On Saturday, May 4, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Glen N. Williams, Jr. wrote:
I am planning on building a workbench to last a millenia. I would
like to build the top from the lane of a bowling alley, but am at a
loss as to where to find a scrap or salvageable lane. Since these are
made out of rock maple, it should last a long time with proper care.

Anybody out there have any idea where to find a bowling alley salvage
dealer? I know this sounds strange, but I am serious.

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.

On 1/20/2015 8:30 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/20/2015 8:33 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, May 4, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Glen N. Williams, Jr.
wrote:
I am planning on building a workbench to last a millenia. I would
like to build the top from the lane of a bowling alley, but am at a
loss as to where to find a scrap or salvageable lane. Since these are
made out of rock maple, it should last a long time with proper care.

Anybody out there have any idea where to find a bowling alley salvage
dealer? I know this sounds strange, but I am serious.

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.


Wow, the search since 1996 is finally over!

Look at the bright side... Glen's workbench will have to last eighteen
fewer years!

On 1/20/2015 8:33 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, May 4, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Glen N. Williams, Jr. wrote:
I am planning on building a workbench to last a millenia. I would
like to build the top from the lane of a bowling alley, but am at a
loss as to where to find a scrap or salvageable lane. Since these are
made out of rock maple, it should last a long time with proper care.

Anybody out there have any idea where to find a bowling alley salvage
dealer? I know this sounds strange, but I am serious.

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.


Wow, the search since 1996 is finally over!

On 1/20/2015 7:33 AM, wrote:
On Saturday, May 4, 1996 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Glen N. Williams, Jr. wrote:
I am planning on building a workbench to last a millenia. I would
like to build the top from the lane of a bowling alley, but am at a
loss as to where to find a scrap or salvageable lane. Since these are
made out of rock maple, it should last a long time with proper care.

Anybody out there have any idea where to find a bowling alley salvage
dealer? I know this sounds strange, but I am serious.

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.

Dayum. Might be dreaming/de ja vu (likely in lurk mode, with the
occasional post under a different nom de plume in those days) but I do
believe I remember that original post.

How time does not stand still ...

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On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 1:05:56 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
On 1/20/2015 7:33 AM, wrote:

...snip..

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.

Dayum. Might be dreaming/de ja vu (likely in lurk mode, with the
occasional post under a different nom de plume in those days) but I do
believe I remember that original post.

How time does not stand still ...


With all due respect to Ian Anderson, as long as we're Living In The Past....

Back in the late 70's I hung out at a club on Long Island (NY) that used to be a bowling alley. The owners were DIY kind of guys and they cut up many the old lanes into various lengths and turned them into tables and bars. Small squares for an intimate group, long lengths for parties (and the bars). If I recall correctly, the tables were pretty darn heavy.

......

Once I used to join in
every boy and girl was my friend.
Now there's revolution, but they don't know
what they're fighting.

Hmmm...maybe we're not really Living In The Past

On 1/20/2015 12:39 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 1:05:56 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
On 1/20/2015 7:33 AM, wrote:

..snip..

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just bought.
Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we are too far.

Dayum. Might be dreaming/de ja vu (likely in lurk mode, with the
occasional post under a different nom de plume in those days) but I do
believe I remember that original post.

How time does not stand still ...


With all due respect to Ian Anderson, as long as we're Living In The Past...

Back in the late 70's I hung out at a club on Long Island (NY) that used to be a bowling alley. The owners were DIY kind of guys and they cut up many the old lanes into various lengths and turned them into tables and bars. Small squares for an intimate group, long lengths for parties (and the bars). If I recall correctly, the tables were pretty darn heavy.

.....

Once I used to join in
every boy and girl was my friend.
Now there's revolution, but they don't know
what they're fighting.

Hmmm...maybe we're not really Living In The Past

Humm maybe start or suggest a chain of dinners that all have these
tables!
Or the new company - walkways or tables/benches.

Martin

On 1/20/2015 1:39 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 1:05:56 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
On 1/20/2015 7:33 AM, wrote:

..snip..

i do. i will be selling all the wood in a bowling alley we just
bought. Tama, Iowa. it dosent say location on here so sorry if we
are too far.

Dayum. Might be dreaming/de ja vu (likely in lurk mode, with the
occasional post under a different nom de plume in those days) but I
do believe I remember that original post.

How time does not stand still ...


