Thank you for making this video! Couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong until I watched this. I wasn’t putting it under the tab before placing it around the larger wheel.
Sorry I'm on the wrong page but on your "ball lock pin" video: What keeps the balls from just falling out of the holes when you pull out the pin? I want to make one but that part is not clear to me. However, it's a wonderful depiction of the ball-lock pin mechanism even though there is still something I don't get (no surprise there!). THANKS
When the actual ball lock pins are being made, after the ball is dropped in the hole, a special punch is used to "stake" the hole. This presses a small amount of steel into the perimeter of the hole. Just the edge of the hole is deformed to make it slightly smaller. The ball can only move out enough to lock the pin but not enough to fall out. To make the 3D Printed version, you can heat up the tip of a screwdriver or use a soldering iron to push a small amount of plastic into the edge of the hole.
Thank you for making this video! Couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong until I watched this. I wasn’t putting it under the tab before placing it around the larger wheel.
Glad it helped!
Sorry I'm on the wrong page but on your "ball lock pin" video: What keeps the balls from just falling out of the holes when you pull out the pin? I want to make one but that part is not clear to me. However, it's a wonderful depiction of the ball-lock pin mechanism even though there is still something I don't get (no surprise there!). THANKS
When the actual ball lock pins are being made, after the ball is dropped in the hole, a special punch is used to "stake" the hole. This presses a small amount of steel into the perimeter of the hole. Just the edge of the hole is deformed to make it slightly smaller. The ball can only move out enough to lock the pin but not enough to fall out. To make the 3D Printed version, you can heat up the tip of a screwdriver or use a soldering iron to push a small amount of plastic into the edge of the hole.
@@WilliamFrawley great, thanks. I'll be using brass, maybe easier to make the deformation than in steel.
appreciate this, thanks, very clear.@@WilliamFrawley
what is the size of the belt?
3/8" x 34.4"