Ft. Huachuca, AZRemove Brunswick A-2, and Brunswick KickbacksReplace with QAMF Edge and QAMF Kickbacks

Replace Foul Lights

Day 0 – Sunday, September 13, 2015 - Just arrived at Ft. Huachuca (Sunday morning). It'sactually worse than I thought it would be, now that I took a look inside the center. And Ididn't think it was possible for it to be worse than I thought. This job will be about 3 weeks– most especially – it will be longer than normal due to the safety issues from workingat night, so either move Cannon back or assign to someone else and we can do the twoscoring jobs at Castro Village Bowl and Country Club in Sacramento (where customerrequested me) after this mess.

The good news (which is bad) is that we MUST remove all equipment and install all newequipment OVER THE LANES, across concourse, and through the front door. There is NOWALKWAY behind old Pinsetters - it is sunken 2'.

The concrete is dead against all kickbacks at each of the post separations (see picturebelow).

BUT, we can work at night on one 8-lane bay at a time, as the customer wants.

That's the only good news - customer will have 16 lanes available as we start and finisheach 8-lane bay.

The pinsetters are sunken 2' from the back door level, so removal and install from the rearis impossible. We must lift out the elevators and Pits that you see above, to have room toplace our cart (bottom half) behind the old front end for rear support of the our TOP cartwhich will lift the rear-heavy A-2 front end off of the Jack Screws, so we can roll down eachlane toward the foul line. (We have NO KRAFT PAPER on the order to protect their lanesand approaches as we roll). We can't get under their Masking units with the A-2 front end,SO WE MUST TOTALLY REMOVE THEIR MASKING UNITS. We will need to DISASSEMBLEthe A-2 "Rabbit Ears" upper shaft, just to clear curtain wall - but masks must come OUT.

Then we must remove their furniture and build a long 12' ramp to roll up to Concourse levelwith each machine out and in. 2 big steps higher. THEN STORE OUR RAMP EACH DAY.

We must roll down concourse to main front door entrance

Outside is steep grade to narrow walkway where we need to pick-up equipment withforklift.

Our dumpster was set where we can't get to it to shove-in the old equipment. We will try to

move dumpster when we get our forklift, but we must built a ramp, since grassy area theysaid we could use to stage equipment is TOTALLY CURBED.

They have conventional Brunswick Kickbacks which go to the SUNKEN concrete floor level,but this order has no LUMBER, SHORING, SHIM KITS, OR I-BEAMS to build a subfoundationfor our new kickbacks.

I NEED 4 INTEGRA SHIM KITS AND 2 ALLIANCE PAPER SHIM KITS SENT AIR!!! I can buytreated lumber for sleepers and EXPENSIVE 2x10 for under each new Kickback BUT I-BEAMS would have been nice to have, which aren't available here. I NEED TWO 60.5"pieces of 2x10 under each of the 51 Kickbacks - 520 board-feet. About 45 12' 2x10. PLUSmore 2x10 and 2x6 and 2x4 for ramps, plus plywood and treated sleepers - 2x6 for Zeroline and 2x4 for 2'4 and 5' from Zero Line for Kickback Support... PLUS SHIM KITS YOUMUST SEND ME ASAP!!!!!!!!!! to get top of new kickbacks shimmed to proper level of 17"above pindeck level.

They have a threshold that we must roll across with ALL equipment, which we will try toprotect, BUT NO PROMISES.

The Electrician is working on wiring but they put on curtain wall

Instead of using GREAT Unistrut overhead - directly above where we need it. Not sure ourPigtails will reach.

Day 1 – Monday, September 14, 2015 – We arrived at the Center and trucks were all waiting at7 AM. Forklift arrived at 8:30, and we unloaded all three trucks without any issues whatsoever.The Center is VERY limited on storage inside and parking outside. We staged the Pinspotters ona grassy area and secured the plastic covers better (since they always get blown off with thewind – factory people that secure plastic bags always secure poorly and bags will all blow off inthe wind when outside if we don’t secure the plastic better).

We were given a nice secure room up front by the Center, and we unloaded our tools and allother items shipped, that would not do well in bad weather.

We began removing Masking Units on the first 8 lanes we will be removing and installing (lanes17-24), so we can remove the A-2 Pinsetters over the lanes.

We moved the Dumpster from the grass (as shown above) to the parking lot, so we can disposeof the old equipment more easily.

We counted all shipped items, and all items are accounted for. We went to Home Depot andordered lumber to build ramps and provide Kickback Support for the new kickbacks. The lumberwill be delivered tomorrow. Richmond is sending the shim kits and hardware we need, and wewill buy Protection for the lanes tomorrow, since I was informed today that Kraft Paper for suchprotection is no longer available. Daily Hours: (me) 8 + (High Skilled) 24 + (Labor) 8 = 40. JobHours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40.

Day 1A – Monday Morning September 15, 2015 – We came in for three hours to remove the A-2 Elevators, Cushions, Curtains, Pit Boards, Pit Frames, and Pit Frame Mounting Hardware onlanes 17-24.

We removed all easily in 3 hours and loaded all of the old equipment in the Dumpster. Thisfilled the Dumpster, so we called for a replacement Dumpster.

We are coming back at 9 PM to start Day 2. Daily Hours 3 + 9 + 3 = 15. Job Hours: 11 + 33 +11 = 55.

Day 2 – Tuesday Night – Wednesday Morning, September 15-16, 2015. We came in at 9 PMTuesday Night and worked until 5:30 AM Wednesday Morning. We built a 56” x 38” 2 x 6 Box tofit onto our AMF Pinspotter Fixture to pick-up the Brunswick A-2 Front Ends and transport themover the lanes, across the approach, up to the Concourse and out the front door.

