Cool new insert for Bucket Polisher:

Do these things really make a big difference? I just have a piece of carpet wrapped around the inside of the bucket above the buffer pad & throw balls in. Few min & they all seem clean & shiny enough…
 
phreaticus said:
Do these things really make a big difference? I just have a piece of carpet wrapped around the inside of the bucket above the buffer pad & throw balls in. Few min & they all seem clean & shiny enough…
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Not a big difference. But if you are fussy (like me and apparently many AZBers), the plain bucket approach will sometimes.cause balls to clack together and get skid or smear marks. Or the balls wind up rotating along the same axis along the edge of the bucket and don't get good 360 coverage. A divider of some sort can stop that.
 
kling&allen said:
Not a big difference. But if you are fussy (like me and apparently many AZBers), the plain bucket approach will sometimes.cause balls to clack together and get skid or smear marks. Or the balls wind up rotating along the same axis along the edge of the bucket and don't get good 360 coverage. A divider of some sort can stop that.
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Ok thanks. Yeah, indeed using the simple vanilla bucket, the balls do end up rotating on same axis a lot. I just kick the bucket a few times. Wait, that wasn’t phrased well… 🤣 Anyway, I just do a quick manual wipe down on each ball after the bucket treatment and they are good enough for me, but the separator does seem like a good idea & easy enough to do, so I will try to get my nerdy neighbors son to print me up one. Thx
 
lynng2378 said:
I use a high nap paint roller to separate the bucket in half. Helps with the same axis issue. I like this idea better.
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Hey a paint roller head is a good idea! I’ve thrown a pair of balled up socks in there and it disrupts them pretty well…
 
boogieman said:
I saw this on reddit and had a buddy print this for me. I ended up using hot glue to glue felt to the ring. It seems to do a great job. The 3d files are listed in the above link. Really nice of him to upload the files for everyone to use.
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How do you determine the scale (percentage) to use?
 
Saturated Fats said:
How do you determine the scale (percentage) to use?
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kling&allen said:
You need to measure the diameter of your bucket and then scale the 3D model in your slicer to be some amount under that diamater.
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I just used the 91% as that's what the guy on reddit said he did. It worked well but I had to get thinner carpet. The thicker carpet I had on there wouldn't allow it to spin.
 
phreaticus said:
Do these things really make a big difference? I just have a piece of carpet wrapped around the inside of the bucket above the buffer pad & throw balls in. Few min & they all seem clean & shiny enough…
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I solved all the problems for $20. You take a second buffer and lay it on top of the balls and run them both at the same time. The oscillations and added weight slows down the balls so they aren't clacking around or pattern spinning on a single axis. 3-4 minutes and your balls are spotless. Except of course unless if you have a diamond table you have to clean the black marks off by hand first.
 
boogieman said:
I just used the 91% as that's what the guy on reddit said he did. It worked well but I had to get thinner carpet. The thicker carpet I had on there wouldn't allow it to spin.
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you don't need to line it with carpet. we made the foam one with no carpet and with . could tell no difference. the insert just keeps balls from colliding.
 
This is very clever and serves the purpose of keeping the balls segregated but the bucket polisher's achilles heel is still in play: balls rotating on one axis. This is one of the reasons I ditched by bucket polisher (with divider) and decided to make my own "Diamond" polisher.
 
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