Don’t put your video down calling it boring! I’ve never done any project even close to this labor intensive and to me this is inspiring. Cheers to an awesome backyard
Great job!!!! As a former professional bowler I will add some comments here > The amount of weight you have on the pinheads could be cut way down for more realistic pin action. Loose the twine rope holding the pins for some 80 lb fishing line or other filament. This will also make it look more aesthetically pleasing. Loose the carabiners/clips for some eye hooks drilled into the top of the pins. Typically you want the most weight to be centered in the widest part of the pin were the ball makes contact.
Cool, nice idea wanted to do the same thing g in my yard but I’m wanting the full 60 foot lane bed, I’d have to take up some of my driveway and my wife said no
Awesome job! I have a half scale lane in my basement and it is 10 years ago this month of May it was built. In NY, I don’t think we could have a permanent outdoor bowling alley with all the rain and snow, it would not last too long. But in Arizona you should be OK! Congratulations! I have a few RU-vid videos, under the name of Mapleridge lane. Enjoy and looking forward to a video of a bowling match with scores! 👍
I feel like you should put leaders on the pin ropes, and find a way to hook the string into the wood of the pin rather than using all of that hardware. Other than that, I think this is amazing. I hope it's still in good shape after 2 years.
Dimensions? It's clearly not 42inches wide or 60 feet long... I think you mentioned 30 feet at one point. Is it just half scale? Where did you get the pins? where did you get the balls? Did you consider using skinnier rope? 30+ years ago I remember playing string bowling at a lane in Hamilton, Ontario. The strings in that bowling alley were pretty much invisible --- now of course it was dim, as all bowling alleys are, and it was a full size 5-pin bowling alley, so it was far away. (yes, I said 5-pin. This is Canada, where we have both five pin and ten pin. The five pin ball looks a lot like the balls that you were using.
You are correct, it is half-scale. 30 feet from the foul line to head pin and 21 inches wide. I chose the ropes that I did for durability in the heat and across pulleys. Here are links for where I got the balls and pins... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NZ291Q8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 www.minibowlingpins.com/
What does knowing how to spell build matter matter in construction of a half scale bowling lane in his backyard have to do with any of it good job dave
