How does a Bowling Pinsetter Machine work? (Brunswick GS-X)

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3D animation of how a Bowling Pinsetter Machine works. Let's go behind the scenes!
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⌚Timestamps:
0:00-Intro
0:41-Bowling Background
2:03-Ball Pit
2:45-Ball Accelerator
3:21-Pin Elevator
4:25-Distributor
6:20-Pin Station Mechanism
7:42-Setting Table
10:00-Spotting Tongs
11:05 -Sweep Wagon
13:14-Drive Frame and Motors
14:04-KiwiCo
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• How Brunswick GSX Bowl... - How Brunswick GSX Bowling Pinsetters Work
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📼Video Summary:
This bowling pinsetter machine is called a Brunswick GSX Pinsetter. It's commonly used in the United States and in other areas of the world when playing Ten-pin Bowling. The Ball Cushion Assembly absorbs the impact of the bowling ball. The knocked over pins are called "Deadwood". The Bowling ball makes it's way to the Ball Accelerator to bring ball back to where the bowlers are. The pins get knocked into the Ball Pit, moved on the Transport Band, then up on the Pin Elevator, and then falls on the Distributor. This is the part that distributes the pins to one of 10 Pin Stations, and then down below to the Setting Table. The Sweep Wagon moves the knocked over pins off the lane. The Drive Frame consists of 3 motors to keep the machine moving.
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@RayyannAlqadry 3 года назад

This may be one of the most complex piece of machinery Jared has broken down and explained. The videos just keep getting better

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Thanks Rayyann - I'm trying to keep things interesting!

@pandagameschannel 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen this video is amazing but I feel the iss is more complex lol

@RanjithKumar-jd4vz 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen so the pin detector plate tells the setting table whether to activate the spotting tongue or to release that tiny latch right? If so why you haven't mentioned that? Even it was not a strike how to set all ten pins if I want to start again? So far I have not seen bowling in person so I don't know much about that but for me it's better to know the mechanism rather than knowing bowling ✌️

@athrowaway3487 3 года назад

@Kieran Nemeth * Laughs on the ENTIRE SATURN V AND CSML ASSEMBLY*

@lalithkishore985 3 года назад

@Jared owen ..can I know how are you doing 3d animations like this..just say your answer in a sentance

@blerst7066 3 года назад

When I was a kid, I once asked one of the workers in the bowling center about how the pinsetters work. The man grabbed my hand, led me to the back of the pinsetters, and kindly explained how it all works. I never expected him to answer such a random question from a random kid so kindly. However, that when I was little so I forgot most of what he said. That's why I'm glad Jared made this video. It felt pleasant to review what I learned that day, and also remember that kind man.

@chaomatic5328 3 года назад

These are the kind of people that make sure we have nice things in life :)

@breestakebobba2318 3 года назад

Idk about you but i would be scared out of my mind when i get lead to the back of the pinsetters alone

@wolfdale_3m 3 года назад

@@breestakebobba2318 imagine just standing at the back just before lane-start hour and the siren sounds and the thing just suddenly clicks and winds up getting all the motors up to speed.

@Guigui_82 3 года назад

Nowadays a guy leading a kid in a back room would be sued by parents. You were lucky this guy was not a psycho.

@noahb717 3 года назад

I've noticed that there are some people who just love to explain what something is, but people don't ask them. And it means more to them if a kid asks because they were once a kid and in wonder of how something worked.

@Loch_Ness_Lachster Год назад

I honestly don’t know what to say…. I mean, this has got to be one of the most innovative and most complex piece of machinery I ever seen, especially for a game

@SuperDouginator 4 месяца назад

Haha things get wayyy more complex

@jasonmurawski5877 2 месяца назад

Look up technology connections and watch some of his videos on pinball machines, if you think this is complicated

@TonyP9279 15 дней назад

It's amazing to watch, especially back in the pre-micro-controller days, when there were switches, feelers, relays and solenoids everywhere!

@theblah12 4 дня назад

Yeah, you think this is complicated look at electromechanical pinball machines. Technology Connections has a great video series tearing down a real life one and it’s crazy how much they were able to achieve with analog technology. Just thousands of solonoids, switches, resistors and a rats nest of wires to do things you would assume would only be possible with a computer.

@TonyP9279 4 дня назад

@@theblah12 I saw that video! He also did one on an old jukebox that was interesting.

@oldweeb1066 2 года назад

When I was in my early 20s, I was actually a pinsetter 'mechanic' that worked in the back of a bowling alley in California. I really loved that job.

@mmmMatto Год назад

I was a pin monkey in my 20s. We had the old A2 pinsetters from the 60s. It's like owning an old car. Constant maintenance that never, ever ends.

@kaisenmanuel9790 8 месяцев назад

@mmmMatto the gsx is no different lol. We are constantly replacing pin holders or adjusting spotting tongs.

@youtubesresidentfbiagent8735 3 года назад

I don’t care if this man takes 5 months to upload, all I gotta say is everyone here at the office watches these on the big screen.

@glaucomflecken 3 года назад

Are you like a new version of OwO? Are you a professional commenter?

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Oh dang - should I be scared if the FBI is watching my videos?😋

@lenadams854 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen please do hl2 combine city scanner by looking at the city scanner drone videos.

