Homemade 1/3 scale bowling alley with automatic pinsetter Selbstgebaute Kegelbahn mit automatischem Kegelsteller Videos of the lane and the working pinsetter |
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My name is Reinhold Schweitzer This is my homemade 9-pin bowling alley.
It's built in 1979, many, many years ago! The lane is
different to the 9-pin lanes we use in Germany.
It's like a 10-pin bowling lane. The pins are
exactly 1/3 scale. We use two different kinds :
of pins in one set! 8 normal pins and one king pin
in the middle of the set. |
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Video1: "full house after each ball" | Video2: "full house after each ball" | ||
The balls are from a billard game! But there are also balls I made by myself out of wood and polyethylene (the white one). In the middle you can see the little crown of the king pin. It makes the king pin a little larger then the others. A big difference to 10-pin bowling or other bowling like 5-pin, duck pin ect. is, we play with very different rules. For example: after each ball the pinsetter has to build up all 9 pins, or after each ball only the rest of the pins until all pins are hit! Also the pinsetter must be able to set up every choice of pins. Every combination of pin collection must be possible. So we know hundreds of games, such as easy to play games for be ginners, or games to play with 2 or more teams. This makes "kegeln" to a very interesting game and it's not boring! |
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Video3: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | Video4: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | ||
Video5: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | Video6 "Pinsetter action" | ||
This is the control panel, where bowlers can select what the pinsetter has to do. For example: First ball all 9 pins, second ball the rest of pins. Next ball it starts again with 9 pins (like a 10-pin bowling game). The pinsetter can do this also with 3, 4, 5... and more balls. Or the pinsetter puts up the first 5 pins (like 5-pin bowling) after every ball, or the rest of pins until all pins are hit, then the selection of 5 pins again ect... It can do this with every selection of pins (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... pins). The size of balls are also different. This, the different pins in one pin set and the different games makes the control of the pinsetter difficult. So I think the string pinsetter is for this kind of bowling the first choice. |
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Video7 "Pinsetter action" | Video8 "Pinsetter action" | ||
The string pinsetter, the pins, balls and every part of the alley are made by myself, or taken from the old iron. The engine is a 12V engine from the car wipers. There is also an electronic control center. It's working fine since 1979, without any trouble! As I know is every other homemade pinsetter a copy of a
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Video9 "Pinsetter action" | Video10 "Pinsetter action" | ||
The bottom of a pin. In the middle you can see a little iron ball coming out of the bottom. The pins can only stand up in special spots at the pindeck. There is no "off spot position" possible! When the pin moves out of its spot, it must fall! |
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Video11 "Pinsetter string action" | Video12 "Pinsetter string action" | ||
See two different types of lanes here | |||
Videos: | |||
Video1: "full house after each ball" | |||
Video2: "full house after each ball" | |||
Video3: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | |||
Video4: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | |||
Video5: "Clear up the pindeck" with several balls | |||
Video6 "Pinsetter action" | |||
Video7 "Pinsetter action" | |||
Video8 "Pinsetter action" | |||
Video9 "Pinsetter action" | |||
Video10 "Pinsetter action" | |||
Video11 "Pinsetter string action" | |||
Video12 "Pinsetter string action" | |||
If you want to contact me: info@fewokatalog.com |