We also built a super-sturdy Ramp from 2 x 10 lumber skinned with 1 ½” of plywood, to safelybridge the elevation change from the Approach level, to the Concourse level.

It is very heavy, but we made it with the ability to flip up onto a Drywall Cart and move out ofthe way each day, then replace for the next night’s work. To make the ramp and the A-2conversion for our AMF Pinspotter Fixture, we made a work table that we can easily move fromplace to place, screwing plywood to 3 saw horses.

We rolled-out Kraft Paper on Lanes 17-24 to protect the lane surface from damage that mightbe possible in the process of rolling heavy Pinsetters and Pinspotters over the lanes.

We removed the 2 x 12 behind pindecks that the Brunswick Pit Frames were attached-to, andcleaned the area behind the Pindecks to allow the bottom half of our Pinspotter InstallationFixture to roll up to the pindecks and provide rear support for the upper half of our fixture,which will remove the Brunswick A-2 front ends. We cleared all scoring wires intact and securedthem out of harm’s way, and removed all the old signal wire from the A-2 Front End – makingthe front end ready for safe removal. We then removed all 8 A-2 Pinsetter Front Ends withoutincident, and placed in the parking lot, awaiting a fresh Dumpster.

Once the A-2 Front ends were taken outside, we picked-up the front ends with a forklift and setthem in the parking lot.

PLEASE NOTE: It is not very safe, working at night like this, which will add to the time it takesto do the job. We WILL NOT get in a rush to complete this job, as that would be dangerous in anighttime working environment. We need to do the work SAFELY. We cleaned up completely.Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 19 + 57 + 19 = 95.

Day 3 – Wednesday night onto Thursday, September 17, 2015 – We received our overnightcare package from Richmond – thanks. We removed all old Kickbacks and put into the newempty dumpster that was dropped yesterday. We put a few A-2 Front ends in there too, andthe old Accelerators, Downsweep Enclosures and other trash. We removed the remaining 2 x 12lumber from under the kickbacks, and cleaned the nasty back end area completely. Weunpacked 8 New Edge Pinspotter Back Ends. It was VERY DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS, and slowto do this outside in the dark. We rolled the 8 Back Ends through the front doors, across theConcourse, down our ramp that we built, across approaches, down the lanes, and then droppedthem off of the pindecks into the sunken Pit Area wells (difficultly and gently), and placed themright behind their final resting places, while there were no Kickbacks in the way.

The Tail Planks (all but 2) FELL OFF as we removed the old Kickbacks. There was nothingholding them in place.

They only had 3 small screws holding them (originally), which broke a long time ago, sosomeone nailed them in place which probably held for a month. What are people thinking?

We had to spend several hours to remove all of the old broken screws and nails, properlyposition the old Tailplanks, and properly secure them… ALL OF THIS WAS NOT OUR JOB, but itneeded to be done to do it correctly. Here is picture of newly secured Tail Planks:

We installed Ball Doors on the newly dropped Edge Backends.

We moved PBL Bumpers and Bumper Brackets to Top of Back End Frame.

We changed-out the Back End Motor solid Gearbox plugs with vent the plugs provided.

We tore-out all of the old rotten lumber in our New Kickback Area, and shot-down new lumberto the concrete. Then we built the Kickback Support Foundation for our new Kickbacks to bemounted on. We built Double 2 x 10 Stringers (screwed together) under each new Kickbacklocation – shooting treated lumber to the concrete below our new Stringers.

We then shimmed our three Kickback Securing locations to exactly 3 ¼” below Pindeck level –which will yield a 17” Top-Of-Kickback Height (critical for proper Edge Front End installation)above Pindeck Level, when we install our 20 ¼” tall Kickbacks (20.25” – 3.25” = critical 17”).

A Double Kickback location is shown above. We did the same for each Single Kickback locationshow below.

We cleaned up completely and are ready to quickly install the new Kickbacks tomorrow. Dailyhours: 9 + 27 + 9 = 45. Job Hours: 28 + 84 + 28 = 140.

Day 4 – Thursday Night September 17, onto Friday Morning September 18, 2015 – We installedall New Kickbacks on our 8-lane bay (lanes 17-24). We installed the Single Kickbacks exactly 6¼” behind the 7-10 line, and within the USBC specification of being both 12 1/8”, +/- 1/8” fromall 7 and 10-pin spots to the wood of the Single Kickback in both directions, and within thehead-pin Specification of being a minimum 30” from Head Pin Spot and equidistant fromadjacent Kickback, within 1/8” (ideally 30 1/16” from center of Headpin to Kickback), securingthem to the Stringers that we installed yesterday.

Then we drew a string from the Centered/Plumb Single Kickbacks, and installed DoubleKickbacks in a dead-straight line with the Singles.

We shimmed the string away from the Singles with a ½” shim, then placed the Doubles to witha ½” shim from the string, to insure a straight line of Kickbacks across the house.

We set the Doubles DEAD IN THE MIDDLE of the USBC Specification, by precisely sizing theMaple Spacers that separate the Double Division Kickbacks.

Then we clamped and blocked the Double Division Kickbacks precisely centered, with 2 x 4blocks and shimming material, to keep them from moving while being screwed into place.

We then screwed the Doubles securely in place with six 5” #16 Screws. We then secured thesized Maple Spacers pointed out above, with 4” #20 Screws.

We installed End Kickback Support Kits on lanes 17 and 24.

We had to re-size ALL of the existing Flatgutters and re-shim them to USBC Specification ofDepth of between 3 3/8” and 3 5/8”.