@jaredikin455 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen you did explain the inner workings of an abrams tank, so perhaps

@tristantecson6528 3 года назад

Don't arrest pls

@john20326 3 года назад

As a league bowler that actually seen one of these in action, and studied how these things worked for years, there wasn't a single detail you missed, I'm absolutely impressed. well done!.

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Thanks!

@jodybingo 3 года назад

there was a detail he did miss and it is pushing me to look it up - out of range pins. It seems odd, to me, that a pinsetter would use switches in the deck to count pins. Usually cameras are used and they can detect out of range pins. This set up would not record a single pin during an out of range. I'm gonna have to look this one up now (p.s. I am a league bowler, a mechanic for A1 and A2 pinsetters)

@john20326 3 года назад

@@jodybingo I was wondering that too. Usually, on most pin setters, if there is an out of range pin, and the pin setter cannot go all the way down, the machine’s onboard computer skips the sweep phase, go to second ball, and raises the pinsetter and sweep. The process of that happening, I’m not sure.

@jodybingo 3 года назад

@@john20326 on the A1 and A2 machines there is no onboard computer. The machine detects that the deck has stopped due to an out of range pin and the mechanic/pinchaser has to intervene (remove deadwood then pull a lever which prevents the rake from sweeping. In the case of the machine being showed in this video I don’t think it would use switches under the table as an out of range would force the bowlers to manually enter the pinfall. Cameras count the remaining pins whether there is an OOR or not.

@mr.k5550 3 года назад

@@jodybingo ok genius

@Unknown_Ooh Год назад

Thank you to the maintenance guys who work at bowling alleys. They are the unsung heroes of the game working to keep this machinery running.

@richgreenwood7343 Год назад

funny story. Back in the 80's I was working on a Friday night when a machine broke. I went back to look at it, and it was a cast metal part that had broken that held the pins setter in position, and it couldn't work without it. Of course we didn't have a replacement part in house because this part never broke, so I ran back up front and looked at what I could use. Of course we have lots of shoe laces for bowling shoes, so I grabbed a bunch and went back and wrapped them tightly around the cast part to hold it together, and it worked! We couldn't get repair people in till Monday, and when they saw it, they said the part would have to be ordered, and it would take a week of more to get it. I asked what we should do till then? They said "go buy more shoe laces!!" It ran like that for over 2 weeks before it could be replaced properly. I used to refer to this time as when "we running on a shoe string!!"

@brandoncastro6731 Год назад

@@richgreenwood7343 Hey it’s only dumb if it didn’t work! You did what you had to to keep it running, that’s so awesome!

@JMetal98 Год назад

For sure. I hadnt really thought about there being any other way at a normal bowling alley until I went to one with a string pinsetter. Gotta say, i dont like it nearly as much as this type which ive seen virtually everywhere else i have ever bowled. The strings sometimes clothesline a pin that shouldnt of fallen lol. We called it a string spare. It also often awards a strike for 9 pins if the 10th got wobbled pretty good (must pull on string enough to make it think it fell). Where I was going with that is, im sure the string one is a lot more maintenance free then this!

@samcornock7711 3 месяца назад

I appreciate it 😁

@Akumaten1 3 месяца назад

Lol, I appreciate it. Been bowling mechanic for 7 years.

@MadDogHoek23 2 года назад

Wow, today marks two months for me at my new job which is a bowling alley with these exact machines and this animation is spot on! It’s helping me understand a few things I didn’t know and it’s giving me all the correct names of the parts, so I find this video extremely helpful and I appreciate! I’ll be rewatching this a few more times. Thank you for this!

@bjsmith4598 Год назад

How’s the job going? Thinking of applying as a senior technician for a bowling alley here.

@samcornock7711 3 месяца назад

@@bjsmith4598it's so much fun and very rewarding!!

@MrJewelyn 2 года назад

as a 3D engineer, I want to note the massive size of the work on creating a model for the video, my respect

@JaredOwen 2 года назад

Thanks Jewelyn - this was definitely a lot of work!

@jakegreene5382 2 года назад

BIG TIME!! I think the 3D was harder than designing the pinsetter!

@leecambsuk2871 2 года назад

Watching this I thought it was straight out of Brunswick R&D and I have repaired hundreds of Brunswick control boxes.

@Manfacesigma Год назад

Wow

@alexandrep4913 Год назад

Do you mean a 3D modeler? Unless you're doing mathematics to make your models, you probably should stop calling yourself an engineer. Otherwise, carry on.

@chasegeer9295 3 года назад

I work as a technician at a bowling alley fixing these lanes when they break down. You did a great job at going into detail on every part. I’m going to use this to train future techs. Thank you!

@tekk8428 3 года назад

How many of these machines does your house have?

@chasegeer9295 3 года назад

@@tekk8428 We have 40

@tekk8428 3 года назад

@@chasegeer9295 Oh wow! Have you guys upgraded from the Consolidated electronics? That's been my #1 struggle is finding replacement components (mainly voltage regulators). Last I checked, Brunswick wanted $13,000/lane pair to upgrade. 😂

@chasegeer9295 3 года назад

@@tekk8428 No we haven’t. It’s very expensive haha

@doapin6240 3 года назад

Pretty cool

@neoamaru Год назад

it is just mind-blowing, how purely mechanical the entire process is! no A.I. involved, not a single laser or microchip in sight! Kudos to those brilliant minds/outside the box thinkers and engineers that sat down and thought of all that! (& Thank you Jared for explaining it all so well!)

