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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Paul,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I dunno what the standard is from a
sports rules perspective, but mine are quite flat. Relatively, that
is. If I had just plunked down $1800 for a new traditional workbench, laid
a straight edge across it and found it to look like my bowling alley segment,
I'd be irate, send it back, whatever. However, in truth, there
are probably more irregularities in the surface of my "bench" because of the
thick, waxy finish than the wood surface. Like I said, time to
refinish.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I've never used my benches for
anything more than a real fast rough-in of regulation anyway. I prefer to
regulate at the piano. I just find that bench regulations leave me
repeating too many steps when I do get to the piano.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>JMO,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Question:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Are bowling alley
lanes slightly "crowned"? Mine seems to be which makes bench regulating
impossible. Maybe time to get a new hunk...Where does one find such a
thing. This one here came with the shop...</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
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