I have to say that the info from the OP was good information for me regardless of the source since I do deal with the oil patterns. This could have helped a few months ago when I was having issues with our oiler. It's an usual thing to happen but our machine went out of it's mind and was putting several more ML of oil down than it was programmed to do.
We had a rash of out of range calls every day, balls getting stuck in the bottom of the ball lift and under the floor by the ball return. They were saturated with so much oil, the belts and pulleys couldn't grab them. They just kept sitting there slipping. Ball rags were soaked and dripping in two days. On one league I had to sit at a pair of lanes for 2 entire games with the ball return cover off, manually pushing them up on the rack and cleaning all the balls. It was awful.
We ended up having a tech come out with his scientific measuring kit to see what was going on. It ended up needing a lengthy re-calibration. That was the only time I ever had any complaints about the amount of oil on our lanes.
Ruh Roh! Mine is pretty much blank. LOL Then again, after numerous appearances on America's Most Wanted they still haven't found me. =)
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