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 Post subject: Re: looking for elbow "ball joints"
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:49 pm 
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Yeah, if you don't mind, take LOTS of pictures, every step of the way. I'd love to see a tutorial on these things.

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 Post subject: Re: looking for elbow "ball joints"
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:01 pm 
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i would recommend working over a box or pan. i dropped the tiny button top pin twice and had to crawl around on the floor.

choose which size of ball joint you need. there are 4 sizes . 1 very large, 4 large,4 med, 4 small. they all have the saime diameter male "pin" ,but the length vary in each size.
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remove the 3 pieces that create the ball joint. trim off any flash, or pieces of sprue.
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insert round peg into hexagon hole
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insert button top pin into the hole . i had to ream every hole just a bit. i also had to smooth up some flash on the rim of the button.
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ball joints assembled
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drill a hole, i used a ball bur ,where ever you want to attach the joint. insert "pin"
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drill hole in arm. attach arm via the other "pin"
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and here they are all installed.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:13 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: looking for elbow "ball joints"
PostPosted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:37 pm 
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Ha! That's awesome!

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