Built a bowling lane in my back yard!

Watch me build a backyard bowling lane with ball return and mechanical pin setting!

[@connorwilson7911]

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

[@shauncobbs6155]

You killed this project, so glad you shared

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

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.

[@shawnpeters689]

STANDING OVATION...GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@bfwetzel]

Hi Dave. I lOVE this! I'm a game guy and love this stuff. What a great project. Thanks for sharing.

[@Alan5581]

Great video. Nothing boring about it. Something I would love to be able to build.

[@mitchellgarrah4028]

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

[@josemaldonado2848]

Very nice work Dave! Looks like a lot of fun; both in build and play. Congrats!

[@coasterp2199]

Nicely done. Great job on the painting too. Gives it a really nice look.

[@BCreativeDIY]

Great idea. I didn't think I could build a bowling lane in the garden. Congratulations!

[@hehehhehehhehehehe8768]

It’s not boring, it’s really good

[@stevecorwin6707]

Very impressive!

[@NoahSties]

This is absolutely AMAZING!!

[@sjt66]

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 KZbin videos, under the name of Mapleridge lane. Enjoy and looking forward to a video of a bowling match with scores! 👍

[@AndysBOWL]

great job! looks really nice :D

[@HansonProductions112]

This is awesome! Have you figured out a way to clear the dead wood (pins knocked down) before shooting for spares?

[@unrealminigolf4015]

Best of its kind on the webs ! Easy. Inspiring.

[@leslieg7530]

You sir sure are the best, thanks for this video😀

[@t.c.bowling1934]

Nice Job!

[@mrafiq56]

Great work

[@landyflorentinob.8093]

Wow awesome. Hi from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

[@jaimetorress2700]

Soo awesome!!! :)

[@brookswade5774]

That’s pretty ingenious.

[@scotmcpherson]

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.

[@RobertCRaine]

Incredible. I want to build one in my back yard. Could you share the dimensions of the lane, the gutters and the ball return. Please and thank you

[@hattiem.7966]

Wow!!!! I'd love this in my 🏠!!!!!!

[@JohnLumapaskeith]

That's dope!!

[@robertbrich6889]

Dave, MacGyver would be extremely proud of you.

[@gregclemens6301]

That's very cool

[@erolsuatac3571]

This is actually amazing. Great job!

[@thereal741]

Awesome video! Where did you buy the pins from? I’m having trouble finding much on them

[@pablo-mr5kj]

Great!

[@drbluzer]

THIS IS COOL !

[@dennypoole7815]

Mate this is sweet

[@vikings844]

You would never built this today, lumber $ are crazy high!

[@rudyjhughes]

Curious if you used a pressure treated or a lumber designed for the elements?

[@alexcoplen4363]

I found this to be the complete opposite of boring!

[@jayb.8460]

Cool lane but as a right handed bowler I usually stand off to the left a bit. That wall would definitely make it hard for me.

[@only_folls]

Says video is boring but wears a Kool aid shirt I love this video

[@elijahonvid825]

I wanna know the price of doing this because I’m interested but I play hockey so we already spend a bunch on that lol

[@rockbandgamer]

Lmao the way you un-hyped this video up reminded me of Larry David in Curb your Enthusiasm.

[@Wordsnwood]

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.

[@davemirl]

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/

[@varunv1084]

Dude ur my god

[@dtjrealmc]

Duckpins?

[@BillCarter2k19]

Are the measurements of the lane official specs? Bowling lanes in a bowling alley seems much longer.

[@davemirl]

The measurements are all 50% of an actual lane.

[@jamejams8628]

Do they ever get tangled up?

[@davemirl]

They really don't!

[@wangfamily6561]

Love it but i think u should try to make a bigger lane

[@SilverDashie]

jebait for the people expecting an actual full length/size Bowling Lane.

[@SilverDashie]

Still impressive though.

[@davidspiller9431]

WHAT EVER YOUR SELLING I AM BUYING.

[@IhateschooI]

I built my own bowling lane with a real pinsetter

[@mikebirrenbach-lytle6405]

That be awsome to have a real lane in my own house.

[@MRSMELV67]

Did you create a video too

[@IhateschooI]

@@MRSMELV67 wish i did

[@yuliyaa3345]

do you know how to spell build?

[@davemirl]

Do you know what the past tense of build is?

[@mikeford6702]

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