"Gold Crown" Ball Polisher

Poolplaya9 said:
If the platter was centered under the balls, each perimeter "ring" of balls would be getting the exact same constant motion and speed from the platter and they would have a tendency to want to spin on one axis. Because each distance from the center of the platter is rotating at a different speed (one inch from the outside edge of the platter is spinning a whole lot faster than one inch from the center of the platter is spinning), when the platter is offset to the balls this allows for the effective direction and speed of the platter to change in relation to any particular ball location and as the sprocket rotates the balls around its 360 degrees this causes every ball to be rotated around all axes.

Put more succinctly, as the sprocket rotates around this allows each of the balls to constantly encounter a different part of the platter that is going a slightly different speed/direction because of the platter offset which in turn causes the balls to be rotated about all their axes.
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It's a moot point as I did not realize there was a sprocket with this ball polisher.
 
realkingcobra said:
Being at an angle wouldn't change the centrifical force of the balls spinning.
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But it would change the pressure of the balls against the walls and the sprocket.


Think of the carnival ride where you’re standing and it starts spinning and then slowly rises up on an angle.

When it starts to spin you’re pressed up against the walls and when it starts to rise you can really feel more pressure on the down rotation.


Hmmm, I have me an idea.
 
stevelomako said:
But it would change the pressure of the balls against the walls and the sprocket.


Think of the carnival ride where you’re standing and it starts spinning and then slowly rises up on an angle.

When it starts to spin you’re pressed up against the walls and when it starts to rise you can really feel more pressure on the down rotation.


Hmmm, I have me an idea.
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And yet you're still stuck to the wall at your back because of centrifical force. If that same ride spun fast enough if could stand straight up and down, and you'd still be pressed with your back against the wall.
 
realkingcobra said:
And yet you're still stuck to the wall at your back because of centrifical force. If that same ride spun fast enough if could stand straight up and down, and you'd still be pressed with your back against the wall.
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I’d have to show you what I’m getting at.
 
I will say this is probably the last time I build something from scrap wood that I intend to have a nice finish. Many hours of priming and blocking finally led me to a surface suitable for paint.
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All the hard work paid off. I sprayed the first coat of the Brunswick White Sherwin Williams Emerald Enamel today with my Graco TC Pro Airless and it came out fantastic. Second coat tomorrow.
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Before final prime, I decided to go with Stafast 1/4-20 Hardwood Threaded Inserts for the feet.
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rexus31 said:
Many hours of priming and blocking finally led me to a surface suitable for paint.
51853059094_83352c9327_b.jpg


All the hard work paid off. I sprayed the first coat of the Brunswick White Sherwin Williams Emerald Enamel today with my Graco TC Pro Airless and it came out fantastic. Second coat tomorrow.
51851768532_d907675e7c_b.jpg


Before final prime, I decided to go with Stafast 1/4-20 Hardwood Threaded Inserts for the feet.
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That is a beautiful piece of work. A true custom. The time that went into it.. the meticulous finish shows. Seriously nice craftsmanship.
 
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What an awesome ball polisher. The only thing that would bother me, and it would drive me absolutely nuts to the point that I would have to correct it, is the electrical cord coming out of the front of the unit instead of the back. I know, minor stuff in the scheme of things.
 
Poolplaya9 said:
What an awesome ball polisher. The only thing that would bother me, and it would drive me absolutely nuts to the point that I would have to correct it, is the electrical cord coming out of the front of the unit instead of the back. I know, minor stuff in the scheme of things.
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Thanks. I suppose it comes down to what you consider the back. Being as the only side with anything on it is the side with the switch, I consider it the “back”. Plus, better to only have one side with things coming out of it than two. It’s cleaner that way, IMO.
 
rexus31 said:
Thanks. I suppose it comes down to what you consider the back. Being as the only side with anything on it is the side with the switch, I consider it the “back”.
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The side that will always be facing out and that has the operating controls, which will be the side with the timer, is indisputably the front.
rexus31 said:
Plus, better to only have one side with things coming out of it than two. It’s cleaner that way, IMO.
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It's cleaner when the cord comes out the back so you don't have to look at it, which is why literally everything on earth that has an electrical cord has it coming out the back unless there is a functional reason that can't be possible. To each their own though, and the only guy whose happiness matters in this case is yours. While that would personally drive me nuts, in some sense it is minor and your polisher is otherwise gorgeous and you did a great job.

I really only mentioned it in the off chance you hadn't realized it and it will end up driving you nuts too, because right now it could still be corrected before it is too late if you were so inclined, but very shortly that will no longer be very feasible. Sounds like whether you were aware of before now or not, it doesn't bother you and that's all that matters.
 
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Poolplaya9 said:
The side that will always be facing out and that has the operating controls, which will be the side with the timer, is indisputably the front.

It's cleaner when the cord comes out the back so you don't have to look at it, which is why literally everything on earth that has an electrical cord has it coming out the back unless there is a functional reason that can't be possible. To each their own though, and the only guy whose happiness matters in this case is yours. While that would personally drive me nuts, in some sense it is minor and your polisher is otherwise gorgeous and you did a great job.
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Valid points.
Poolplaya9 said:
I really only mentioned it in the off chance you hadn't realized it and it will end up driving you nuts too, because right now it could still be corrected before it is too late if you were so inclined, but very shortly that will no longer be very feasible. Sounds like whether you were aware of before now or not, it doesn't bother you and that's all that matters.
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It is the way it is by design. The motor is mounted on the interior of opposite wall so exiting the cord there was not an option.
 
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