I’m not going through all that trouble when doing multiple sets of balls. I need one product to use on the balls to spin them one time.
Diamond Ball Polisher vs Bludworth Ball Polisher
- Thread starter ChrisinNC
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Solution to having to buy replacement spindles on the diamond pool ball polisher, especially when they are back ordered. I used microfiber mop pads, cut them up to the right size and serged the ends, then you can glue velcro to the center of this custom made 3d printed spindle which also comes apart in 3 pieces making it easier to glue the center (there are 8 screws on the other side). Now you can take the cloth off the spindle and wash it! I'm using the same material on the sides too, the balls have never looked so shiny!
Thanks, I might give it a try. I did order and receive an extra set of sprockets for my diamond dual polisher, which were not too unreasonably priced compared to the price of the entire polisher - $55 + $20 shipping for the pair of them.
Yeah, if you do something like micro fiber mop heads, you can wash it over and over till I suppose it starts to fall apart.
So you have a 16 ball polisher that only polishes 8 balls
The biggest issue I’ve had with replacing the Diamond sprocket material with a different material surface is how tight the balls fit with the alternate pads when they are in the sprockets in the unit. If they fit too tight, they won’t spin properly.
I use Aramith Ball Cleaner, not the ball restorer and my Centennials and Aramith Tournaments (Cyclops' too) come out looking like my new, unused Tourneys. I use 1 small drop on every other ball then every 4th or 5th trip thru the polisher I use no cleaner, just run them dry.
yeah, I had the same problem, the tension is in between the tips of the sprocket, which is why I ended up with a 3 piece fork design, it eliminated that tension from the thicker material. I actually made the inner diameter 2 mm bigger to eliminate some slop in that direction. I think it takes a little longer to get spinning due to that, but it does start spinning after 2 to 3 minutes. Might go back to the same inner diameter and compare..
After putting the cleaner on it, it starts out slower, first video, then after about 2 minutes or so, it starts spinning like it does eventually with the regular spindle. I the regular spindle does the same thing when the balls are dirty or you just add the cleaning solution.