[TheForge] Cast Iron Balls..OT

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Less Traditional:

"There was a smith, Peter Hirst
Whose lamps, they say, were the worst.
The they tipped and they fell;
Were top-heavy as well,
Till iron balls he found on this list."

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer [artgawk at thegrid.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron Balls..OT

Traditional

" There was a young man from Bombass
   Who had 2 big balls of brass....
   When they clinked together,
   They made stormy weather,
   And lightening shot out of his a$$."

pf

Peter Hirst wrote:
> Looks like just the item.  I may even get a bunch of the smaller ones
> for the finial.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Brown" <lp.brown at verizon.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron Balls
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>> www.kingmetals.com
>> item 14-3 ductile iron balls 3", 3.77 lbs, about $8 w/o shipping
>> If you have a drill press drill a hole as large as you can in
>> something clamped to the press. sit the ball in it and drill your tap
>> size. This will put you on center. Make sure you get the hole deep
>> enough to have the tap cut the threads you need or get a bottoming tap.
>> Let us know when you make a cannon for the extra balls you order ;-)
>> L Brown
>>
>>
>> At 05:40 PM 3/11/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>> 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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