We set all in the middle of the Specification – at 3 ½” (measured at the 7-10 line).

At the location where there is a post (separating Lanes 20 and 21), we installed 2 x 10” spacersto permanently secure spacing and plumb, of these Single Division Kickbacks.

We painted the 7-10 Line location on top of Kickbacks by drawing a string from the outerKickback of Lane 17 to the outer Kickback of Lane 24. We Notched the Double Kickbacks 4.5” x7”, to accommodate the Upsweep rails, and used our template to precisely locate the PinspotterFront End Unistrut.

We then used our Pinspotter Mounting Hardware Template to precisely locate the PinspotterMounting Hardware, on the Unistrut. We are ready to install Pinspotter Front Ends tomorrow.Daily Hours 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 36 + 108 + 36 = 180.

Day 5 – Friday Night onto Saturday Morning, September 18-19, 2015 – We unpacked 8 FrontEnds and loaded them on our Pinspotter Fixture outside the front doors, and rolled them downthe Concourse, down our Ramp, across the approaches, down each lane, and set them on theKickback Unistrut Hardware. We cleaned-up the parking lot completely. We adjusted the frontend frames to 18 7/8” off the pindecks, Centered the front ends and secured.

To Center the front ends, we squeezed the frames outward with a Bar Clamp, until we hadabout ¼” of mounting foot showing beyond the Jack Screw Washer at every Jack Screw.

We then cranked all of the Tables down to their lowest spotting position, and set tables for5/16” parallel (adjusting Table Tie Rods and Clevis for Tables that are both parallel to thepindeck and 5/16” above the pindeck). All needed very minor Table Tie Rod adjustment toachieve Parallel, and only one of the eight needed a Clevis adjustment (1/2 turn) to achieve5/16” above Pindeck. We then Flagged tables to be exactly over spots.

Most needed to be adjusted rearward a little and to the 10-Pin side a little. They were VERYgood from the Factory. We installed Sweeps.

We installed Pit Lights with LED Option.

We installed all Back Ends on 17-24 – Dead Level from side-to-side, and Dead Mated fromfront-to-back.

We began the Stroke of adjusting Back End Motor Pulley width:

Installing Upsweep Rails with Shimmed Boomerangs (and dead-centered Lifters):

And (final action in this stroke), installing Hotdog, Mousetrap, Shimmed Ratchet, and RudderDrive Pulley:

We finished 3 of the 4 pairs on this stroke. We removed all of the protective Kraft Paper on theLanes (since we are finished rolling equipment down these 8 lanes), and cleaned-up completely.

We are all wearing our Uniform Shirts I recently bought:

Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 44 + 132 + 44 = 220.

Saturday Night onto Sunday Morning OFF.

Day 6 - Sunday Night onto Monday Morning, September 20-21, 2015 – We looked at thescoring interface for Edge to Vector scoring, and the cables sent seem to me to be for VectorPlus, which has a Distribution Box for every pair of lanes on the Curtainwall. This Center has anolder version of Vector, with one huge silver box for every 8 lanes.

This box is located in the center of each 8-lane section of this Bowling Center. The Brunswickpart number on this box is:

In the middle 8-lane bay there is a Network Switch which all 3 Huge Silver boxes connects to,with a Home Run to the front Desk.

I emailed Richmond this information and pictures, hoping for some guidance in the VectorInterface matter.

We removed the four long Brunswick old-style Downsweeps on the 8 lanes we are working on.We ordered 12 pieces of our Straight Underlane Rail Track, coupler kits, and more PlasticRunner, so we can bridge the gap between our Downsweep and the existing Brunswick TrayTrack.

We finished the stroke of installing Upsweeps with Shimmed Boomerangs, Hotdogs,Mousetraps, Rudder Drive Pulleys, and Shimmed Ratchets. We began and finished the stroke ofinstalling Tie Plates, Chassis Support Brackets, Chassis Mounting Plates, Spring Straps, PBL’s, allPBL Belts, Spring Rods, Springs, and lining-up all belts.

In Front of the stroke above, we installed Dead-Center and Dead-Level Black Track, so that thePBL’s could be centered on the Black Track.

Behind the strokes above, we installed Dead-Centered Light Ball Sensors, with Rudder Arms atthe perfect Reach and perfect Elevation, for the Paddle to be centered in the Ball Door, andclear of both the Hotdogs, and Upsweep Thimbles.

We installed all Pinspotter Rear Tie-Down Plates.

We installed all E-Stop Assemblies Dead-Level with Wireways.

We extended all Wireways to the Chassis Mounting Plates, Installed Chassis, and Wired thelanes with MCU Com Daisy Chain, Mask, Ball Detect, Ball Lift, Foul, and the two E-Stop wires.

We know that the Underlane Track can’t possibly get here before our TuesdayNight/Wednesday Morning work day, and we need to find out how to interface with this VectorScoring here, we can work another short day tomorrow, to finish all things that can be done(Foul Lights, 2 Ladders, Distributors, MCU Home Run, Center Electrician to provide our Power,Run Underground Wire, Convert Powerlifts), while waiting for items from Richmond. DailyHours: 5 + 15 + 5 = 25. Job Hours: 49 + 147 + 49 = 245.

Day 7 – Monday Night onto Tuesday Morning, September 21 – 22, 2015 – We finished installingall Pinspotter and Vector Scoring wiring, and neatly tied-down Pinspotter Frames.

The Mask Wire is ready to extend to Masking Units.

Here is the Vector Camera PCB with all of our connections attached:

We installed Ladders on these 8 lanes (17-24). There are only 2 Ladders in this 8-lane section,and 4 “end” handrails because of the Post separation in the middle of these 8 lanes. TheConcrete bolts sent with the Ladders just don’t work.

