Anyone here bowl on a House pattern less then 42'?
I bowl on a THS league that has a 42' long pattern. The house before this one which was Brunswick was 42'. When we bowled at AMF lanes it was like 38'. Plus AMF lanes had less oil on boards 1 to 10. I remember that I could use my Hammer Blue urethane ball and I could make it hook like a resin ball. Not so on the Brunswick or Lisle Lanes house patterns. Does anyone here bowl in a THS house pattern that is less then 42'? And is it easy to hook your ball where you bowl?
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A THS here in Vegas can run from 38ft to 42 ft.
I bowl at the Orleans and Texas Station and they are both 40ft.
As far as getting hook on the ball, a THS is the easiest of all oil patterns to get a ball to hook because of lack of oil not only to the outside, but, but due to the very low volume of oil period.
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I bowl in 2 AMF houses regularly and both THS have less oil than the other 2 centers I bowl at which are private. The AMF centers both oil from 10-10 while the privates oil 5-5 & 8-8 respectively. No matter the length I've never had an issue hooking the ball on a THS.
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Ours is 38'. 5 to 5. I'm not sure of the volume but it's pretty light. By game 3 you can really wheel on it.
They used to use mineral oil instead of Lane oil too. Not sure if that's still true or not. It's cheaper, not flammable, and edible.
We have 46' 8 to 8 just not enough of it.
We have 41' this year. Last year was 40'
I think currently for fall leagues one house has 38' and the other has 43'. Both Brunswicks - go figure.
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We are on a 39" pattern. Remember that AMF tend to lanes have more friction than Brunswick Pro-Anvilane
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