How a Bowling Alley Works
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Here is an animation I did that shows how a bowling alley works. This particular design is taken mostly from Brunswick's pinsetter. The ball return is taken from AMF's Gripper ball lift. Please note that I wasn't going for an exact representation of a particular type of bowling alley. This was just to demonstrate the basic understanding of how it all works. I created the geometry in 3ds max and the animation was done in Cinema 4D. I then used After Effects to compile everything and to add sound effects etc.
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I use to work in a bowling place almost 30 years ago. The system hasn't changed alot since then, the biggest difference is there was no camera and no laser detector. The way the machine knew a ball came in is by hitting back of the pin deck and triggering it to cycle. There were 2 elevator wheels next to each other one for the pins and another for the ball. The ball wheel had some padding that helped grab the ball and pull it up to the ball return. Pins and balls often mixed but eventually fell into its proper wheels.
Check out @Jared Owen’s bowling video. He does a much better job at explaining the system in detail:
ua-cam.com/video/Iod6uwUGM2E/v-deo.html
thats a gsx. what about the a2?
We still have that style at my alley except we use a mix of the computer and the timer
I work at an alley in washington with original A2s, such a weird mix of technology! ball detect sensors and cameras but most still have functioning OOR assembly instead of the digital upgrade. im actually a little sad they went away with the pit cushion cycle trigger :(
The best part is the detector. A completely mechanical computer which chooses how the machine responds to various scenarios. 1950's technology.
It's 4am and I'm discovering the fascinating mechanics of bowling alley machines
Yo same
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Lol
Who isn’t
Same
My guy is still liking comments 11 years later, that’s some serious dedication ❤️
Edit: This is irony at its finest
Not yet oof
Oh no, I’m getting worried
Yeah you were definitely trying to bait a like
'loving' not liking but aye.
lol
This is actually quite good! Never realised how much engineering goes into these, thanks!
@PERSIANstranger Shut up
I should be studying for algebra... yet now I can give a full presentation on a fucking bowling alley
same bro, dont know why im here. but i am
Tommy Lee same I’m supposed to be doing algebra work too
Fuck our lives
Honestly same
I have a history final tomorrow and here I am
That brought back some memories... I was a Brunswick pinsetter mechanic for 10 years in the 70's. You rendered a pretty good representation of a Brunswick pin turret, conveyor and pin turnaround pan... I hated it when pin jams occurred in that turnaround pan.
Wow... never knew so much automation was built into the common bowling alley ! Truly magical . Thanks for taking the effort to make such an informative video.
Thank you so much Vijay :)
Good, old video but good information!
Really good for 2008
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My dad owns a bowling alley this is not true
@@cooperknickel6091 maybe now they are different than before
Cooper Knickel this is exactly how lots of pinsetters work, especially older ones
Whoever invented the pinsetter was a freaking genius. 💯
When the computer failed I was like "Would you like to upgrade to windows 10?"
Lol
Why did the system fail?
Aaron Kuusela window xp
yes...
2008 = healthy windows xp
Aaron Kuusela xx
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@@firecrackers999
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なう(2019/07/03 11:47:20)
Knowing what's happening behind the scenes, it would be pretty terrifying to get dragged in by a bowling ball.
YT WorldWrecker just being crushed by the pin thing? Yeah that’s gonna leave a mark
I saw a video where that happened to a guy. He was fine. Well he was drunk, but I wouldn't count that since it was a pre-existing condition.
@@Dude-sr4ji well, you'd only die by going into the machine itself, that dude was pretty lucky by not sliding in.
@@studioa9728 The pinsetter can do more than just crush you, it can eat you.
@@dr.timothy1678 And yeah t hey can chomp you to pieces pretty quick if you are not paying attention. I used to work on these machines. I worked on the ones called Brunswick A2 machines
When I was in High School (and as a part time job in my early days in the Air Force) I worked as a pin chaser / machine mechanic at a a couple of differemt bowling alleys. I also had the fun of cleaning the machines at the end of the night. It was actually a pretty fun job.