@TheAozzi 10 месяцев назад

Well, there are lasers in ball detectors

@bread9276 9 месяцев назад

@@TheAozzishhhhhh

@eechee2979 8 месяцев назад

There's actually quite a lot of this machine that relies on a computer. Every sensor, solenoid, and switch.

@3rdalbum 7 месяцев назад

@@eechee2979 These days, yes I imagine they are computerized. However there is nothing inherently requiring a "computer" as such - a few decades ago it would have been electro-mechanical using a ton of relays and hardwired logic.

@eechee2979 7 месяцев назад

@@3rdalbum I'm just nit-picking now but anything with a circuit board that has a processor (and relevant software to program said processor) is a computer. It isn't shown in this 3D model but connected to the front of the machine is a box with one such circuit board inside. From there, you can program different features and functions of the GSX pinsetter machine. Without this computer, the machine would not function.

@jakegreene5382 2 года назад

I was a Brunswick A-2 mechanic from the 1970's. This is the first in depth explanation of the GS-X since their beginning in the early 2000s. We don't have any centers with these machines but I did bowl in a Zone that had them 15 years ago but the center closed back in 2013. Very good explanation of the operation. I do know they were based in part to the AMF 82-70 if I remember correctly. Fascinating machine!

@riegelvega.8880 3 года назад

Doesn't care how much time to finish the video When i saw Jared Owen, i click it

@chelsheet 3 года назад

Me too

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Thanks Riegel!

@maryrxrsimpson5726 3 года назад

Same

@boeing747-8 3 года назад

Click.

@oksomkar3107 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen i waiting for this video.

@mattrittman 3 года назад

Wow, what an incredible amount of detail Jared! I don't know how you do it man. This was very entertaining to watch :) Seriously, hats off to you sir.

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Thanks Matt - I always appreciate the kind words😀

@sajibsarkar 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen can you make how the roller coaster chain lift works please

@HarnaiDigital 3 года назад

Hey Matt Ritman sir.🤩 I love you.

@HarnaiDigital 3 года назад

Matt is King of Textures, and Shading.

@sam-by6sq 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen can you explain how a printer works? I want to know why mine always asks for cyan when I only need to use black

@JayVBear45 2 года назад

Grew up getting to know some of how this machinery worked. In the late 50s/early 60s my dad was a design engineer for AMF and worked on the team that created the first electromechanical pin spotters as well as ball tester/strike machines, he also designed a lot of the lanes for many bowling alleys in the Midwest.

@pumpster999 2 года назад

As co-founder of the Peralta Patriots JHS Bowling Club in 1972, Orange, CA, I hereby declare that this is the greatest video in the history of RU-vid! Back then we were all fascinated with the behind the scenes tour, and you have truly rejuvenated that thrill 50 years later. Thank you.

@casualwoomy 3 года назад

I never truly realized how damn complicated these machines were until today

@PinoyBowlerGS92 3 года назад

Oh it gets even better girl cause I’m squid kid works on GSX Pinsetters 😏

@hunterthedinosaur23 3 года назад

Everyone was like. This can’t be complicated. Now everyone is like. How complicated can this be

@tonyfalco760 3 года назад

It gets even more complicated with all the switches solenoid and wires! But this video is really awesome!

@TinkeringJohn 3 года назад

I would love to see Jared do an animation of the Brunswich A2 pinsetter.

@DavesRestoration454 3 года назад

@@TinkeringJohn A2 is much simpler than this piece of garbage..

@AustenFerdinand 3 года назад

Now i know it was that complicated, thanks jared

@Unknown12462 3 года назад

bro how are you not verified

@kirbyspencer538 3 года назад

This is the 'new' style, the ones I worked on back in the late '70s were a bit more complicated and much more finicky to tune up properly.

@TopTechSavvy 2 года назад

@@eseopu sheeeeesh

@TopTechSavvy 2 года назад

@@eseopu no need to be mad kid

@eseopu 2 года назад

@@TopTechSavvy haha

@Tmanaz480 2 года назад

Obviously the bulk of your work is visual, but can I take a moment to appreciate your excellent audio? The writing, narration, mix and balance are perfect. You obviously put as much effort into the soundtrack as you do the picture. Well done.

@SwedishNeo Год назад

I especially like the fact that there are so little electronics involved, and instead it relies on genius and inventive mechanics that are much more reliable.

@LarryButler-kp3se 29 дней назад

Before computers, AMF machines were controlled by racks of relays. Cleaning relay contacts was key to good running.

@Chuntise 3 года назад

Oh my god as an animator I can appreciate the amount of work this was. I just stumbled upon this channel because of my interest in machinery. But I also create animations showing how medical equipment works for a living. This would’ve taken me 3 weeks minimum as a full time job. I would never have had the drive to do it as a RU-vid channel.

@gamer0unreleased 3 года назад

Man I’d love to see some medical animations if any of them are publicly releasable!

