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Old 05-18-2003 | 06:44 PM
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Well, I am getting sick and tired of fooling with these Dubro Plastic Spinners...So, I think I would like to get a aluminum spinner. I would like to get a 2" Spinner with 5/16-24 adapter. I like the highly polished chrome ones. Any suggestions?
Old 05-18-2003 | 07:26 PM
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You can't go wrong with Tru Turn, it's not "highly polished" but the quality is very good.
Old 05-18-2003 | 08:33 PM
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You can polish it yourself though. I think Tru-Turn has directions on their website that are directly contrary to what I'm about to tell you. Either way works.

I just chuck it in a drill or drill press and use progressively finer grades of wet or dry paper and soapy water (electrical shock hazard here- be careful!). You can use the paper dry but you'll go through a lot more of it.

Then I use polishing compound to finish it off. Usually takes an hour or so to get a high polish on it.
Old 05-18-2003 | 09:08 PM
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My LHS (Tammies in Beaverton) carries the World Models aluminum spinners. They appear to be chrome plated, very shiny. I KNOW that WM has them on their web page, see them there. Don't know who sells them on line.
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Just wanna add those plastic spinners are crap. I got one with my kadet and the nose cone fell off and the screw holes widened to much to put it back on. What ever i can use a chicken stick to start it. Couple of turns and the blackplate snaps in two. Im going get one of those metal one as the plastic are just "plane" cheap(arguably a pun).

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Well, the one that came with my Seniore Kadet is crap. At least the Dubro spinners have lock nuts on the backplate versus self threaded screws..
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10-4 on the Tru-Turns Jim!!

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