Same here. It was fun and I learned so much about the game and the people that bowl.
I had no idea the old crusty guy who went in the back to fix your frozen lane was just restarting windows xp
Hahaha
Kiss me!
@@nathanielmiller5813 ok 😙
@@nathanielmiller5813 what kinda name is nathaniel
Its like your parents couldn’t decide between nathan and daniel
I’m so glad Matt didn’t make the bowling blue
Lol
This was really cool. Striking even. It bowled me over. Had me on pins. I could go on but I'll spare you and split.
Booo get off stage *crowd booing*
@@scrateswpo1659 Sorry...your humor's not really up my alley.
@@switch2kryptonite damn you🤣🤣🤣
Exit stage left
Good jokes but please, go away
That’s a very striking argument
Fake! We all know there is a team of elves working back there.
Coefficient of Drag yaeh.. this is fake
Haha, nice one.
is that why he wasn't at elf practice?
haha
XD WAT A JOKE XD
For an up to date, more accurate animation of a bowling pinsetter machine, check out Jared Owen's latest video!
ua-cam.com/video/Iod6uwUGM2E/v-deo.html
wow, that was quick
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woah
Hahaha. Cool. Thanks for the shout out.
Pp0prlll
10年前が何故今
ほんとそれ
ほんまそれ
ほんとそれ
みんなおススメされたのか！
仲間よ！
なかーま。
Holy cow. I’ve been bowling since I was three and almost went professional. I always wondered what happened behind the scenes. Thanks for the eye opening video!
NPC 1887, you should go professional if you think you can. :)
Keep going as you can, you’re getting there to be a pro, don’t give up.
I work at a bowling alley. If it's not busy, just ask an employee and most of us would love to take you behind the scenes and show you everything.
@@theduderides9532 okay! Thanks
I will never see bowling same again. Thanks twitter
My son with autism goes for special Olympics bowling since the last several years and I had always been wondering how these all work in the bowling alley, but never had a chance to really understand. This is a fantastic video with an awesome demo. What a great job Matt! Truly appreciate hours of your hard work and efforts to create this!!
Thank you so much Vijay, that’s very kind of you to say :) Glad you enjoyed this!
Wait, wait, wait
what happens if the pins go on the wheel facing the other way?
2:17
That's exactly what I asked!
I thought of that
The turnpan at the top of the pinwheel corrects pin position
ua-cam.com/video/caj-K85ulZQ/v-deo.html
this video should expalin it
thats what the turnpan is for it has a turns them to the correct position when they come out of the pin wheel, as an A-2 Mechanic, i dont like this video because its a combination of designs between the A-2s and the AMF 82-70 , which have many different working components , that differ from each other
As someone who works at an Bowlero AMF this video is spot on.
Maybe, but it ain't a "bowling alley", it is an Automatic Pinspotter. To ordinary folks, it is a bowling machine. Started working on bowling machines in Dec.1970. I worked on AMF 82-30, Brunswick A-2, AMF 82-70, AMF 8800 Gold, and XL90.
I work in a Bowling Alley and this machine system is the same as ours, although the ball return system is different, We are in the UK, Our Machines are from the 1950's and were imported from Chicago in the 80's and they're still running !!
BraveStaRR You have the good ones whilst we get the new garbage.
How sad
Just done two weeks work exp in a local bowling alley on the machines as maintenance and the pin loading system is different to the one showed here. Ours are dispensed into holders before the table places them
Bravestar You prob have A-2's which are more common.
Rhys Evans do you have AMF machines?
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I didn't searched for this, yet i find this material educational and actually entertaining. Keep up with a God's work
Please read the video description. I wasn't going for an EXACT replica of a particular type of alley. I have never worked at a bowling alley center so I wasn't able to capture every detail. Hence the huge computer kiosk in the back with an oversized power shut-off handle and the computer running Windows XP...oops.
