How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

When working on a homemade device, you may have a bearing that is smaller in diameter than the existing socket or support. A transition housing will help to get out of this situation, which will compensate for the discrepancy between the actual sizes of the interacting elements.

To implement the upcoming idea, you need to have some experience working with metal, completely simple, accessible and inexpensive materials, as well as quite standard equipment and tools. Of course, we must not forget about personal protective equipment: glasses, gloves, etc.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

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It should not be forgotten that even a standard bearing is a precision product. Therefore, the accuracy of measurement and accuracy of marking operations are so important so that the bearing does not become too tight or have a gap when installed in the housing. In the first case, it will quickly fail, in the second, it will not stay in place.

To work successfully, we must have:
  • a piece of pipe of the required diameter and wall thickness;
  • square and caliper;
  • marker;
  • pendulum saw;
  • drilling machine;
  • grinder;
  • welding equipment;
  • cylindrical steel mandrel;
  • vice, anvil and hammer.

The procedure for making a bearing housing from a round pipe

We carefully mark the pipe corresponding to the bearing in diameter and wall thickness into two rings, equal in width to the existing bearing.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Using a pendulum saw, we cut rings according to the markings.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

On one of them we draw two parallel lines perpendicular to the ends, at a distance obtained from a preliminary calculation.

On the other ring we place four dots in the center of the ring evenly around the circumference.

We cut out a section of the ring between the two marking lines and clean the cut areas with a grinder.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Using a drilling machine, we make four through holes on the second ring according to the marks.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe
How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Squeeze the ring with the cutout slightly by lightly hitting its ends with a hammer. Using a hammer, press the split ring into a whole with four holes on the side.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

We place our rings pressed into each other onto the cylindrical mandrel from the input end, hitting them with a hammer in a circle until they are on the forming section of the mandrel and the split ring evenly without gaps adjoins the inner surface of the outer ring.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Using previously drilled holes in the outer ring, weld it to the inner one.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

With light blows of a hammer on the end of the bearing, we install it into our homemade housing.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Now all that remains is to secure the bearing in the housing in the socket or support.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

Now the body can be welded anywhere and painted.

How to quickly make a bearing housing from a pipe

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Comments (4)
  1. Guest Andrey
    #1 Guest Andrey Guests 18 August 2019 16:20
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    pendulum saw;
    drilling machine;
    grinder;
    welding equipment;
    For the sake of the bearing, seriously?
  2. Ivan
    #2 Ivan Guests 19 August 2019 16:52
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    The main thing is to find a mandrel according to the size of the bearing. I simply took a suitable tube, cut it, put it on, and tapped it on the mandrel. Then I welded it and fastened it where necessary, preferably with tacks so as not to deform.
  3. Alexander
    #3 Alexander Guests 6 February 2020 18:55
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    This is some kind of horror. Hammer the bearing into a crooked ring with a sledgehammer, and then weld the whole thing. If the author has the opportunity to grind a mandrel, then it would be much better to bore this ring for the bearing and carefully press the bearing into place. This can be done even with an ordinary caliper, when approaching the desired size of the bore, remove 0.02-0.03 per pass along the dial and control it with the bearing itself, and when the desired size is reached, bore it to the full length.
  4. Flex
    #4 Flex Guests 22 September 2020 07:22
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    Isn’t it easier to make a clamp, weld it to the base, insert a bearing and tighten the clamp