homemade ball polisher
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Hey, im making myself a polisher and was wondering what kind of fabric i should use against the balls. any tips?
I made one a couple of years ago. I used cheap carpet like this. It works just fine. I glued it to the rim of the bucket. not sure how it would adhere to plywood though. Eventually, it came unglued. My next idea was to line the thing with the fuzzy part of an industrial strip of velcro like this. That worked and is still adhering pretty well after more than a year and a half. But again, I guess your application is different. I ended up just getting the Diamond ball polisher, as the bucket contraption kinda sounds like a helicopter taking off.
Cheers and best of luck,
JL
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What products does everyone use to clean then polish?
What products does everyone use to clean then polish?
simply green to clean for a couple minutes then meguires car wax to polish for five minutes...I have a bucket with tight weave indoor carpet and I scored the bucket with a knife before glueing the carpet on...also put 10 inch polisher on bottom and and and on top to clean much better...
don't forget to cut hole in bottom of pail for air to keep lower polisher cool
don't forget to cut hole in bottom of pail for air to keep lower polisher cool
jalapus logan; I ended up just getting the Diamond ball polisher said:
might be but you wouldn't polish your car finish with carpet i dont think.
Good to know. Looks like the stuff is anti-static as well. I get tons of dust adhering to the balls in the winter due to dry air and static cling. Sometimes the balls look like they have fuzz on them after ten minutes of playing. I think it's the friction from the phenolic balls rubbing against the cloth that causes the static. It's OK, though, I get to blame all my undercuts on skids.
Hey, im making myself a polisher and was wondering what kind of fabric i should use against the balls. any tips?
That's a pretty cool design. I saw a YouTube vid of one and I'm going to make one for myself.
It looks like it gets the balls going pretty good, and the separator keeps them apart so they don't wear on themselves like many of the bucket polishers do. I was originally going to rip off the Diamond design, but I really don't need anything that complicated and expensive to build.
I can figure out all the measurements myself, but if it wouldn't be too much of a hassle it would be nice if you could post them here.
circumference over the balls with a 25mm gap between each = 657mm
square = 350x350 mm
inner circle = 210mm (diameter of 657mm)
outer circle = 267,2 mm (+1ball length)
These measurements did NOT take in consideration a thick carpet around the edges, so i think i will put the carpet it in the bottom and use some thin fabric elsewhere.
just remember to add the thicknes of the carpet
I was thinking of using a crank? my english is quite bad
to spin it manualy with a handel, think this will look the best.
square = 350x350 mm
inner circle = 210mm (diameter of 657mm)
outer circle = 267,2 mm (+1ball length)
These measurements did NOT take in consideration a thick carpet around the edges, so i think i will put the carpet it in the bottom and use some thin fabric elsewhere.
just remember to add the thicknes of the carpet
I was thinking of using a crank? my english is quite bad
to spin it manualy with a handel, think this will look the best.
I used indoor/outdoor short pile carpet from Home Depot with Aramith Ball cleaner/polish. I glued the carpet on with Weldwood Contact Cement.
