Where to find a golf ball barrel in CT?

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Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:30 pm

CS wrote:And it the resistance it would incur wouldn't necessarily be bad.
Nope. No detents or anything like that required. In my experience the ball won't move *at all* unless you put a bit of pressure behind it... But so little pressure is required that you can blow it through the barrel with just your lungs.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:31 pm

acs2997 wrote:I also heard that the sdr fits perfectly inside 2" sch. 40 so that's what my barrel is now, so I don't know if the schedule 10 would work this time.
It does. Both SDR-21 and Sch 10 have 1.90" ODs... Thus why I wanted the ability to weld (previously mentioned). I just took a 4" nipple of the 2" sch 40 and welded it around the end of the barrel. Voila, I had a very strong, threaded golf ball barrel that fit into 2" NPT fittings.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:08 pm

Interseting. Are there any stores that you would know to carry it?
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:14 pm

Any steel supply place should be able to get it. McMaster also carries it. But no, you're not going to find it at Ace Hardware.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:17 pm

Yeah, I actually just found out today that my dad has some connections to some metal factory thing. I really don't know exactly what, or where, it is, but apparently my dad is like bffs with the owner so I maayyyy possibly be able to get something from there
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