Ball bearings

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Ball bearings
From: "E.Seekins" <seeked-at-sover-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:54:41 -0600
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Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net wrote:
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>I may end up using ball bearing electrodes to get a much
>more stable firing voltage for the safety gaps.  I assume cobalt drill bits
>will cut through ball bearings to mount the shafts that hold them?...
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Hi Terry, etc.
You're probably already aware of these, but just in case:
You can get "tooling balls" in a myriad of sizes already mounted to various
shafts with threaded ends (and some of the shafts do have a pretty stylish
faceted look to add visual impact (!)).
Also, "metrology balls" (used for measuring tapped holes with a cmm, etc)
are similar.
I was surprised at how cheap they were last time I looked them up in a
catalog like MSC's (mother of all catalogs).
MSC or Carr Lane probably even carry balls with tapped holes.
Then again, you do have a drill press....  :-)
Ed.