by Phil Kerner | Mar 5, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Real Manufacturing Experiences, Set-Ups
Recently. our company bought a used vertical CNC milling machine, and restored it. As usual - while the paint looked great - the real problems show up after you fire it up. Today, we in dire need of 16 parts just like this. I like to call small parts like this "busy,"...
by Phil Kerner | Jan 1, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences
After over 35 years of being in the trade, I have to say that nothing is more demoralizing than having a piece just about finished and then SNAP - breaking a tap in the piece. Obviously, I'm talking about "power tapping" here as you have to work pretty hard to break a...
by Phil Kerner | Dec 2, 2012 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences
Every once in a while, someone forgets to tap a hole in a part, and it's a waste of time to set it back up in a machine just to tap a hole. Here's how I get my tapped holes straight every time when I have to tap them by hand.
by Phil Kerner | Dec 2, 2012 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences
Okay, here we go: As we progress through these lessons, you're going to notice a few things. The first thing you'll see is that I do a lot of my work in a vise...I have a Kurt with a 9" opening that I begged for and can handle about 90% of the work that is handed to...
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.
