER. IT TAKES THE GUESS WORK OUT OF IT.

SOME PRO SHOPS ONLINE WILL DRILL IT AND SHIP IT TO YOU. BUT CHECK REVIEWS FIRST. BEING OFF A 1/16 IS A BIG DEAL TO ME. I HAD A BALL THAT WAS A 1/16 TOO WIDE AND AS A RESULT I COULD NOT GET OUT OF IT CORRECTLY AND IF THE PITCH ON THE THUMB IS 1/2 INCH BACK PITCH INSTEAD OF 3/8 YOU WILL DROP THE BALL. THAT HAPPENED TO ME. SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH TRAVELING THE EXTRA MILES TO GET IT RIGHT.

can't wait to see your home grown brain surgery video's .😀

Kid's don't do this at home.Go to your Pro Shop.

@bengrimm1222

Жыл бұрын

This x1000.

Will you be my dad please