Making Harold Hall’s Grinding Rest – Plastic Ball?

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17 March 2010 at 16:16 #49850
marcusj
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Anybody know a good source for the 25mm dia. plastic ball as used in the grinding rest in Harold Hall’s excellent ‘Tool and Cutter Sharpening’ book? I guess steel and or Al alloy would do.
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17 March 2010 at 16:16 #16540
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17 March 2010 at 16:40 #49851
wheeltapper
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Hi

when I made my rest ( see my album ) I got my ball from Chronos.

part no pn25 25 mm dia 6mm thread.

I got four and used 3 to replace the broken handles on my drill press.

cost me £ 3.91 for 4

hope this helps.

Roy

Edited By wheeltapper on 17/03/2010 16:40:35

just looked on their site and they are £1.00 inc vat

Edited By wheeltapper on 17/03/2010 16:42:39
17 March 2010 at 21:36 #49871
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Hi there,

I made mine with a stainless steel ball handle intended for kitchen cupboards, I bought it from Homebase and it comes with a 6mm threaded hole It was just perfect and available locally.

I’m sure that other diy sources such a B&Q sell them. Much better than the plastic version and they are available in different sizes.

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