Dirty Jobs - Pinsetter Mechanic

[JerseyJim]

I worked at the campus bowling alley in the mid '70s at Michigan Tech. I did everything there, and started to learn some of the easier repairs to our pinsetters. I got to learn how to change belts. The regular mechanic was going to give me the advance course, but by that time I had to drop out of college

[Phonetek]

I worked at the campus bowling alley in the mid '70s at Michigan Tech. I did everything there, and started to learn some of the easier repairs to our pinsetters. I got to learn how to change belts. The regular mechanic was going to give me the advance course, but by that time I had to drop out of college

Nothing is really all that hard. There is a "MOP" (Method of procedure) for anything that needs to be done that's pretty detailed. Some things are just more time consuming than others. The major stuff like rebuilding a pit and changing the carpet is time consuming and heavy work but still not all that hard. The biggest trick is knowing what to do and when. It's ashamed you didn't get to see all the good stuff.