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TalkBowling 0028 - How a Bowling Pin Setter Works

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Uploaded by on Aug 9, 2009

People are always curious how pin setters work to put the pins on the pin deck at the end of a bowling lane. This episode of talk bowling will demonstrate the Brunswick A2 Pin Setting Machines.

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  • As a 20 year Brunswick pinsetter head mechanic, I will correct one thing said in this video. An out of range pin will NOT cause the machine to black out. It will disengage the clutch at 90 degrees and the out of range lever at the back of the machine must be pulled for the clutch to re engage and lift the deck off the out of range pin. Any dead wood on the lane must be manually removed as the rake will not sweep during an out of range cycle. Blackouts are caused by deck jams.

  • @stormmack13 Thats the first thing i thought too that lane must have all kinds of turnpan jams.

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  • I always thought that there were guys back there setting them back up lol

  • A-2's are shit. 82-70's all the way!

  • the guy has no idea how the a-2 works

  • Is it true that heavier bowling balls are less likely to be stuck in the back area? 

  • At our bowling alley the ball rake thing is in the back of the machine, il try and get a picture if I can get back there sometime

  • it call a rake not a sweep not sweep it call no kicker on the ball wheel it will spin whit out no kicker it call yoyo he do not know what he is talking about it it look clean how it run omfg Brunswick pins i used amf pins not Brunswick Pins they suck

  • @drfirebird64 Spot on, mind the pun

  • How many horse power is this motor? Is it 240v or 480v?

  • @JKnight51480..... If you heard pins falling out of the machine, the most likely thing that was wrong was what it called a " Turnaround Pan Jam" . On Brunswick model "A" , "A2" , and "Jet Back" machines, there is a "Pan" that turns all the pins going up the conveyor belts in the same direction. (Bottom First). Sometimes the pins jam and if the pin wheel keeps turning, the pins will fall out of the machine onto the floor.

  • @drfirebird64 The last time I went bowling, I heard pins being thrown out the back of the machine. What usually causes that ? It is just something that happens from time to time when pins get jammed or is a part in the back of the lane faulty ?

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