@tristantecson6528 3 года назад

Guys don't even think why he took so long to upload, because of animating.

@AluminumOxide 3 года назад

Quality over quantity dictates

@ZaHandle 3 года назад

I think it's more of a research time and maybe waiting for sponsors and the animation too

@tristantecson6528 3 года назад

@@ZaHandle true, but most of all, animating takes longer than research

@sylvesylvester8501 3 года назад

Dude I think of it

@molonlabe9602 2 года назад

I used to clean and repair Brunswick A2 machines at my university. The A2 is one of the oldest but most widely used pinsetters in the world. We always kept 21 pins in each pin setter system. It is also interesting to note that each lane had 10 additional pins, which were always "resting" as part of a 31 pin rotation per lane.

@venture312 Год назад

I work part time as an A2 mechanic at a 52 lane center. we run 21 pins in each machine, with a full change of pins for the house "resting"

@stevesomers7366 Год назад

An incredible piece of work, Jared. Amazing! First rate. Probably the most complex mechanical illustration I've seen.

@BranchEducation 3 года назад

What a great video! This is definitely one of my favorites thus far because it goes over such a complex assortment of mechanisms!! Keep up the great work!

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Thanks Teddy!

@tfr 3 года назад

Thanks Teddy!

@divyadarshan9710 2 года назад

Thanks Teddy!

@Someone-sq8im 2 года назад

Thanks Teddy!

@Turquoise-Official 2 года назад

Thanks Teddy!

@odinharou7112 3 года назад

Imagine breaking down one of these machines to someone from the past, they ask "What does this wondrous machine do? It's so complicated!" And you're just there like "It resets bowling pins"

@Pippy1 3 года назад

"What is my purpose? To reset bowling pins."

@Nitram4392 2 года назад

"Oh my God."

@sixstringedthing Год назад

When I was a kid, the resetting of the pins basically happened by magic as far as I was concerned. Nothing much has changed after watching this video. What a fascinatingly complex device. Many cleverly designed static parts doing specific jobs, all perfectly synchronised by the driven components. Awesome animation work here!

@opo3628 Год назад

When I was in elementary school, we would occasionally go on field trips. One of my absolute favorites was when we visited the local bowling alley, where we got a guided tour of the back and watched these machines in action.

@paulhare662 Год назад

We went to Peach Bottom nuclear power plant. I think the bowling alley would have been more interesting.

@IFGchannel931 3 года назад

I don't even know what I appreciate more... The creative engineering behind this mechanism, or you patience and skill in modeling, animating and explaining all of it.

@markfryer9880 3 года назад

That is a very tough one to call but I think that Jared might just come away with the win.

@Mochrie99 2 года назад

When I went bowling as a kid, the idea of how the pins got reset always fascinated me. I had never seen the inner workings and it felt like some great mystery. I had always assumed that the pinsetter machine was complicated. I just had no idea it was THAT complicated. Thanks for enlightening the 10-year old in me. :)

@savannahoneil-pindar4207 2 года назад

It really is hard to believe that somebody thought that all up.

@mattspectre3346 Год назад

I actually ended up working on these machines and there is a lot going on, but these are some of the simplest machines to work on. Go back even 1 generation and they get much more complicated and dangerous.

@SOPM2007 Год назад

The funny thing is, I recently went bowling for my very first time and after it I asked myself, how does the mechanism for resetting works and today, RU-vid suggests me this video, just as it knows what I'd in mind :)

@rouxgreasus Год назад

Your phone spies on you, you know.

@SOPM2007 Год назад

@@rouxgreasus Yes, I am aware of that. Data will collect everywhere for tech companies to control the world.

@rouxgreasus Год назад

@@SOPM2007 Presidents? What are those?

@Clery75019 Год назад

As scary as that may sound, Google, therefore RU-vid, actually knows you went bowling.

@SOPM2007 Год назад

@@Clery75019 A solution would be to leave the phone at home and not using Google services at all, right?

@kentslocum Год назад

I know everyone says that a nuclear power plant is the most complex thing ever designed by humans, but when it comes to individual machines, I am flabbergasted at the beautiful complexity of a bowling pin setter. Well done!

@SnoopyDoofie 3 года назад

I can imagine this guy describing in detail how we're gonna break out of prison.

@tomp4903 3 года назад

‘This piece of equipment is called a “razor blade”. It’s how we are going to take out the wardens when they aren’t looking’ [...] ‘let’s rewind and see that again in slow motion.’

@anthonywinebarger 3 года назад

Or how a nuclear missile works

@WelshWerewolf 2 года назад

@@anthonywinebarger today i snuck into area 51 and dissected a nuclear bomb! *bomb blows up* lets rewind that in slow motion!

@96_stars22 2 года назад

@@tomp4903 LMFAO YOU GOT ME ROLLING

@MrAwesomedude808 3 года назад

As the grandson of Brunswick’s former CEO (who retired in ‘95 and is sadly no longer on this earth), I would like to say your animation is incredible. My grandpa would be proud of you making this.

@Squid-Game 3 года назад

Wow! Is there a way to transfer a video through a Ouija board?

@krozareq 2 года назад

@@Squid-Game Only in binary.

@AndyHappyGuy 2 года назад

I’m not sure if you’re telling the truth. Just look at your channel!