They seem to want a slightly smaller hole that 7/16” but 3/8 is way too small. It looks like ametric 11 mm is what it needs, but I can’t find such a bit, so we are using (as usual) left-overconcrete anchor screws used for Tie-down Plates (which need a 5/16” hole and never give youany trouble.

We removed old Foul Lights and installed and wired New Foul Lights on 17-24. The DivisionCapping Support needed to be cut back about 6” further than the old foul lights needed, so firstwe had to remove the Gutters, so that we could cut the Division Capping Support Lumber.

Then, we cut the division lumber to accommodate our new foul units and installed the new foulunits. We ran the wire from the new Pinspotters to the Foul Units and the Ball Returns up front,pulling out the old wire. We removed the old control box at the Ball Returns up front…

And installed our New Ball Lift Control Boxes.

We wired the New Ball Return Control Boxes for signal and resets, and wired the New FoulLights for signal to Pinspotter and 115 V power. We then re-installed the caps and gutters,trimming the Capping to fit.

We drew a string across the Kickback Noses and marked the Kickback Noses for BrunswickVector Ball Detect and Reflector relocation, and for our new Pinspotter Ball Detects andReflectors. We installed both the Vector Ball Detects/Reflectors and the Pinspotter BallDetects/Reflectors, and wired our Ball Detects.

We also installed Sweep foot guards and PBL Guard supports.

We are waiting for Customer to provide Power to our Chassis, and are waiting for UndergroundStraight Track to complete underground ball return conversion – the track is on the way. DailyHours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 57 + 171 + 57 = 285.

Day 7B (the other half of short Day 6) Tuesday Night onto Wednesday Morning, September 22-23, 2015. We came in to work for a few hours to get done all things we could possible dowithout 1. POWER to Pinspotters, and 2. No underlane track extensions. The Track will be heretomorrow, but the Power situation is unknown. Customer has not provided us with Pinspotterand Chassis Logic power as of today – as is the Customer’s responsibility. So, we did everythingwe could do without Power or Track from Richmond.

We installed Distributors. We installed them Lubed, Balanced (no swing from left-to-right), andadjusted for 3/16”-1/4” clearance over Dura-Bin ridge, and dead-centered. We checked for OddLane Distributor Drive rod Clearance at the Distributor Drive Housing for proper clearance.

We installed Orientor Pans.

We installed the Sweep Switches needed for Vector Scoring.

We installed End Lane Guards. BTW – ALL of the stickers are UNSIDE DOWN!!!!! Just like lastjob.

We built all 48 LED 1st / 2nd Ball Light assemblies.

We mounted them on a wooden shim block to Wire-tie in place on these Brunswick MaskingUnits.

We installed PBL OSHA Guards and re-secured all Wireways.

We Re-Installed their Masking Unit Frames to the Single Division Capping.

We ran out of things to do. We need Power for final adjustment of Pinsetters and for Ring-out,and we need Underground Track that arrives tomorrow from Richmond. We must also test thescoring connections to their Vector Scoring. Daily hours: 3 + 9 + 3 = 15. Job Hours: 60 + 180+ 60 = 300.

Day 7C – Wednesday Night onto Thursday Morning, September 23-24, 2015 – Our UnderlaneTrack Arrived from Richmond, so we went in for a few hours to install downsweeps, using thejust received Track to bridge the gap between our new downsweep and the existing BrunswickUnderlane Tray Track. We shot-in treated lumber under the end of the existing Brunswick TrayTrack and shimmed the sleeper to the perfect elevation, and secured the end of their existingBrunswick Underlane Tray Track.

We have the usual problem here whenever changing from A-2 to QAMF Pinspotters. TheBrunswick Downsweep Enclosure was about 40” and our Downsweep Coverboard Capping (sentto fashion a coverboard around our new Downsweep Rails) is 31.5”. So there is always an 8”(or so) Gap to fill from the end of the Existing Coverboard, and the Noses of the NewKickbacks. It needs to be FILLED either behind the New Downsweep Coverboard, or in front ofthe New Downsweep Coverboard. This gap cannot be left unfilled, between existing coverboardend and New Coverboard beginning. The gap would cause Gutterballs to strike the edge of thebreak in the Coverboards, and DESTROY the new Coverboard, due to the gap in a

CONTINUOUS “straight edge” defined by the CONTINUOUS outer edges of the Coverboards andCapping. Planning to avoid this situation, and determining that the “gap” here would be the 8”or so nearest to the Kickback Noses, we installed lumber to provide a front and rear support forthis essential 8” of Coverboard. First, we built support lumber to screw-to at the KickbackNoses.

Then we built front support for this 8” area centered 8” from noses of the kickbacks to providefront support for the 8” piece of Coverboard, AND the rear of the Downsweep Coverboard.

We cut a piece of the just-arrived Underlane Straight Track to exactly fit between our attachedDownsweep, and the secured end (pictured above) of the existing Brunswick Tray Track. Weconnected our Downsweep to the fitted piece of Straight Track with the Plates and Hardwarealso just-arrived.

We shimmed the end of the fitted piece of Straight Track to be just barely HIGHER than thesecured end of the existing Brunswick Tray Track. We Stuffed-Shimmed a shimpack under the

ends of the Cut-Off Rails to maintain this Rail Elevation, and stay mated with the Tray Trackforever.

We Stuff-Shimmed another shimpack on a shot-down Sleeper, under the mid-point curve of theDownsweep Rails for added support.

We Installed Plastic Runners on the rails – continuing the runner 2” into the Black Track.

