The centre leg securing bracket needed upgrading.
Original pieces were two aluminium angles that clamped
either side of the leg tongue, but there was still a bit of play, so the centre
leg would wobble slightly.
I drew up the centre leg to see how best to re-do this.
So decided on a strip of steel angle, marked up a suitable
length & cut it. Next was to position holes.
I'd already ordered some M8 cap heads & T-nuts to secure
everything. It was just a matter of drilling holes, opening up the original ones
on the centre leg tongue & then bolting it all back together.
Five free mins at the weekend (ok, more like an hour lol) and i got down to fitting the bracket. Drilled two holes into the wood base and installed two t-nuts from below. These were recessed slightly.
Then it was flipping R5 upright again to install his centre leg and fit the new angle bracket.
Result = no more wobble!
Five free mins at the weekend (ok, more like an hour lol) and i got down to fitting the bracket. Drilled two holes into the wood base and installed two t-nuts from below. These were recessed slightly.
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| recessed t-nuts |
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| Centre leg back on |
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| Inside view of centre leg tongue bolted |
Then it was flipping R5 upright again to install his centre leg and fit the new angle bracket.
Result = no more wobble!
Lol, nobody spot the 'cough', deliberate visual mistake?
ReplyDeleteI managed to flip the image and fitted the curve and ankle cylinder to the wrong side :D
10 points if you spotted it ;)