folgers
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Post by folgers on Aug 26, 2015 11:51:04 GMT -5
Looking for contacts with info on equipment for sale.....rough large enough to make at least a 3 - 6" spheres.....since Barranca has stopped making their Fireball sphere machine, would like to find a used one with parts and accessories. Hope
there are lots of sphere people on here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 22:33:34 GMT -5
Looking for contacts with info on equipment for sale.....rough large enough to make at least a 3 - 6" spheres.....since Barranca has stopped making their Fireball sphere machine, would like to find a used one with parts and accessories. Hope there are lots of sphere people on here. And you will find sphere people won't sell their kit. Too hard to find. Motors alone harder to get than machines. I've bought every sphere machine offered here in the last 5 years. Both of them. Good luck in your quest. There is some gear on Craigslist for San Luis obispo. |
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Post by DirtCleaner on Aug 26, 2015 22:58:33 GMT -5
The motors are the tricky part of the basic machine. Most use old ZEROX (or was the IBM) copy machine 107.5 rpm motors. What you need is a continuous duty motor that is relatively slow speed. Something close to that 107.5 rpm. And with enough strength to turn under the load you will be putting on it for a long time. Access to a welder (wire feed) would be super helpful. After that you will need to fashion cups for grinding and polishing. 2 basic methods of cups are those that use a grit slurry and those that use diamond pads. Here is a link to a big thread about sphere machines. Tons of info. here: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/48288/sphere-machine |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 27, 2015 3:35:05 GMT -5
If you get one I can supply you with a lot of material large enough to make some nice spheres. I like doing trades, material for spheres.
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riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Aug 27, 2015 10:57:13 GMT -5
I got lots of big rough
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Aug 27, 2015 13:44:30 GMT -5
There has been an ad for a sphere making machine for sale on Wilmington's Craigslist (North Carolina) for a few weeks now. I don't know anything about the seller or their offerings. wilmington.craigslist.org/art/5128317857.htmlLarry C. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2015 13:45:20 GMT -5
There has been an ad for a sphere making machine for sale on Wilmington's Craigslist (North Carolina) for a few weeks now. I don't know anything about the seller or their offerings. wilmington.craigslist.org/art/5128317857.htmlLarry C. Someone buy that one! Smoking price! |
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