@MrAwesomedude808 2 года назад

@@AndyHappyGuy He met his wife at GE, they married in 1952, had a daughter 10 years later, adopted a son, and moved from Wisconsin to Illinois in the 70s. He and his wife were married for 52 years before he passed away at age 73 in may 2004. His wife died at age 93 in august of this year. Jack Reichert was a fan of the Green Bay Packers, and everybody who knew him said he was a very humble person, even refusing a salary increase for himself and making all employees owners of Brunswick. He has a foundation in his and his wife’s honor. I attended both my grandparents’ funerals and I watched them be buried. I have PICTURES and VIDEOS of me and my grandfather! What proof do you want?

@AndyHappyGuy 2 года назад

@@MrAwesomedude808 alright, show them. You can't trust comments like these these days, so I need to make sure.

@leebarker539 Год назад

Your narrative is top tier. No obscure terminology, no talking down to us, just carefully crafted sentences which, with the superb graphics, make this a video in a class by itself. Thank you for all the work (which I don't understand) that occurs on the front end. I am in awe.

@steveiden471 Год назад

Amazing that these things do so well considering we're all slamming them with 15-20 mph 16-lb. balls! Great Animation Jared! My grandfather sold these for over 30 years at Brunswick. It's great to see my grandchildren enjoying the sport again.

@Nitrous_Syrup 3 года назад

The legend himself posted another masterpiece

@supernoxa 3 года назад

Yes

@mrthechicken102 3 года назад

Yes

@kosh950 3 года назад

yes

@oldcowbb 3 года назад

yes

@srajit6814 3 года назад

With so much patience and detail this guy understands everything clearly . I am his fan .

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

😁

@srajit6814 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen Jared dude I love you videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@jamc666 Год назад

the amount of work that went into this 15 minute video is truly impressive

@epicrodtezla3228 8 месяцев назад

The guys who come up with the bowling ball mechanism are pure geniuses 💪💪 massive respect to the engineering fit put forward to develop it

@travelingjere 3 года назад

Space Shuttle: most complicated thing humans have made Bowling pinsetter machine: hold my beer

@User_-dp6mb 2 года назад

@nikgaming6515 2 года назад

U could have said hold my pins

@TheRandomTurtleOfficial 2 года назад

@@nikgaming6515 yeah I was about to say lol

@I_K_Noyes215 2 года назад

@@nikgaming6515 He also could have said "Hold my balls." ....

@haneenabdul8248 2 года назад

Redstone engenders be like pathetic

@Cyber_One 3 года назад

When I was young, I thought the Ball Pit was an endless void where all pins fall into, never to return and even once dreamt of falling in it.

@madscientist1828 3 года назад

When I was a brunswick mechanic I enjoyed scaring people. I was only 20 but I knew my machines. I would unplug the drive motor, which left the pin light on but disabled the machine. Then I would trip the rake and crawl underneath and inside the machine lol. Customers would be like "that crazy mechanic is inside the machine with it running!!" Lol

@flebnard 3 года назад

Probably a2 stuff, they use a shaker plate vs the conveyer like these newer ones or amf machines

@okuu_utsuho 2 года назад

Same

@ninji5226 2 года назад

Honestly, how a pinsetter works was right up there in mystery with what's inside Oscar the grouch's can! I feel that great mystery has been solved and I may never be the same again. That was incredible!!!!

@ajankowski2 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this! Years ago I was a pin chaser in an AMF 82/70 equipped house, and I was pretty familiar with Brunswick 'A' machines from the time I spent as an Officer/Inspector with a local Bowling Association. But I had never seen the back end or inner workings of the Brunswick GS series and always wondered how some of the parts worked. This video answered all of the questions I ever had!

@Brindlebrother 3 года назад

What's more amazing is that this contraption, like any other, is just a combination of the six simple machines they teach you in first grade. Never skip first grade.

@dannylu6230 3 года назад

It is not just a machine...it’s a piece of art.

@slametdinatadinata645 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, you made the pinsetter feel like a building.

@richardwassem3023 Год назад

Back in the 1980's I worked as the mechanic at a bowling alley that used Brunswick A2 conversion pinsetters. The parts were different but they worked on the same basic principles. Hopefully bowling can make a comeback. It's a fun game.

@zircon72 3 года назад

"You got all that? Yeah me neither!" Lmaoo Jared you are the best😂

@JaredOwen 3 года назад

Can't take things too serious!

@ACUEZIUM 3 года назад

@@JaredOwen can you show us how a submarine works next time?

@MaskedDeath_ 3 года назад

@@ACUEZIUM As far as I know, most of that info is classified. Jared might not have enough info available for this.

@ACUEZIUM 3 года назад

@@MaskedDeath_ yeah i know but he also made a video about the space shuttle and most of it was classified too (the inner sections i mean)

@SmokeFlame1 2 года назад

This is almost as complicated as rocket science. The designers were either geniuses or insane. Maybe both.

@user-fh6jp8ug1q 2 года назад

automated gear shift much more complicated

@loganstudios7729 2 года назад

Insane geniuses?

@mikesdogs6275 2 года назад

@@loganstudios7729 aka Sheldon Cooper. 😅

@houstonhelicoptertours1006 2 года назад

"this is almost as complicated as rocket science" Hahaha...no.

