hey....youse-guys / y'all ever use one of these?

[iambrb]

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXET70&P=FR&atrkid=V3ADW3A24148B_39159633250_pla-296402451771__201979541663_g_c_pla_with_promotion__1o2&gclid=CjwKCAjw5PDLBRB0EiwAh-27MotUJdXT_Y2Bjmut87CUIMU0IA7Ql_bTXMK6wnpS72zf4esNN_cm6hoCPF8QAvD_BwE

Anyone use one? I see one at flead-bay for like $11 less than this, just wondering if anyone has ever actually used one is all

 

[Iron Mike]

I use the Mark 1 wrist and elbow. :coolio

 

[jknaus]

I shake the paint by hand. By the time you pull that out and set it up you could have shaken and opened you paint manually. Then again I had 1 bad experience using the big brother when I worked in a hardware store and painted the workbench and walls to my boss' chagrin.

 

[moon puppy]

I shake the paint by hand. By the time you pull that out and set it up you could have shaken and opened you paint manually. Then again I had 1 bad experience using the big brother when I worked in a hardware store and painted the workbench and walls to my boss' chagrin.

There has to be video of that somewhere...please!

 

[SA Dave]

I have the electric carver converted to a paint shaker Worked real well untill I had a pill bottle failure and the Humbrol can now with well stirred paint hit the wall/roof Yep had to be the red can

 

[jknaus]

I shake the paint by hand. By the time you pull that out and set it up you could have shaken and opened you paint manually. Then again I had 1 bad experience using the big brother when I worked in a hardware store and painted the workbench and walls to my boss' chagrin.

There has to be video of that somewhere...please!

This was a long time ago in a far away land when telephones had rotary dials and TV had maybe 10 channels and emojis weren't even in someones nightmares yet.

 

[jeaton01]

I have it but don't use it. The rubber straps don't last very long and the motor is not very reliable. I live dangerously and use a Badger paint stirrer. Works very well but don't raise it out of the bottle when it is still turning.

 

[iambrb]

I shake the paint by hand. By the time you pull that out and set it up you could have shaken and opened you paint manually. Then again I had 1 bad experience using the big brother when I worked in a hardware store and painted the workbench and walls to my boss' chagrin.

There has to be video of that somewhere...please!

FOUND IT!


NOTE: really bad language in this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9fcVFX0FaE

 

[Iron Mike]

Really bad? Really? No sailors in your family then, right?

 

[Heavens Eagle]

It was quite funny.

 

[moon puppy]

I have it but don't use it. The rubber straps don't last very long and the motor is not very reliable. I live dangerously and use a Badger paint stirrer. Works very well but don't raise it out of the bottle when it is still turning.

You know those things were once marketed as a margarita mixer (great for Jimmy Buffett fans)

 

[SA Dave]

I just use this cheap coffee stirrer now

I cut off the front and just made a loop

Works well on Humbrol cans Tamiya enamel and acrilic bottles even Valejo type plastic bottles.

 

[ausf]

My garage sale bought Dremel scroll saw (that I can't get blades for) became one of the best tool on my bench:

 

[Skinny_Mike]

I have one that I use all the time, work's great, especially with the Vallejo/MIG/AK dropper bottles. I did buy an extra set of straps because they do wear out. But mine is about 5 years old and still going strong.

I actually highly recommend it.

HTH
Mike

 

[Rhino]

I use one of these constantly.
http://www.micromark.com/Cordless-Mixer-for-Model-Paints

Small enough to reach into Humbrol's tinlets too!

 

[moon puppy]

I just use this cheap coffee stirrer now

Yeah, coffee now, 20 years ago it was margaritas and pina coladas