Control Bearings

I decided to make the bearings and stop rings as one piece and then cut to length. I planed a couple of pieces of wood to 1-1/4" and sandwiched the tube. This allowed me to hold the mounting tabs square and parallel to each other. I tacked the tabs with my mig, but was unable to tig weld between the tab and the tube due to the cup being too large to get in there. I welded these with gas. I was able to final weld the 90 degree tabs with the tig.

To remove the welding scale and have the bearings rotate freely, I used a piece of 1" water pipe and emery paper. After cutting the bearings and stop rings to rough length, I needed to sand them to final length and have them be square. These small parts get hot very quickly when sanding. I clamped one piece of wood perpendicular to the disc. I cut a vee in another piece of wood. This allowed me to hold the parts on the 1-1/8" tube and push them up to the disc with the vee block keeping everything nice and square.

I was able to sand all the parts to proper length without touching them. Completed bearings and stop rings.