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Your comment sent me down this rabbit hole, happily: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY

by CPLX 8y ago

jopsen 8y ago
I saw one recently where each of the pins had tiny wire at the top... It didn't really affect the game, you could see or notice them. But when setting the pins, it just pulled the wires, and gently relaxed the wires till the pin was standing on it's own. Sometimes simple does the trick :)
- adanto6840 8y ago
  These are called 'string pinsetters'. While they have recently become far, far better in achieving very low "impact" on the game, many bowlers will strongly prefer to play on a "free fall" or normal pinsetter. It's fairly rare but there are definitely circumstances that you just won't see happen on a string pinsetter that can and will occur on free-fall; likewise, there's always the risk that a string ('wire') will catch and topple over an adjacent pin. Personally, I prefer to bowl with lanes that have well-maintained A2s, or alternatively the newer GS-X pinsetters. I hope to eventually build a pair of lanes in my home (my motivational pipe dream), and I'd almost surely go with one of these two even versus the substantially lower upkeep requirements (mean frames between blackout) of the string pinsetters.
- rpeden 8y ago
  It doesn't always do the trick. :) Long, long ago when I worked at at bowling alley, when it was busy I'd have to run down to the end of the lanes a few times a night to untangle the strings the pins were attached to.
codetrotter 8y ago
That video was a bit long for my taste but I found another one that I watched instead that explained quite nicely how it works. https://youtu.be/amx6fp0s28c https://youtu.be/amx6fp0s28c Same guy also made an animation that gives a very detailed explanation of how the AK-47 works. The AK-47 is nothing short of breathtaking IMO. Wonderful! The guy that came up with the AK-47 was a true genius and a real master of engineering! https://youtu.be/_eQLFVpOYm4 https://youtu.be/_eQLFVpOYm4
- degenerate 8y ago
  That AK-47 vid was pure art. I always heard that gun is an engineering marvel but never knew why. Thanks for sharing!
- dotancohen 8y ago
  Kalachnikov (The _K_ in AK-47) has stated that he dreamed of inventing agriculture equipment. He blames the Nazis by name for having had to invent his famous rifle, even though it was fielded only after the Nazis were defeated.

Your comment sent me down this rabbit hole, happily: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY

by CPLX 8y ago

Your comment sent me down this rabbit hole, happily: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGTu8V9wHY

jopsen 8y ago

I saw one recently where each of the pins had tiny wire at the top... It didn't really affect the game, you could see or notice them. But when setting the pins, it just pulled the wires, and gently relaxed the wires till the pin was standing on it's own. Sometimes simple does the trick :)

adanto6840 8y ago
These are called 'string pinsetters'. While they have recently become far, far better in achieving very low "impact" on the game, many bowlers will strongly prefer to play on a "free fall" or normal pinsetter. It's fairly rare but there are definitely circumstances that you just won't see happen on a string pinsetter that can and will occur on free-fall; likewise, there's always the risk that a string ('wire') will catch and topple over an adjacent pin. Personally, I prefer to bowl with lanes that have well-maintained A2s, or alternatively the newer GS-X pinsetters. I hope to eventually build a pair of lanes in my home (my motivational pipe dream), and I'd almost surely go with one of these two even versus the substantially lower upkeep requirements (mean frames between blackout) of the string pinsetters.
rpeden 8y ago
It doesn't always do the trick. :) Long, long ago when I worked at at bowling alley, when it was busy I'd have to run down to the end of the lanes a few times a night to untangle the strings the pins were attached to.

codetrotter 8y ago

That video was a bit long for my taste but I found another one that I watched instead that explained quite nicely how it works. https://youtu.be/amx6fp0s28c https://youtu.be/amx6fp0s28c Same guy also made an animation that gives a very detailed explanation of how the AK-47 works. The AK-47 is nothing short of breathtaking IMO. Wonderful! The guy that came up with the AK-47 was a true genius and a real master of engineering! https://youtu.be/_eQLFVpOYm4 https://youtu.be/_eQLFVpOYm4

degenerate 8y ago
That AK-47 vid was pure art. I always heard that gun is an engineering marvel but never knew why. Thanks for sharing!
dotancohen 8y ago
Kalachnikov (The _K_ in AK-47) has stated that he dreamed of inventing agriculture equipment. He blames the Nazis by name for having had to invent his famous rifle, even though it was fielded only after the Nazis were defeated.