Bought my 1/2hp Vertex Mold spinner a few weeks ago. Used it this past weekend for about 2 hours straight resurfacing several balls and altering surfaces on others.
Works great and I am very happy with it. If I was to nitpick, here are the only things:
- Would be nice if it had a little faster speed...that being said, I could not slow it down by hand even with extremely firm pressure. I understand you can rig the pulley for faster speeds as some have indicated.
- The base needs to be on a flat surface...otherwise it can wobble or tip if you put too much pressure on one side.
- Careful with the switch (this might be a reason to get a foot pedal). I have my spinner in my big garage laundry tub sink with a light stream of water running and my spray bottle. The switch is about 1 foot away, but obviously gets hit with some of the mist and or splash. After a while...with wet hands, I would go to switch the spinner off and would be met with a nice little electrical shock to my hand. I was pretty careful after that...messing with a plugged in motor and water is not for the faint of heart.
Other than that...it gets the results...with a nice mess to clean up afterwards