How to Build a Mini Bowling Lane! (Tutorial)

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Materials used to build my lane:
Mini bowling balls: www.epcobowling.com/
Mini pins: www.minibowlingpins.com/
Lane surface: couldn't find
Kickbacks www.tapplastics.com/product/p...
Springs: couldn’t find
Drawer slides: www.lowes.com/pd/Richelieu-2-...
Pit curtain: www.lowes.com/pd/Mohawk-Home-...
LED lights from iKEA:
www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/pro...
Cups for pins: couldn't find
Lock nut for the cups: www.lowes.com/pd/Gampak-2-1-2...
U shaped clasps: couldn't find
Arduino leonardo: store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-...
Webcam for scoring: www.logitech.com/en-us/produc...
L bracket for webcam: www.lowes.com/pd/Style-Select...
Banners: www.logoinfusion.com/banners/
Black lights: No longer sell the same ones I have
A2 logo: goo.gl/3ncmtB
Link to scoring program: scoremorebowling.com/download
Anything to do with KZbin ( questions about the lane etc...) email: [e-mail]
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username: brennamanlanes
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[@tyhillbroussard4924]

When I build my house when I get older, I'm putting a mini bowling lane in it. This tutorial looks perfect.

[@socal3154]

OMG, I was thinking the same thing, dude!

[@gamingcat341]

Same

[@tweeleaf]

I don’t think you understand. You can’t really “build” a house.

[@pentaxel3905]

@@tweeleaf I guess he meant getting a new house

[@PinBoy626]

My neighbor build his house! He bought the property and starting buying lumber and started building and then got it approved by the city and town to do it

[@kyahrose5261]

That is so cool! Man, every bowler's dream right here....to have a bowling lane in their house that they can practice bowling on. (Or at least it's mine. ^_^) If money wasn't an problem, I would buy a house with enough space in the back yard to attach a hallway leading off from the main house to a separate building / room large enough for 4 regulation bowling lanes. That would be epic, I think.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Yes! Would love to have a regulation bowling lane at home one day. Or own a bowling center.

[@Bulderme]

My dreams too!

[@trevorc3063]

@Tyler Neal 60 feet from foul line to headpin, ~62 feet, 10 inches from foul line to the very end of the lane

[@watchingcarsdriveonovals]

You can do that, You should make a green house above it so rain or branches don't brake it.

[@BowlingNerd390]

Mine too

[@konradbroer5290]

This is one of the best DIY vids I've ever seen: Thorough, yet well edited. Thank you for posting.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you!!

[@elizabethmcnally5097]

Hi, I love your videos can you can you send me some bowling pins that you use in your videos? I don’t have any.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 e i bowl leagues. I also really want one of your bowling balls I love mini bowling balls, but I don’t have a real bowling green like you made one myself but it’s not that even a good so if you can send it to our house and make a bowling lane at our house I’ll be great. I love your videos.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fl4650]

This is an amazing project. Well done! Very technical and concise video.

[@Orangefence]

Wow man I’m glad you did this video. It is so great to see how you guys did it and also see all the new features you keep adding to the lane. Hope you have a merry Christmas.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you :) You too

[@MoreToontownKale]

This video is really helpful. I’ve built my bowling lane 5 months ago and the Lane we built was very similar! Many of your fans should say that this is very helpful. 😊

[@BraedanBrennaman]

I've seen your lane before ;)

[@josephh5085]

So I ended up here after looking for a skee ball machine for my basement. That got me thinking to how cool it would be to have a bowling alley in my house, which led to searching for mini bowling alley's, which ultimately got me here! This is so simple yet ingenious! While it may seem tedious to manually set the pins, this is the most inexpensive, yet effective, way to have a quality set up. Nice job!

[@Umadbro681]

You can also use rope attatched to the device and laid out to the front of the lane to have a system where you don't need to run back and reset. Or if you're really inclined, going a little mechanical could make it push button pretty easily. Did you ever build one?

[@jessediaz7395]

This is absolutely incredible

[@smallbee1234]

Very clear and well explained on how you made this bowling alley. Just a few engineering tweaks on the pinsetter and it would be ideal for a one-person game.

[@chunkymunkey9182]

Nicely done! Impressive!

