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Seeing those Stahls pin orientators means that you don't know how to properly adjust your pin feed. My old FM loved them, but by the time he retired I had removed them all and found a new home for them in the big green storage bin behind the building!

I bowl at several AMF houses and never seen so many pile ups ...

for respots, I've seen where pinchasers swept the pins then use the fork to add the pin from above...how do you do that

Get a microphone. I'll watch your next one.

Pretty amazing that a lot of these machines at 60+ yrs old and keep on going.

Question: I pinjump at an A2 center and I have the ability to do respots from the top of the machine. The houses I have bowled at with these AMF machines are always using a stick / manual process. Can you unload the staging deck (Upper deck) and do respots or will it not function without a full 10?

It will grow back just remember it will grow back

man, that thing is really clean! Kudo's to your cleaning/maintenance program.

Loved the video. Thanks for making it!

Awesome stuff, thanks for taking the time to show us!

Very cool! Your tour is very much like I give tours at my center. 👍😎

Very cool really neat technology and whom ever designed this was a genius

Too much electricial that could go wrong give me an old brunswick machine i only say that bc im horrible with electric more of a mechanical type of guy other than that these machines run amazing at a center i bowl at with them

Could you show us how to adjust the ball kicker that helps the ball up into the belt

Looked like 4 Pin Cup needs to be adjusted

Thank you for your time to show us how it runs.

That crazy looking Pin oreintator things hanging of the pinwheel cover, whats the deal and story with that.

Oh man, I miss those Vantage urethane cushion rubbers. They lasted a LONG time!

Our alley constantly drops pins on lane two on our 82-70’s. We have to re-rack at least 2-3 times on league night. Any thoughts on what’s wrong? Idea for next video the sister alley?

I've been looking into being a mechanic at my home center and we run 82/90xls

Miss the old Timber Eliminator and Best of the Best tournaments there back in the 90s I remember when it expanded. Used to be only 24 lanes. My dad used to be in a traveling league in the 70s and 80s that included Timber Lanes (Broken Arrow Lanes). Of course, almost all of the bowling alleys from then are long gone. Rose Bowl. Cedar Lanes. Tiffany Bowl. Yale Bowl. Crystal Bowl. All gone. Only other ones remaining are Sheridan Lanes and Riverlanes (Andy B's). When Riverlanes first opened, it had 40 lanes. They added another 40 lanes in the 70s or 80s. When they added this high side, it was the only place in Tulsa with computer scoring. Old Brunswick computers with no bells or whistles. The low side was still paper scoring while the high side had computers. Did the bulk of my open bowling at Riverlanes in the 90s while dreaming of being a pro. Especially once Tiffany closed.

Do you know the viscosity of the lane oil?

How much is the pay is it good?

i love your videos and i love your center. I have been working on pinsetters since 1999. I wish I worked in a center that had 2 shops as well as that much room behind the machines. I look forward to more of your videos

Is this bowling alley still open

I enjoyed working on the 82/70. In fact, I loved coming to work because I knew that the 70s we had, would not give me any problems. We had 54 lanes and I worked with the head mechanic during the daytime. I learned a lot of things from him. If I had one call that I hated getting called back to me, it was a sweep interlock or table interlock. I have large fingers and I was afraid of getting shocked, so they made me a "hockey stick" to use, which was very seldom. I always did what I was told to do, unlike the night crew, who sat on their "laurels" every night and had their friends in the back, too. Most centers will not allow customers to see the machines. We did. Every weekend, I was always taking someone back to see them, or taking a group back there. Very well-behaved persons, I might add. I am now retired, but I do miss it. Thank you for posting your videos here. It brings back alot of memories and I am learning new things from watching them.

If I was able to go back to any of the centers I worked at to do a video like this, they all have changed so much since I left.

every bowling center needs a transmission

Glad to see your back in action and glad to see a tour of the alley your work at hopefully maybe I can visit the alley you work at one day

That's cool, I'd love to see the back of my bowling center in person one day, maybe if I ask they'll show me.

It's great

I live in a small town with a six lane center with the same pin setters (8720’s). We help the owner out with running the place when he. Weds a day off. Kinda wish we had new scoring machines. We have the old analog system accuscore. But we love our small town alley. He has room for 8 lanes but doesn’t have the extra pin setters or scoring systems.

I like the sidewinder BE motor conversion 👍

I prefer to call the desk and ask for ball return please!

Nice work mate

Welcome back

That looks really cool 😎

Keep those pins a moving 😊and thanks for your dedication!

Get the tan A1 tan super grip roughtop belt they are fantastic

I have the ikon at my bowling center and it works great!

Hello MellowBowlingMechanic, your video has missing something wrong that's why your video doesn't rank on top search results.🥰

Well, not just anyone can do these things! It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and big balls 😂 keep up the good work!

That's great news, and keep the faith! I'll add you to my prayer list, AMEN!

A mechanic, magician, and a Rockstar, well, aren't we special 😊

Oh, now I get it a clever way to get new connections to computers on lanes! Very smart!

I’m the wish version of Brendan Fraser

Don't worry, it'll grow back! 😊

So can I blame the pinsetters for my bad bowling lol 😊