Tear Drop Tooling Ball?????

[Tested]

I have never come up against this before; I didn't even know they made them. I have a gauge that I must layout and it has a tear dropped shaped tooling ball on it that must be measured. Has anyone ever had to do this before, anyone have any idea how to measure such a thing.

[ag1979]

Could you post a picture?

[Tested]

I don't have a camera. Just picture a year drop upside down. The small end is the base. There is a sphearical shape at what is the top of it but this has a flat on it. This sphear is what I'm using to check it right now but it seems like there should be something better. The diameter at it's largest point calipers at 5.93mm and 10.0mm tall. Here is a quick drawing of what I have .

[Jeffrey Lovely]

Was this gage made in Poland ?

[\v/inston]

Was this gage made in Poland ?

is that a polish joke cuz i'm polish?

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Hey \v/inston, I heard you moved out of Mount Pleasant 'cause you were afraid it was going to erupt!

[kbotta]

yeah...with chips!!

[\v/inston]

Hey \v/inston, I heard you moved out of Mount Pleasant 'cause you were afraid it was going to erupt!

NO! because i don't like the thin air at that altitude.

[cmmguy]

the only thing I know that is teardrop shaped is the spring loaded part holders that are usually opposite a locator. These usually hold the part against the actual locator.

Does in look like this:
http://www.carrlane.com/SiteData/Cat...L-10-SLP_t.gif

[Tested]

the only thing I know that is teardrop shaped is the spring loaded part holders that are usually opposite a locator. These usually hold the part against the actual locator.

Does in look like this:
http://www.carrlane.com/SiteData/Cat...L-10-SLP_t.gif

That looks alot like what I have, just add a flat to the top. But they are telling me it's a tooling ball. I also checked it is not spring loaded.

[cmmguy]

Dont know what to tell you...

[Jeffrey Lovely]

I was trying not to make fun of the polish
but it was a little implied- sorry

I think the these tooling balls were made from handles for a drawer
they must have been short of the real ones
do they unscrew ?

[Jeffrey Lovely]

Define a ball

ball = sphere
these are not tooling balls
these are handles, you use them to lift up the gage

ROTFLMAO

[\v/inston]

I was trying not to make fun of the polish
but it was a little implied- sorry

i'm not really offended, i just think its funny how its ok to tell a polish joke, but other types of jokes like that could start a war.

I think the these tooling balls were made from handles for a drawer they must have been short of the real ones
do they unscrew ?

heh, now thats something the russians would do, use drawer handles for tooling balls.

i'm not prejudice i just don't like lefthanded people.

[Jeffrey Lovely]

i'm not really offended, i just think its funny how its ok to tell a polish joke, but other types of jokes like that could start a war.



heh, now thats something the russians would do, use drawer handles for tooling balls.

i'm not prejudice i just don't like lefthanded people.

You are right
good thing I didnt call them Arab heads