[@Arxiuz2]

Never mind the build, that pin setter is damn impressive

[@lacytaylor5784]

I just wanted to Thank you for this video. I was able to build my lane from this tutorial. I did my pinsetter different. I built mine from the side to maximize my lane . I would have had no clue where to start without this video. I made a how to ,showing how I did mine and posted it to help others if they are looking to build a lane. I gave you props at the end of my video. Thanks again!

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you!! I’m glad it helped, definitely going to check your video out!

[@craigmonteforte1478]

this is a really cool build ! extremely creative and well done on the Alley ! and video

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you!!

[@jhdomino572]

Thank you, I love bowling!

[@alexkizer639]

This is awesome. I had no idea there was open score. There’s open source for everything !

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Feb 2022: Nice job! - Something I did on a much simpler scale in 1977 with plastic pins found at toy stores on my dad's shuffleboard. My buddy and I rigged up a drop-shield and ball return, but manually operated. Been a project on my mind for billiard-ball scale and automated system since then! Maybe some day to full completion. LOL

[@viktorberishaj2464]

Thanks so much for making this vid I requested this so much

[@johnhavens4338]

That was pretty awesome!

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you!

[@stephenlawson4973]

Thanks for answering my questions. Keep the videos coming. Hopefully the cat hasn’t spoiled any pocket shots.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

No problem! Will do. Nope not yet lol

[@jonathannguyen1130]

Whaaaaaaaaaat a tutorial thank you christmas came EARLY

[@DiecastSmarts]

During the time of corona this is actually useful

[@jackgholson6505]

I checked the description ;) :o

[@ashtoncarlson4631]

Awesome 😎 hoping to build something like this someday. For now I just tennis balls and water bottles and a box

[@holyexperience1976]

Much better than nada! 😉

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks! :)

[@voltagecat2457]

Congratulations on getting 10000 SUBSCRIBERS

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thank you! :)

[@thebowlfosho4974]

Thanks for the video, I might want to build one. Also at bowling today they had a party, but it is just normal bowling with food to get.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

No problem!

[@wrestlinglegend6745]

Looks pretty cool Dude! i left a like

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks :)

[@Jordan-dt3mf]

Yay I have been wanting to see a video like this

[@BraedanBrennaman]

:)

[@duhitzluketv4460]

Me too we had to make it for Christmas.. maybe a Christmas special soon

[@iphonex5656]

I started my build, next week I’m going to assemble everything 😉

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Cool!

[@iphonex5656]

Can I send you pics of my build?

[@h0m1ess]

iPhone X this is kinda old but would be good if you responded how long did it take you to build thinking on doing it

[@flex-_-modz-_-4882]

That's so cool I wish I had all of those stuff but I don't but good vid tho and nice lights

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks!

[@hunterputerbaugh7149]

Great vid

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks.

[@kellystumphauzer727]

Thanks for making it Dillan.S☺

[@BraedanBrennaman]

:)

[@colossalman]

Very cool!

[@BraedanBrennaman]

:)

[@Snatcher_Catcher]

Best video I seen on homemade bowling alley. I'm looking to make a full scale one. How do you have a scoring system setup?

[@mikeblankenship1198]

Hi Braedan. Thank you for the good ideas. What diameter and weight miniballs would you recommend for casual-for-fun bowlers building a lane about the size of yours?

[@xsplend1d870]

So do you have to hand rack everything

[@FoolisH409]

Damn that’s so cool..

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks :)

[@anaandrade779]

Hi there! Is it posible you could do an explanation about the programing and code of the arduino? Thx loved the video 😁😁👌🏼

[@iancollis3182]

You should do a live stream if you just mini bowling I would like that

[@papa.serpent]

now I wish I had this

[@LegosAndBowling]

Once again, the cinnamon steals the show lol

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Hehe :)

[@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

The cat is such a good model

[@sorb4425]

We might build a 19 foot lane in our basement including the pin setter. Do you think this is long enough for a hook? Or just for bowling in general? We are also getting an automatic scoring system, we already have a spare tv that hands on the wall. We also are getting LED’s for the pin setter, and for the whole room just for some nice aesthetics

[@lightingnut]

Hey Braedan, good news I have some more of the custom mini pins like you have in stock.

[@bowlingking300]

Merry Christmas

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks. You too!

