Ball Mace War Club Hey Uath L@@K

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Told ya i'd post it up when i got it done,now i get to smash stuff and see how long it take's to break the handle,when that happen's i'll make me a fancy one and put it i the case.
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That's a 52100 ball bearing by the way.Better to drill it instead of drifting and distorting the shape of the ball.
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The bearing weighed 2lbs.7 oz. now with the handle i'ts a liittle over 3 lbs. so it has plenty of knock down force for Tin Bashing and Bone Busting fun:eek:
 
Dude . . . you totally need to post YouTube video of you going all Gallagher with that bad MF. As Beavis would say, "Let's BREAK something!!!":thumbup:
 
That is really cool looking. It already looks antiqued, nice job. I would like to see a video as well. Maybe a junker car like Dan Winkler did on his website.
 
That's impressive turn around time! Weren't we talking about this only a few days ago?
 
pretty neat Steve, where do you find ball bearings that size?
excavator turn table bearing?

So I may ask to many questions...

Did you use plain old drill bit or carbide drill? Seem like it would take a while to drill but you have all kinds of neat old tools in your shop.


Pat
 
omniviking said:
pretty neat Steve, where do you find ball bearings that size?
excavator turn table bearing?

So I may ask to many questions...

Did you use plain old drill bit or carbide drill? Seem like it would take a while to drill but you have all kinds of neat old tools in your shop.
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Pat i had to anneal it twice to be able to drill the hole it already had a oiler hole in it.It and a few other's came out of a huge electric motor that ran the screw down's on a rolling mill.Used a series of regular ole drill bit's and bacon grease to drill it.And your right i do have a bunch of goodie's in my shop.Old is Good:thumbup:
 
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Turned out so cool.

I would like to see if a bigger hole could be drilled, to get an even bigger shank of wood in there.

It would allow you to take a bit of more weight out of the ball, and have a bit stronger handle/ball juncture.

I have managed to break two different Pick handles where the socket is at least 2 inches. (whittled down the pick handle top to fit the pole axe socket). Though, a 2 inch hole in a 2 3/4 ball might not work.

Of course, I was abusing it, by throwing it both times. Great fun!


With the finish you have on that piece, you could mistake it for a simple ball head walking stick, if were the right length for that.
 
Bigfattyt said:
Turned out so cool.

I would like to see if a bigger hole could be drilled, to get an even bigger shank of wood in there.

It would allow you to take a bit of more weight out of the ball, and have a bit stronger handle/ball juncture.

I have managed to break two different Pick handles where the socket is at least 2 inches. (whittled down the pick handle top to fit the pole axe socket). Though, a 2 inch hole in a 2 3/4 ball might not work.

Of course, I was abusing it, by throwing it both times. Great fun!


With the finish you have on that piece, you could mistake it for a simple ball head walking stick, if were the right length for that.
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I can drill up to 2 inch's after that it's a boring bar,this thing the way it is can be swung like a bat or choked up on and use like a hammer.Who would suspect a walking cane for a war club though especially when you've got the bussiness end concealed in you hand :cool:
 
It's very much like an ancient Mesopotamian mace. They were used for smiting back in the Ancient Timez. A very similar mace was used by the Inca.
 
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