@JSchaffer214 2 года назад

@@houstonhelicoptertours1006 Do you not understand hyperbole when you hear it?

@BrilliantDesignOnline Месяц назад

For such a contrived game, rolling balls down a wooden track to hit stood up sticks, the engineering to design this machine, to accomplish all these functions, in a compact fashion is incredible. All so you can go to the bowling alley and have fun, with the mechanicals magically hidden from view. Your animations are excellent, but more so the way you break the functions down and highlight only parts of the system at a time, is BRILLIANT.

@Steve_K2 Год назад

I had a part-time job in an 8-lane bowling alley in the mid-1970s, passing out shoes, clearing jams, etc. One evening I was almost killed when I crawled under the setting table without turning off the machine ... and the table suddenly started to drop toward the floor. I flicked my finger out for the switch. I had one chance to find it, and somehow did. Great illustrating, Jared. My deepest admiration.

@tristantecson6528 3 года назад

This guy made me understand more than in school.

@idot3331 3 года назад

You were taught the mechanics of bowling pinsetter machines in school?

@lukec.7305 3 года назад

Jared. I’m aiming to get a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering. Stuff like this has fascinated me even since I was really young. You’re giving me a beautifully presented outlet to learn how stuff works. Keep it up!

@puzzLEGO 2 года назад

same

@John-yg2rt 2 года назад

Keep working hard man I hope it pays off

@taridean Год назад

Not only is the engineering behind this machine impressive. 3D modelling and animating it for this video is equally impressive too.

@patriciabristow-johnson5951 2 года назад

I really appreciate how comprehensive your videos are, and how understandable you make them.

@scratchy523 2 года назад

Pinsetter machines have always fascinated me. I've always wanted to walk up the lane to see what's going on, but obviously I can't do that. But now I get an even better view in this video! Thanks Jared!

@mattschubert8426 2 года назад

Next time you're in a bowling center you can just ask an employee if they are able to show the machines. We always did that when I was working on the lanes as a mechanic. And if there was a kids birthday the whole group got a little guided tour behind the machines. In my opinion every center should do that. It's the easiest way to get children into engeneering...

@calebbenedict5587 2 года назад

There’s a bowling alley near me where the entrance is behind the lanes and there’s a big window that faces out over the back of the pinsetters. It’s really cool to see.

@shiny4984 2 года назад

2 reasons 1: you need to be a professional to get there 2: if you got to close they would kill you

@bcsroberson 2 года назад

Yeah I work at a bowling alley and they won’t let anyone back there unless your 18+

@mrb43605 2 года назад

Ask any proprietor....they will GLADLY let you.

@hazza2247 3 года назад

Ur animations are flawless and so easy to understand and your voice is soothing

@xapie128 2 года назад

Very cool. I was a mechanic on Brunswick models A and A2 machines back 30 to 50 years ago. This brought back memories, and surprising I was able to recall names of parts (like "turn pan" and "pin turret") that this new G series has replaced.

@eechee2979 8 месяцев назад

I've worked on these machines and I have to say your models are impressively spot-on.

@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_ 3 года назад

You've put so much effort and processing power in this video that it might have been easier for you to go to a bowling alley to record it with a camera. This is AMAZING!

@tedoydislake 2 года назад

Many years ago I worked at a bowling alley complex that had Brunswick technology, but I never had access to its robotics. It really is wonderful. Amazing job, Mr. Owen. Thank you.

@stephenjerome4135 2 месяца назад

This has to be one of the most complex and innovative piece of machinery I've ever seen. I was at a bowling alley just a few weeks ago actually and I've always been fascinated by the pinsetter machine and how it all works. I've really learned a lot from watching this about what all the parts are called and how the pins get reset into the pinsetter table, how the remaining pins get lifted and how the mechanism keeps scores, and even how the machine returns the balls back to the ball rack. It's astonishing to think how much stuff is actually going on all at the same time by this amazing machinery and it's all happening in such quick time which is even more impressive. Must be a great job working on these great machines.

@thewitt2890 Год назад

About 55 years ago i was a Brunswick pinsetter mechanic. The pinsetter had one motor and a transmission to operate the whole machine. Watching this well done animation of the Brunswick machine of today, with 3 motors, many more belts and switches, I have to believe the machine is high maintenance.

@anastasiagoold4975 2 года назад

I love how everything is done in such a simple, efficient way. I would never expect something like this to be so elegant. What a cool machine

@seacliff217 3 года назад

Honestly, considering how complicated these machines are with tons of moving parts, it's impressive they don't get into issues that frequently after loading hundreds, if not thousands, sets of pins a day.

@Battlefresh 2 года назад

Come to my lanes and you won't be so impressed.

@lesterjones9335 2 года назад

Oh they have problems, try running a 50 lane center.

@nuu-age1118 2 года назад

Yeah, definitely have issues. But, mechanic was always on the clock just in case

@IcelanderUSer 2 года назад

My parents owned two bowling lanes. One had Brunswick setters and the other amf. The amf setters are better. Those made in the 70s and 80s anyhow.

