First time playing old wooden lanes

[foreverincamo]

Where I bowl the lanes are the original wooden lanes from 1962. You get very little help there with carry. There has only been one 300 shot there this season and that's covering all leagues, not just mine. No 800's for the last two seasons either. I'm a averaging 209, but get me to a synthetic house and it's 225 or higher.

[billf]

We had our employee Christmas party last night and the owner said it looks like we will be getting synthetic over lays this summer! Of course this includes ball returns (obsolete) and modifying the approaches to keep them original. We also plan to replace the side boards. I suggested getting them Line-X'ed to help preserve them and allow some pin deflection. Gutters are at the allowed minimum height and we plan to bring them to the maximum height. Scores should soar while hopefully the cries of the lanes drying out so fast fade.

*We've changed nothing from last season and even the owner says the lanes are drying up a lot fast this season. Lanes are skim coated every season and full resurface every 5 years.

[scottymoney]

We had our employee Christmas party last night and the owner said it looks like we will be getting synthetic over lays this summer! Of course this includes ball returns (obsolete) and modifying the approaches to keep them original. We also plan to replace the side boards. I suggested getting them Line-X'ed to help preserve them and allow some pin deflection. Gutters are at the allowed minimum height and we plan to bring them to the maximum height. Scores should soar while hopefully the cries of the lanes drying out so fast fade.

*We've changed nothing from last season and even the owner says the lanes are drying up a lot fast this season. Lanes are skim coated every season and full resurface every 5 years.

Very nice! I do need to come back and visit sometime this year. Had a great time last year in Ohio with you. It has gotten to the point where I refuse to bowl on wood lanes. I would actually like to see ball motion and not the ridiculous action on wood. Have bowled at 2 wood centers lately that both had lanes that played severely different by missing by only 1 board. I have much more roll than a lot of people I bowl with and to see the downlane reaction being so varied I just can't do it anymore.