A movie approaching the figure of a mechanic to maintain a bowling alley's machine

On the other side of the lane in the bowling alley there are machines that we do not see in general, the fallen pins are automatically rearranged by the machine, the thrown balls are carried to the belt conveyor and returned automatically to hand I will come. A movie introducing old-fashioned mechanics to maintain machines playing an active part in such a bowling alley is introduced by overseas media Motherboard .

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The bowling alley " The Gutter " in Brooklyn Williamsburg, New York

Joe Martinez is working on The Gutter for over 25 years as a mechanic.

Martinez's workplace is behind the bowling alley. Martinez 's job is to arrange the pins and re - arrange the machine called "pin setters" to send the ball back.

Bowling is said to be the most popular among sports of the general participation type in the United States.

Bowling is a common sport, but old-fashioned mechanics that can maintain pin setters like Martinez are on the verge of extinction.

Martinez, who has been involved in repairing Pinsetter for decades, says, "For me, the bowling pins are as good as my children, Pin Setter looks like a human being."

"I am my own child, so I have to take a shower and do not clean it," while murmuring, Martinez takes out the tools and parts.

The following image collects and places fallen pins. I manage the pin firmly with just the machine, not the computer. Those who only play bowling are rarely seen, but these complicated machines are moving behind the old bowling alley and mechanics like Martinez is active.

Mr. Martinez wrote on the whiteboard which part is to be repaired and repaired and managed. In the movie, I will repair the problem that one pin does not fit properly into the machine that arranges the pins.

Martinez's favorite tool box

Of course, repairing this huge and complicated machine is accompanied by great danger. Mr. Martinez repaired the belt conveyor in the past, he said that his hand was caught and lost the tip of the right middle finger. Even in the movie, I cut off my right index finger while I was repairing, and I was bleeding.

I got into the lane behind the bowling to repair the pin setter. The back of the lane is very narrow, and Martinez is going to get quite painful and going to fix it.

Mr. Martinez will continue repairing while talking to the machine, such as "Come here" "Yoshi there!"

Martinez 's maintenance is not limited to pin setters. This pipe which was repaired with a movie ......

It was a pipe with a lever to let the toilet flow.

"The mechanics of the pin setter is not easy, and I can not say it is a perfect mechanic that someone can follow the same path," Martinez says.

"I would have done a different job if I dislike this job.I love this job and I feel happy when I see the smiling face of customers who enjoy bowling.I am also having a pin setter here Mr. Martinez says that the movie will end until the shop is collapsed and it will stay here until now.