Bowling alley lane wood for component tables?

The 1st 16' past the foul line is maple. The remaining 44' is pine. The back section where the pins are is maple. Try to get the maple portion because it is more dense. A friend of mine made a coffee table out of a 6 foot chunk. Be advised that this stuff is heavy. (his maple piece was 3" thick")

Used to frequent a bar restaurant that had bowling alley flrs. 35yrs. ago. Those flrs. are still holding up well to this day. The place was in biz 10yrs. before I darkened the door step.

How are you going to get the lane oil off?
Won't that make your component table slippery?
Will the tone arm tend to drift to the right as the left is usually the high side? :)

Dusty is correct in that bowling alley flooring could be either maple or pine. I made a woodworking bench from bowling alley flooring and the individual wood strips where glued and nailed together. I found out the hard way when I began to cut through the stuff and sparks flew. So watch out for nails and good luck.

Yikes!
Thanks Hank. I forgot about the nails. Most new lanes (well, new 20 years ago) were glued and nailed together. A 3" thick bed had the 1st 1-1/2" studded with nails. This side was laid down on the bottom crib or floor. Thus, when the lane was sanded to remove the "grooves" you didn't hit any nails. When the sander hit nails it was time to replace the whole lane bed. If you drill into your piece be sure to use the side that has the finished surface, and limit your depth to about 1/2".