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The Dots
« on: October 27, 2008, 03:38:25 AM »
A few quick questions:  The dots on the approach are approximately how far from the foul line?  Are all dots the same length from the foul line?  I've heard that the first set are 12 feet and the second set are 15 feet away; is that true?

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Re: The Dots
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2008, 10:16:49 PM »
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how does one go about getting this excel sheet to see..
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Re: The Dots
« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2008, 10:30:56 PM »
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Check the highlighted red text. If it is your assertion that your statement is true, then why paste a book that obviously disagrees with you?


Well it's not just my assertion, it was pointed out to me quite awhile back.

I had at one time had said that the arrows lined up directly with the pins, Because a diagram I saw in Fred Bordens book "Bowling: Knowledge is the Key" page 51.

Which shows the 10 pin on the 5 board(1st arrow), the 6 pin on the 10 board(2nd arrow), 3&9pins on the 15th board(3rd arrow), etc. and was told that was wrong.

So I looked into it and the pins don't sit directly on the same boards as the arrows. If you don't believe me, just walk down the lane take a look at  the 10 pin its on the 3 board not the 5board which is first arrow.

And I pasted a copy of the original instructions as they were written. So you could see what was written and how it was used in context . And I included my comment on what was said originally in those instructions, with what I found out about it.


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  No, you missed my point I believe.  It is your claim that the arrows do not line up with the pins. O.k., got that.
  Then, you paste an old article from the original instructions that clearly says that the arrows line up with the pins, right?

  So, whether they actually line up or not, why would you post something that clearly says that they do while you are trying to say they don't?  

  I, personally, couldn't care less. I just thought it was strange to try to prove your point by posting something from the original that disagrees with you.
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Re: The Dots
« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2008, 10:45:40 PM »
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FYI.....on some old Brunswick lanes original wood their were 42 boards across the lanes not 40.
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Yep you could find houses with 40,41 & 42 boards. I believe this was do to the tolerances used for the lane boards. There's a plus/minus 1/2 inch tolerance on the lane and that will vary a board thickness a bit.

-From the 2008 Lane Specs book.
"The lane shall be 41 1/2 inches, plus/minus 1/2 inch, wide."


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Re: The Dots
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2008, 11:01:09 PM »
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No, you missed my point I believe.  It is your claim that the arrows do not line up with the pins. O.k., got that.
  Then, you paste an old article from the original instructions that clearly says that the arrows line up with the pins, right?

  So, whether they actually line up or not, why would you post something that clearly says that they do while you are trying to say they don't?  

  I, personally, couldn't care less. I just thought it was strange to try to prove your point by posting something from the original that disagrees with you.




No I understood what you were saying.

As I said in my other post I just included it to show what was originally written in the Rangefinder instructions. Not has a proof of what I was saying.

What I included as proof of what I was saying. was the link to the diagram I had made of what boards the pins sat on and how the dots and arrows line up with them.
Click here for the diagram
This was based on the USBC spec's.
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Re: The Dots
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2008, 11:04:53 PM »
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No, you missed my point I believe.  It is your claim that the arrows do not line up with the pins. O.k., got that.
  Then, you paste an old article from the original instructions that clearly says that the arrows line up with the pins, right?

  So, whether they actually line up or not, why would you post something that clearly says that they do while you are trying to say they don't?  

  I, personally, couldn't care less. I just thought it was strange to try to prove your point by posting something from the original that disagrees with you.




No I understood what you were saying.

As I said in my other post I just included it to show what was originally written in the Rangefinder instructions. Not has a proof of what I was saying.

What I included as proof of what I was saying. was the link to the diagram I had made of what boards the pins sat on and how the dots and arrows line up with them.
Click here for the diagram
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 Ohhhhhh, O.K., I gotcha now.  Just didn't see what you meant, but I think I figured it out now, DUH
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