The joint where the Straight Track meets their existing, and now secured Tray Track wasexcellent – about 1/16” higher than the secured Tray Track runners.

We checked ball movement across all of these transitions, and they were all excellent.

We measured and precisely cut a ball hole in the Downsweep Coverboards for Ball pass-through.

We installed the Cut Coverboards against the existing Brunswick Coverboards.

We then measured the “gap” space, and cut-to-fit, a piece of Coverboard to fill the gap, so thatno damage will occur due to a break in the Coverboard edges.

I will order more Downsweep Coverboard to replace what we needed to “steal” to bridge thegap between the opening vacated by the removed Brunswick Downsweep Enclosures (about40”) and our replacement Downsweep Coverboards (31.5”).

We wired all Masking Units. We wire-tied our Wooden Block-Mounted LED 1st / 2nd Ball Lightssecurely in place and ran-out our Pinspotter Mask Wires/Mask Switch Wires, and connected.

We are officially DEAD, until we get power. The Electrician visited us tonight and we detailedwhat needs to be done. He said he could do the wiring, but not until Friday, 9/25. So we willlose another day tomorrow. We cleaned-up completely. Daily hours: 4 + 12 + 4 = 20. We nowhave 2 full days of Waiting Time. I must pay my people for full days, while we are working only4-5 hours. I will bill for 2 days waiting time (so far). Job Hours: 64 + 192 + 64 = 320.

Had to take off Thursday Night onto Friday, since we have no power until Friday Evening.

Day 8 – Friday Night onto Saturday Morning, September 25-26, 2015 – Pat Reitelbach and JimHolley have been helping me with the Optical Bin Switch Power situation. Our -527 VectorScoring Cable which plugs into the Pinspotter Chassis in port Spare Inputs 3, replaces the plugfor Optical Bin Switch Power. The -527 wire for Vector Scoring was SUPPOSED to have thewires for powering the Optical Bin Switch INCLUDED in the new plug for port Spare Inputs 3.There were no wires for Optical Bin Switch on the -527 wires sent to this job.

The Optical Bin Switch Power Wires should have been here and here, but were not.

So, I ordered a Molex Mini Jr pin extractor overnight yesterday and received it today, so that Icould extract the Bin Power pins, and I removed the pins/wires for the Optical Bin Switch Powerfrom the original plug for Spare Input 3, and ADDED them to the Vector Scoring -527 (ball lift)plug. Worked perfectly. The electrician FINALLY provided power!!!!!!!!! I fired-up all eightPinspotters without any issues. I called Carl Robinson earlier and asked if he wanted us to leavea pair of lanes “raw” (without final adjustment) for training purposes and he agreed that weshould leave 23-24 un-adjusted for sweep and table. We adjusted all 4 Light Ball Sensorsperfectly. We adjusted sweeps on 17-22, and adjusted Tables for perfect spotting on 17-22.

We installed Curtains, with Curtain Protectors.

We Installed OSHA Rear Guards, and Chassis rear guards.

Then we tested our “completed” 8 lanes for all functions. We had the Front Desk turn-on 17-24in Open Play through Vector. We turned-on our new Foul Lights and adjusted Beams. Wesigned-in bowlers and checked for functions. Do the Pinspotters turn-on when bowler signs-inon Vector Scoring? ALL YES. Do the Ball Lifts up front come on with Pinspotter? ALL YES (wejumpered the Interlock Switch in the newly installed Front Ball Lift Boxes, since existingPowerlifts have no Interlock Switch). When you throw a ball, does the Pinspotter Cycle? ALLYES. Is the score counted correctly and displayed on the Vector Monitor? ALL YES. Do the ballsreturn properly? Unencumbered at the downsweep and at our new transitions from Our NewUnderlane Downsweep and Track to the existing Brunswick Underlane Tray-Track? ALL YES. Ifa bowler Fouls on first ball, does the Pinspotter set a new rack on second ball? ALL YES. If abowler fouls, is an “F” recorded on the Vector Monitor in first or second ball? ALL YES. In the10th frame, if there is a fill ball, is the fill reset, and a fresh rack set for the next bowler? ALLYES. Do the Reset Buttons on the Ball Trays work? ALL YES. All Functions Worked Perfectly!!!We cleaned-up our finished 8 lanes and re-installed the Mask Panels. We ran the newPinspotters on continuous cycle for 2 hours. They ran great. Again – all Distributor Clutcheswere about 2-3 notches too loose from Factory, just like last two jobs. We increased the tensionon all.

So, we began the dismantling of the next 8 lanes – Lanes 9-16. We removed ALL back endequipment – Elevators, Cushions, Curtains, Pit Boards, and Pit Frames. We loaded these itemsin our Dumpster. We sawed-out the Pit Frame Support 2 x 12 lumber, and cleaned-upcompletely.

We removed all Wiring from Front Ends and Masks, saving the Scoring Wire, and the Front Endsare ready for removal, once we remove Pit Lights and Rakes tomorrow.

Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 72 + 216 + 72 = 360.

Day 9 – Saturday Night onto Sunday Morning, September 26-27, 2015 – We laid-down KraftPaper on Lanes 9-16 to protect the lane surface as we roll heavy equipment across the lanes.

We removed the Masking Units and set them aside, so that we can remove and installequipment down the lanes, as opposed to the normal installation from behind.

We removed Rakes and tied-up Pit Lights – ready to remove the A-2 Front Ends.

We removed all of the A-2 Front Ends – down each lane, across approach, up our ramp, downconcourse and out the front door to waiting forklift, and chained to the forklift mast in the dark.

