by Phil Kerner | Feb 1, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
I've been stewing on this one for a long time. Back in my mold-making days, the last thing that you wanted to be called was a "hack." It was considered to be a very low life-form, and was reserved for the guys who possessed absolutely no finesse. The reality is that...
by Phil Kerner | Feb 1, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups, Shortcuts and Time Savers
The place I work at supplies these very cool - and expensive - parallels and vise jaws that lock together, so that your parallels stay in place when you're loading and unloading parts. In a future post, I'll explain what they are and how they work. Occasionally,...
by Phil Kerner | Jan 1, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
In addition to the "stops" the the video above, here's one that I don't use a lot but is an absolute life-saver when you need a "stop" to get out of the way of your machining. Confused? You won't be after this video:
by Phil Kerner | Jan 1, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, The Basics - Measuring, Locating, and Checking Your Work
Whenever you have more than one part to do, you HAVE to use some kind of a "stop" to locate your work or you're just wasting your time. A vise stop is really just a very simple fixture that lets you keep loading parts into the same exact position every single time....
by Phil Kerner | Dec 2, 2012 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
Here's a part that required me to have to stand a part up on its end and drill some holes at a 12 ° angle...here's how I did it:
by Phil Kerner | Dec 2, 2012 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Real Manufacturing Experiences, Set-Ups
In this video, you'll see how I incorporate the "15 Things" from the previous lesson and you'll see how I attack a new part.
