Bowler Update - Day 10

Ok....making progress. Tonight I finished cleaning the score reels and score reel assemblies. Look very clean and work great. Now I have to start cleaning all the other assemblies. They all seem to be gunked up too. Little by little......

Day 2 on the shuffle bowler.....

Wow...I didn't realize how dirty this thing was. I literally have to take apart every score reel, remove the old grease, put on some new lubricant, carefully clean the dirt off the reels, clean and adjust the switches, and reassemble the unit. Takes about 35-45 minutes per reel. There are 26 of them to do. Tonight I have done 4 of them for a total of 6. To the left is a pic of a dirty reel compared to a clean one. Big difference, aay?

My Current Arcade Project

This is what is known as a shuffle bowler or a puck bowler as it is like bowling and shuffleboard combined. It is a United's Embassy bowler made in 1962. Up to 6 players can play with a variety of different games. Truly lots of fun....when it is working! My goal is to get it back up and running in top condition! This should not be too difficult is it is mostly working in its current state. I think that all I will need to do is disassemble anything with a coil on it and clean off the old grease. Most things are just gunked up with old grease and won't turn any longer. Sometimes the contacts need to be cleaned and adjusted as well. Once complete, this baby will be put up for sale cause I could really use the space back in my house! If anyone is interested in purchasing, please let me know and we can discuss pricing.




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Front view


















Lower front view



















Other end of the playfield














Looking inside from the back. All the score reels on the left will need to be disassembled, cleaned, and put back together. Replace any burnt out bulbs too. The picture below shows all the other coils & switches that will also need to be cleaned.

Here they are at last . . . Surgery Pics! (**warning ** graphical**)

These are the pictures taken during my arthroscopic shoulder surgery. They insert a camera attached to a tool during surgery so they can see what they are doing. They made 4 small incisions about a quarter inch long around the shoulder area.


Here you can see the suture of muscle to the bone anchor. The red pic indicates an area of arthritis.












Don't recall what these represent.

















Here the red pic is where they shaved down some bone to give more cushion to the joint and to remove some arthritic areas.

Congratulations Kourtney!

My niece had her First Communion today. No pics yet...but soon! Congrats again Kourtney!