We removed the old Brunswick Kickbacks to the Dumpster. ALL of the Tail Planks on theseeight lanes fell off when we removed the Flatgutters. No Surprise.

We removed the remaining 2 x 12” lumber under the kickbacks, and grinded-off all ConcreteNails still in the concrete floor. The wood for Kickback support was all rotten, and the shimmingfor Flatgutters was atrocious, so we removed ALL. We will shoot down new lumber for support,and install new Flatgutter Shimming. We secured the Tail Planks dead centered. Again, all thiswork is not in the scope of our job here, but we could not leave these situations un-remedied,even though it cost us half of a day.

We cleaned the terribly dirty back end area, removing many years of dirt and grime.

We unpacked 8 New Backends, and brought them in through the front door, down theconcourse, down our ramp and down the lanes. We dropped them (gently) off of the pindecksand into the cavity pictured above.

These last 16 Lanes have Concealed Overlane Ball Returns. Yet another pain to deal with.

We cleaned-up the parking lot and inside completely. Both Dumpsters are now full. We sentemail to have them swapped-out. Daily Hours: 8 = 24 = 8 = 40. Job Hours: 80 + 240 + 80 =400.

Day 10 – Sunday Night onto Monday Morning, September 27-28, 2015 – We changed theGearbox solid plugs on the Back End Motors to Vent Plugs, we installed Ball Doors and movedthe PBL Bumper Bracket and Bumper to the top of the Back End Frames. We shot new PTLumber to the floor on Lanes 9-16 for Kickback Support.

We cut and built Kickback Support Stringer pairs (two 2 x 10s screwed together). We cut shimmaterial. We ripped 2 x 4 lumber to 2.25” for Single Division Shoring, and Ripped Shim materialalso. We installed the 2 x 10 Stringers on the PT lumber we shot to the floor, and shimmedRear, Nose, and Mid-support to 3.25” below Pindeck Level - Plumb, with the top level of therear support, a centered 2 x 10, for Kickback Shoring. This will yield a Kickback top 17” abovepindeck level.

We checked the Existing Pindeck 7-10 line across the 8-lane block and they were good. WeInstalled Kickbacks in the CENTER of all USBC Specifications, with ALL Kickbacks Rear Edgeslocated 6.25” behind the 7-10 Line.

We drew a string, and Painted this all-important 7-10 line on top of the Kickbacks.

We installed the four End Kickback Supports for this 8-lane bay (posts between Lanes 12 and13).

We re-installed all of the flatgutters to the DEAD-MIDDLE of the USBC Specification.

We then rolled-up our tools and cleaned-up completely. Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. JobHours: 88 + 264 + 88 = 440.

Day 11 – Monday Night onto Tuesday Morning, September 28-29, 2015 – The Table ReturnSprings that oppose the action of the Spotting Cups as the Cups turn downward in a SpottingMotion, are all too loose. The cups jerk just prior to spotting due to inadequate opposingtension from these springs on the finished lanes, and occasionally will cause a pin to tip forwardin the spotting motion. We added tension to these springs on the finished lanes, which yieldeda smooth Spotting Motion.

We cut the kickbacks for Upsweep Rails, and installed Unistrut Hardware with our Templates.

We installed all New Foul Lights completely on our current lanes 9-16.

We unpacked 8 lanes of New Front Ends out in the parking lot, and rolled them down each laneand into place on the New Kickback Unistrut Hardware.

We adjusted the position of the Front Ends to be exactly 18 7/8” off of the Pindecks.

We then squeezed the frames to be exactly centered between the Kickbacks and secured.

We cleaned-up the Parking Lot Completely. We removed all Shipping Cotter pins, woodenblocks, bolts, and wire-ties. We changed all front-end motor solid shipping plugs to the ventplugs provided.

We brought-in the contents of 4 PSP Related Equipment Crates. We installed all Sweeps and PitLights.

We adjusted Tables to 5/16” parallel at their lowest point in the spotting motion and Flagged.

The Tables were Great from the factory, needing only minor adjustment to achieve 5/16”Parallel (none needing a Clevis adjustment), and most needing a minor adjustment Rearward,and to the 7-pin side, in order to be perfectly flagged.

We installed all Back-Ends to the Front Ends with perfect Mating, providing a great clearancebetween Doubles of 10” on average.

We began the Stroke of installing Upsweep Rails with Shimmed Boomerangs, Hotdogs,Mousetraps, Shimmed Ratchets, Rudder Drive Pulleys, and adjusting the width of the PBL BackEnd Motor Pulleys.

We completed this Stroke on half of the current 8 lanes. We cleaned-up completely anddisposed of all trash and cardboard. Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 96 + 288 + 96 =480.

Day 12 – (we’ve actually been here 17 days with 2 days off and 3 days of waiting time which Iwill invoice for) Tuesday Night onto Wednesday Morning, September 29-30, 2015 – We finishedthe Stroke of installing Upsweep Rails with Shimmed Boomerangs, Adjusting PBL Back EndMotor Pulley widths, Installing Mousetraps, Shimmed Ratchets, and Rudder Drive Pulleys.Behind that stroke, we installed Tie Plates, Chassis Support Brackets, Chassis Mounting Plates,PBL’s, Spring Straps, Belts, Spring Rods and Tensioners, and lined-up all belts perfectly on alleight Pinspotters.

We installed all End Pinspotter (4) Hand Rails and sweep foot guards.

We Installed All Light Ball Sensors.

We Installed all Back End Tie-Down Plates.

We installed both Ladders and Ladder Hand Rails for this 8-lane section.

We extended and secured all rear wireways, installed all Chassis, and installed all wire forPinspotters and for Vector Scoring.