@Lizzie-dj6ei 2 года назад

as someone who works at a bowling alley I can confirm they have issues on the daily 🤣 It is very clever machinery though

@jobaecker9752 Год назад

Absolutely stunning graphics, perfectly explained. I've bowled for decades and never understood the machines in this much detail. Thank you!

@Dokterkiller 3 года назад

I'm a mechanic that works on these machines specifically. Absolutely a great video, you hit every mark. Thank you for making this

@jerodast 2 года назад

Do you cover a whole region of bowling alleys only, or do you also work on other tricky devices? Either way very cool :)

@Dokterkiller 2 года назад

@@jerodast I was a mechanic for a bowling arcade, doing electric work on the arcade side and was consistently fixing up the Brunswick bowling machines. I actually recently quit but while I was there it was extremely fun. We would climb all over them like monkey bars just to replace a solenoid and would crawl underneath and inside like it was a cave. It was great!

@frankhooper7871 3 года назад

My parents, my maternal grand-parents and I emigrated to California in 1953. My grand-father's first job was manually setting pins at a bowling alley.

@flagman515 2 года назад

Wow! Thank you for posting. It takes me back 50 years to my grandfather's bowling alley. I vaguely remember going into the back area and seeing the machines do their work up close. Your animation was very informative and enjoying to watch. I am always more impressed by the men and women who dream up these inventions, and are able to make all the tiny steps happen, than the final product itself.

@paulborst4724 5 месяцев назад

*I've been a lifetime bowler and have always enjoyed watching the machines work in the back, but to have each and every moment of engineering pointed out was amazing. Perfect!*

@ram_n_music 2 года назад

"Niko, it's Roman! Let's go bowling" -Roman Bellic, 2008

@arandomhobbychannel6718 2 года назад

I still play that game, love it, what a piece of art that game is.

@no-hi2mr 2 года назад

@@arandomhobbychannel6718 if you like gta 4 tou will absolutely love red dead redemption 2

@arandomhobbychannel6718 2 года назад

@@no-hi2mr, yeah i have it on my laptop, its really fun.

@no-hi2mr 2 года назад

@@arandomhobbychannel6718 nice. I wish I could play gta 4 but I have a ps4 and its not reverse compatible

@arandomhobbychannel6718 2 года назад

@@no-hi2mr,oh if you have steam, it could run gta 4, rockstar games themselves updated gta 4 to make it easier to run the game. Last few times even with the new windows 10 updates it runs well, I get a little lag because it is an older game, but its every now and again. Now days just about any laptop could handle gta 4 with 30-35 fps, I'm no pc wiz, just my experience. But anyways if you have a laptop or pc and have steam installed and have at least 6-8 gigs of ram you shouldn't have any problems running gta 4.

@Kriz10 3 года назад

The Legend Arises after a Long Break😊😊

@anilloura9498 3 года назад

Masterpiece takes time😁

@Justgoingby 3 года назад

For his creativity 1 month is normal

@CIAVE Год назад

Very cool animation, well done! I worked part time as a bowling alley night technician from 1977-1981. We had Brunswick A-2 Pinsetters. We did daily maintenance and corrected common issues with the machines when in use. If memory serves, the A-2 is from circa late-1950's. A ball wheel at the back took the ball from the pit and sent it on its way back upfront. Instead of the elevator, a another wheel at the rear of the machine took the pins to the top for loading in a turret. Fun place to work as a kid, even at $2.10 an hour. Had plenty of time to do my homework during league play, but lost some of my hearing because the decibel level was very high for 2-4 hours a night. OSHA was nowhere in sight at that time...

@charlesbird781 Год назад

This is probably the best animated and narrated video of a complex machine I’ve ever seen. The creator should offer master classes to people who want to design and present 3D animated content of the highest caliber.

@seanlangton3921 3 года назад

This mans explanations and 3D animation go UNRIVALED

@matthewholzner9526 3 года назад

How the Saturn V Rocket (the most powerful machine ever made) Works: 3 min How a Bowling Pinsetter works: 15 min

@MickeyE Год назад

WOW! I just saw this and it was an incredible video. Back in the ancient ages (I'm 84 now and this was around 1955 or so when I was a teenager) our local Masonic Temple had a small, 6 lane if I remember correctly, bowling alley. I worked there after school and on weekends as a pinsetter. We had manual machines that were basically setting tables that we loaded by hand and pushed down on a large lever that moved the table down to set the pins. We worked 2 lanes by 1 pinsetter. We had to manually lift the ball to the ball return and it rolled down a ramp to accelerate it to the ball return table. We sat on a bench between our 2 lanes waiting on the bowlers to bowl. If one of the other pinsetters didn't show up we had to cover 4 lanes. That was always interesting, especially when leagues were bowling. If the pins needed to be reset the bowler would set the ball down on the lane and we would reset the pins. Once in a while a bowler would forget and set the ball down while he dried his hands or something and the pins would be reset when they should not have been. Then we had to manually remove the pins that had been knocked down so he could try to make his spare. One time a bowler, who bowled a very fast ball, bowled and when the ball struck the pins one pin bounced off the side of the ball return, flew up and across the lane and where I was sitting and grazed my forehead right at my eyebrow barely cutting the skin. I returned the ball, put the pins in the setter and while doing that the bowler saw the blood on my forehead and I think he nearly had a heart attack. One inch in any direction and I probably would have been dead! Fortunately a good cleaning and a large band-aid let me finish my shift. Thinking about it now makes me shudder.

