[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
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