Author Topic: 2nd track on ball ?? (Read 865 times)

Aloarjr810 · « **on:** March 07, 2012, 09:09:34 AM »

I saw this in another forum.

Guy's ball is showing two tracks and he doesn't know why. I could swear I saw a post here along time back, where someone else had this. What would cause it?

Yellow is his oiltrack, white is the other one. he see's it on two balls.

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dizzyfugu · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:37:59 AM »

A real life picture would be better - my guess is that is a track from the ball return. I have seen similar things on lanes with heavy carrydown from house bowlers, when the ball return mechanics are bathed in lane conditioner. Would be interesting to know, too, if the white track was always there, at the same place, or if it was just a spot by coincidence? But IMO, it is residue from the ball return.

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Aloarjr810 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:47:58 AM »

I was thinking I've seen balls get stuck in the pit at the end of the lane and just sit there rolling. Maybe that happened and it was rolling against something. But like you said without seeing a real pic. its hard to say. I just thought I saw where someone said something about seeing two tracks on a ball once here.

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Russell · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2012, 02:50:47 PM »

I'm going with he's seeing the backend flares and his bowtie is down below the thumb. If he tracks low or has a very high pin this is possible on a ball that flares a lot.

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Quadrajet · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2012, 03:20:00 PM »

When the ball comes back, it rolls down the ball return rails, while it rolls, I think the combination of the rails and the motion down the ball return causes a "determinator" effect, making a 2nd track on the ball. When I say 2nd track, I don't mean scratches and nicks, I mean friction type lines if that makes any sense.

spmcgivern · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2012, 12:01:05 PM »

Russell wrote on 3/7/2012 1:50 PM:
I'm going with he's seeing the backend flares and his bowtie is down below the thumb. If he tracks low or has a very high pin this is possible on a ball that flares a lot.

Little known fact: In Russian "Hope" and "Change" translate to "Tax" and "Spend"

This makes more sense to me. Our center used to bleach the pin decks everyday. At the end of the night, your ball would have "marks" on your ball from the friction seen while hitting the very rough pin deck. These marks would be where the last backend flares would be.

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