Amf guy here. Those Brunswick’s are engineering genius!!! The sound of the clanking and clunging of those A2s are therapeutic. Love love that sound.

My first job was fixing these things in 1981. 40 years later, I'm fixing huge, multi-million-dollar machines and making pretty good money. Watching this video, it's surprising how much I still remember. Maybe when I retire in a few years, I'll go back and do it part time just for the fun of it. Pinsetters are, arguably, the first robots.

Oh man. Her hair next to the machine is scaring me. These things are no joke. Glad they touched upon the safety procedures

Those are some of the cleanest A2s I've ever seen.

@connorallen9711

3 жыл бұрын

They probably cleaned it up just for her.

@krazytaxicabbie

3 жыл бұрын

@@connorallen9711 I would give 100 likes if I could.

Kimberly had such a good time

I put two A2's in my garage. I have a lot of respect for the engineers and OTIS Elevator Company. These are complex machines still running today. Mine are 1964 late A's converted to 2's.

@jimkramer

3 жыл бұрын

You have bowling lanes in your garage?

@mr.ksplacekevynmarshall7721

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. He really has two A2 pinsetters in his garage. You should check out the videos.

This is so cool! Dangerous and complex but very cool with all those machinery parts working together like that with the pins and balls. FASCINATING!!!

Great insight going behind the scenes of the pin setters!

@msusa99

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! There is so much to learn about it all but it was nice to be able to see how it all works :) Thanks for watching!

Started bowling at 8 years old, and then was hired by the owner just as I turned 18 to my glee and surprise, without even a application, to work in back of the bowling alley, those machines were the AMF 82-30's and it was a blast to learn all the in's and out's. Seeing the top view looking down all the lanes reminded me of the AMF machines had a platform to walk on, which as a kid I could run from lane 1 to lane 20 across the platform....of course not safe...but I was a kid then.

Bowling is lucky to have Kimberly Pressler. Nice video.

Outstanding video. Best of the genre I've ever seen & I had 45 years in the biz. Gives a superb glossing-over of the pinsetter operation for the public to see without bogging down on details. Bravo!

In my teens I worked at a bowling center, the head mechanic insisted that all pinsetters have 22 pins; looking back it made perfectly good sense!

Great feature. But one safety item should be to pull your hair up. It would be awful if anything happened to your fantastic hair.

@dixiana8

3 жыл бұрын

Pzzzahut

@grishatheegg7812

3 жыл бұрын

Saw it happen to a girl like her and a tractor PTO shaft. She lived but it was awful. You’re spot on with that advice.

Growing up bowling in an A-2/JetBack house and working in a candlepin/GS-X house, I love seeing those old machines tick!

Another successful mission! Great job!

Just ran across this video,,,,nice video... I finally retired after 48 years as a pinsetter mechanic....I only freelance now,,,doing the same thing... Fascinating machines...

@ronaldbrown8792

Жыл бұрын

I am still at it, since December 1970. I still like to put them apart. I agree, all are fascinating machines. I started with AMF 82-30s. Also worked on Brunswick A-2 and AMF 82-70's and now 8800 Gold and 82-90's.

Great video! I always wondered how those machines work. My grandmother told me back in the olden days, there were people whose job it was to reset the pins manually and roll your ball back to you through the gutter. When they were done bowling, they'd throw coins down the lane for tips.

@theinsaneshecklador6598

Жыл бұрын

My father did that as a teen. A guy bowled a 300 and then rolled the ball down the lane with a $20 bill in the thumb hole. That was a lot of money for a teen to make in a night.

Your view Kimberly certainly adds to this video. 🔥

Very interesting video to watch. Ty for posting this Kimberly!

Thanks Kimberly for showing me how backstage of bowling alley looks like a good tour.

"180 - Lane 1" Respot 5, Lane 1" I just caught 1000 simultaneous flashbacks

@lucasmclellan8388

4 жыл бұрын

Me to lol

@SmokeyGoodness

4 жыл бұрын

Same here... "Outa range, lane 1"... 😆

@GuyL

3 жыл бұрын

Me 3, I worked at Milton bowl, Brisbane, Australia, back in the 80’s. Brunswick A2’s

@krazytaxicabbie

3 жыл бұрын

@@SmokeyGoodness see that wire hanger looking pipe cleaner on the back? Pull and HOLD that part until the machine stops moving then release.

@krazytaxicabbie

3 жыл бұрын

I miss this job.

Amazing! I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting!

A-2s are nice to see! Love fixing these!

Great video, love seeing A2s. If the PBA gig doesn't work out you'd make a great pinchaser.

Way to go Lonnie!! Cool intro for her.

Great job Lonnie !

working on the A2 for me is so satisfying reason being is when that machine is working well its a amazing sight

A Gearhead's job ! someone who likes machines and making things work! Amazing machines and it's hidden from view! most people that bowl never thinks about how it all works .....

The Brunswick A2 pinsetter I've been working on these for 30 years. They're becoming rarer and rarer but they are the Workhorse of the industry still. The GSX is catching up. But I love the A-2 Simple easy to work on

@FloridaBowlingAlleys

4 жыл бұрын

I do too, but I find the GSX more of my type, hope to soon work behind those.

