[TheForge] Cast Iron Balls

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You can get iron balls from a poultry supply company. They are used in the throat of the grain delivery chute to keep the grain from caking.

Mark Williams
Snow Hill, Maryland

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From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com> 

> Could they be hollow steel, and filled with shot or sand, through the taped 
> hole? That is one thing to look for. The other is cast iron balls made for 
> ore crushers, but I don't they go quite that big, more like 2 inch to may 2 
> 1/2. 
> 
> Dave Smucker 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Hirst" 
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:40 PM 
> Subject: [TheForge] Cast Iron Balls 
> 
> 
> No joke, I have a project that involves them. I have been commissioned to 
> make a line of colonial bridge arm lamps. I can fabricate or source all the 
> parts I need excpet one troublesome little rascal. It is a cast iron ball 
> about 3" OD, tapped for say 1/4 20F or 1/4 IP. I have posted a picture in 
> the album titled "Lamp Parts" at the photo access site. It serves as a 
> ballast weight at the base of the lamp No electrical funstion, no structural 
> finction, just dead weight to lower center of gravity and add stabilioty. 
> Any ideas on a source for a source? 
> 
> Keziah 
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