This mount is designed to be adapted to lots of different things, so I have included the F3D file, AND STEPs.
It's original use is for this antenna: https://a.co/d/g9km0ca
I used ¼" carriage bolts for the antenna mount and 5/32 bolts for the socket.
Every hardware store near me only stocks imperial fasteners despite Canada being metric for like 40 years.
Assembly instructions (Generic):
- Insert ball into socket
- Insert nuts into hex holes in socket
- Screw bolts into nuts until ball can be moved with some effort, but not on its own
- press ring into bottom mount, ensuring the inner lip is facing down.
- rotate ring so cutout is inline with dovetail in mount
- slot in socket and rotate ring to prevent it from falling out
Assembly instructions (My Antenna):
- Remove black plastic plug from rear of square channel
- Unscrew the rear-most screw that fastens the mount plate to the square channel
- insert counterweight, with the fill hole facing up
- align screw holes and reinstall screw
- Bolt antenna into socket
- Insert ball into socket
- Insert nuts into hex holes in socket
- Thread bolts into nuts, do not tighten
- press ring into bottom mount, ensuring the inner lip is facing down.
- rotate ring so cutout is inline with dovetail in mount
- slot in socket and rotate ring to prevent it from falling out
- fill counterweight with sand or rocks or whatever until it seems balanced
- epoxy plug in
- tighten nuts until ball can be moved with some effort, but not on its own
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