1 1/4 steel balls

Randall Va · Post by **Randall Va** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:33 am

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.
Thanks

Russ Hanscom · Post by **Russ Hanscom** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:50 am

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.

Sunset Machine · Post by **Sunset Machine** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:37 pm

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.

wlw-19958 · Post by **wlw-19958** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:49 pm

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

powderhorn01 · Post by **powderhorn01** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:51 pm

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.

warmstrong1955 · Post by **warmstrong1955** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:07 pm

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.

Bad idea.
Ball mill balls are hard. 50-65 Rc.
Also, not exactly round, like a ball bearing.

Bill

choprboy · Post by **choprboy** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:08 pm

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.

Randall Va · Post by **Randall Va** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:46 pm

Thanks guys

jcfx · Post by **jcfx** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:03 am

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

hammermill · Post by **hammermill** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:23 pm

Look at vbx bearings. They have loose balls up to 1.5

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:07 pm

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

hammermill · Post by **hammermill** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:38 pm

here are some carbon steel balls

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Four-1-1-4-Inch ... SwMmBVwX2x

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