With all due respect to Ian Anderson, as long as we're Living In The
Past...

Back in the late 70's I hung out at a club on Long Island (NY) that
used to be a bowling alley. The owners were DIY kind of guys and they
cut up many the old lanes into various lengths and turned them into
tables and bars. Small squares for an intimate group, long lengths
for parties (and the bars). If I recall correctly, the tables were
pretty darn heavy.

Back a little further, in the '60s, my Dad found a shuffleboard tabletop
on the beach, perhaps in the trash outside the club. Never one to abide
something potentially useful going to waste, he managed to wrestle it
into the car and bring it home. I was very little, and can only remember
the story from having been told, but it was apparently in pretty rough
shape. I suspect this is the reason he got a belt sander.

That top, sanded and refinished, started its second life as the bar in
our basement. My Dad would hold court with the neighbors from behind it
on many a weekend evening.

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On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 6:25:22 AM UTC-6, Greg Guarino wrote:

Back a little further, in the '60s, my Dad found a shuffleboard tabletop
on the beach, perhaps in the trash outside the club. Never one to abide
something potentially useful going to waste, he managed to wrestle it
into the car and bring it home. I was very little, and can only remember
the story from having been told, but it was apparently in pretty rough
shape. I suspect this is the reason he got a belt sander.

That top, sanded and refinished, started its second life as the bar in
our basement. My Dad would hold court with the neighbors from behind it
on many a weekend evening.

Nice! What a great save. To appreciate that even more, think about all the time, labor and money he saved to recycle that.

I had a friend of mine years and years ago that was trying to figure out what to do with the old oak flooring found in the trailer boxes hauled around by 18 wheelers. He had some neat things, but the amount of work he had to do to get it to usable condition was prohibitive. Too much of every kind of debris you can imagine was ground into (and then driven over by fork lifts)that flooring. Nails, screws, metal banding clips, staples, gravel, dirt, wire, you name it. He got it for nothing because it was worth little more.

Now a an old shuffleboard top... just the right size for a good bar!

Robert

On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 1:54:43 AM UTC-6, wrote:

That top, sanded and refinished, started its second life as the bar in
our basement. My Dad would hold court with the neighbors from behind it
on many a weekend evening.

Nice! What a great save. To appreciate that even more, think about all the time, labor and money he saved to recycle that.

I had a friend of mine years and years ago that was trying to figure out what to do with the old oak flooring found in the trailer boxes hauled around by 18 wheelers. He had some neat things, but the amount of work he had to do to get it to usable condition was prohibitive. Too much of every kind of debris you can imagine was ground into (and then driven over by fork lifts)that flooring. Nails, screws, metal banding clips, staples, gravel, dirt, wire, you name it. He got it for nothing because it was worth little more.

Now a an old shuffleboard top... just the right size for a good bar!

Robert

In the spirit of salvaging, beyond just the quantity of lumber, being salvaged:
My experience with salvaging goes back to my high school years. For me, it was an evolution, of sorts. While hunting, I began to collect old bottles, found at old back-woods home sites, trash piles, etc. Then I began to notice the old houses, barns, sheds, etc. and recognize, not just the quantity of old lumber, but the quality, how it was produced (hand hewn), and wondered about the lives and other goings on, of people, in those, back then, surroundings.

This evolved into learning or surmising the history and workmanship of the home site and its construction.... developing an appreciation for those sorts of things. These days, some of my first thoughts, about a structure to be salvaged, is the aesthetics of the life, lives and living, of those, back then, rather than just the quantity of the material I'm salvaging. Somehow, I incorporate those old "qualities" into my construction of a new project, using the salvaged lumber, hence, I sense I preserve something, more aesthetic, of those old days, other than just the lumber. I think at least 80%, of all my projects, ever, have been made with salvaged lumber.

Similarly, when I discover an old log, I wonder of those long ago days, when few people were around, it having grown in a time of a pristine wilderness, and I wonder what it'd be like to walk among that old untouched forest. A hint of this mindset is in this example of a log in Chicot State Park. I like to think the value of this log is in the thought that an Ivorybilled woodpecker made these holes. There's value in the history of this log..... page right, 3 pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...in/photostream

In short, my salvaging began as the gathering of/for quantity and/or related money value. It evolved into gathering for its certain historical (of sorts) quality and aesthetics. Salvaging has always been hard work, but, often times, the value is not measured by quantity or retail price.

Sonny