Name: Kristin

Date: 6/5

Problems with lanes:

Lane 3 - Two deck jams happened today. One was the cause of a split cup/chute. It was split down the middle.

Lane 7 - Had a deck jam.

Actions Taken:

Lane 3 - Duct taped the cup/chute back together. Tomorrow I will see if maybe it should be replaced with one of the spares.

Unjammed both machines.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes):

More deck jams occasionally.

Ordering: We should probably order a few more cups/chutes. There are only two that I can find back here and some of the ones on the lanes look pretty beat up.

Name: Kristin

Date: 6/1

Problems with lanes:

No ball problems! Wooohoo! Well, except lane 1.

Lane 1 - A couple of balls became stuck on the first part of the track.

Lane 3 - Out of nowhere, a bunch of pins were on the deck, but not causing deck jams. Also, the breaker needed to be reset once.

Lane 7 - Did not index a couple of times after the 2nd pin dropped into the turret (10 pin.)

Actions Taken:

Lane 3 - reset the breaker. Took the pins out.

Lane 7 - the usual tap of the index lever.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes):

Lane 3 becoming fussy again. Pins on deck.

Ordering:

Name: Kristin

Date: 5/31

Problems with

Lane 1 - Heaver balls tend to get stuck on the first part of the track, right where it meets the second part.

Lane 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 - Heavier balls get stuck (generally 16lb) and the new 10lb balls. They also all had the problem of the balls just spinning at the bottom of the wheel and not moving towards the ball return. The worst is lane 5 - Every ball would spin in place and not move where it should though the others did it many times as well.

Lane 7 - One of the belts on the motor fell off of lane 7 somehow.

Actions Taken:

Ball problems - moved by hand.

Lane 7 - put the belt back on. Worked fine the rest of the night.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes):

The balls are too slick to move up the ball wheel it seems or just spin in place. I vote for the strips as 7 is the only one that didn't have that problem tonight.

Ordering:

Name: Kristin

Date: 5/30

Problems with lanes:

Lane 4 - the ball wheel needs to be adjusted. It was hellish tonight, not returning any size ball. Plus there didn't seem to be enough tension so the ball would get stuck at the very bottom of the wheel, virtually having to be picked up in the return as it wouldn't slide.

Lane 6 - the ball wheel belt came off. I put it back on three times and it came off once I turned it on. I think I'm missing a part where it may be caught but I can't find it as of now.

Lanes with ball returning problems even after being adjusted and working fine for a period of time - 3 (only with 16lb balls), 4 (every ball), 5, & 6.

I think the strips should be put on those lanes. It would definitely help.

Actions Taken:

I spent all day tinkering with the lanes and got them to work somewhat decently for a period.

Lanes 3/4 :Basically adjusted the ball wheel

Lane 5 - readjusted the spring on the ball arm.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes): Balls. And the belt on 6.

Ordering:

Ball problems

Name: Kristin

Date: 5/29

Problems with lanes:

All of the lanes but 1,2, and 7 had problems returning balls.

Lane 5 - When I tried to adjust the ball wheel, I noticed that it didn't help the return at all. Upon investigation, I saw that the ball return arm was very loose and able to move forward with little pressure. However, even though I tightened the bolts as far as they would go, this didn't stop the entire arm from moving.

Actions Taken:

Adjusted the ball wheels on 3,4,5,6,& 8. The only one I was able to see results on was lane 6 as I had to wait for others to stop bowling. However, lane 6 didn't have balls stuck for the rest of the night.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes):

Lane 5 can't return balls, at all because of the arm. Maybe I'm not doing tightening the jam nut properly.

Ordering:

Name:Brian
Date:5/27
Problems with lanes:7 would not realize it was full of pins and just keep sending them up. Only happened a couple times and then went back to normal
Actions Taken:Shut it down, removed the pins and let it roll and things would be alright.
Things to look out for (finicky lanes):Lane 7, the red headed step child.
Ordering:

Name: Kristin

Date: 5/26

Problems with lanes:

Lane 5 - Half of the light fixture on the lane came undone from the support, causing it to hang onto the lane. The light bulb popped out but didn't shatter.

Lane 7 - It didn't index two or three times after dropping the pins into the deck.

Actions Taken:

Lane 5 - Screwed it back into place. Seems stable enough.

Lane 7 - Indexed it manually.

Things to look out for (finicky lanes):

Keep an eye on 7. It wasn't a regular problem tonight though.

Ordering: