Problem with ball hooking to soon or too late?

[MICHAEL]

Wow,,, I guess we are way ahead of most lanes here in Kansas City!! We use Micro-Dip-Sticks to check the oil thickness/depth! You simply clean it off, and touch it to the surface! It then has a digital read out telling you how high the oil is on the surface.... (NO I don't understand either)

I some WHAT understand, but wonder how to know the quality control over what a machine Acutually puts on the lane, vs, what is is SUPPOSE to apply. HOW do you know?
I guess its a faith thing!! (How could you test the machine)?

[J Anderson]

Wow,,, I guess we are way ahead of most lanes here in Kansas City!! We use Micro-Dip-Sticks to check the oil thickness/depth! You simply clean it off, and touch it to the surface! It then has a digital read out telling you how high the oil is on the surface.... (NO I don't understand either)

I some WHAT understand, but wonder how to know the quality control over what a machine Acutually puts on the lane, vs, what is is SUPPOSE to apply. HOW do you know?
I guess its a faith thing!! (How could you test the machine)?

Local USBC associations have a number of tools to check that lanes are in compliance with USBC standards for being level and flat. They also have something called a tape reader that can measure how the oil is distributed on the lane. I don't know how it works but I'd like to find out.

[GeorgiaStroker]

Local USBC associations have a number of tools to check that lanes are in compliance with USBC standards for being level and flat. They also have something called a tape reader that can measure how the oil is distributed on the lane. I don't know how it works but I'd like to find out.

If it works the same way it used to 20 years ago they stretch a piece of scotch type tape across the lane at various intervals. The oil sticks to the tape and a computer reads this tape to insure the proper amount of oil is applied to the lane. It's sort of like lifting fingerprints. The oil from your fingers is stuck to the tape.