leeko
Stainless
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2012
- Location
- Chicago, USA
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a design which requires a small joint with 6 degrees of freedom, and also the ability to lock the position of the joint when needed.
I've seen locking ball joints on very cheap indicator stands, that look like a ball bearing sandwiched between two plates with hemispherical depressions in them. The joint is locked down when the plates are screwed together.
I haven't seen any more robust/higher quality versions of a locking ball joint, though. I'm sure they exist, but I don't know the name or what to search for. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The size of the joint would require at most a 1/2” ball, and the more compact the other components, all the better.
Edit: the only example I found would be the ball mount on e.g. a panavise. But that is still too bulky. I'm wondering if there's a ready made component/fastener available, or if I would need to make something.
Thanks in advance,
Lee
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I'm working on a design which requires a small joint with 6 degrees of freedom, and also the ability to lock the position of the joint when needed.
I've seen locking ball joints on very cheap indicator stands, that look like a ball bearing sandwiched between two plates with hemispherical depressions in them. The joint is locked down when the plates are screwed together.
I haven't seen any more robust/higher quality versions of a locking ball joint, though. I'm sure they exist, but I don't know the name or what to search for. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The size of the joint would require at most a 1/2” ball, and the more compact the other components, all the better.
Edit: the only example I found would be the ball mount on e.g. a panavise. But that is still too bulky. I'm wondering if there's a ready made component/fastener available, or if I would need to make something.
Thanks in advance,
Lee
Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk