Brunswick A-2 pinsetter

This is behind the scenes at Woodbridge Bowl. A view of the front cycles and back cycles. Pin rake, Scissors inside the pin table, ball and pin lift (the wheel in the back) And ball return.

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Science & Technology

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• Brunswick
• A-2
• pinsetter

[MacLover678]

@billboardnumber1.

Like I said, I don't own these machines and this bowling alley is the closest to where I live, if this were my bowling alley, I would have upgraded to the Brunswick GS X. you don't find very many GS series where I live. Sorry for disappointing you.

[MacLover678]

Well these machines aren't mine. I own no part of them. I asked the staff to let me film. So the mechanic brought me back there. They are trying to fix the machines though. They're very old so it's hard to find parts. But I've seen worse so I got used to those machines.

[titanic191233]

i bowl with these machines in my bowling league

[Sharkie626]

A or A2 is the best machine ever. While I have never worked on machines, my experiences as a customer have shown me that these work better than any other machine.

I have bowled with AMF's machines and Brunswick's newer GS series machines, nowhere near as reliable.

[toasty303]

@thesmart67 actually brunswick sold their design to AMF and they made it work better, then brunswick decided they should get back into it and make their own. but yea those A2s will last forever. that's what they have at the bowling alley where i'm starting as a mechanic.

[thesmart67]

Agree on the GS-X. Nothing like the A and A2 machines - mechanical marvels - works of art. Properly maintained, they're outstanding machines. A large percentage have served faithfully for more than half a century. Although AMF was first with a pinsetting machine, Brunswick didn't come out with one until it had it all down. The A2 was a perfecting of the old reliable A model. Sad to see so many of them gone now with the decline of bowling. Love this game.

[alterman156]

Don't give up on the Brunswick "A's. They will work longer than the Brunswick GS series pinsetters. Parts are readily available from the right sources.

[aello465]

@MacLover678 Brunswick still makes parts for these machines as manyyyyyyyyy bowling alleys still use them. So finding parts is as easy as knowing what you need and making a phone call.

[billboardnumber1]

@MacLover678 . Well get used to the new machines and try to disown these ones. Sincerely, IBMLover

[shelllanes]

and u got belt burn on the pins wow take the 1 out