Hexapod ball joints, Moglice

After the recent threads on building hexpods and on the rotobot
concept I started thinking about building one. I decided I wanted to
have decent ball joints as in the commerical versions to avoid
problems with gimple lock etc etc yada yada

So I suggested in the rotobot thread the use of Moglice to produce a
ball joint.

It is not cheap stuff so I am thinking along the lines of a hybred
construction. I will probably turn a cup to house the ball and bore
it in steps to a rough approximation of a socket. Then I'll suspend
the ball (suitably tapped etc, that's the next problem) within the
cup and pour in the Moglice. Obviously the ball will have to have a
release agent layer but at the end a decent joint should be produced.

The question I have is on the machinability of Moglice, if I try to
make a one piece ball socket, will I be able to work at the
aperture. i.e. I will fill the socket such that a lot of the ball is
covered but then I need to increase the size of the hole so that I
get plenty of movement.

Otherise I will go for a two part socket.

I have ordered the Molgice (in the uk), more to follow

Graham