My home-made ball polisher.

Balls

I've got a iron in the fire.
Save ya money up and wait till about mid spring.




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Enjoy
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Rob.M
 
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Good work on the bucket polisher!

If you so desire, you can create a ball divider that will keep the balls from grinding together.

Take an old towel, tear it into four wide strips. The strips should be 4-5 inches wide and long enough to span the bucket plus about 3 inches.

Fold each strip in half. Lay all four strips in a neat stack and use a tent awl needle to sew the strips together in the middle. This creates an 8-legged divider.

Cut 8 thin slits in the side of the bucket and pull the legs of the divider through the slits. Friction holds the divider in place. The divider can be removed for cleaning.

Pics of the completed polisher can be found in this post:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=125245&highlight=polisher
 
Our homemade polisher :thumbup:

wood---> garbage container :grin:

old motor 1400 rpm from garage


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balls are nice and clean after 2 minutes :thumbup:
 
peter_gunn said:
Our homemade polisher :thumbup:

wood---> garbage container :grin:

old motor 1400 rpm from garage


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balls are nice and clean after 2 minutes :thumbup:
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if you don't mind sharing, how and with what did you line your hole saw cutouts that hold the balls in place? thank you.

dustin miller
 
Miller said:
if you don't mind sharing, how and with what did you line your hole saw cutouts that hold the balls in place? thank you.

dustin miller
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With the same material from the last picture... we call it "filc" in croatian, felt i beleive its english word for that :)
 
Just recently built my bucket polisher thanks to the many posts here.

I happened to notice my 6" polisher fits right in the middle: Video
 
And they all inherently spin the balls in a perfect circle as no ball polisher spins and rotates the balls like a Diamond ball polisher does:thumbup:
 
realkingcobra said:
And they all inherently spin the balls in a perfect circle as no ball polisher spins and rotates the balls like a Diamond ball polisher does:thumbup:
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Not all spin the balls in a perfect circle. Mine was designed to agitate the balls so that they do no spin in a perfect circle.
 
Rob -

"The slapping and the collisions of the balls leave little slap marks all over the ball..."

A few years ago, I made a 5 gallon bucket polisher that works great. Balls are not separated, and collisions between balls in the bucket are much less than collisions between balls in a break on a table. I have not noticed "slap marks". Are those flat spots, scratches, or what?

Rick
 
dabarbr said:
Not all spin the balls in a perfect circle. Mine was designed to agitate the balls so that they do no spin in a perfect circle.
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Unless you put an oscillating buffer upside-down in that box, a center mounted spinning platter can't rotate the balls when they're held trapped inside the buffing holes. Even still the balls have a lot of friction against rotating off axis when they're pinned against the buffing pad the balls are forced up against while spinning....but, I'm sure you worked that all out right:D
 
JimS said:
I gave up on having the polisher in the bucket. Instead I cut the bucket down to about 4" high, putting carpet on the bottom and felt with adhesive backing (JoAnns Fabrics) on the side. I then use my polisher by hand, with a lamps wool pad on it, and just holding it on the balls and letting the polisher spin the balls around the bucket. It works great! I allow about 3 minutes for 8 balls.

I've mentioned this before and nobody pays any attention but, I've tried all the car polishes/cleaners/waxes and/or ball polishing products on the market and, I kid you not.. the best thing I"ve found to clean the balls is the stuff made to clean plastic and/or plexiglass... "Brillianize". Not availble in stores but is available over the internet here: http://www.brillianize.com/cat/brillianize-1-gallon-jug---4-pack.htm

It's better than car cleaner or ball polishing or waxing stuff. Leaves no wax like film and cleans them clean and bright. It's better than anything else!
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The polishing cloth that they sell sounds like it would be a good thing to use between the balls.
 
thelanz said:
The ball cleaner in action.

This thing was pretty easy to put together at a very reasonable price. Again, thanks for everyone's help with their designs.

Enjoy!!

Stephen
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I made one about the same, but here's an idea for anyone interested.

About an inch or so above the height of the buffer wheel, cut 2 slots 180 degrees from each other long enough for a wooden yardstick to slide through. Then, lay a 9" paint roller inside the bucket, slide the yardstick through to secure it, and place your balls on either side of the paint roller. This will encourage a random orbit for the balls.

here's a picture of one way to do it ...
 

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