Bowling Ball Spinner

[Ptnomore]

That would be awesome, thanks Mike.

I have the DVD also that I should be able to make a copy of for ya.

[dnhoffman]

Vertex/innovative about the same thing, comes down to like $10 difference depending on the package you buy.

Also don't buy a foot pedal from either one... You can get one from a tool catalogue for $10.

[Mike White]

Just don't buy a DONKEE spinner...Sorry DONKEE, but the pully on the bottom below the ball will not stay on!!! The set screw is crap!!

I have to fix it every time I use it!! I will be buying a different brand next time for sure!!!

You will love having your own ball spinner!!! ..I would love mine if it would stop breaking...I had to drill a hole all the way through the shaft, and it still comes loose. The vibration is too much for it to handle, So I will be buying the type that Pro Shops use next time!!

Yeah, use the kind that Pro Shops use.... like my shop. I have a uh uh Donkee. oops.

I haven't had any problems with a pully coming loose.

I have this one, or an earlier equivalent model.

[bowl1820]

Innovative makes about the best ones and have a great warranty plus they have excellent customer service. I bought my tub mount from them 17 years ago and it's still going strong.

Anybody have any questions about their stuff check with ballspinner (John Jameson of Innovative) on bowlingchat.net

And I believe Innovative now owns Vertex ( not sure though).

Just don't buy a DONKEE spinner...Sorry DONKEE, but the pully on the bottom below the ball will not stay on!!! The set screw is crap!!

The older Donkee's also had a rep. for vibration/wobble issue's. Though the newer ones are supposed to have corrected this.

[Trex]

Yeah, use the kind that Pro Shops use.... like my shop. I have a uh uh Donkee. oops.

I haven't had any problems with a pully coming loose.

I have this one, or an earlier equivalent model.

I have the one below: And the set screw kept coming loose, so I put thread lock on it, and got it as tight as I could. on the next use it vibrated loose again, and so this kept on until you could no longer tighten the set screw!!

So I then had to drill a hole all the way through the pulley and shaft, and run a bigger screw through pulley and shaft. And It still keeps vibrating loose!!

I will never buy another from them because of this. I would rather spend $500 and get what my local Pro shop uses, because they never have to mess around with that silly crap, they just turn it on and works perfect every time.

I was trained in the Pro shop, and there $500 setup never fails...ever!!

This one is what I have..but maybe mine is the older model, as mine is 5 years old, but is the two speed 3/4 hp model.

http://www.donkee.com/p-91-34-hp-2-s...l-spinner.aspx

[Trex]

Innovative makes about the best ones and have a great warranty plus they have excellent customer service. I bought my tub mount from them 17 years ago and it's still going strong.

Anybody have any questions about their stuff check with ballspinner (John Jameson of Innovative) on bowlingchat.net

And I believe Innovative now owns Vertex ( not sure though).



The older Donkee's also had a rep. for vibration/wobble issue's. Though the newer ones are supposed to have corrected this.

I must have gotten one of the wobble/vibrators..LOL Because Mine is a POS!!

I would rather pay three times that much, and know I will never have any trouble out of it, with what I have been through with my spinner, the savings was not worth it!!!

[MICHAEL]

Innovative makes about the best ones and have a great warranty plus they have excellent customer service. I bought my tub mount from them 17 years ago and it's still going strong.

Anybody have any questions about their stuff check with ballspinner (John Jameson of Innovative) on bowlingchat.net

And I believe Innovative now owns Vertex ( not sure though).



The older Donkee's also had a rep. for vibration/wobble issue's. Though the newer ones are supposed to have corrected this.

I agree with bowl1820, I have had my Innovative spinner for over a year, and it gets a lot of use! NO PROBLEMS AT ALL!! As I have said, before, and will say again, BEST MONEY A SERIOUS BOWLER CAN SPEND!! You can do everything better with a Spinner!!

[swingset]

I built one with a Harbor Freight drill press, mixing bowl and some small hardware....cost me all of $60. Works great, I've used it to refinish and upkeep my entire arsenal for some time.

Here's some pics from the trial run (it's since been hard-mounted to a stand). I can adjust speed with the belts, and the $4 Big Lots plastic tub keeps splatter to a minimum and keeps water out of the motor.

[MICHAEL]

I built one with a Harbor Freight drill press, mixing bowl and some small hardware....cost me all of $60. Works great, I've used it to refinish and upkeep my entire arsenal for some time.

Here's some pics from the trial run (it's since been hard-mounted to a stand). I can adjust speed with the belts, and the $4 Big Lots plastic tub keeps splatter to a minimum and keeps water out of the motor.

AMERICAN ingenuity at work!!! Iceman LIKES!!! Thanks for sharing,,, If I didn't already have one, I think I would give that a try!!!

[tccstudent]

I am just a poor college student living in an apartment I dont have room for one. When I have the need to use a ball spinner I just use the one at the proshop I am tight enough with all the proshop owners around here that I can just go in and work on my own stuff.