by Phil Kerner | Jun 30, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
It seems like almost every week I get a weird part to machine, and the first thing that usually comes to mind is, "How am I going to hang onto this thing?" It's good for me to have to "stretch" myself a bit, and it's even better for you because you get to learn it...
by Phil Kerner | Jun 17, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
While sometimes it may seem obvious, I've been surprised a few times in my career by how much down-pressure a simple drill can exert on a work piece, to the point of actually tipping the part in a vise. Here's my thoughts and solutions:
by Phil Kerner | May 5, 2013 | Inspection, Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling
I was building a small fixture the other day and I really needed to get the depth of a few round pockets as close as possible...depth mikes are one way, but here's the "absolute" way to check a pocket depth. Or, any depth of cut, for that matter.
by Phil Kerner | Apr 28, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, My Tools, Set-Ups
I got this very cool electronic edge-finder about a month ago, and decided that today was the day to see how it stacks up as far as accuracy goes...now I know, and you will, too.
by Phil Kerner | Apr 28, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
Here's a little bit of a challenge: put two parts together and bore a hole between them, not through them. Haven't had to do this a lot of times in my career, but here's the method that I used to pull it off.
by Phil Kerner | Mar 24, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
One of the secrets of the "trade" is how to work on parts that are sometimes a little too big for your vise or even your machine. The other day, I got handed some 36" long pipes that needed a hole drilled in the end. I played around with some jacks - which in the end...
