Author Topic: Buffed lanes question (Read 7208 times)

stardude · « **on:** September 12, 2006, 08:57:45 AM »

When you talk about lanes being buffed what does that exactly mean and what does it do the lane? I read where they say if it's not buffed it could cause strong over under so it sounds like they do it at the end of the lanes but i don't know.
Thanks for the explanation.

kmanestor22 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2006, 05:11:58 PM »

The buffer is a brush on the lane conditioning machine that spreads oil down the lane. Oil is applied through wicks or a head onto a transfer roller or smoothing brush onto the buffing brush which contacts the lane. Oil is generally applied to the brush for less the 30 ft of the lane and the buffer spreads it all the way down to where it finally lifts up at the end of the pattern usually around 40 ft.

If they are not buffer then the oil is just placed onto the lane. This causes an over/under reaction because a good taper down the lane is not achieved. Normally you'll seen 40-50 units in the heads which tapers down to 20-30. If there is no taper, there will be little midlane reaction. Different machines transfer the oil in different ways so even is the lanes are the same make (Anvilane, for example),and the same volume is applied, the reaction may be different because the taper is different.
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shelley · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2006, 05:12:57 PM »

Buffing is where the oil left in the lines or on the rollers is released onto the lane after active oiling has ended. Imagine dipping your paintbrush in a bucket of paint and making a stroke one your canvas. The first part of your stroke, while there's still plenty of paint on the brush, will be fairly uniform and heavy. After a whie, though, not so much. That's the buff-out area. The amount of oil in the buff area will vary depending on how much is laid down before the machine gets there.

Having a sharp transition from oil to no oil will certainly cause over-under, as over time, some of that oil will get pushed down into the no-oil area by plastic balls or simply a little on the surface of a reactive ball. The buff-out area smooths out the early backends near the end of the pattern by putting a little oil there to start with.

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Edited on 9/12/2006 5:06 PM

LuckyLefty · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2006, 05:31:59 PM »

I believe...that if lanes are buffed...they often are these days in league...then the shot is easier...very often stacked leverage drillings can be used and work beautifully.

Lanes that have a harsh transition at the back from oil to dry or a harsh transition on the sides from oil to dry (wet dry) often must be played differently and are harder.

Columbia has a link showing that wet dry(on the sides) is best played by aiming about 5 boards outside the oil line with stronger equipment! Also I believe harsh backends often call for drillings that mute the backend...making it smoother. Cg's out with weightholes on PAP often help or 2 X 2 drilling is giving a smooth rounded read to the backend.
These non blended conditions are tougher and usually call for some special drillings or techniques. Often those stacked leverage drillings don't work so well.

I hate to even mention this but a very well known bowler friend of mine often says conditions that are harsh...wet dry or NO buff often require 0 sideweight or slightly negative. She is pretty well known but I know this is an unpopular view! So I'll take the heat for her!

REgards,

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tenpinspro · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2006, 05:35:06 PM »

Hey star,

Patterns that do not buff out towards the end of a pattern mean that the volume is the same from beginning to end (theoretically). What this can create is a very sudden or abrubt motion of our bowling ball because it comes out of a thick density and then immediately hits dry. It's kind of like sliding in snow and then hitting dry road, this would tend to force our car to fishtail.

The transition that occurs is much more violent then a shot that is blended or buffed where we transition from heavier oil to maybe a lighter oil thickness and then to dry. This is typically what would occur if the shot were buffed.

In actual terms, no buff also means that oil is constantly being put on the buffer thru wicks or jet spray transfer. Buffing occurs when we physically stop applying oil and just let the buffer roll across the lane with whatever oil or residue was left on it.

Imagine taking your standard paintbrush roller and dipping it in paint. You make one pass on the wall and stop, this is similar to no buff. The paint thickness vs the dry part of the wall can be pretty thick. Now take the roller (do not dip it back in the paint) and go over that spot and extend it (up or down), this is now simliar to buffing. Hope this sheds some light...
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stardude · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2006, 08:32:58 PM »

Yea, thanks guys. At least now when I read "hey what kind of shot were you throwing that on and was it buffed"? I'll have some kind of idea of what they are talking about. I guess that would make a difference especially if you had a ball that had a really strong back end.

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