Lane Conditions

[tonx]

http://www.rpsbowling.com/elite/uhoh.jpg

Now I don't ever want to hear complaints that the lanes are too hard/patchy ever again Kiddies!!!

p.s. to all the haters out there- Is this what you want for our national tourneys? LOL
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[Tiger]

I've bowled on a lot worse than that.
Those who bowled at Moonah before the old wooden lanes were sanded and recoated last March will remember the infamous Lanes 15-16 which had a virtual cricket pitch between 10-board and 10-board on both lanes.

Does nothing for your game or you physically, when you have to run and pitch the ball. :?

 

[tonx]

p.p.s. This was for a tourney in the US and the winning average was 187.

 

[Crawf]

Ah yes, i remember when i first started out bowling, and someone decided to use a floor sander on the lanes! :shock:
Now there was some highly consistent play. It actually turned out ok somehow, except for when they got bored and stopped halfway down lane 10. It was always a nice surprise when bowling balls got air after going over the midlane 'speedbump'! I'm glad you don't see that kind of thing these days! :roll:

 

[willey]

Gee I wish the lanes at Mayfield looked that good, seriously, I don't see much wrong in that photo. I've worked in bowling centres for 36 years, all the centres with wooden lanes have dips at the splice, it's usually not noticed because of the lighting, but that photo has a light behind which makes the splice stand out.

As for the streaks down the lane it looks like a laneman is in the process of cleaning and oiling the lanes and is holding onto the cord, for some oiling machines it's not uncommon for water to mix in with the oil on the first pass thus you see the streaking effect it is usually fixed when the machine buffs oil on the return pass.

Again I wish Mayfield looked that good, if you seen the lanes from my end you would freak.

willey.

 

[androooo]

As for the streaks down the lane it looks like a laneman is in the process of cleaning and oiling the lanes and is holding onto the cord, for some oiling machines it's not uncommon for water to mix in with the oil on the first pass thus you see the streaking effect it is usually fixed when the machine buffs oil on the return pass.

Either that, or they're using an old Silver Bullet or Summit that the PM hasn't been kept up on.... dodgy solenoids.

Willey, glad some techs are here

 

[craig]

looks like someone forgot to put the pins in connecting the tanks to the solenoids

the scary thing is that they took a pic and posted it on the net

some mistakes are better off left not being talked about, and thats definately one of them

 

[Brunswick Tech]

I agree with Willey, the lane surface looks good and all timber lanes have a wavey effect along their length.....the lane is only measured for specifications at pre-determined distances, the resurfacer only checks the lanes for spec's at these distances, thus the lane may be with-in spec's at 15ft but have a 80 thou dip at 17ft.........pindecks are worse, most have 120 thou from headpin to tail plank. To my knowledge there is only 1 lane sanding machine in Aust which is capable of sanding the lane in a true line lengthways, George, from S.A, distributes D.B.A gear used to have it.

An optical illusion exsists in the pic due to the bent bumper.

The streak down the lane is certainly interesting, the streak is far too pronounce to be caused by lighting, agree with the other boys, the machine is not working correctly.

Shawn

 

[~Mrs STORM~]

Reminds me of Shoalhaven...
One day I was sitting in the players area lookin down the lane and I saw a familiar thing....3 board was bone dry....there was this line straight down it, and to see if it was really there, I threw my ball there....and it was not a trick of the light either!!! There really was nuthing at all down 3....(although this is no change for Shoalhaven...hahaha)

 

[Ice]

Late last year in Cairns, before the lanes were resurfaced, bowling on lanes 19/20 and there were flakes the size of 50c pieces flying off the lane when you released your ball! It was really disheartening to return home from Forest Hill in Melbourne in October and bowl on these conditions for months, and depressing to watch your average taking a nose dive. It stinks really considering how much money many of us pour into bowling.

 

[Brunswick Tech]

Late last year in Cairns, before the lanes were resurfaced, bowling on lanes 19/20 and there were flakes the size of 50c pieces flying off the lane when you released your ball! It was really disheartening to return home from Forest Hill in Melbourne in October and bowl on these conditions for months, and depressing to watch your average taking a nose dive. It stinks really considering how much money many of us pour into bowling.

I don't believe that for a second,. your living in the realms of fantasy.

Shawn

 

[androooo]

Shawn...

Our lanes were exactly the same before we upgraded to HPL. Chunks of top coat flaking off everywhere. "Apparently", there was a bad batch of the stuff.

 

[Fa_Cuk]

well, at salisbury just before they resurfaced the lanes, they were washed about 5 times with no oil being layed down, this was like that for a week and a half, try keeping your plastic on that. coast to coast with a plastic aint good.

 

[willey]

Well guys that is Mayfield Bowl now, every lane has flaking finish, it's starting down the back-end now, so I hate to think what it will play like in a couple of months.

As I said, earlier, I wish Mayfield lanes looked as good as those in the photo.

willey.

 

[Ice]

I don't believe that for a second,. your living in the realms of fantasy.

Shawn

Well Shaun, It is true, and I know of a bowler from SQ who happened to be up here and witnessed it. Hey Spanner!?

 

[Brunswick Tech]

I don't believe that for a second,. your living in the realms of fantasy.

Shawn

Well Shaun, It is true, and I know of a bowler from SQ who happened to be up here and witnessed it. Hey Spanner!?

My apoligies, seems I'm the one living in the realms of fantasy........

I've sanded and applied annual topcoat to over 200 lanes and been a Brunswick tech for 19 years and I've never seen topcoat flake off after ball impact.............obviously I don't visit enough centres these days, the last place I'm going in my social time is a bowling centre.

The bowling industry has been on its knee's for quite a few years now, guess the owners are just tryin to stretch the annual topcoat further....... by not doing it, its an extremely exspensive exerecise.

Shawn

 

[craig]

what actually happens shaun, is the edge of the hole, if not bevelled properly, especially when slugs are concerned, it slices the lacquer off the lane like a knife. Quite a common occurance these days.

i wonder if they teach the drillers that, when they certify them these days ???

as for lacquer just peeling up, that is caused by poor preparation prior to a recoat, bad adhesion equals shortened coating life.

i run with jim balls theory of scraping the burn out of the lane, topping it up with a bit of wattyl, and then when you recoat you end up with a florrless surface.

 

[harley]

lol jen i seen that too and i asked scotty if thats the dry part that he was telling me about earlier sure enough it was,amazing how obvious they make there lane conditions yet there still so hard :cry:

later :twisted:

 

[KeZzA]

Harley & Jen....that line that u seen down the edge of the lanes at shoalhaven isnt actualy a dry spot, its a synthetic strip, from when they have put the lanes in.....i dont know why its there but it just is. I know this because when i was there watching the shoalhaven champs Taz asked Les (one of the owners) if it was a dry spot & he said no & that it was a synthetic strip.

anyways L8er.

 

[Rowey the li'l lefty]

Reminds me of Shoalhaven...
One day I was sitting in the players area lookin down the lane and I saw a familiar thing....3 board was bone dry....there was this line straight down it, and to see if it was really there, I threw my ball there....and it was not a trick of the light either!!! There really was nuthing at all down 3....(although this is no change for Shoalhaven...hahaha)

I can relate to that, Jen. Bowling in Shoalhaven, I watched A ball move not once, not twice, but three times. Turned, stopped, turned again, stopped then turned once more. Now that's patchy. :?