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30th December 2013, 05:36 PM #1
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little bearing balls needed
lost a couple of 2.3mm [3/32" ?] bearing balls today
i even watched one hit the floor, bounce once, twice and evaporate into thin air
been all over the floor with a magnet and neither will materialise
just hoping some one will know where i can get some replacements
they are chromed by the looks and are attracted to a magnet
they are part of a guitar nut and kind of need to look similar to the other 10 balls
heres a pic of the little begger
there is a small tag on either side that bends down and holds the balls in place and somehow it had lifted up
a very average bit of design work
any one have any idea where i might get some of these lil balls - i am in melbourne outer east -
be nice if i could buy them in bayswaterray c
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30th December 2013, 05:59 PM #2
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First s local bearing service..... Locations - Bearing Wholesalers
Cheers,
Joe
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30th December 2013, 07:41 PM #3
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I might have a heap of them.
Problem is I can't check until the morning.
Phil
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31st December 2013, 08:41 AM #4
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Hi,
When you go to replace your balls here's a tip that may help stop the same from re occurring again.
My father was a watchmaker and couldn't afford to lose parts on the floor ,etc!
His work bench had an apron tacked to the bottom surface of the bench.The apron strap fitted over his head and shoulders and the apron formed an area to catch anything that he might drop.
These days a apron could be made removable from the table with some velcro tape. If you need to spill more on the floor there is always
Replacement Stratocaster Roller NUT Balls 100 3 32" Chrome Steel Bearing Balls | eBay
Bicycle shops also carry the small balls.
Hope it helps
Grahame
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31st December 2013, 11:28 AM #5
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Replacement Stratocaster Roller NUT Balls 100 3 32" Chrome Steel Bearing Balls | eBay
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going by the price of 100 they are obviously meant to evaporate into thin air as has happened to old_picker
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31st December 2013, 10:01 PM #6
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i thought these would be difficult to find
i hunted the interwebz yesterday but couldn;t find the right search parameter to pull up the ebay item above
great suggestion from graeme about the catch all under the bench
this is an excellent forumray c
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31st December 2013, 10:51 PM #7
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I lost a ball today as well, but luckily I had an old roller bearing that I cut up with the angle grinder which got me out of trouble
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