Made a fixture, fun :)

[SpeedsCustom]

I finally made my first fixture today, I never really had to use jigs or properly set-up a piece using an edge finder. Well, I did it today for the first time. Like I said, Never really needed to, so I never bothered.

I needed to make a fixture for my Taig, this was a fixture I designed a few weeks back. Cut everything today on separate files, man the edge-finder really makes life easy! I'm glad I can use it now.

I can't say what the fixture is for (Top Secret) but this will make repetitive milling easy and 3-d milling fast.

I thought I drilled the holes for the Dowels a few thousands smaller but apparently I didn't. It's snug, but can be twisted. Maybe I can just loctite them in!


I inverted the pictures so you don't have huge glare, plus it looks awesome.






-Jason

[SpeedsCustom]

The 540 cuts fine, the reason things got so messed up the first real cuts were because of Speeds and Feeds/Clamping.


-Jason

[TOTALLYRC]

Speeds and feeds seem so arcane but most good tooling suppliers list the speeds and feeds for their stuff and you can always scale it back for your machine.

It is looking good and I am glad to see that you are well on your way to making your first million with a Taig.
Mike

[alexccmeister]

Hi Jason.

I am still learning. Can you explain what is the jig for? Thanks.

Alex

[SpeedsCustom]

TotallyRc- Oh and yea, the right sharp tool works too! Lots of my tools were given to me (New) So It was like impossible to try and look them up.

Alex- I can't say what the Jig is used for right now, but. By making the jig, it's makes set-up of a continuous part very easy. I don't have to load each new piece and make sure it's parallel to the table and so on. The locating pins will always center my pieces.



-Jason

[Geof]

Originally Posted by alexccmeister Hi Jason. I am still learning. Can you explain what is the jig for? Thanks. Alex

It's a secret; if he told you he would have to seek you out and eliminate you.

To help your learning I will be picky (as usual); it is not a jig it is a fixture, they are different.

A jig is a device which secures and aligns the part to be machined, and also guides the cutting tool. An example would be a drill jig with hardened steel bushings that the drill passes through into the part.

A fixture is a device that just holds and aligns the part for the machining.

This was a distinction made way back in the dark ages when I was an apprentice fitter, turner and toolmaker.

[SpeedsCustom]

Ah yea there we go, A fixture! Not a jig! Sorry folks, I went ahead and even changed it. GEOF has corrected me and I went back and changed it. Thanks, and yes. I made a fixture.


-Jason

[Harryman]

Don't forget you can also dance a jig.....

Nice job on the fixture.

[Khalid]

Fixture seems to be for 3D two sided job

[Fixittt]

and of course you have to remember that a fixture is only as good as it is indicated square ............

[alexccmeister]

I get it now. Might make one for myself. Thanks.

[SpeedsCustom]

Fixitt- Very true, it need to be square to work just right, or the alignment won't be right!

Khalid- Yes, 3-D model

Thanks to the comments.


-Jason