CONTROL LINK
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| In order to assemble the control pieces accurately, I made a jig. Using 1" square tubing, I drilled 3/16" holes 4-7/8" off the table. This is the measurement given in the plans plus 1/2 diameter of the 1-1/8" tube plus .058, the thickness of the bearings. The holes are exactly 18" on center. I will use this same jig to weld the control stick brackets to the 1-1/8" tube, but will have to drill the holes out to 1/4" inch. | I cut the .100 thick control link ends with a plasma cutter, clamped to a grinding template, and final shaped with an abrasive cutoff wheel and 12" disc sander. |
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| I matched drilled the two 3/16" holes in the link ends. | Cutting the bushings with a die grinder and abrasive cutoff wheel |
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| Bushings sanded to length and deburred | Link bolted to the jig |
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| Welded and completed link | |