The first new duckpin pinsetter since 1973
Duckpin never got its modern era. The last freestanding pinsetter was built in 1973, and the houses still standing keep the game alive on parts scavenged from the ones that closed. We are building the machine that ends that — and the software that makes every lane worth coming back to.
What we are building
One machine. A whole platform.
The pinsetter
A machine that sets any rack
Every pinsetter ever sold sets one thing: the full rack. The Dux Setter's distributor places pins one at a time into any pattern you ask for. Real freestanding duckpin action, no strings — built almost entirely from stock industrial parts, so wear items carry catalog numbers and any automation tech or machine shop can service it.
Distributor
The part no other pinsetter has. Pins are separated, oriented and placed one at a time into whichever positions the software asked for — the full ten, a single sleeper, a tournament leave. The rack is built to order before it ever reaches the deck.
The software
A growing suite of games, built on custom pin configurations
Because the machine can set any rack on command, the platform runs games no bowling center has ever been able to offer — and we keep adding to them. Every ball is tracked pin by pin, so scoring is automatic and each bowler's stats, avatar and achievements live in one account that follows them to any Dux lane.
Open play
Classic duckpin, three balls a frame, scored automatically for every bowler on the lane.
Where we are
Design done. Prototype next.
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Patent filing
A provisional patent application covering the configurable distributor and the machine is being prepared for filing.
Founding partner program
We are looking for the first alley
We are selecting a small group of duckpin houses to pilot the Dux Setter on a few lanes, supported and shaped by their feedback. If you run a house, the most useful thing you can do right now is tell us how your machines are actually holding up.