Working on the A2:s...was like jumping around on a live meat grinder without any safety at all. I'm amazed that I came out of that career with all my digits and limbs intact. It's a thankless job that is highly underrated, underpaid and more dangerous that I would like to contemplate now in my olden days. But we've all been young and dumb. :)
1972, Our house had 56 lanes, and management would NOT leave me a couple spares to use in case of breakdowns. On league nights often times I ran my butt off, and it was usually on top of the machines cat walk. First thing you do is flip the red trouble light switch on to show the bowler you're working on their machine. Then spot, or reset, or fix the 180, or 270, or stuck ball. If I had a lucky night, no belts broke. But I really liked those A2 machines, (most of the time). Man it was noisy back there. The head mechanic told me they paid $55,000 for each one in the sixties. I'm not sure if that included the lanes, ball return, etc.
We owned a small center for many years.. 24 lanes.. one day the pinchaser asked me to turn the machines on so he could get ahead of the game and have the ball wheels and cross conveyor belts cleaned before the league started. Always liked it when someone took the initiative. Found out when the league started he cleaned everything with lane oil and not cleaner.... whoops
AMF i think they are 8270s or something like that are way simpler than A-2s,, there is so much more above the pindeck with A-2s and the gear box maintenance is ridiculous, as well as the The Ball lifts , if theyre out of adjustment and youre ball passes thru and gets stuck under,, the pin wheel can put some serious gouges in your ball, and just so more mechanical stuff, the Newer Brunswick GX models have tracks and stuff more similar to AMFs,, i worked on A-2 s for 8 yrs, after the first 6 ( non Auto score) then come back 8-9 yrs later and had all the diodes and other things for Auto scoring,, it was like realearning the machines , was kind of weird, that was my last of working on them and by then i was almost 30 ,,
Working on the A2:s...was like jumping around on a live meat grinder without any safety at all. I'm amazed that I came out of that career with all my digits and limbs intact. It's a thankless job that is highly underrated, underpaid and more dangerous that I would like to contemplate now in my olden days. But we've all been young and dumb. :)
Those Brunswick A-2 machines are the most reliable setters in the industry!
1972, Our house had 56 lanes, and management would NOT leave me a couple spares to use in case of breakdowns. On league nights often times I ran my butt off, and it was usually on top of the machines cat walk. First thing you do is flip the red trouble light switch on to show the bowler you're working on their machine. Then spot, or reset, or fix the 180, or 270, or stuck ball. If I had a lucky night, no belts broke. But I really liked those A2 machines, (most of the time). Man it was noisy back there. The head mechanic told me they paid $55,000 for each one in the sixties. I'm not sure if that included the lanes, ball return, etc.
We owned a small center for many years.. 24 lanes.. one day the pinchaser asked me to turn the machines on so he could get ahead of the game and have the ball wheels and cross conveyor belts cleaned before the league started. Always liked it when someone took the initiative. Found out when the league started he cleaned everything with lane oil and not cleaner.... whoops
"Please don't shoot my butt" *zooms in*
Aesthetic Borite ok
**ok**
Are you shooting my butt Travis?please don’t shoot my but!
Travis: ZOOMS IN!
Dudes don’t give af! Lmao
What an unsung job these folks have. Very skilled and dangerous.
My favorite thing was to hit the off switch just before they bowled the ball. Ha was such great fun
I love these A2 Pinsetters
Me too..
Same.. I'm certified on them lol
I’ve worked on a2 for 24 yrs. Now I’m working on 8270’s robots will not take my job 😅😂
Just wait until John Constantine shows up!
Very interesting. Have a nice day now.
AMF i think they are 8270s or something like that are way simpler than A-2s,, there is so much more above the pindeck with A-2s and the gear box maintenance is ridiculous, as well as the The Ball lifts , if theyre out of adjustment and youre ball passes thru and gets stuck under,, the pin wheel can put some serious gouges in your ball, and just so more mechanical stuff, the Newer Brunswick GX models have tracks and stuff more similar to AMFs,, i worked on A-2 s for 8 yrs, after the first 6 ( non Auto score) then come back 8-9 yrs later and had all the diodes and other things for Auto scoring,, it was like realearning the machines , was kind of weird, that was my last of working on them and by then i was almost 30 ,,
Awesome, the machinery has so many death traps waiting to be sprung...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗🤗
And clean seatee floors.
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
These people have ever worked a hard day ever.
ah. Brunswick.
With all this bowling ball tech now they can at least update the lanes to be easier on the bowling balls and workers.
They have. Those particular machines are over 50 years old.
breh
Who's Joe?
Leo Kröhnke Joe mamma
I think the A2 can hurt you a lot worse than a AMF.
All machines need to be treated with the same respect. Thinking one machine is "safer that another" will get you permanently disfigured or killed.
True, but I see his point. The A-2 isn't known for a lot of safety features.