1 1/4 steel balls
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1 1/4 steel balls
Hey, anyone know a source for 1 1/4 mild steel or something soft enough I can drill and tap with hi speed bit and tap?I checked ebay and searched web with no luck.
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
How many and how accurate do you need? Might look at a radius tool and make your own then you could drill and tap as part of the process.
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
A mill and rotary table? I put 2" rounds on the ends of fishbats with that setup in a horizontal. Probably closer to 4" rounds, applied to 2" fishbats.
Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
Hi There,
I know of one place that carry what you need
but their website doesn't give prices (they say
"Call for price"). You can contact them and see
how much they are. Link below:
Green Bay Mfg. - Steel Balls
Good Luck!
-Blue Chips-
Webb
I know of one place that carry what you need
but their website doesn't give prices (they say
"Call for price"). You can contact them and see
how much they are. Link below:
Green Bay Mfg. - Steel Balls
Good Luck!
-Blue Chips-
Webb
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
Check out the mining supply co's. Look for ballmill balls. They are used for the final milling of some types of ore, to reduce it to a powder.
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
Bad idea.powderhorn01 wrote:Check out the mining supply co's. Look for ballmill balls. They are used for the final milling of some types of ore, to reduce it to a powder.
Ball mill balls are hard. 50-65 Rc.
Also, not exactly round, like a ball bearing.
Bill
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
Industrial Metal Supply (IMS) has hot stamped solid and hollow steel balls from about 1" up to 3 or 4" on their showroom floor. Not sure if they have exactly 1-1/4" and they were rough stamped/mill scaled, but soft and easy to turn.
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
McMaster seems to resist all Google searches but they have 1.25 bearing quality balls
they're hardened so you'd have to anneal them before working them.
McMaster # 9528K44
they're hardened so you'd have to anneal them before working them.
McMaster # 9528K44
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Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
Look at vbx bearings. They have loose balls up to 1.5
Re: 1 1/4 steel balls
If you need them soft enough to drill, how about taking regular ball bearings and annealing them?
Someone smarter than me would be able to chime in with what kind of temperature you would need for that.
Steve
Someone smarter than me would be able to chime in with what kind of temperature you would need for that.
Steve
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