What model is this because it looks dig than the Brunswick GS-X
10年前からこんなにすごい技術があったのか
꧁͜͡༼ぽっぷこーん塩味༽ ꧂ ꫞ 別にすごくないだろ
たいやお ほならね？
10年前ってゆーて2009年だよ
꧁͜͡༼ぽっぷこーん塩味༽ ꧂ ꫞ え、こんなの100年前でも作れるだろwwww
このレベルの3Dグラフィックスが10年前に作られてるの、十分すごい
this is gonna age like fine wine.
ボールの行方がどうなるのか無言で説明するのかと思ったらかなり専門的に説明してくれてて草
これ草
@@yuz0001 いや草
アイコンの先輩こわすぎ
俺英語出来ますよみたいしれっと自慢してて草
Dr. K いや字幕
this feels like something that everyone is kinda curious of knowing, yet isn't useful enough in everyday life to actually go looking for it
This video gives off a dark energy and I don’t like it.
It's an uncanny valley vibe that all animated films have, and it doesn't help that the music is from like 100 years ago, which is the kind of music they use in horror movies, in old honted houses.
Vincent I agree! I also feel that the V O I D surrounding the video plays a major role in the matter.
@@Mr.Soupik I was to focus on the lecture to notice that, but you're right, it's dark like a resident evil room.
And with no noise in the environment, makes it feel empty and dead.
Like image being locked in a dark bolling alley, by yourself, with very little light.
You're right, that's the main problem.
I didn't notice because I was looking at it through the mindset of an entrepreneur, all I was thinking is whoever invented this system and patented it made millions of dollars, and their children and grandchildren are financially set for life.
Because people will be bolling even when 16K UHD video games come out.
People want to participate in a real experience sometimes, not just a remote control video game stuck indoors all the time.
@@vincent3060 fucking honted
Soupik YO FOR REAL I HAVE CHILLS FOR SPME REASON
“First, the player rolls a ball down the lane”
Throws**
*Cast
THE BALL NOT A BALL
*gutter
Well, what else do you do with a bowling ball when it's your turn? Throw it?
I have an exam in one day, what the hell am I doing
If it is a prostate exam, maybe relaxing your sphincter?
One day... seems like you got plenty of time until then. Why don't you watch how its made video followed by world's most expensive food video. Then follow that up with a documentary made by vice with a bit paranormal video to follow that up. But if all that wasn't enough you can watch my videos I would suggest want some duk? Or the kavos one first.
2 days for me
9 hours for me
@@atklm1 lol
I work on Brunswick GS-X machines, it’s cool to see something completely different that accomplished the same goal.
We got the 98 models, this was a interesting idea.
@@terrie7814 yes and no. at least on my machines. Once the ball trips the sensor to start the rerack of the machine a motor pushes a switch to keep the ball door shut, to keep the ball in the back until the pins have settled down so they don’t get through. The switch stays down for maybe 2 seconds then lifts to let the ball fall through. after which a motorized belt launches the ball underground to the front ball return.
What an absolutely amazing job you did with this. Thanks for all your trouble!
Haha thank you!
He litteraly ripped this from the internet
ravilonely this comment is 3 years old
Bob yea?
ravilonely why did you reply
こんなに沢山の機械が稼働してたら壊れちゃいそうですね
相当な維持費がかかりそうです
The unusual part of the A2 is that the machine is almost purely mechanical, only few switches in the entire machine (3 for power control, two for errors, one for the active cycle lights) everything else is run by one motor with belts and pulleys, with a complex system of cams and gears controlling everything from table height, the rake action and even holding the table up on second cycle. It has my favorite ball return design of all pinsetters for sure! the actual A2 drops them into a fun rail track mounted in the middle of the wheel in the back. as the description states this video does a great job as an introduction to pinsetters and I really hope it gets more people interested like i was so many years ago
Hey cousin,
Do you want to go bowling?
No.
alright, maybe another time...
yere
Not now, Roman
Ryan M. Posted 9 years ago. Comment section still active
Is that control unit running Windows XP?
