Can anyone identify the manufacturer of that pin deck? It's the same style as one I just recently picked up surplus and am curious as to what company produced it.
Man, the pinwheel is a heck loud and probably a bit more louder than Brunswick pinwheels. I’ve actually bowled on these with loud pinwheel gonging but also they kept clicking while they’re running. Also this pinspotter seems to run fine while the ones I bowled on were operated like junk lol, thanks to SM Bowling (Philippines’ own cheap Bowlero) and what a rotten reality for my Bowling League is, I’m even skeptical of working with those due to how the condition is for 8 Years after being bought refurbished including the Pandemic made their machines rotten away for 1 and a half year now with no reopening and the recondition is a LONG WAY there.
I know an 82-70 table can crush you if you are on top of it and it lifts back up pinning you between the bin and the table. Had to drag a dead mechanic out of a machine this way. Manually cranked the table back down, pulled him into the pit, cranked the table back up, and then dragged his body out through the front down the lane - all in the middle of league bowling. Paramedics pushed me out of the way when I had him about halfway down the lane. FairLanes didn't even thank me for attempting to save him.
But Broken Wood pins are worse than Twisters and oh spending money every like 3-4 years for replacement of wood pins doesn’t get you anywhere for purchasing more pinsetter parts.
It’s because mainly of the sound and also they tend to slid instead of fall. To me, I like Twister Pins because these pins are eco friendly for trees since mostly wood pins got their wood from trees and being destroyed by Bowling Ball impacts every year as always, plus sounds of Broken Wood Pins are a lot worse than Twisters to be honest and they’re also money saving for proprietors. Also to prevent these pins from sliding around, just take a sandpaper and sand their bottoms a bit.
How beat up they look is on part of the mechanics and workers on the machines not doing routine maintenance, repairs, checking for areas of concern, all eliminated by cleaning.
Some guy has only just done an experiment with that. He put about 50-60 pins in his A-2 pinsetter, there were literally 49 pins in the ball pit! it stuffed the process, there were deck jams, turret problems. Way too many pins. If you want to reduce the amount of times the pinsetter has to keep waiting for another set of pins, I'd say a maximum of 24 or 25 pins will do, maybe not on any of the AMF machines
Try that with an 82-30. Those spotting cups will cut right through you. Yes, it may black out because the tables movement is impeded but the damage would be done
Pins are dead wood and should be used for firewood. Why use such crappy pins in such a nice bowling center? Normally you only get three years out of those AMF Amflite pins, but they're still the best buy.
because owner did not want to pay for new pins he wasa tight as, i know they are good for 3 years , these were at least 8 years old , i kpt askin and asking !!!!
@@pintechs4467 When I was the mechanic at one center, we got all new pins so I sold all our "good condition" used pins to another center that had crappy pins. Believe me, even if the owner couldn't afford new pins, he could've found a center that got new pins and he could've bought their used pins for about $10 a case. Obviously the guy you worked for wasn't a respectable proprietor.
@@pintechs4467 I've been watching a lot of videos on abandoned bowling centers and even they have better pins than what you have. Sorry to hear your boss is such a tightwad. Bowlers will stop bowling there if the pins aren't replaced soon.
