Blackwell Engineering
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With your machine in manual, and keys in setting and service… pressing the ATC button will retract and orient the spindle. It will then continue to hold the spindle in position while you manually move the machine around during indication. Maybe overkill… but there’s no worry of the spindle rotating slightly and throwing off your readings.
12/22/2024
I’m moving high density fixture plate production to a new fixturing scheme. This massive first op fixture will support all of our current fixture plates with some room to grow. The benefits are significant for my one-man operation.
There’s no requirement to tear down a setup to move from one size plate to another. It takes about 30 seconds to move the pitbulls and talon grips to the appropriate spots for each stock size.
Additionally, the CAM setup in fusion makes use of the container system meaning that once I’ve programmed one plate, I’ve essentially programmed them all. And the root fixture plate file is parametric and configured such that creating a new size is fast and efficient.
I drew inspiration from a lot of giants in the community when developing this new workflow. Specifically, .awesome.lockwood
Oh yeah, I certainly didn’t need an incredible surface finish for a fixture plate… but look at the results from the extra long AX finisher from ! This 1.75” tall wall was finished with a 3/8” cutter!
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