Sure is lol. I threw that in there as a joke ;)
+Matt Rittman I found it hilarious I was like WOOOOW
(Did you add that in because Windows XP sucks? lmao)
+Wolfi lol, ya gotta have a little humor in there :)
Matt Rittman True. I have a windows XP laptop though, and it runs like its new.
get an alien ware man
なんで今頃おすすめに？って毎回思うけど、ちゃんと興味ある動画だから凄いわUA-cam
Did this randomly pop up in anyone else's suggestion feed?
jup
Yeah
Ye
oui
Mhm
12 years later, and I just saw this... old but gold.
bruh-
hes still likin the posts!
thats some serious dedication.
You know what is funny. This is the very first video I ever watched on UA-cam
Haha nice! :D
@@mattrittman it's still pretty cool
I work at a bowling alley, and dealing with the computer side of the lane is definitely a pain. Also, that lane machine design is really cool. I've never seen it before. I'm used to the GS-X Pinsetter model. Awesome video!
I was wondering how this works all my life.
Thanks!
KegPatcha how old r u btw. 10?
This video gives off a dark energy and I like it
There’s just some things you really need to know. And this is one of them
all this time i always feels bad for a worker setting up the pins every shot
anbu anbulag and then you realised its a Machine that does it all, xD nice
Good english
@@iiromutanen5719 what are you the English teacher?
You got a C in english
It used to be that way in the 70s and 80s
There are only two reasons why you're watching this video:
1. You wanted the answer of a childhood mystery
2. You were looking for THAT animation
Wow! This is very interesting just to see how a bowling alley machine works! Quite an educational video, I have to say so myself!
Haha thanks Zacharias!
This was 12 years ago and its still good information.
I love it how it’s a mixture of a 82-70 and a Brunswick A-2
So this finally popping up in everyone’s recommendations after 11 years?
The one problem with this is it says the machine needs to know which pins to pick up. It actually tries to pick up all of them, and uses the information of which ones it doesn't have to score.
Spikee Donut depends on system i guess
Yeah I was thinking the same, using camera(s) feels way too complicated and a pin can end up behind two other pins so you would need actually a top down shot to count the remaining pins
@@Henrix1998 former pinsetter mechanic here. the camera does take the pic. lol adjusted enough of them for being out of wack. but your condition of not seeing is true but does not happen that often. and the player does have the score over ride if need be to fix the score. and the camera for the most part is actually looking at the neck of the pins the smallest dia of the pin so easier to see and also the cameras are not high res. no very low res and pixelated image is use to compute the differences. and besides 95% of the time the pins stay in one place or is knocked down out of the cameras view. and the angle of the camera to the pins (one camera for one pair of lanes) is such that each pin is seen and seperated from the others with ease. in other words there is a point of view where all 10 pins can be seen clearly all at the same instance. that angle also includes height from the pin deck as well.
Fascinating. I’ve wondered this my whole life and it’s nice to finally know
LOL, This pinsetter model seems like a hodge-podge of Brunswick AND amf. Brunswick rake and deck, but the ball wheel in the pit is actually AMF, along with the conveyor belt that lifts the ball and sends it to the ball return.
I was wanting to see if anyone else noticed that the deck turret and rake assembly were brunswick A2 and the rest was AMF! On a side note, the deck animation wasn't correct....
+StefanWood Vlogs If you read the description, he says he wasn't going for any one particular system, and that it's sort of a mash up of everything.
Not like the one I worked on back in 1985. We had no automatic scoring or cameras or beam across the lane but we did have a butt load of micro switches
You know this is actually something I have thought about,it’s been in the back of my head for so long and now I know
I like the way you show how things work in this video so we can learn new things every day.
"whoa! It looks like our computer has crashed."
*System is running XP*
Me: Well, no wonder 😆
So the lanes are run by Windows? No wonder they break so often...
Hahaha no lol. It was mainly just a joke when I put the video together. I don't think there's any computer tied to the lanes lol
actually your not far off. there is a pc tied to the lanes although most lanes work as a pair and there are some faults that cant be fixed with out taking its pair offline . they also share a ball return between the pair. an experienced pinsetter tech can identify a problem by the noises the lane is making well before the cpu's sensors time out and start throwing error codes and flashy red lights.
