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   Beachton | Sep 06, 2009 03:40am | #1

   They show rounded ridge cap on the Home Depot website. It's common. Maybe you'll luck out and it'll be the right size.

   Otherwise these folks can custom make it for you. http://www.bbsheetmetal.com/roofing-ridge-hip-caps/index.html

   Only place I know of to buy balls is McMaster-Carr. How about the ones that are supposed to go on a flagpole? They come in 5" diameter. http://www.mcmaster.com

   
   

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   Edited 9/5/2009 8:42 pm ET by Beachton

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   seeyou | Sep 06, 2009 03:55am | #2

   http://www.grantlogancopper.com/shop?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=153&category_id=59

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   joeh | Sep 06, 2009 05:48pm | #10

   Grant, how is that cap attached?

   Joe H

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   seeyou | Sep 06, 2009 07:21pm | #12

    how is that cap attached?

   Some face nail or screw thru it which is perfectly acceptable, but I like to nail down clips of the same metal so the nail is under the cap and a 1/2" or so protrudes. Then you bend that 1/2" tail back over the edge of the cap and pop rivet it to the cap.copper p0rn

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   seeyou | Sep 06, 2009 03:59am | #3

   After seventy plus years the balls are rusting out. Does anyone know where I can buy new ones?

   Don't know about galv balls,  but copper balls are available here:

   http://www.necopperworks.com/copperballs.html

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   davidmeiland | Sep 06, 2009 04:44am | #5

   Checked it out... now I want to buy a 16" copper ball. Doctor, what's wrong with me?

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   seeyou | Sep 06, 2009 04:49am | #6

   Surely you have some use for a 16" copper ball.copper p0rn

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   davidmeiland | Sep 06, 2009 05:38am | #8

   Problem is, I don't think that you can really do anything cool with ONE ball. Probably need several....

   Edited 9/5/2009 10:39 pm by davidmeiland

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   FatRoman | Sep 06, 2009 05:26pm | #9

   Dunno. I'd say seven Tours de France is a really cool achievement for a uniballer.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   davidmeiland | Sep 06, 2009 06:37pm | #11

   I didn't know you got to keep one in a situation like that, I thought it was a complete product recall. Either way it's proof that they're totally unnecessary.

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   seeyou | Sep 06, 2009 05:02am | #7

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   DanH | Sep 06, 2009 04:01am | #4

   I have seen that style (with the balls) on relatively new (ie, under 30 years old) buildings, so there's a fair chance that you can find it stock somewhere. But no clue where.

   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz