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FW: brass spheres




From: 	Geoffrey Schecht[SMTP:geoffs-at-onr-dot-com]
Sent: 	Sunday, September 07, 1997 9:13 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: brass spheres


> 
> From: 	RODERICK MAXWELL[SMTP:tank-at-magnolia-dot-net]
> Reply To: 	tank-at-magnolia-dot-net
> Sent: 	Saturday, September 06, 1997 6:01 PM
> To: 	Tesla List
> Subject: 	Re: brass spheres
> 
> Tesla List wrote:
> > 
> > From:   Geoffrey Schecht[SMTP:geoffs-at-onr-dot-com]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, September 03, 1997 11:56 PM
> > To:     Tesla List
> > Subject:        Re: brass spheres
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > From:         RODERICK MAXWELL[SMTP:tank-at-magnolia-dot-net]
> > > Reply To:     tank-at-magnolia-dot-net
> > > Sent:         Wednesday, September 03, 1997 8:27 PM
> > > To:   Tesla List
> > > Subject:      Re: brass spheres
> > >
> > > > Max,
> > > >
> > > > Lotsa luck! I have been trying to get a catalogue from them for
years
> > to
> > > > no avail. It seems that they only send catalogues to LARGE
companies
> > and
> > > > businesses. You can order from them with no problem if you have the
> > > > proper item numbers, etc. I have placed quite a few orders with
them in
> > > > the past from catalogues I have obtained second hand and they still
> > > > wouldn't send me a new catalogue! You can usually talk a large
business
> > > > into giving you an old copy of the M-C catalogue. The items usually
> > > > don't change too much from year to year.
> > > >
> > > > Safe Coiling,
> > > >
> > > > Ed Wingate
> > >
> > >
> > >    Thanks for the news! I guess I'll be better off just ordering the
> > > spheres. Do they have a minimum order?
> > >
> > >
> > >                         Frankensteins Helper
> > >                                Max
> > >
> > As a side note, you can buy stock aluminum spheres such as the type
used
> > for radar and sonar targets fairly cheaply. I've got a couple of 6 inch
> > ones (hemispheres that you snap together) that I got when I was working
on
> > sonars a while back. A good place to start looking for metal spinners
is at
> > www.thomasregister-dot-com. THis is the online version of the famous
"Tomcat"
> > that lists everthing made by anybody.  It's conceivable that they may
have
> > spun-metal toroid halves available, as well.
> > 
> > Geoff
> 
> 
>     Thank you for the info, but I think I'll settle for the brass
> spheres from McMaster Carr.
> 
> 
>                                Frankenstein Helper
>                                       Max
> 

I have to admit that brass is a lot classier looking than lowly aluminum
when you polish it up.......it's also a lot more solderable. 

Geoff