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Steel Balls Rock Crusher ?

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Nebraska Cowman

08-08-2006 10:18:08




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I have a few of these Balls, about 3 1/2 inches. It thought they were cannon balls but a neighbor sugested they were used in a rock crusher?

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JCKS

08-10-2006 02:11:10




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Back in the 60's Johnny Carson was interviewing Arnold Palmers wife and asked to what did she attribute Arnold's success to? She replied that before each tournament she kissed his balls. To which Johnny said "bet that really made his putter stand up". Suddenly there was no picture as back then they used a 7 second delay and someone didn't catch it in time. Hope not to offend anyone. Jim



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Dachshund

08-08-2006 15:16:18




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Cowman -
Those look like the type of balls that concrete companies use to "beat out" the hard crusty stuff that collects on the inside of thier trucks and plants. The ones I am used to seeing were anywhere from 2" in diameter, up to 5"-6". You just throw a buch of each size into the truck (or batch plant) add a little water - get GOOD ear muffs - and let 'er rip! It don't take long and all the crud is knocked off of the insides! I've seen fertilizer companies and dirt companies use these as well.

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Joe in CA

08-08-2006 13:02:10




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
We have ball mills here at work, and those look like the largest size balls which would fit in our mills.



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RAB

08-08-2006 14:43:54




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Joe in CA, 08-08-2006 13:02:10  
Vertical spindle mills or tube mills?
Tube mills, open or closed circuit, can use balls from 150mm or more down to 15mm or less.
They can be used for comminuting all sorts of mineral or man-made slags, clinkers etc.
Vertical spindle mills are the more modern option for less abrasive feedstocks and are more efficient.
Regards, RAB



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Joe in CA

08-08-2006 16:15:30




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to RAB, 08-08-2006 14:43:54  
I guess you'd call ours tube mills although I have never heard them referred to by that name. We mill precious metal containing slags prior to screening and assay. They are normally copper-rich but have some ferrous content too. Electronics scrap is the major source, but we have other slags too.



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Tim B from MA

08-08-2006 12:59:36




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Shot put balls?



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supergrumpy

08-08-2006 12:11:23




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
DIAMETER: 3.57 inches
GUN: 6-pounder smoothbore, 3.67-inch caliber
LENGTH: -
WEIGHT: 6 pounds 5 ounces
CONSTRUCTION: Solid shot
FUZING: None This was the most common 6-pounder (3.67-inch caliber) smoothbore projectile used by both Federal and Confederate forces. According to Gibbon's The Artillerist's Manual, "...that a 6 or 12-pound ball will go through six men at 800 yards' distance." Gibbon also states that "...solid shot is of very little effect upon earthen parapets, unless it passes through, in which case it soon knocks them down. At 600 yards, shot from field-guns will penetrate from 5 to 6 1/2 feet into newly thrown-up earth."

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old

08-08-2006 11:38:07




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Are you sure that maybe someone didn't just brake off the chains on them. You know the old ball and chain gang type balls LOL



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Ih2444

08-08-2006 11:27:16




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Could they be honkin big ball bearings (rusty) ?



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GA JACK

08-08-2006 11:13:41




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
If they ARE cannon balls, Could they be live ordnance? Just my thoughts. Some are still being dug up around Atlanta.
Good luck, jackie.



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Matt Smith

08-08-2006 11:07:36




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Why couldn't they be both?



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Bob

08-08-2006 10:30:55




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 Re: Steel Balls Rock Crusher ? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 08-08-2006 10:18:08  
Those bring a certain song from AC/DC!



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Bob

08-08-2006 10:33:18




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 Correction in reply to Bob, 08-08-2006 10:30:55  
I hit "POST" too soon!


Those bring a certain song from AC/DC to mind!



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Ken Macfarlane

08-08-2006 10:40:10




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 Re: Correction in reply to Bob, 08-08-2006 10:33:18  
They look bigger and more shapely than the coal pulverizer balls I've seen.



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Hoosier JD

08-08-2006 14:43:25




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 Re: Correction in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 08-08-2006 10:40:10  
And for those of you who don't have the balls.....



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Hoosier JD

08-08-2006 14:43:11




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 Re: Correction in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 08-08-2006 10:40:10  
And for those of you who don't have the balls.....



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champspa

08-08-2006 14:11:39




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 Re: Correction in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 08-08-2006 10:40:10  
our coal pulverizer balls are 9.25 dia at the start change them out at less than 8.



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Hoosier JD

08-08-2006 14:05:24




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 Re: Correction in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 08-08-2006 10:40:10  
And for those of you who don't have the balls.....



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Harley

08-08-2006 14:39:05




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 Re: Correction in reply to Hoosier JD, 08-08-2006 14:05:24  
For those of you who don't know, Cowman lives out where they have Great Big Monkieys, and it gets REALLY cold out there, and after last winter, some of those monkeys don't have any of these anymore. Poor monkeys. Harley



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