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...
by Phil Kerner | Mar 24, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups, The Basics - Workholding
In this lesson, I'm going to show you a very cool way to machine this part "all the way around" in your vise. This part started out as one single block of steel, saw-cut on the ends.
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 | Mar 3, 2013 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
IF I were handed a brand-new apprentice today, and allowed to have my way with him or her, here's where I would start: Learn how to de-burr parts for a month. Learn how to layout a few scribe lines, then center-punch and drill a few holes on a drill press. Learn how...
