Now that I've covered safety. Fantastic video, which I hope I can use in my lessons of machining and design techniques to fascinate my students even more for our profession and to develop and shape our and their skills into first-class mechanics ❣️
We use the machine jacks to support the workpiece, not the toe clamp. If you were to set the positive angle you would push/clamp on one point of its diameter (tangential). This pushes the Jack away. or only to be used with 100% 0 degree alignment… even then use little cutting speed and material removal. Keep it safe❣️
A method useful with tiny delicate pieces is to hold or support them in a small tray of low melting point metal (Cerrobend) and remove later with boiling water or hot air gun. (I use a block of aluminum that has a pocket about the size of a matchbox.) Have also read of parts being frozen inside blocks of ice for machining!
Toe-clamp must be used between 0 and positive 5 degree angle. I set it level en go one step up. The bolt is as close to the workpiece as possible and not the clamping blocks, you want to clamp the part not the blocks.
Very useful information, thank you for sharing!
Thank you. Can't wait for you to review the new X5. You are a big influence in what I'm trying to do now with CNC.
Thanks Jason.
That was a pretty thorough coverage in a short time 👍
Regards
Robert
Now that I've covered safety. Fantastic video, which I hope I can use in my lessons of machining and design techniques to fascinate my students even more for our profession and to develop and shape our and their skills into first-class mechanics ❣️
We use the machine jacks to support the workpiece, not the toe clamp. If you were to set the positive angle you would push/clamp on one point of its diameter (tangential). This pushes the Jack away. or only to be used with 100% 0 degree alignment… even then use little cutting speed and material removal. Keep it safe❣️
A method useful with tiny delicate pieces is to hold or support them in a small tray of low melting point metal (Cerrobend) and remove later with boiling water or hot air gun. (I use a block of aluminum that has a pocket about the size of a matchbox.) Have also read of parts being frozen inside blocks of ice for machining!
Once you get the pallet system mounted and aligned, you can machine a calibration tool out of a pallet.
yeah but you shouldnt have too....system 3r has a tool that can be purchased to calibrate all chucks
What are good brands of lathe chucks for CNC work holding?
Cool Channel I'm a rookie at using machines lol
Toe-clamp must be used between 0 and positive 5 degree angle. I set it level en go one step up. The bolt is as close to the workpiece as possible and not the clamping blocks, you want to clamp the part not the blocks.
What happened to the Okuma ?
A rectangle isn't an organic shape.