Lane Damage Question!

[BigEd]

Ok guys, here's a very unique one for ya.

I was bowling in an older wood lane house last night. The house always has a challenging shot as I am right at 200 and a newer synthetic house I carry a 216. Anyway, I pick up a 2 pin and wait until my next shot. I pick up the ball and there is a piece of metal sticking out below the thumb! It's about the size of a thimble and in so deep, I can't get it out! Of course, it's in my black widow pearl which is my money ball! The secretary of our league is an ex pro from the women's tour and she also owns the place with her parents. So I take it to her and she said they will fix it. To me, it appears as though it's in the track. I told her that even if they do fix it, the ball will never be perfectly round in that spot again and thus will not roll properly over that spot! She said that wasn't true! However, that house and proshop have always been notorious for bad information! Do I have any options or am I stuck?

P.S. I don't get my equipment worked on over there anyway!

[bluerrpilot]

It can be fixed very easily and it will not effect the performance of the ball. The flat spot would be very minor if any at all.

[Rowdy]

You have two options:

One:Let them fix it at their cost.

Two:Take the ball somewhere else and you pay for it.

They may or may not pay you back if you use Option Two.

The ball may or may not be fine either way. You'll have to roll it to find out. But it should be okay. Really.

[BubbaRay]

If it is not in the track area it won't have any affect on the roll or reaction of the ball. Let them fix it and if you are not satisfied tell them. But being an ex Woman Pro and her parents own the placxe, do they own the proshop also?

[grayfin68]

Depends on the policy of the bowling center. They may have a legal disclaimer but they "should" at least offer to fix it for you. If you don't like the quality of their work and don't trust them, I don't know what to tell you. I doubt they'd pay for the work if you took it somewhere else but you could always ask.

As for whether it would affect the ball or not, you'd have to get it fixed and try it to know for sure.

[Nor Cal Bowler]

if you dont trust them then you should take it to a place you do trust.

[Stampy79]

Do they have a HAAS Resurfacing machine ? If they do, no worries. If they dont, your right, it wont be round

[grayfin68]

Originally Posted by Stampy79

Do they have a HAAS Resurfacing machine ? If they do, no worries. If they dont, your right, it wont be round

I would hope that in this day and age, any respectable pro shop would have one of those by now; especially being that they have an in-house pro.

[bluerrpilot]

Originally Posted by grayfin68

I would hope that in this day and age, any respectable pro shop would have one of those by now; especially being that they have an in-house pro.

Unfortunatly, at around $3500 it would take over 140 resurfacing jobs at $25ea just to recoupe the initial investment. And when a shop averages 1 to 2 complete resurfacings a month. Waiting 5 years for that investment to start paying for itself is not very good business sense.

If done properly, resurfacing by hand after plugging or repairing does not make the ball out of tolerance for roundness. In fact it changes the roundness very little....Again...IF done properly.

[TenPinSniper]

Heck I know a Proshop that has is Huas Machine in storage and just uses a spinner for everything. He does not seem to be losing business.

The main thing with a spinner is even pressure, keep hand moving, plenty of water, same number of passes on each side... heck even try to keep time close on each side and having a good sanding pad. IMO, Correct me if I'm wrong.