My Father's Homemade Candlepin Bowling Alley 

Wow. Excellent . I know a thing or two about Bowl Mor pinsetters. That machine is in excellent condition. Nice clean alley. . Your Dad did a fantastic job putting it together. Thanks for sharing the video!

It was a rather big project but he gathered many parts from the New England area and put alot of time into it. Things like the floor had to be of course made by him but the gutters were from an old alley. His ball return was handbuilt. Many mechanical parts have been repaired and/or modified as well to make this a reliable machine. Good luck with your Claw Machines as well my friend.

Awesome! What an intelligent, talented and creative guy.

this is the best homemade system i have seen yet...tell your father he did a great job.

Thanks brother. My Father really blows me away with his mechanical feats!

WOW! this is really cool. U and your dad should make a business out of this. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would love to have one

Awsome job I recently moved to Virginia after living in New Hampshire for 48 years. Grew up with Candlepin bowling and bowled many leagues. Sometime I want to build a bowling lane on my property even if i have to make it a hand set lane it still would be fun and I could introduce some people I've met here to this type of bowling. A couple of them have said that having the dead wood to use would make it easier than Ten-Pin and I tell them that a lot of times that wood actually hurts more than it helps if you don't know how to use it right.

as a professional candlepin bowler and mechanic for a bowling alley I can say he did an awesome job building this. maintaining these machines is not easy. If you have a floor plan could you let me know thanks

This is amazing, your father has to be a really great guy, Thank you for sharing this video !!!!

My father told me to check this out. He was told he would be the one who appreciates this the most. Now you may know who I am. Little B here. ☺️ I have too many memories in Ball Square. I think I was a baby during the Winter Hill Bowladrome days.

that is wicked awesome. i always had visions of doing that and you actually went and made one. you got the machine and everything. the public lanes are disappearing fast, heck they have built some tenpin lanes in our area but i can't get into it but i like to watch it on tv. too bad you couldn't have made it full length.

Even though I've played tenpins much of my life, I've been wanting to try candlepin bowling!

That is seriously awesome. That would be a decent way to stay in shape.

@tazztower44 That's a huge compliment thanks. I'm biased of course but i agree its awesome. just bowled a few strings yesterday

Can you pleaseeee pleaseeee do another video with close ups of all the parts of the pin setter? I can't for the kids off me figure out how to sperate the ball from the pins.

i have never played a duckpin or candlepin bowling thing but it seems extremly fun eventhought there is no duckpin or candlepin bowling alley in belgium :c

I never heard of candlepins. Looks like great fun

now that is a dream come true for any tenping bowling fans

I wouldn't mind having one of these in my basement!

Well thank you. My Dad is always creating new stuff too that makes me double-take all the time. Thinking I may add some more vids of his creations eventually here

So cool - great looking project

That man is a genius!!

very cool! How could there be any dislikes for this! smh

He's a hot ticket for sure my friend and hey thanks for the support :)

Thats amazing. he should market that thing. i just saw your comment a year ago on my past band left hand black. the Danzig tribute band under deathnuse62. i wanted to think you for the compliment on my voice. Thanks again bro.P.S your dads obviously a genious.

Your lucky to have one of those because candle pin pinsetter are quite rare in most countries, I don't think there are any here in New Zealand

Did the machine come from Winterhill Bowladrome? Nice set up and clean machine! Never seen candle pin machine up close. (none down here in Texas) 5 motors? wow! Brunswick A & A2 use 1 for the main machine and one for a ball return on top of the kickbacks. Bowling lanes I grew up in my dad was the night manager. It closed down a year after I graduated high school. Had moved out of state and was not there for the last frame or the tear down. My dad ran that last shift. Looking back (32 years ago) wish I could have saved the masking unit (Brunswick early 1960s Gold Crown trim package) from a pair of lanes that a now deceased friend shot his 300 on. At this center, 300 games were honored by a banner that was permanently attached to the top side of the masking unit with the bowler's name and date of the 300. Would love to have that hanging in my garage but it and a lot of equipment went to the landfill. Your dad sounds like a great man.

That looks sooo cool I would love to make one but I don't have candlepins or materials

Thats is really cool. Im very impressed.

That's amazing!

It's a Bowl-Mor, about 50 years old...give or take. They went out of business in the mid-sixties.

He really did do a great job with this. I live in the south and the only bowling here is ten pin, which is fine. But I've had the candlepin itch for a while and watching videos like this doesn't help :D. If I may ask, what was the total amount he spent for all the parts and construction of this?

Fantastic!

Who in earth are the six idiots that gave this a thumbs down ? Are they serious?

Wow that's amazing

Amazing

Which alley did this machine come out of? Sad to see that Somerville has only one alley left (that being Saccos in Davis Square), as Ball square was just bought out by the T.

I like regular bowling pins

I wish i had one of these 😞

love the song

What a cool project! How much does it cost to run?

OMG I wish I had that

man , i hate those who say lots of time on their hands . this is great . :)

Wish u would show some schematic diagram of this built..

in my country I have different pins

Thats the cats ass do you have the plans i would love to make a copy of your set up ive only played candle pin bowling once its was awesome we dont have those bowling alleys in Michigan i would like to build one like yours

What pinsetter is it?

Hey maybe my Dad will build you one lol!

:-)

All I can say is wow! Amazing job. I love it.

brilliant