Balls! where can I buy them

[chunkolini]

Ok got your attention.
I am looking to buy a quantity of mild steel balls from around 30mm up to 150mm, these are not bearings but just hollow steel balls. I use lots of them in all sorts of places in sculptures, eg bodies, eyes, joints, mountings, feet. I usually get them from Rourkes but I wonder if anybody sells them. Very very useful things.
Maybe more of a tools and materials post, how do I move it?

Cheers all, Chunko'.

 

[rtbcomp]

Maybe more of a tools and materials post, how do I move it?

You wish is my command, for a small fee!

Try these http://www.brindley-steel-forging.co.uk/

 

[astro_al]

Brundles do them too.

Al.

 

[Hitch]

I was going to suggest Brindleys aswell. Most of the places that stock components normally have them. Theres a thread about component suppliers somewhere.
Im not at cpu at the moment, or id look for it.

 

[Archie]

I get them from Brundle. 50mm are about 70p (used to be 49p) and 80mm are about £2.50.

 

[Coo]

jeeez they're cheap !!!

..and our gates cost a fortune...

 

[chunkolini]

Cheers all, had a browse around, if I sourced them from three suppliers I would save cash but pay more in postage. Bonkers, they all undercut the others on price for one size! I need about 50 of each in three sizes, so probably go with rourkes which is where |I started overall cheaper then the others, not by much .

Chunko'.

 

[rtbcomp]

See if you can get some discount for those quantities.

 

[Archie]

I bought 300 50mm balls from Brundle on one occasion and only just qualified for free delivery. Sadly I think you've got to be ordering much larger quantities to get a discount.

 

[Sam]

Try www.lecky.co.uk