small stick with some sort of glue on the end?

two small sticks with thin wire loops such that one loop goes through the=20
other. carefully push each loop around and under the BB. Then slowly pull=20
them up together so that the loops form a basket around the BB as you pull=
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them up. probably need to experiment with the lengths of the loops.

if you clog the hole at the end of the passage could you later without=20
causes problems past the hole? If so, what about floating the BB out with=20
mercury :-)

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018, Jason White wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> A 1/8" steel ball bearing has fallen to the bottom of a 2.5" deep 5/64"
> hole in a large iron casting.
>
> It is feasible to use magnetics to remove the bearing?
>
> I suspect not but perhaps it is a failure of my imagination.
>
>
> The hole is the oil passage to the spindle bearing of a small lathe. The
> ball is blocking oil from entering the spindle bearing and must be remove=
d.
>
> The ball bearing is loose in the passage. If I could flip the lathe upsid=
e
> down it would probably fall out of the hole.
>
> Currently it seems I will have to tear the lathe apart to get the ball ou=
t.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason White
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