Try a piece of stiff (hdpe kind) tubing with 1/8" ID and push over it. Eith=
er friction or slight suction should hold it while you lift.

Or some variation of that with a rubber vacuum line for better friction.

Or a long handled teaspoon to coax/scoop it up the side.

Or one of those pronged extendable grippers on a cable for getting small pa=
rts out.

Or inverted duct tape on the end of a stick (if no oil in there), or fashio=
n a scoop out of tape at the end of the stick to scoop it.

Or some combination of the above.... ;)



On July 14, 2018 5:31:42 PM EDT, Jason White <whitewaterssoftwareinfo@gmail=
..com> 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
>removed.
>
>The ball bearing is loose in the passage. If I could flip the lathe
>upside
>down it would probably fall out of the hole.
>
>Currently it seems I will have to tear the lathe apart to get the ball
>out.
>
>Thanks,
>Jason White
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