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Bowling Alley Construction? Warm Worm 06-12-2007
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Posted by mindesign on June 14, 2007, 3:32 am
Hi

Bowling lanes are made to an international specification. I have various
sections here at home, from existing lanes that were demolished and replaced
with synthetic materials.

Basic constructing until the synthetics took over is as follows:

for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several feet -
American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed face to
face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface. The
material is moulded across the 3 inch face in a manner akin to tongue and
groove. Once it is all nailed together and makes (I believe) a 42 inch
regulation lane width, small holes of around 1/16th inch are drilled in
specific points and a special adhesive is injected at high pressure into the
voids around each tongue and groove. For the rest of the lane, down to the
pin plate, Ponderosa Pine is used, in the same manner. As the Pin Plate (or
whatever it's called) also takes considerable abuse, it too is made from
Maple. Of the hundred or so sections I have seen, the Pin Plate always seems
to be the most damaged.

The 'arrows' are Walnut, from memory.

Hope this helps.

BTW I purchased this material for use as kitchen benchtops - hope it works
out

Steve
downunder designer



> Some questions occurred as to how bowling alleys are constructed,
> given their specific kinds of uses and abuses they're subject to, such
> as especially directly at and under the floor in the areas where the
> ball falls and rolls. Might anyone like to shed some light in this
> regard? (Anyone like to bowl, BTW? I used to, but haven't in quite
> awhile. I hear they were a bit of a hangout in the past.)
> Here's a nice pic of an older one:
> http://www.sthubertsisle.com/c1914-Bowling-Alley-L.jpg
>



Posted by Michael \(LS\) on June 14, 2007, 2:57 pm

> "mindesign"> wrote
> > for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several feet -
> > American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed
face
> > to face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface.
>
> I don't think you mean nailed face to face.
> The *face* is the top.
> The sides are the edge.
> The alley I did was edge nailed, and the edges are kept tight with a
> hydraulic jack while the pieces are being nailed.
>
>

If I understand him correctly, he's saying the 3" surfaces are joined
together, thus the 1" 'edges' forms the actual lane you see - picture a
(3)2x12 beam only with much smaller boards and lots more of them - maybe a
(42)1x3???

HTH,

Michael (LS)



Posted by Michael Bulatovich on June 14, 2007, 2:06 pm

>
>> "mindesign"> wrote
>> > for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several feet -
>> > American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed
> face
>> > to face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface.
>>
>> I don't think you mean nailed face to face.
>> The *face* is the top.
>> The sides are the edge.
>> The alley I did was edge nailed, and the edges are kept tight with a
>> hydraulic jack while the pieces are being nailed.
>>
>>
>
> If I understand him correctly, he's saying the 3" surfaces are joined
> together, thus the 1" 'edges' forms the actual lane you see - picture a
> (3)2x12 beam only with much smaller boards and lots more of them - maybe a
> (42)1x3???

IOW, they are installed 'on edge', and that's my understanding of how they
are built.
--


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



Posted by Edgar on June 14, 2007, 3:40 pm
>
>>
>>> "mindesign"> wrote
>>> > for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several
>>> > feet -
>>> > American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed
>> face
>>> > to face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface.
>>>
>>> I don't think you mean nailed face to face.
>>> The *face* is the top.
>>> The sides are the edge.
>>> The alley I did was edge nailed, and the edges are kept tight with a
>>> hydraulic jack while the pieces are being nailed.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If I understand him correctly, he's saying the 3" surfaces are joined
>> together, thus the 1" 'edges' forms the actual lane you see - picture a
>> (3)2x12 beam only with much smaller boards and lots more of them - maybe
>> a
>> (42)1x3???
>
> IOW, they are installed 'on edge', and that's my understanding of how they
> are built.
> --
>
>
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
>
>

Makes sense, sounds like they would be able to withstand more abuse that
way. Kind of like a very large glu-lam beam?

--
Edgar



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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on June 14, 2007, 5:21 pm

>>
>>>
>>>> "mindesign"> wrote
>>>> > for the principle impact surface..... that is; the first several
>>>> > feet -
>>>> > American Rock Maple, probably 3 inches wide and 1 inch thick, nailed
>>> face
>>>> > to face to provide the 1 inch revealed edge and the impact surface.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think you mean nailed face to face.
>>>> The *face* is the top.
>>>> The sides are the edge.
>>>> The alley I did was edge nailed, and the edges are kept tight with a
>>>> hydraulic jack while the pieces are being nailed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> If I understand him correctly, he's saying the 3" surfaces are joined
>>> together, thus the 1" 'edges' forms the actual lane you see - picture a
>>> (3)2x12 beam only with much smaller boards and lots more of them - maybe
>>> a
>>> (42)1x3???
>>
>> IOW, they are installed 'on edge', and that's my understanding of how
>> they are built.
>> --
>>
>>
>> MichaelB
>> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
>>
>>
>
> Makes sense, sounds like they would be able to withstand more abuse that
> way. Kind of like a very large glu-lam beam?

Yup.



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