by Phil Kerner | Nov 29, 2018 | Fixture Building, Fixtures, Members Only: The Tool Room, Set-Ups, The Basics - Milling
Just a reminder: one of my main tasks at work is to "prove out" first-time jobs quickly. Once we get a handful of parts through the inspection department, it's usually time for me to move on. I have a lot of leeway in regards to how I approach a new project, but my...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 9, 2018 | Members Only: The Tool Room, The Basics - Milling, The Basics - Workholding
Every once in a while, I have to run some parts where - as you can see from the photos below - the drill or reamer is going to come pretty close the edge. This means I'm probably going to run into the parallels underneath the part once the drill breaks through. Since...
by Phil Kerner | May 25, 2017 | Fixture Building, Fixtures, Members Only: The Tool Room, Real Manufacturing Experiences, Set-Ups, The Basics - Milling, The Basics - Workholding
As most of you who might find themselves in a manufacturing environment these days can attest to, there is a lot of chaos in the industry right now. Customers flipping orders from day to day, suppliers not delivering material on time, and the demands of running a...
by Phil Kerner | Jul 20, 2015 | Fixtures, Members Only: The Tool Room, The Basics - Milling
When milling angles on block of material, you've got a lot of options. If you're just machining one part, any method you choose will probably be fine...sine plate, angled parallels, tip the head on a Bridgeport...you pick. But things change when you have several parts...
by Phil Kerner | May 13, 2014 | Bridgeport Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room, The Basics - Milling
It's one thing to get your Bridgeport head perfectly trammed in, but it's another thing to precisely tip it on a "perfect" precision angle. In this lesson, I'll show you how to tip the head on 5 degrees...the same method works for any angle you need. Here you...
by Phil Kerner | Apr 20, 2014 | Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, The Basics - Milling
In this lesson, I'll show you the methods that I used to finish these parts from scratch in about 5 hours. I added a PDF of the part drawing, you might want to download it before you watch the video just so you know what the heck I'm talking about. PART DRAWING...
