I bought a Haus machine when they first came out. We thought it was sliced bread. But, like Nick stated, you have to keep it clean for it to work at it's best. We were having to clean ours every month. By clean I mean, tear it down, clean it, put it back together. This is about a 2-3 hour job.
Then I saw the Cooke Sphere machine. It works better than the Haus or at least equally as well and you don't have to clean it nearly as often. I provide the tension/pressure to the ball, and like the Haus you can walk away, but I never leave the timer for more than about 2 minutes.
Both machines turn pretty slowly, BUT it is like running THREE ball spinners on the ball at one time, overall these machines are very fast and very accurate. You might be able to do a faster job on the ball spinner, but you won't be able to do as good a job. Wet sanding on the ball spinner will tend to make flat spots bigger, and increase bevel around holes, plus on the spinner I can't walk away. I'm drilling another ball while a ball is being resurfaced on the Cooke machine.
A resurfacing machine is almost a must for any medium to high volume shop. It makes your plug work look great, and resurfacing a damaged ball is a snap. Velcro is such an awesome invention, we use sandpaper, Abralon, Scotch Brite, diamond coated discs, and Abranet on our resurfacing machine, all work great. Don't use the lambs wool pads for polishing too much, but it works nice too.
Once Nick gets a milling machine, he will be in this century!! LOL!!
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