We ran the Pinspotter Power/Logic Cables through the wireways since the Bowling Center toldthe Electrician INEXPLICABLY (considering the perfectly plain and obvious PROPER locationsfor Power Junction Boxes that we provided to this customer in our “Electrical Requirements”) tolocate the junction boxes on the Curtain Wall instead of above our Chassis locations – WHERETHERE WAS PERFECT MOUNTING UNISTRUT AVAILABLE.

The Pinspotter Power Cables are ready for the Electrician to hook-up tomorrow morning(electrician scheduled to do so, anyway). We ran all Underground Cable to Foul Lights and BallLifts up front, installed our Ball Lift Gold Boxes, wired Foul Lights and Tested, and wired NewBall Lift Boxes for Pinspotter Control, Incoming Power, Hand Dryer Power, Resets, and alsoJumpered the Interlock Switch (existing Brunswick Powerlifts have no Interlock Switch). DailyHours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 104 + 312 + 104 = 520.

Day 13 – Wednesday Night onto Thursday Morning, September 30 - October 1, 2015 –Electrician connected Power on Lanes 9-16 today, so we fired-up this 8-lane block and all cameup fine. We programmed all Chassis MCU Settings. We Installed and Adjusted all Distributors onLanes 9-16. We adjusted PBL Heights. We added 20 Pins per Pinspotter, and adjusted underpower, all Light Ball Sensors, Sweeps and Tables. We added 3 notches of tension to allDistributor Clutch Springs since they are STILL all too loose from Factory. We added tension toall Table Return Springs to stop the jerky Spotting Motions. We ran on continuous cycle forabout 2 hours (All Fine), as we did other things. We installed all Downsweeps. This block of 8lanes has Concealed Overground Ball Returns, so we cut the Adjustable Downsweep Trackprovided very short, and added a section of Straight Track sent from Richmond (after theoriginal order), to perfectly reach the existing Brunswick Tray Track.

We shimmed our new track to perfectly blend with the existing Brunswick Tray Track, and usedTapcon Concrete screws (1/4” x 2 ¼”) to secure new track through Shim Pack – directly to theconcrete. It worked out great.

We re-installed Masking Units and wired the Masking Units to the New Pinspotters. All Fine. Weinstalled OSHA Guards (PBL and Rear), and Installed End Guards. We cleaned-up completely,removing all Kraft Paper, and tested all lanes for all functions (ALL GOOD). We couldn’t checkscoring (control Desk people were gone and Vector Computer was off), but we know allPinspotters were getting Vector Scoring Data since the Time Delay between First Guard andTable Movement was normal 1.75 seconds. If Vector was not communicating with the NewPinspotters, the delay would have been 6 seconds. We called for Dumpster Swaps since wefilled both Dumpsters with trash and Old Equipment. We are taking tomorrow off, and expect tobe finished with the final 8 lanes on Wednesday Morning about 3 AM, October 7. Daily Hours: 8+ 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 112 + 336 + 112 = 560.

Thursday Night onto Friday Morning OFF.

Day 14 – Friday Night onto Saturday Morning – October 2-3, 2015 –

We came in early to test all completed Lanes 9-16 for all functions. Bowling Center did notadjust Vector Scoring Parameters as I had asked. So I did it. And I Adjusted Camera brightnessand focus. Then we tested for all functions, and all worked GREAT! No issues. So we startedtearing out the final 8 lanes (1-8). Our 16 completed lanes were full with Friday Night OpenPlay and worked FLAWLESSLY!! We removed final 8 Brunswick A-2 Elevators, Cushions,Curtains, Pit Boards, Pit Frames, Sleeper Lumber, Front Ends, Flatgutters (numbered andsaved), Kickbacks, and all old rotten/split Shimming material. All 8 Tail Planks fell off since all ofthe securing screws were broken, so we re-secured in proper place.

We then were able to see two HUGE problems. These eight lanes have raised 4 x 4 boxes rightwere our Light Ball Sensors need to go.

These Boxes supply power for the Ball Lifts up front. They must be eliminated and Power forthe Ball Lifts up front must be relocated. Number 2 BIG PROBLEM on this final 8-lanes:

The concrete pour of this ridiculous “sunken” pit area takes a hard turn toward the middle onboth lanes 1 and 8.

This makes it impossible for our Back Ends to fit in the space provided. We called the managerand told him about these two issues, and he said that he will address on Monday. We’vealready had 3 “Waiting Days” on this job. We can do nothing more than we have done today,until the 4 x 4 Electrical Boxes have been eliminated, and the Concrete is cut, to allow our BackEnds to fit. These 8 lanes are a total disaster. I couldn’t have imagined that this job could havegotten worse, but it did. Here is what we found when we removed all of the old equipment ofthese 8 lanes (the original 8 lanes – installed in the 50’s).

Gravel where we must install Stringer Lumber for our new Kickbacks

This 8-lanes is the all-time Disaster… But they are out.

We can do nothing more until the concrete is cut and the Electrical Boxes are removed. We willwait until these issues are solved and bill QAMF for all of this waiting time. I can’t see how wecan possible get back to work until at least Tuesday. Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours:120 + 360 + 120 = 600.

Saturday Night onto Sunday Morning Sept 3-4 – Waiting.

Sunday Night onto Monday Morning Sept 4-5 – Waiting.

Monday Night onto Tuesday Morning Sept 5-6 – Waiting.

Day 15 - Tuesday Night onto Wednesday Morning Sept 6-7 – The Center fixed both theJunction Box problem and the Concrete problem. We resumed our installation. We built thefoundation for the new Kickbacks. This 8-lane block was very different from the other two 8-lane blocks. We shot new PT Sleeper Lumber for our new Kickback Support. We built Stringersfrom 2 x 10 lumber, but in this case, we had to rip the stringers to 6 15/16”, and fit stringersinside of this new Zero-Line configuration.

