I have a spinner that seems to have fallen apart. I have already purchased a replacement but i would like to repair this and keep it around for a replacement. It looks like it was two pieces of steel or pot metal that have another something sandwiched in between them then it looks like there were 4 Electric? spot? welds that were un all four corners holding the metal together and sandwiching the second type of metal (and spinner arm) in between the steel. The spot welds seem to have fallen off leaving all of this in pieces. Do I just find a spot welder and re weld it together? The low gauge wire on the spinner arm is kind of wimpy and I would like to repair that. Of course the techno geek in me would like to put precision bearings on the ends of the arms to get the most unencumbered spin possible with each shot. Have you done this? If so what did you do?

#2 5 years ago

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Vdrums

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New York, NY

6y 36,400 481 1

I'd like to add absolutely nothing valuable to this discussion except to say there is another "hobby" some men have that also use the term "spinner." It just made me laugh.

#3 5 years ago

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phil-lee

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8y 91,550 4,216

The bearings idea is intriguing, perhaps Delrin or ceramic like in a Turbo? I just follow some simple steps, polishing arms, wax and polish thru-hole, but one that makes the big difference is tightening down the unit from side to side while checking free spin until it is firm.
As far as the shaft I can envision using silicon bronze wire inside manganese bronze frame so it would be self polishing.

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