Zorroh ha ha ha
If it was a mac it wouldn't be able to run the software
Legit question, why does everyone say macs can’t run any software? My MacBook Pro handles pretty much anything you chuck at it whilst my windows laptop crashes every 20 fucking seconds. And the windows laptop is newer...
0:36 When you fall asleep in class but the teacher wakes you up
underrated
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でも興味深いから見てしまう
結局見ちゃうからオススメとして合ってる…
thank you, I have been wondering about this for years
Thanks man. I stayed up all night after watching pink panther try bowling and I was so confused on how bowling things work lol
The most complicated machinery and computer components for arguably the simplest game
I always wondered how this worked, Impressive.
I am amazed I didn’t know this much work goes into a bowling alley
This is super entertaining and informative! Thanks a lot! I have wondered about this for a long time, but figured there must be some pics/vids out there to help. You, sir, went above and beyond with this one. Cheers and god bless, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for such a nice comment :)
Such a beautiful design. So elegant yet so simple.
夏休み図工の宿題で作ろうと思ってたので助かりました。絶対金賞とるぞ🥇
i wish i had that much room to work on pinsetters
Doesn’t matter if this was recommended or you searched it-
You watched it to find out how the ball comes back.
Right*
Nope
I was more interested to know how the pins end up back in the pinsetter.
gravity and conveyors a bit obvious.... its all about the pins
Bowling animations have really gone full meta
あ な た へ の お す す め
22分前で👍が3つとかワカメ生える
てぇへんだぁ大事件 ちょっとなに言ってるかわかんない
I love that I don’t even own a bowling alley and I keep watching this video.
Nicely done animations sir
Thank you!
+Matt Rittman definitely nice ani
+ello Thanks :)
地下でボウル回収とピンセットのバイトしてた頃が懐かしいわ。
ボウル🥣回収してたの？笑笑
His 12 years old animations are still better than mine
Don’t remind me how old I am 🤣
I had always wondered why the ball re-appears for a brief second to the side of the lane (and at high speed!) before returning!
I like how that was explained simple and easy to understand. Thank you.
He is still liking comments after 12 years thats real dedication 👏
おかげでボウリング場を作ることができました。
ありがとうございました。
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Complex AF. Thanks for the explanation 👍
Bowling alley lore:
You forgot the part where the screen plays that weird ass video when you get a strike
I don't know why UA-cam recommended this to me but it was informative. Short, to the point, perfect animation. Now I know how these machines work. Even though here in these parts of the EU, bowling isn't popular. Heck, I don't even know where any of the bowling alley is.
Thanks so much man! I know it’s certainly far from perfect, but it’s somewhat accurate haha
Awesome!!
XD SUP BROTHER
Andrew Santora what
Brick Thunder no
I agree
It is way more advance now.
Really cool, I should be doing important things rn.... but im here....
Everyone: interesting
The final destination director: *hurriedly taking notes*
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Very Interesting
For some reason I watched this video so many times when I was younger.
I had no idea that *pictures* were involved. I always figured it would be sensors or something like that. How does an automatic scoring system interpret pictures? That seems like a very human thing
The design is very human
There are little dots that are aimed at the top of each pin at our house. I'm assuming those are keeping track of if there is a pin or not.
The camera image is captured at a. Fixed time after the ball passes the sensors. It is then examined by the computer at ten predetermined spots a given white level at any spot is counted as a standing pin
UA-cam
2008: よいしょと
2009: 休憩しよか。
2010: ん？まだこんな時間か
2011: ...
2012: ...
2013: そろそろか？
2014: ふぅー(深呼吸)
2015: よいしょ
2016: はぁ〜 (ため息)
2017: いくかぁ〜
2018: す〜っ(吸う音)
2019: 『おススメだよ！！！！！』
This was the most educational bowling alley screen I've ever seen
Nobody:
Roman in GTA 4: *Let's go bowling*