How Bowling Balls Are Made. Interesting Bowling Ball Mass Production Factory

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Who ever owns this company has a lot of balls.

When I was a kid in 1980, I drilled bowling balls for a large retailer in St. Louis, Mo. . They came in without the finger holes and my job was to drill them out for the customer. There are quite a few ways to screw that up, but apparently, I was pretty good at it, because after a few months being there and doing it, ALL bowling balls were then done by me, when it was whoever was working at the time before that. You had the size of the holes, the space between them, and the angle at which they were drilled to account for. All variables that had to be perfect for a perfect feel. I enjoyed it.

This brings back a lot of memories as in the early 90’s I learned to drill bowling balls and had my own pro shop, eventually drilled for highly talented tournament bowlers. I drilled balls for almost 20 years. This particular ball that they are manufacturing is a high-end ball with a symmetrical or non-symmetrical weight block which allows the driller to position that block in a location That will handle different oil conditions for the bowler plus allowing them to hook or not hook the ball more or less. If you notice on the label of the box each ball at the end of the process is weighed in a way that tells the driller where the center of gravity is, where and how the weight block sits, how much top weight is Positioned in various places on the ball and allows for more flexibility in the drilling process. The simple “ house balls“ that bowling alleys carry for every day bowlers to use off the rack have a pancake weight block or no weight block at all and the process is 90% straightforward and easier as it’s just a simple solid pour and a clean up label and shine. Nice video as it brings back many memories of my pro shop in Alaska.

The most mind-blowing part to me is the combination of low and high-tech. They have a robot arms to lift and move the pressure vessels in one step, but the molds were first made, held together with binder clips that a person has to hand-clamp on and off!

I loved all of the little 'modifications' the workers had done to the machines. the drip cups, the half a plastic bottle screwed onto the lathe tool, the tape over the polishing pads.

Literally not one word is said, but it's the greatest video about how bowling balls are made. No talking. No music. Just art.

Fascinating! I'm 74 years-old and have been bowling since I was about 10 years-old, and I had no idea this much work went into the creation of a bowling ball! I always knew about weight blocks and how they affected the ball, but this is really an eyeopener for me.

The best part of the video was that tiny lady throwing strikes at the end for her job in testing.

Great video, no talking, no annoying music, very informative.

1am, I have a work meeting in 6 hours and I'm learning how to make bowling balls.

What an amazingly elegant process! I love the South Korean's mindset! Such ingenuity and safety and respect for workers! I am a real skeptic and have been a fraud investigator for over 30 years. My BS meter is finely tuned. This is as good as it gets folks. I salute you!

I never thought this much effort went into making bowling balls

This is fascinating. It feels like an odd mix of manual and automated processes.

Wow! We can hear AND see the process. I was expecting the audio to be obnoxious musical noise. Being able to hear the sound of the machines and tools is fascinating.This is great!

I did not know that for manufacturing bowling balls there are so many work steps necessary, thank you very much

That is really cool and well done. I did think at some point they were going to put it through a true polishing to bring out the beauty of the bowling ball. :hand-green-crystal-ball:

Thousands of choices to watch and I purposely said " I need to know how bowling balls are made"

Incredible 😍 I always wondered how they made bowling balls 😱 great video 😘

I’m amazed how human intensive the process is, and how much of the automated process is passing in one human to another