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Over the last couple of nights I have been fabricating/machining the components for a Watts link for our coach.
Watts link pivot plate, H-frame clamps, rod ends and some scrap 1"x.095" DOM tubing for the links and some 1" 1095 steel to machine the threaded weld-in bungs.
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5/8"-18 rod ends that I procured from McMaster Carr.
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Quick drawing for weld-in threaded bungs.
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Machining the threaded bungs.
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Making progress.
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One completed the others ready for their last machining step, the taper. More for cosmetics than anything at this point. I don't know why, no one will ever see them up under the front suspension of the coach.
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All bungs completed and the ready for welding into the 1"x.095" DOM tubing.
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Mike.
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Watts link pivot plate, H-frame clamps, rod ends and some scrap 1"x.095" DOM tubing for the links and some 1" 1095 steel to machine the threaded weld-in bungs.
![9kx9a0.jpg 9kx9a0.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161666-ec1383ac0d6e999e0e761bdf32a68633.jpg)
5/8"-18 rod ends that I procured from McMaster Carr.
![2ivohf4.jpg 2ivohf4.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161667-dcb54dd3f4acf0ff200e00bfe3e43673.jpg)
Quick drawing for weld-in threaded bungs.
![2aeph5s.jpg 2aeph5s.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161669-9fe3de30323983be9706ff64feff58ce.jpg)
Machining the threaded bungs.
![f9jnvb.jpg f9jnvb.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161670-4c289863a089c8b0bf645b75476ace60.jpg)
Making progress.
![rbilqh.jpg rbilqh.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161672-1aa6af91bfb475604f97f79aa166931b.jpg)
One completed the others ready for their last machining step, the taper. More for cosmetics than anything at this point. I don't know why, no one will ever see them up under the front suspension of the coach.
![2pttfmr.jpg 2pttfmr.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161673-8cc0e8ee114de7ccd9adaece0d885db0.jpg)
All bungs completed and the ready for welding into the 1"x.095" DOM tubing.
![2wolr9i.jpg 2wolr9i.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/161/161674-f0bda83cf414e3a8921e3da5ec97b838.jpg)
Mike.
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