We built-up our Kickback Support from our revised Stringer install to allow new Kickbacks torest 17” above existing Pindeck Level. We finished all Kickback Shoring.

We installed all Foul Lights and installed all new Powerlift Boxes up front and ran all wire upfront to new Foul Lights and new Ball Lift Control Boxes. We completely wired both Foul Lights,and new Ball Lift Boxes up front. We tested all foul lights and all were good.

We unpacked and brought-in all 8 remaining Back Ends and placed behind pindecks.

We cut the Division Lumber to accommodate our Kickbacks (2” too long), and we beganinstalling new Kickbacks on our finished Kickback Shoring.

One Pair of Kickbacks finished. We cleaned-up the parking Lot completely and cleaned-upinside. Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 128 + 384 + 128 = 640.

Day 16 – Wednesday Night onto Thursday Morning, October 7-8, 2015 – The Post Safety Teamis concerned about 3 small 2’ round oil leaks from the A-2 Brunswick Gearboxes that we stagedoutside before dumping into Dumpster. These gearboxes leaked because the gearboxes werecracked from poor maintenance procedures at this Center. We drained the remaining 6 A-2Pinsetters (in the parking lot) of oil and poured Oil-Dry into the empty Gearboxes and on aminor leak. Here is the proof of their hypocrisy – These are spills in the very same parking lotthat we had nothing to do with, and that are bigger and much worse than the small spills thatwe cleaned-up:

And there are DOZENS more.

We finished installing all of the final 8 lanes of Kickbacks to exact middle of USBC Tolerance.

We installed all Kickback End Kits (four sets on these eight lanes, due to two ends plus anothertwo “ends” generated by Posts between lanes 4 and 5.

We shimmed for Flatgutter re-installation – tearing out all of the old split and non-secureshimming points, and shooting down new lumber and shimming fresh with new shimmingmaterial.

We cut the new kickbacks for Upsweep Rail clearance.

Re re-installed all Capping and Coverboard and buttoned-up the completed Foul Light and BallLift up front area.

We brought-up, drew a string across, and painted the 7-10 Line on top of the completedKickbacks and, using our templates, installed Pinspotter Mounting Unistrut Hardware.

We re-installed the flatgutters in the center of the USBC regulation for Flatgutter Depth (at the7-10 line, depth of 3.5” plus or minus 1/8”).

We unpacked the final eight new front ends and brought them through the front door, downthe concourse, down our custom-made ramp, across the approach, down each specific lane,and set them on the just-installed Unistrut Hardware. We adjusted the position of the new frontends for perfect 18 7/8” frame-height over the pindecks.

We also centered them over the pindecks like the other 16 completed lanes, as explained earlierin this report.

We cleaned-up completely inside and outside. Daily Hours: 8 + 24 + 8 = 40. Job Hours: 136 +408 + 136 = 680.

Day 17 – Thursday Night onto Friday Morning, October 8-9, 2015 – We drained the gearboxeson the old A-2 Pinsetters and filled the empty gearboxes with oil-dry material.

We removed all packing materials from Front Ends. We installed Ball Doors on Back Ends andmoved PBL Bumper Brackets and Bumpers to top of Pinspotter Frames. We set all tables at5/16”-Parallel and Flagged. We installed all Sweeps and Pit Lights. We installed all back ends.We installed all related equipment between Back Ends. We installed Black Track and E-Stops.We installed all rear wireways and installed Power Cables in Odd Machine Wireways ready forElectrician to hook-up Friday morning. We dumped all trash and skids and empty PSP Cratesand all other trash in Dumpsters. We installed Tie-down Plates and Ladders. We installed all

End Handrails, sweep foot guards and removed Bin Shipping Bolts and Pins. Daily Hours: 6 +27 + 9 = 42. Job Hours: 134 + 411 + 137 = 682.

Day 18 – Friday Night onto Saturday Morning, October 9-10, 2015 – We Installed Light BallSensors and completely wired the Pinspotters. We installed Downsweeps, Distributors, HomeRun for MCU to front desk, Old and New Ball Detects, End Guards, PBL Osha Guards/RearGuards, Curtains, Re-installed Capping, and Sweep Switches for Vector Scoring. We turned thebrackets around on all 24 lanes of this Sweep Switch. They need to be assembled differently.

This L-Bracket needs to be rotated 180 degrees, to gain this 2.5” or so CLOSER to thePinspotter.

Then when you re-install it on the frame, the switch contacts the Sweep Arm at a point which isMUCH HIGHER

New Position- much further toward Pinspotter

Old Position much further toward foul line

Since it is further toward Pinspotter, the point where it contacts the sweep arm is much higher,so you have a huge amount of adjustment.

We couldn’t get into the Front Desk Computer Windows Desktop to install the MCU software. Apassword is required. We installed O-Pans, adjust PBL Heights, Programmed Chassis, focusedall Ball Detects, wired all Vector Cameras, and secured underground wire out of harm’s way. Weadjusted all sweeps. We put all final trash/crates/skids in Dumpsters and cleaned-up Outsideand Inside. We need to adjust tables for spotting/respotting, adjust Light Ball Sensors, and totest all functions and pack up. Daily Hours: 11 + 24 + 8 = 43. Job Hours: 145 + 435 + 145 =

725. 30 man-hours per machine. We did Ft Bliss in 16 hours per machine. This wasthe worst job I can remember. 2-week job took 4 weeks.