4. Make a Flange Bracket for bearing

Usually large flange brackets are expansive a 3 inch (UCF215-48) Bracket is worth $80. If you have right equipment you can make it cheaper as $8.


First you measure you bearing suppose it has 3” dia inside and 5” dia from outside.


Purchase a ½ inch thick Steel Plate square shaped and 8” x 8” size and a hole of 4 inch dia in center. Normally a gas cutting is required. It costs about $4.


Now you have to buy a piece of steel pipe with a minimum thickness of ½ inch with an outer dia of 6 inch and an inner dia of 4-¾ or 4-⅞ inch. Remember the inner dia must be less than the outer dia of bearing which is 5 inch here. It costs about $4.


Now using lathe machine you should make the inner dia same as the outer dia of Bearing.


Now make two wholes on sides if you want to tight the bearing with Bolts.


Now weld the pipe bush on plate, before that you had to make 4 holes on each cornor of plate for bolting purpose.


Now your Flange Bracket is ready and you can put it where required.


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