Kitchen Tools - Stainless handles and rods for drink stirring rods/swizzle sticks.

[Paul Jones]

PJs,

I wish I had discovered the McMaster-Car source of 0.250" dia. 316 stainless steel balls. These might have been easier to use and another way to do this using a miniature design of the sphere drilling fixture that Marv published at http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...1534#post74617 .

The odd dimension of 0.116" is because I found a supply of 3 mm stainless steel rods that were slightly undersized by 0.05 mm. A #32 drill was the closest size for a sliding fit and then the rod glued in place with Loctite 620.

Regards,

Paul

[PJs]

Paul,

I've used McMaster-Carr for years in industry designing prototypes and home because of the huge variety they carry. You could probably get the Ø.250 SS balls from a local Ace Hardware or Osh in their fastener bins although I have a hard time justifying cost of a few when I can get a box for the same price as the few and put them away for future projects. My point was only from an arm chair and doesn't preclude the excellent profile tool or the hand-made Chi you infused in your stir sticks.

I guess I was thinking infernally again with the 1/8" rod and didn't even consider metric or wire size...@2.95mm that is a Nice fit.