sure glad they redesigned them ! the current 70's design is awesome.. would still like to see how those machines operate

What your seeing here is the original version of the 82-70 as shipped from the factory. It was replaced by the more common steel bins with the expanding distribution conveyer everyone uses on the follow on 82-70. The movable steel plate the pins rested on would tear up the pins something fierce so a set of pins would barely last one year.

I actually like the orientation pan on that distributor better than on the newer 70's. It seems to me that you would get fewer pin feed issues off the elevators.

I see 2 types of 82-70 nowadays The one that the distubiarer can expand the length and this one I haven't seen this a long time after a promo film of 82-70

The 82-70A had a severe defect STRAIGHT from the get-go: the storage bins. See those perforated metal plates the pins fall onto? These wound up tearing the pins' surface apart, severely damaging the pins within 90 days of use. The machine was overly complicated in distributing the pins with solenoids. They were an electrical problem. Then, AMF came out with a newly designed distributor that was simpler in design and execution, but it also followed the same pin distribution pattern time after time, without reversing the pattern, like the 70A did. All these improvements came out in the the first major upgrade - the 82-70B design - which eliminated the pin damage. The 70B also had and an electrical instead of the 70B's electromechanical distribution system. This electrical system eliminated a CLUSTERFUCK of problems that cropped up with the 70A. The distribution system that was introduced on the 82-70B was so good that it's still being used today, 50 plus years later on the newest 82-90XLi EDGE that QubicaAMF builds today. The only turnoff with this distribution system is it sometimes deposits a pin in the wrong position, piling up the pins, until it stops working due to not enough pins in the correct position. A third-party company designed a system for the 82 series machines with a sort of button trigger, that when the number 9 pin drops into its bin, the top part of the pin presses the button, and when it's pressed, it stops the pin elevator wheel from rotating, eliminating the mess of pins when they go apeshit on top of the holding bin, without shutting down the motor that runs the distributor and pinwheel as the carpet continues to run. All the system does is loosen the drive belt for the pin elevator wheel to stop it, and in testing, it's exceeded 500,000 frames per stop. The bowler never noticed the pinwheel stopping while bowling.

I like the concept of the Brunswick red crown pins in an AMF pinsetter.

The amazing thing is that this is pre-computer. The entire thing was designed by people.

@ratt1134 the 70's are just as much of a tank. it's the 90's (and Brunswick GS-series) that have the plastic stuff.

Really cool. Lots of years in development there.

@ecabase most lanes use a synthetic plastic/fiberglass for the lanes. There's a wide variety of options. Also, you really don't want to drop the ball during your shot, but to roll it off your hands.

very impressive and high tech from the amf 82-30 distributor.

This distributor and bin design looks a lot more complex than the regular 82-70 and 82-90 design. And with most things, keeping it as simple as possible is the best.

that is quite a different design... even the cups look funky.. never saw parts or diagram for this style

@htc6600 newer than the 8230s, but still old. The 70s where produced starting in 1962, with the distributor/bin/shuttle redesign coming at the end of 1964. The 70s where produced until the mid to late 80s i believe when the 82-90 came out.

Yo!!! That’s 60’s AMF 82-70 machines!!!!

This is the older version of 82-70!!!!!!!

my bowling alley has 16 machines exactly like these the amf's their about 47 years old and they cost about 3000 each back in that time. Now they are probably alot more haha

Just noticed, no pin elevator belt idlers. Wonder if wheel stoppage wasn't a problem. It was on 30's belt tensioners would have been great.

I have never seen an AMF Pinspotter with a Distributor like that ! I worked on several incarnations of the 82/70 when I was younger. When were these built and for how long ?

This is located at Cedar Lanes, St Ansgar, IA I'd love if someone could go and film these in HD.

amazing!

Man... that's a weird distributor, bin, and shuttle setup. Of course, I'm used to the normal 8270 setup, having worked on them for about 5 years.

Holy crap what is that??!?! Never seen a distributor like that.

anyone still have a parts book or manual for these? I found a picture of some pages, but its small and just as the numbers and not the matching description. I'm interested in seeing how exactly the dizzy and bin assy worked.

i love bowling and ive always wanted to see back there

Put twisters in there! Lol 😊

@kerryatgieserco 52 lanes, split center, full house :D that's fun.

What bowling center was this filmed at?

Is that black flap a counter of some sort?

Anyone know what the difference would be between this model and the 82-70B? I saw the latter one on another KZfaq clip

I still service a pair

So in the history of AMF, is this a newer machine or an older one?

Is this a kicker return?

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why are there Brunswick max pins in a AMF pinsetter!!!

Is this pinsetter old or new?

WOW Thats loud and that i cant hear that o_0

Yuck! too mechanical. I'm glad we installed the 91XL's in our house, last June

ythis is settig

You think that's funny? AMF owns more Brunswick A-2s then Brunswick itself does. Seriously, go look it up :)

weird sound

AMF machine with Brunswick pins? isn't that like an OXYMORON?

@kbowlgod300 borring

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