@lucasmclellan8388

4 жыл бұрын

Ive never worked on a gsx is it a pain

@PinoyBowlerGS92

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to work on A2’s or GSX someday but as of now I’m still in school and my hometown only has 1 Bowling Center which is an AMF with their 82-90 XL machines not being maintained and breakdowns are increasing really fast.

Nice job getting that Brunswick A-2

I was a Brunswick A1/A1 jetback mechanic until a few years ago. I miss that job.

I was taught by a girl to work on these machines way back in the seventies and I've been doing it ever since

A2's look so cool. I cut my teeth on 82-30's and currently work on 82-70's.

Nice video, thanks !

Brunswick pinsetters are tanks. So many moving parts. AMF pinsetters "malfunction" because they are mostly electric. Brunswick pinsetters "breakdown" because they are mostly mechanical.

@PinoyBowlerGS92

3 жыл бұрын

The Brunswick GSX had both Electrical and Mechanical problems

@pony053

Жыл бұрын

thus the letters AMF: always mal functioning

I applied to be a pinsetter today! 15 years as a flat rate dealership tech has got my toe on the trigger of my shotgun. It’s gonna get messy if I don’t get this job.

I went o school at Vincennes University for Bowling Lanes Management where we learned how to work on Brunswick and AMF! Sadly, they got rid of the program a few years ago due to low enrollment!

These Brunswick A2's are so maintenance intensive! But they have proven themselves to be a high quality machine. How many machines built today last over 50 years? NONE!!!

@markpapp5942

3 күн бұрын

The Amf 82-30 was the first automatic pinspotter on the Market then in 1963 The Amf 82-70 replaced the 82-30s those machines 60 years and older and still running strong in many houses I like that 82-70s over the Brunswick A2s to me its s much less complicated machine to work on just my personal opinion

@talk2azs

3 күн бұрын

@markpapp5942 Yes...Those 82-70s are the best ever made. Easy to work on also.

I have installed hundreds of the A2’s

I've seen many pinsettees in action but one thing which happened here answered a question I had about "why did Brunswick have gone to electronic brains for GS pinsettees ?". Respotting specific pins. That's a thing GS pinsetters can do if asked from the desk, no need to get a pinboy wasting his time while maintenance might be necessary elsewhere. Brunswick A's and every AMF pinspotter might miss this which end in pinboys manipulating these machines while powered up (and that's fing dangerous)

Nobody probably ever appreciated what that guy did and this video made him feel appreciated.

She should have tied her long hair: First level of safety instruction when you are near rotary, moving parts.

By Jove, I think she's got it.

Ever since I was a little boy I wanted a job doing that at the bowling center

I used to work at a bowling alley it was cool

The clang noises on the Pinwheels are good than the irritating Turret whining noise

Cool

I’ve been working on a2 for 23 yrs it’s a love hate relationship 😅

Ok how long does it take to train someone to do this?

Its a tough job folks being a pinsetter mechanic especially when your're doing it all with not much help.

A2s? Where I worked, the electrical boxes were on the opposite side. Converted A1 to A2?

@lylebarnard7447

2 жыл бұрын

On the older machines that's where the electrical box was located

Did he show her the pit room?

Lamp check, fuse check, circuit breaker check...

Show the 1-1 or the gearbox clutch or the turrent clutch for that matter

I go to this alley

I was completely distracted but great video!

@brad8665

2 жыл бұрын

Same lol. Didn’t learn much

I can’t stand fixing bowling lanes, I work at a bowling alley, now I’m not mechanic but I do crawl under the front of the lane and help out, but the other day, there was a pin out of reach of the rake arm,, I slid under to get it and the dumbasses at the lane reset it while I was under there, causing the rake arm to drop down on me, and then all the pins fell down on top of me…safe to say I told them to get the fuck out, especially cause they were laughing like it was funny when I could’ve been killed

They let me in the back and they really let me fix the A2’s hard to fix😅

Turn power off is one thing. Putting the rake down is another step for saving ankles for the GSXs.

a2 pinsetter i was head mechanic 12 years dyess bowling center

She really needed it put her hair up. And take that massive rock off! That would mess up the machine if it got stuck in it. :)

He's thinking about setting his pin!

Yupp quiet big

@riduanshari

3 жыл бұрын

That fan

Please help me am bowling tecnician do you have a work

They should replace their Linds Pins with Qubicaamf AMFLITE 2 Pins

@Triley215

3 жыл бұрын

Eww.

looking good lady!

18,000 parts on a pinsetter

So fiiinneeee

they need new pins

Sucks that string setters are becoming more and more common. They are like double rimmed basketball hoops

3500 parts

@FloridaBowlingAlleys

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, on an A-2, it's 4000 parts each machine, but close!

she has nice pins

0:26 No stupid pepole!

The host has great cans....

bro this machine is stupidly complex lol

you are so beautiful

Would have loved to see more of what he was talking about and less of you reacting to what he was saying.