Bowling Alley Maple

[cabinetman]

Found this on another forum for the St. Louis area (on CL).
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/mat/2208707109.html

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[capnjack2]

maple flooring

$20 a linear foot. Does that come installed in my kitchen!?!?

Jack

[Stytooner]

So 3' wide and 4' long is $240?
Did I miss something?

[LCHIEN]

So 3' wide and 4' long is $240?
Did I miss something?

The lanes run 41-42" wide.
Sounds like a piece of the lane 41 inches wide or so will cost $20 a linear foot so a 4' long by 41" would run you $80.
The individual laminated boards and grain runs perpendicular to the 41" dimension.

given that its 2" thick, 41" wide and $20 a linear foot, then the equivalent board foot cost would be around $2.92 based on finished dimensions, not unfinished dimensions. It will weigh about 22 pounds per linear foot. and probably cost as much to ship as for the wood itself.

I'd think for a work bench you'd want 5' or 6'.

found on the web:
Lane Width
The lane shall be between 41 and 42 inches in width. The lane plus the gutters shall not be less than 60 inches nor more than 60 1/4 inches wide.
Lane Surface
The surface must be free of all continuous grooves. A maximum 40/1000th inch will be permitted in levelness and depth depression.

[pelligrini]

The ad was for the approaches, which are behind the lanes.

[cabinetman]

When I read the ad, I mistook the 20 as part of the phone number (call it a speed reading accident). Then it reads "buck a linear foot", which sounded pretty good.

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[LCHIEN]

The ad was for the approaches, which are behind the lanes.

oh yeah, you're right. he doesn't say how wide you get, does he?

[cabinetman]

oh yeah, you're right. he doesn't say how wide you get, does he?

Maybe the approach length whatever it is is not the linear measure, but rather the linear measure could be the width. For example, if the approach length is 10', every foot of width is the linear measure.

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[scmhogg]

What's a "Blowing Alley"??

Steve

[gsmittle]

What's a "Blowing Alley"??

Steve

I'm pretty sure we don't want to know…

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[Wescott]

Hello,
Maple is a hardwood, as someone else mentioned, only conifers ( trees with needles, Evergreens) are classified as softwoods.



Thanks
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[Black wallnut]

Ya lost me there bud!

Hello,
Maple is a hardwood, as someone else mentioned, only conifers ( trees with needles, Evergreens) are classified as softwoods.



Thanks
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Really? Who exactly asked what type of wood maple was in this thread or even any other on this forum? I'm approving this message as a test. Are you in the right place?

[Stytooner]

I'll bite.
I think they are spoken of wrongly as soft or hard. Balsa wood is a hardwood and Southern yellow pine called a soft wood. Balsa is soft and sometimes SYP can't have a nail driven without splitting. Anything but soft.
Then there is hard and soft maple, neither of which is soft really. Most of the bowling alleys were hard maple I think. Even then, they would dent in spots where the hard maple was a bit softer.

New bowling alleys are now made with laminates. They might dent too, but are designed to hold up better and have a more consistent surface in an effort to prevent actual ruts forming arcs or tracks to the pocket. After some 300 games and especially a particularly high series of games, they sometimes check the equipment and the lanes to make sure there was no wrong doing. Much like Nascar does after a race if there might be questions about the winning car.