[@duhitzluketv4460]

It's the 23 but I love the positivity merry Christmas

[@BraedanBrennaman]

XD

[@bowlingking300]

Thank You

[@jonathanhamlin3890]

Thats creative

[@BraedanBrennaman]

:)

[@kernalkorn4619]

Hi Braedan, super cool setup you have here! I am trying to build one of my own now. Question on the scoring system...can you elaborate more on that? Does the ARDUINO run the open score software? Is the Logitech camera tied in with the arduino as well? What about the sensors? do you buy them separate and if so where? Sorry for the barrage of questions, this is really awesome!

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks! Awesome! Glad to hear more people are building lanes. I actually did videos on the scoring and went into more detail. Go to the playlist section on my channel then go to personal favorite videos. And both videos I did on the scoring are in there. Oh no! I forgot to link the infrared beans in the description. I'll look for them and if I find the link I'll comment it here

[@dammitbobby283]

Add a heavy fishing line to the top of the pin and feed it through the pin rack and then add a button where you roll the ball down the lane to reset the pins. Do that extra work upfront and the bowling experience will be more enjoyable rather than manually resetting pins all day.

[@paulocarneiro7886]

ESSE GAROTO E UM GENIO ,MUITO OBRIDADO, FAREI PARA BRINCAR COM MINHAS FILHAS

[@mstrocket180]

I’m building. Mini bowling lane right now, I’m attaching the door mat right now I havnt done anything on lane yet I’ve the parts though and I’m saving up for the pins

[@robertturner227]

I love bowling I could practice on that

[@jacksonreid7909]

Best Part Of The Video 10:19 - 10:21

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Hehe. Yea. People seem to love my cat, so I'll probably do a video on her here soon.

[@valdkleimensen7378]

You finally got the 10 minutes in for more Adsense.👍🏻😂 Nice job on 10k!

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Thanks!

[@duhitzluketv4460]

He has a million in the safe already

[@valdkleimensen7378]

Duhitzluke Tv he doesn’t make that much money. Lol

[@vikings844]

Thus is very cool and well done. What would be cool would be instead of the Storm facing make an old AMF triangle and illuminate it with cool white led lights.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

The scoring program I use has functionality to make a pin triangle work. So I might do it someday.

[@vikings844]

@@BraedanBrennaman Your score system needs a certain facing?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

No

[@mixedmadness5147]

How much in total do you think it cost in time and money to make this?

[@duhitzluketv4460]

Nice Thumbnail.. New editing software?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Yes actually

[@feleciaroney7491]

I'm gonna try this when I grow up. From Felecia's son.

[@oakleyblade9400]

hoping to do this with a string pinsetter.

[@PeriskaDamaris]

Wow

[@vikings844]

I would like to build one but lumber and wood prices are crazy high right now!

[@h0m1ess]

Hey man this Video is really old but how much money did this take to make all this and how long? Thinking of doing one like this

[@tannerbass5616]

Is your lane surface smooth? Or is it a little rough? I'm having trouble finding a perfectly smooth vinyl flooring

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Mine is smooth. That’s odd though

[@colleenvierschilling7217]

Nice I wanted to know how did you bulld it

[@BraedanBrennaman]

? That's what this video is over. How to build it. I don't understand your question

[@frostnova9351]

What he is trying to say is that you mostly mention what you use to make the bowling lane not actually showing how to put the parts together and assemble them.

[@colleenvierschilling7217]

Ronin YM oh sorry

[@robloxquestionanswerer8315]

Thanks,I build a lane with all wood

[@yosea8701]

❤

[@pheenix42]

I'm wondering if anyone ever called you 'Brenswick' after seeing this in action. :D

[@sjt66]

Hi Braedan, Where did you get your lazer for the ball detector? I'm having someone put one together for me. My other one died.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Here are the ones I use: www.yourduino.com/sunshop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=86

[@slayorboy13]

i built one in my apartment and its only 2ft small in length and pin deck is smaller. but its running off a r/c controller and the motor for the pin deck is a battery operate john deere electric motor and now im getting score system order.

[@toscanvergnes]

Hey man, what are the dimensions of the dato? 2ft long, high? And width?

[@iphonex5656]

The squares on the top tray at 8:37 are these 3 x 3 inch?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Yes

[@iphonex5656]

Ok thx👌🏽

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

The two things I need in my house during lockdown - a bowling alley and a kitty! 🎳😻

[@holyexperience1976]

Canines are for everyone else. Felines are for me! 😂😂😂😂😂 I do not hate canines, I'm just not big on them like I was until my late 20s. Felines been my most fave since 14, thirty two years ago.There are three dogs I refer to as my "nieces".

