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The fact that this giant factory that has tons of specifically designed machines and advanced technology to make these things uses BINDER CLIPS to hold the mold closed 😂 truly a testament to the monster clamping power of those things
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I never knew these balls were made like that... It's striking Edit: I'm impressed this blew up! I had notifs off for a year, so until a few months ago I wasn't getting notifs. Thanks everyone
I remember my late Grandma Phyllis taking me to her local bowling alley to get me a fitted bowling ball. Not sure how my hand size compared to back then, as I wasn’t finished growing up yet and all that, but I can still use it last I bowled with it. Grandma Phyllis bowled a perfect game at 16, if I remember correctly. The bowling alley people gave her a ring with a little diamond in it to congratulate her. This was back in the mid-1940s I think, if that helps give perspective.
The name of that factory was Ebonite International. It was located in Kentucky, USA. The largest producer of bowling balls in the world at one time. It was closed 2 years ago and moved to Mexico after being bought out by Brunswick. A lot of hard working Americans lost their job. Interesting fact, some of the people you saw performing those task have been doing that same exact job for 40 plus years. Had several employees hit the 50 year anniversary mark. It was a unique place.
Hopkinsville is the name of the town, I used to pass that factory on the way to school. They weren't the biggest factory in town, and they certainly weren't the biggest employer. But they were a point of pride. The way they treated their employees was excellent. People who worked for Ebonite had great careers and made good money. A little piece of our city died when Brunswick shut them down. Our home is a factory town surrounded by farms. Weve lost a lot of jobs to foreign factories. But Ebonite was proud to stay and pay American workers a good wage with benefits. Brunswick bought them purely to own the competition.
One of my favorite series from the Sci-Fi/Discovery network of channels. I've never thought about Bowling Balls like this but I am glad to see how they are made. (:
So, ignoring the fact I've watched enough of these to notice this, but, does anyone else that has been just getting these recommended over and over again realize how the video with bowling balls, all the workers got gloves on, but all the ones about food they almost never have gloves on?
I admit. the British narrator has a good sense of humor. Though I personally think Brooke Moore is the best. Zac Fine & The Canadian lady are okay. But I HATE the other lady narrator that yells.
we need an episode showing how an episode of How It's Made is made, showing the filming, the editing process, Tony Hirst narrating himself narrating the episode etc
*Bowling ball rolling to the camera* Watch the lens.. WATCH THE LENS!! Move the camera For goodness sake.. Edit: thanks for the likes never get that many likes!! :D
I wish they would have talked about the different kinds of cores more and how they affect different styles of bowling and different types of shots considering the oil pattern on the lane
The series is called “How It’s Made”, which is what they showed. An in-depth discussion on bowling styles, types of shots, and the impact of a lane’s oil pattern is “why” certain engineering choices were made and “why” they are designed the way they are, not “how” they are made.
you really feel like you live in a small town when bowling balls are made like this and the closest bowling place to my place still uses the same old wood produced balls they've had since the 90's
The bowling ball. The balling bowl. The bowling stone has undergone a lot of pins to become the bowling bee. From a crude wood, to carved polyester, to mold. The molding ball has been reinvented numerous times, but the latest version, the bowling bean, has turned out to be a realwiwlaer a
I once knew a mechanic who sold his house and all his stuff to invest in a Bowling Alley. Man, that takes a lot of balls! Being mechanically skilled, he often worked on the pin setting machines himself, they were right up his alley!
I remember the local K-mart back in the day used to have a whole apparatus to measure and gauge finger holes. The would drill them in house, which means the balls arrived without holes.
Now that you mention it I do remember some stores having the finger hole guide in the sporting good section. Today because of the off center core it takes a skilled professional to drill a ball.
That is usually done at the bowling shop which usually is in the bowling alley or a special shop. You have to get measured for it and any adjustments to be made. At least that is my experience.