@rckolc 3 месяца назад

I am 64 years old. When I was 12 years old in 1972, I was a pinsetter at a summer camp. The pinsetter (The person) had to pick up the pins that were knocked down, then load them into the setting rack. The pins were set up by the setting rack by the pinsetter pressing the set button. In order to avoid getting hit by the bowling ball, the pinsetter had to jump up onto a padded bench. Back in those days, I was amazed how ingenious that was. Things have changed a bit since then.

@bm3hansen 2 года назад

As a kid in the 80s when my parents bowled every Fridays and Saturdays, I was obsessed with the bowling machines. When no one was looking I would sneak down the long hallway that led back behind the pins and I would watch as it looked like a Rube Goldberg machine. Then I would draw pictures of bowling pins and the machines I saw.

@coloradostrong 2 года назад

We saw you peeing back there too. We had cameras to watch for machine jamming.

@arfansthename 2 года назад

@@coloradostrong you saw him what?!

@Thor_the_Doge 3 года назад

9.y.o me was always fascinated by how the bowling pins fall into the endless abyss after you hit them with a bowling ball

@atlantic_love Год назад

This has to be THE BEST video I've ever seen on RU-vid. I don't bowl now, but when I was younger I always wondered about where the pins went and they magically reappeared between every frame. Well done illustration of how all this works!

@ChadAmI80 Год назад

Dang! I can only imagine how many hours you have into this. The shear amount of time involved with learning on machine works before you even being to model it is mind boggling. Great job sir!

@JaredOwen Год назад

Thank you! It was fun to make

@adithyan9263 2 года назад

i took everyday things like these with genius engineering in them for granted. now i have a new and improved perspective whenever i look at something. and i thank u for that 😭

@fredh.1255 2 года назад

As someone who knows a few things about pinsetters, this was very well done. Very clear and easily understandable for people who do not know too much about these machines.👍👍👍

@thejudgemeister Год назад

It's been a while since I've been bowling. I used to go with dad when he was able to go. I'll never bowl again without watching the pinsetter work in awe. :)

@simonrussell4986 2 года назад

Thanks for breaking this down - engineers can be amazing, and this is so elegant. I'm guessing the early days of translating the pinsetters' scoring mechanism into actual scores was creative as well.

@LoveMeSomeCoffee. 3 года назад

Jared's posted a video! Looks like it's time to spend another 15mins being completely fascinated by something I've never thought twice about before!

@bhaktibhandari7379 3 года назад

Before this video:- Ohhh my god! HOW COMPLEX WOULD THE THINGS BE! After seeing this:- "Eh, everything's EASY!!" Really magical videos!

@srcarranza Год назад

All of you are awesome! If you are only one person doing all of this, then you're beyond admirable. In any case, your explanation and animations are incredible. Thank you, very much.

@CrazyMonkeyBoy7 2 года назад

I love that you are able to explain such complex machines so simply

@Vekcrazah 3 года назад

What makes this even more amazing is that most of the process doesn't involve dozens of sensors. You'd think that the system would rely on them to know when the pins are in place, where to put them, etc.

@DFX2KX 3 года назад

some of the newer machines have a few to catch edge-cases, but that's it.

@_Nykolaii_ 3 года назад

Without Jared, we would all still be wondering what black magic makes the pins rise from the deads.

@Thewinner312 Год назад

Awesome video! I think there is one more piece of engineering in 8:22 I was wondering how it works setting only some of the pins down. Because each turn the machine tries to release 10 pins from the pin station to the setting table, so the new ones would crash into the ones that have not been released onto the lane. However, it seems like if the pin holder stays closed it slightly misses the pin release lever. Nice engineering.

@Computist40 Год назад

This was covered very extensively which was perfect. My mom used to work at a local bowling alley when I was growing up, she only gave me the basics how these work, but man it's loud back behind the lane when there's a league going on. As a bonus I got a free ride on the oil machine most of the time.

@ouwebrood497 Год назад

I can remember it was quite a loud noise when I once was allowed to take a look.

@vari1535 3 года назад

Holy crap, your 3D animation is so detailed! And crisp and refined and smooth... (and this is coming from watching the first 15 seconds) After watching: It was really cool to learn about the complex mechanisms, all working simultaneously, behind something we were only familiar with on the outside. Thanks for showing that! Also, that transition to the sponsorship was genuinely great.

@awesomness6775 3 года назад

I just came home from my birthday party *at the bowling alley* and got this video recommended to me from *three days ago* I'm just speechless...

@rasmuspoulsen956 2 года назад

I worked as a mechanic on these machines. best 7 years of work. the complexity and precision required for this to run is awesome. good video. eat my sub.

@nahkohese555 2 года назад

I worked on these machines back in the 70s. Nice to see they haven't changed that much - a little more sophisticated maybe, but still basically the same.

@usvalve 2 года назад

I think a phonograph record autochanger would be a great subject for a video like this, especially if we could have a split screen showing what happens above the deck - the bit we know - and simultaneously all the stuff happening underneath. They were very clever, and totally mechanical too.