Gareth0123
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I'm currently bouncing an idea around in my head where a category 1 version of a category 3 hydraulic top link would be very useful to me............ not essential, but extremely useful.
Category 1 pins @ 22mmØ would be suitable for the job at hand, but I do need it to be quick-attach on both ends in more or less the same fashion as category 3 ball & hook top links, which are 36mmØ pins. My idea is buy a bag of balls and then leave them permanently attached to the items I wish to temporarily attach the ram to.
Cat 1 balls & pins are readily available off the shelf, so I am looking to make a couple hook assemblies that I can pass on to the Ram makers as a weld on or even better a screw on component. All of the force would be required on the ram's extension stroke only. It is not for an agricultural application of any description, but for me to move a double acting hydraulic ram from one workshop application to another..... I am actually using a double acting ram as a single acting ram but with a powered ram retraction to speed things up instead of much slower gravity or spring loaded return.
So basically I need to scale down the cat 3 hook assembly to suit a cat 1 ball. The basic material cutting and drilling processes required present me with no problems, but as a none machinist a bit of advice on the processes to machine the part spherical socket for the ball would be gratefully received by me.
Category 1 pins @ 22mmØ would be suitable for the job at hand, but I do need it to be quick-attach on both ends in more or less the same fashion as category 3 ball & hook top links, which are 36mmØ pins. My idea is buy a bag of balls and then leave them permanently attached to the items I wish to temporarily attach the ram to.
Cat 1 balls & pins are readily available off the shelf, so I am looking to make a couple hook assemblies that I can pass on to the Ram makers as a weld on or even better a screw on component. All of the force would be required on the ram's extension stroke only. It is not for an agricultural application of any description, but for me to move a double acting hydraulic ram from one workshop application to another..... I am actually using a double acting ram as a single acting ram but with a powered ram retraction to speed things up instead of much slower gravity or spring loaded return.
So basically I need to scale down the cat 3 hook assembly to suit a cat 1 ball. The basic material cutting and drilling processes required present me with no problems, but as a none machinist a bit of advice on the processes to machine the part spherical socket for the ball would be gratefully received by me.