Recorded in You Betcha Bowling Center, Twin Valley MN. HUGE thanks to the owners of the establishment for letting me set these up on their lanes! Go checkout their Facebook page and come over for a visit profile.php?...
Cool to see there's places that still have them. Living in a huge urban area, everything is either not terribly old, or older facilities have been upgraded/modified to modern looks. Kind of a shame, because I like the nostalgia of feeling like I stepped back in time.
@@pomaikaThere are candlepin alleys with flat masks, but I agree with you. My grandfather owned candlepin alleys for 60 years, and we had these masking units, which feel right to me.
Someone should invent an all-in-one pinsetter that can set all three types of pins, as well as a ball return system that can accommodate different size bowling balls, just like back in the old days. It's something I think about myself from time to time. It would make bowling more attractive to non-regular bowlers, imo.
Nice that you got a chance to do that on a tenpin lane. Next time get some 2x4 shims to raise the gutters; if you see duckpin and candlepin bowling videos, you notice that the gutters are much more shallow than tenpin; might help with pin action.
Candlepin, not as easy as it looks. I gave that a whirl when I was up in NH and did terribly hehe. Perhaps after some practice, I'd gotten the hang of it. Good ol A2 machines, probably the most long-lasting/reliable pinsetter ever made. I always thought it would be cool to have a modern machine that could handle all 3 pin types, so alleys could essentially offer 3 types of bowling to its patrons, where someone just swaps the pins out in the back and you're good to go. With computer/sensor tech, wouldn't be a big stretch to have it determine based on game/pin type whether to sweep between throws inside the frame, if 2/3 throws, etc.
Normally, you would keep the machine off to prevent pin jamming when using foreign pins on a bowling lane. Funny how the rake came down, and I was worried there's gonna be pin jamming lol
In duckpins, power plays a much bigger part in the game versus candlepin... Duckin alleys are disappearing quickly, in part because of real estate prices, part because sherman pinsetters which were patented but never released have not been built in many decades, and overall decline in bowling. Not sure about candlepin.
Yeah duckpins for me has always been more difficult and more frustrating. And yeah those Sherman pinsetters haven't been built in since the 70s. Bowling in general has been on the rise in popularity in recent years though
