Ball Polisher

[DTL]

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[Black-Balled]

Has anyone ever seen a mini ball polisher?.........holds 3 balls.

The place I go to that has Carom tables has one.

I don't communicate well with them.

 

[BRKNRUN]

Never seen a 3 ball polisher.


FYI - There have been a couple threads were someone made a DIY ball polisher for less than $30.00

Plastic Bucket
Orbital Car Polisher (certain kind that you can get at Harbour Freight)
Some Carpeting (found wherever)
Can of 3M Spray Glue
Scissors that will make a clean cut on the carpet
Something to Drill Some Holes for the Power cord and air vents.


I made one and can do all 15 at one time... It also works better than I expected.

Do a search and the OP posted pics and everything... It was a really creative DIY build.

 

[Cornerman]

Has anyone ever seen a mini ball polisher?.........holds 3 balls.

Yes. They've been out for 5-10 years. It's a little plastic round bin. You mount a car buffer pad on a hand held drill.

Fred <~~~ has one, never uses it

 

[ragoo1]

I have one of the 3 ball poshers for sale if anyone is interested.

 

[billiardshot]

The mini Ball polisher isn't manufacture anymore , but you could make one using 6" PVC pipe , end cap and a drill motor with a buffing pad attached. Or Check out ProfessorQBall

http://www.professorqball.com/images/bcaopen08/flyer-show-special-display.jpg

http://www.professorqball.com/viewpress.php?RecordID=147

http://www.professorqball.com

Also there numerous threads on building your own ball polisher.

 

[DTL]

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[billiardshot]

Has anyone ever seen a mini ball polisher?.........holds 3 balls.

Here three patents from Google Patents Search

http://www.google.com/patents?q=Portable+billiard+ball+polishing+device+&btnG=Search+Patents

I believe this the mini buffer you're asking about:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=W2uHAAAAEBAJ&dq=Portable+billiard+ball+polishing+device

http://www.google.com/patents?id=bCYQAAAAEBAJ&dq=Portable+billiard+ball+polishing+device

 

[Rich R.]

Has anyone ever seen a mini ball polisher?.........holds 3 balls.

You are referring to the "Mini-Buffer".
It was a PVC bucket, to fit 3 balls, and it had a pad in the bottom and some type of course fabric on the sides. You took a small buffing pad, attached to your own electric drill, and it would spin the balls. Before putting the balls in the bucket, you coated them with a cleaning solution, which would dry to a haze.

This system was adequate, but, IMHO, time consuming for doing a complete set of 16 balls. Also, it didn't do a very good job if the balls were heavily soiled.

I ended up giving mine away.