[@pauposts]

For the surface, did you use a roll of laminate (so you could or are there seams in the laminate between each 8ft section? If you took the lane apart, would there also be natural breaks in the laminate flooring along the seams of the 8ft sections?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

The original lane surface was broken into three sections. So there was a break in the laminate flooring in between each section. But awhile back we put a continuous layer overtop of the existing laminate flooring. So there is no loner a gap.

[@pauposts]

Ahh ok. Thanks for sharing your project Braedan. Great job on this.

[@zinger2117]

Bro I wish i was there to come bowl with you

[@jameseee7176]

hi Braedan Brenneman this tutorial is very good but I have one question how can I get those mini bowling pins if I am not in the US

[@BraedanBrennaman]

I’m not sure about that. You’ll have to contact the seller.

[@gtjackets09]

Did you have to clean your laminate before you bowled on it? I’m asking because I have built one similar to yours and I have to throw my ball significantly slower in order to generate any sort of decent hook. Any suggestions on how to improve the backend?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

I didn’t clean it. For me, I get less hook when I clean it. I’ve tried a few things with the surface to try and get more hook... nothing has worked so far.

[@gtjackets09]

Braedan Brennaman I put some heavy surface on the ball (400, 220 grit) with little effect! You might wanna give that a shot! Thanks for your help!

[@frizzle101101]

what size of ball you use, the candle stick or duck pin balls

[@twitchajgames_yt1302]

You should build another lane so you have 2 lanes so you can do switch bowling

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Haha. I want too but mom won't let us build another

[@bowling6535]

Can the bowling balls be shipped to England?

[@cathrynstamps8700]

What size bowling ball are you using

[@Bulderme]

How do u buy the mini ball in the website?

[@Galaxygamer92742]

11:13 AM Saturday, December 2 Watching other bowling videos... Dear Breadean, I am just asking, but what are the dimensions of the balls and the pins? I want my own mini bowling lane in my house, but i can't find all of the materials in my country. This video was very helpful, and i hope that you reply. Love from the Philippines🇵🇭. Good day to you, A random subscriber.

[@vexlegend8673]

one question. when you ordered the pins, was it $95 for 20 pins?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

$95 for 10

[@kingcon6623]

Show how ball return works

[@BonnerDoesYouTube]

Where'd you get the mini pins?

[@Elitessj4gogeta]

How did you add the dots and arrows to the flooring for the lane top?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Great question actually. Those are just shapes that I made in Word on the computer. Then I printed them out onto this special paper that has a sticky back. And stuck them to the lane.

[@Tkd_KentonShoup]

Can you do a bumper challenge

[@TEBros18]

Song used 1. Tobu - candyland (NCS Release) 2. Electro-light - symbolism (NCS Release) 3. Tobu - hope (NCS Release)

[@jackgholson6505]

some ideas I got from this but no space for a lane

[@brobbie_08]

How are the top boards (lane surface) held onto the board underneath?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Finish nails.

[@theelrussiano2584]

You should try making bumpers

[@Tkd_KentonShoup]

the_deaf_niko 55 hi niko

[@owenbarrett2517]

hey i am thinking of making my own about how much will it cost?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

You can build a nice lane for $500. But this lane is about $2,000. But that includes all of the changes and upgrades we’ve done.

[@scottstevens8606]

What was the cost of your construction. A ball park figure is good enough. Sweet lane

[@BraedanBrennaman]

My setup is around $1,000. But you could build a sweet lane for about $500

[@liyanaratmono9007]

Where can i find paramount dice mini bowling ball?

[@1kobefanyt81]

how much did the pins cost cuz I'm curious

[@onyxia1942]

can i buy a ready one i will pay double the pries or triple that

[@austinhill591]

This may be a very dumb question, but do you oil the lanes? and if so how

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Nope, no oil

[@quickplaya]

Any future plans on making an AUTOMATIC pin setter?

[@BraedanBrennaman]

Ha, I wish. lol it's only a dream right now

[@NitrousOxide171]

How much in a guess did you invest in it? I'm interested in making my own.

[@BraedanBrennaman]

I’ve put about $1,100 into this lane. But you could build a nice lane for $500. The pins and balls are the expensive part.

[@watchingcarsdriveonovals]

Since I have a man cave above my garage, my dad and me were thinking of this but only once lane, but i'd rather set the pins by hand then buying money for electronics, but I can buy L.E.D lights