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Brunswick Automatic Ball Cleaner (1951)
April 24, 2011 at 8:13 pm |
As I recall, it used a wire brushes only, ideal for the rubber balls of the era. In production for many years up until Brunswick replaced it with the Lustre King I believe. The Lustre King differed by using a dense cloth buffing wheel and utilized a compound block for a polishing agent. Also an excellent machine if properly maintained.
Thanks for sharing this
August 22, 2012 at 2:53 pm |
Model we have has wire brushes on one side ..part no. 116-32-20; and polishing brushes on the other side, part no. 116-32-21. Betcha’ we can’t order from Brunswick with thos numbers. But I might try.
April 25, 2011 at 1:26 pm |
We used to joke that repeated use of these wire-brush machines gradually made your bowling ball smaller. That’s how we kidded a guy the first time he put the ball through the baby split (3-10) without hitting either pin. Of course, that kind of thing happens regularly today.
–JRS
April 26, 2011 at 8:05 pm |
YES, THESE MACHINES HAVE BEEN REFINED TO ACCOMMODATE TODAY’S EQUIPMENT. THEY DO WORK GREAT.
May 17, 2012 at 4:54 pm |
I have one that I am restoring and rebuilt It will look great!
August 22, 2012 at 1:06 am |
Our center has one of these an we are having difficulty finding any kind of parts for ours, particularly the actual cleaning brushes, any chance you could steer us in the right direction?
August 22, 2012 at 6:12 am
John–
I don’t know of a source, but we do have thousands of readers passing through here. Can anybody out there help?
–JRS