I have been working on bowling machines since December 1970. Mostly AMF 30 and 70 and now 90's. Brunswick A2 for a short time. I want to travel and visit centers with duckpin and candlepin machines. This is a machine I want to see in action.
It's a very fast machine except on a double strike, or a strike when it's running short pins. In those cases, it's even slower Than an a speed brunswick machine waiting at 180!
Neat concept however there's an awful lot of moving parts and wear points. I'd be concerned about high maintenance costs and problems a few years down the road.
Electrical problems are more difficult and more expensive to repair than mechanical problems. Almost nothing electrical can be repaired during a league or a tournament.
Here's a video from Wildfire Lanes: czcams.com/video/k5z3MYthdB0/video.htmlsi=2euIKiTWqQHNN3_c They used have these pinsetters until 2014 when they switched out for GS-X Pinsetters
@@PinoyBowlerGS92Today, Wildfire Lanes now uses the Brunswick GS-X pinsetters. I don't know why they changed the machines from the Mendes MM-2001 to the Brunswick GS-X.
@@OfficialGH98 The reason why Wildfire Lanes switched to GS-X is because these magnetic pinsetters are unreliable and because only very few centers had them, finding parts is near impossible. You can find parts for the older Brunswick GS-Series models much easier than these
@@nicholaslloyd5623 Probably was. I bowled there around 12-15 years ago. Huge sports complex. Of the 292 bowling centers I've bowled in, it was only the second Mendez house I've seen.
@@nicholaslloyd5623 I wonded if Holiday Lanes in Manchester, CT is still there because they had Bowl-Mor Duckpin Pinsetters which only less than 1% of Duckpin centers uses those
I have been working on bowling machines since December 1970. Mostly AMF 30 and 70 and now 90's. Brunswick A2 for a short time. I want to travel and visit centers with duckpin and candlepin machines. This is a machine I want to see in action.
I am full time on 12 duckpin machines! Come to maryland and say hi!
I will add it to my Bucket List.@@nicholaslloyd5623
What a fast machine!!! Worked on a2s, 82-70s, 82-90s, gs-x and this is one of the fastest distributor systems i've seen
It's a very fast machine except on a double strike, or a strike when it's running short pins. In those cases, it's even slower Than an a speed brunswick machine waiting at 180!
@@nicholaslloyd5623 I bet these pinsetters would require 30 Pins to run to compensate with multiple strikes
This Pinsetter is absolutely insane. It sucks that its reliability isn't good and it couldn't detect an Out of Range at all.
I'm happy with my 14 lane bowling alley with gsx setters and twister pins 😊
Reminds me of the coat rack machine at the dry cleaners
So cool! But I can only imagine the problems you run into, and pain in the ass it is to fix.
Neat concept however there's an awful lot of moving parts and wear points. I'd be concerned about high maintenance costs and problems a few years down the road.
I thought that as well. I did light pin jumping in a Brunswick house years ago and those had lots going on. These are crazy!
A lot of tiny metal parts with multiple wear points. The distributor, while cool, seems like a long term maintenance nightmare
Electrical problems are more difficult and more expensive to repair than mechanical problems. Almost nothing electrical can be repaired during a league or a tournament.
An A2 Never keeps a bower waiting but this one keeps a bowler waiting
An a2 never Waits at 180? Lol
@garagebowlingalley you guys ever one of these?
Wish you'd show it from the front (bowler's perspective).
I'll be back there in March! Shot a 257 right before filming this, the pin carry was phenomenal- I'll bowl a whole game and record it from the front
Here's a video from Wildfire Lanes: czcams.com/video/k5z3MYthdB0/video.htmlsi=2euIKiTWqQHNN3_c
They used have these pinsetters until 2014 when they switched out for GS-X Pinsetters
@@PinoyBowlerGS92Today, Wildfire Lanes now uses the Brunswick GS-X pinsetters. I don't know why they changed the machines from the Mendes MM-2001 to the Brunswick GS-X.
@@OfficialGH98 The reason why Wildfire Lanes switched to GS-X is because these magnetic pinsetters are unreliable and because only very few centers had them, finding parts is near impossible. You can find parts for the older Brunswick GS-Series models much easier than these
Yo wtf i never seen the magnet pinsetter but seen the magnet pins
What in tarnation is this sorcery
Was the place in Idaho Hayden by chance?
Not sure
@@nicholaslloyd5623 Probably was. I bowled there around 12-15 years ago. Huge sports complex. Of the 292 bowling centers I've bowled in, it was only the second Mendez house I've seen.
So are these pins special order with magnets?
Yes, I think Mendes at the time contracted Qubica Amf to custom make these pins, they had MMC on the front
Yes they are- about 140 dollars more per lane in pin costs
Is this the same setter thst wildfire used to have?
Yes
Where is this?
New milford Connecticut
@@nicholaslloyd5623 I wonded if Holiday Lanes in Manchester, CT is still there because they had Bowl-Mor Duckpin Pinsetters which only less than 1% of Duckpin centers uses those
"What a piece of junk!"-Luke Skywalker
Meh….
Overly designed.... have to have uncommon special pins.... No thanks. I'll stick to the GSX and A2
@GarageBowlingAlley