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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: sneaky PETE on February 26, 2019, 04:48:44 PM

Title: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: sneaky PETE on February 26, 2019, 04:48:44 PM
my PSO and i were talking today and i brought up that some of the houses near us have a different material for the heads and backends than the middle, and we couldn't figure out what it was called. this is a picture of one of the places i could think of. just past the arrows the material changes and then again in the backends.
(https://scontent.fluk1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/38774632_1984683161583038_2091083915585388544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent.fluk1-1.fna&oh=23b238f66e05732bc095c0a208091962&oe=5CE68C3A)
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: Pinbuster on February 26, 2019, 05:42:25 PM
I can't tell for sure from the picture but I would say they are old wood lanes.

The heads were of hard maple, that dovetailed into pine just past the arrows and the pin decks were of a hard wood like maple.

The different woods would be of slightly different colors.
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: milorafferty on February 26, 2019, 06:18:49 PM
For sure it's wood lanes. Looks like someone replaced the heads at some point with the rest of the lane being older.
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: Impending Doom on February 26, 2019, 07:22:00 PM
Yeah, looks like wood with Guardian overlay. God, Guardian is garbage.
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: sneaky PETE on February 26, 2019, 08:19:43 PM
does anyone know if there is a specific name for lanes built this way. that picture is from heids lanes. resurfaced the lanes around 2 years ago, they might have done it since but i don't know. they are the driest lanes around my area.
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: avabob on February 27, 2019, 04:57:02 PM
All old wood labes were constructed with maple heads and pine down lane.   Several different material were used fir pin decks
Title: Re: name for a type of lane construction
Post by: Geigs on February 27, 2019, 11:22:40 PM
Wood lanes with guardian overlay is the worst. It bubbles up and delaminates over time. Ball will bounce in certain spots when it rolls over it.We have an old local house that still has it. Horrible surface.