My home-made ball polisher.

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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Diamond ball polisher is the best and I could certainly afford one but I just can't justify the cost. It doesn't do that much better a job (I used one at a local club before making a bucket polisher). Now in a commercial setting or if you got ocd there ain't nothing better out there then the diamond ball pollisher but I'm not either so using the bucket cleaner that cost me all of $30 to make is fine with me :thumbup:
 
trob said:
Diamond ball polisher is the best and I could certainly afford one but I just can't justify the cost. It doesn't do that much better a job (I used one at a local club before making a bucket polisher). Now in a commercial setting or if you got ocd there ain't nothing better out there then the diamond ball pollisher but I'm not either so using the bucket cleaner that cost me all of $30 to make is fine with me :thumbup:
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Bingo! That says it well. If someone wants to spend the cash on a store bought polisher that's great. For me the 30 dollar bucket is great.
 
There are some pretty neat looking polishers pictured here.
My problem is that I am OCD so I bought the Diamond polisher and have no regrets about it. I justified the cost of the polisher because Aramith Tournaments are over $300.00, Centennials are what $250.00, maybe more? If I f#ck up a ball trying to save money I just can not see how I come out ahead. Of course having to buy tools my entire working career I am used to buying overly expensive stuff. On the plus side, I will probably lose less money on my Diamond polisher than my Snap On tools should I decide to sell.
 
Here is one the courtesy of Dopk. This may be a duplicate but is worth a small amount of time .//you.be/dxZMcMP7CNO THE DIY BALL POLISHER VIDEO AND ONCE GAIN THE COURTESY OF Dopk

We have two Brunswick's covered in Simonis 860 cloth the Pockets are a little screwy however no one that plays regularly wants to maintain the equipment. .So I brush and lightly vacuum the dirt I have brushed up. Once a month I take a lint free Terry Cloth dampen it, wring it out thoroughly and pop it into the micro wave heat the towel up until you can hardly hold it. I then wipe down the 2 tables with a very damp cloth that is barely damp after thorough brushing. I repeat this process on each table. The amount of chalk we pick up after wiping is amazing.It is however work. Adding two sets of balls to clean is real time consuming so we made the ball cleaner described above and it works to perfection. We are a 55+community and we our proud of our facilities, The ball cleaner described above keeps our playing cue ball in sparkling condition.
 
fastone371 said:
There are some pretty neat looking polishers pictured here.
My problem is that I am OCD so I bought the Diamond polisher and have no regrets about it. I justified the cost of the polisher because Aramith Tournaments are over $300.00, Centennials are what $250.00, maybe more? If I f#ck up a ball trying to save money I just can not see how I come out ahead. Of course having to buy tools my entire working career I am used to buying overly expensive stuff. On the plus side, I will probably lose less money on my Diamond polisher than my Snap On tools should I decide to sell.
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I'm not quite sure how you would screw up a ball. It's all carpet and polished pad and the slight collision between the balls is nothing compared to the collisions they make during play. I have centennials and super aramith pros and they're like new but being that your ocd I can see you would have a problem lol
 
SCCues said:
Your post helped me build mine. Thank you Skins........

James
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Sorry so late to the party James.... You're welcome

Years and years later mine still works beautifully... Collisions and all, a perfect polish every time. The secret is using an orbital buffer not a concentric spinning buffer....
 
trob said:
I'm not quite sure how you would screw up a ball. It's all carpet and polished pad and the slight collision between the balls is nothing compared to the collisions they make during play. I have centennials and super aramith pros and they're like new but being that your ocd I can see you would have a problem lol
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Like this: bottom came unseated and a few balls got wedged between the bottom'edge a do the side wall.
 

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I remember back to a time when no one was talking ball polishers here on AZB....until I came out with the Diamond ball polisher, in which I actually designed back in 1995 before I even knew who they were. But, at least it's inspired some people to do something to clean the balls on their pool tables:thumbup:
 
realkingcobra said:
I remember back to a time when no one was talking ball polishers here on AZB....until I came out with the Diamond ball polisher, in which I actually designed back in 1995 before I even knew who they were. But, at least it's inspired some people to do something to clean the balls on their pool tables:thumbup:
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Oh I see now, all you wanted was the credit...Well I remember my old pool hall back in the early 80's had a beautiful one of a kind home built ball polisher. Very nice craftsmanship and heavy duty. THAT was a nice piece of machinery.. As I'm sure the Diamond one is too

But for now I'll stick with my bucket since it's taking a licking and keeps on polishing..:)
 
skins said:
Oh I see now, all you wanted was the credit...Well I remember my old pool hall back in the early 80's had a beautiful one of a kind home built ball polisher. Very nice craftsmanship and heavy duty. THAT was a nice piece of machinery.. As I'm sure the Diamond one is too

But for now I'll stick with my bucket since it's taking a licking and keeps on polishing..:)
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But....no one was talking about it on AZB....LOL
 
Black-Balled said:
Like this: bottom came unseated and a few balls got wedged between the bottom'edge a do the side wall.
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I feel your pain Black Balled!!!! I suppose those scars are there forever? For the last year I had intended to build a ball polisher and just did not have the time. I do pretty well doing side jobs so I could easily justify buying the Diamond. Its a great polisher, I just wish I would have gotten it sooner.
 
Doesn't matter how much you spend balls can only get so clean and shiny. That's just a simple fact.

It is not possible to polish a ball to a more polished finish than my $20 bucket machine accomplishes. 100% is the limit. That is also a fact. And it only weighs a couple pounds, stores the chemicals inside when not in use and stows away in a small space with one hand. No need to try to camouflage it as furniture.

Bigger and fancier isn't always better. Some things are just over engineered.

JC
 
fastone371 said:
I feel your pain Black Balled!!!! I suppose those scars are there forever? For the last year I had intended to build a ball polisher and just did not have the time. I do pretty well doing side jobs so I could easily justify buying the Diamond. Its a great polisher, I just wish I would have gotten it sooner.
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Yup, those are scratches that go into the balls. Not coming out.

Incidentally...I have single aramith superpros for sale, not all #s available.
 
Black-Balled said:
Like this: bottom came unseated and a few balls got wedged between the bottom'edge a do the side wall.
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Thanks for this post. It made me rethink the zip tie idea before I made mine. I decided to buy a small bucket and turn it upside down inside of the 5-gallon bucket to create a sturdy base for the buffer. I cut a hole in the center of the small bucket so that the buffer wedges in tight and the buffer handle is also supported by the small bucket's edge. No need for zip ties, and I can take the buffer out any time to use for other purposes.

I made the mistake of thinking that a 10" orbital buffer would rotate freely near the bottom of a 5-gallon bucket, and that I could just use two 5-gallon buckets and be done. Not so. So I had to find a small bucket whose mouth had a close enough diameter to the bottom of the 5-gallon bucket but could also give me a height to bring the buffing wheel up high near the wider opening of the 5-gallon to spin freely. The dollar store had one, and I put weatherseal tape around the small bucket to keep it from moving around inside the large bucket. Fortunately, after way too much time with this project it works and I can get back to playing pool.

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How do you prevent the balls from constantly contacting one another thousands of times per minute in your polisher while spinning freely on the buffer pad?


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