Pardon my ignorance as I've been out of play for awhile. What is a bowling alley shaft?
Bowling Alley Shaft?
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Take bowling alley wood from the lanes, make a shaft out of them. You may want to know what a "lakes shaft" is also 
Take bowling alley wood from the lanes, make a shaft out of them. You may want to know what a "lakes shaft" is also
I assumed as much but you can never be sure.
So does it sound like a strike when you break the balls? :smile:
I have seen wood being harvested from lakes so I am making a guess that is a lake shaft.
Timeless Timber is a company that sells wood reclaimed from the Great Lakes. Keith Josey buys some wood from them and puts a "Timeless Timber" decal on shafts he makes from that wood.
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Has anyone used regular high end shafts and bowling alley/lakes shafts ..and been able to tell the difference, is it any better, or worse?
What's the diff
What's the diff
I think they play very stiff.
Verl Horn bought salvaged wood from bowling alleys a few times because he could get it cheap. Jim Ingram still has some of it but doesn't really like it. I would imagine that while it won't move anymore because of its age that it varies in ring count just like any other wood.
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If memory serves me right the point of bowling alley wood is that it's older and should have a higher ring count which means a stiffer hit.