Incredible Aerospace Fixturing | TITANS of CNC Vlog #49

[@garytaylor6504]

As a machinist for 8 years in tool and die and aerospace, you put out valuable information that i only learned on the job. Awesome stuff, talk for days cause that knowledge might be used for years.

[@aldodaniel1986]

Fixtures is what I work on every day. Im a Toolmaker apprentice at the Giant of aerospace: GE. Most of our fixtures are very complex. I love my job, working on the latest tooling for parts that go on engines that have not even been put together yet, cutting edge technology. Watching how passionate you guys are about this, make us all proud. I learn something new out of each one of your videos, keep it up!!

[@davidcornwell6912]

Better knowledge from this guy than most cnc schools your going to find.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Thanks David

[@user-qs2iq1ci8m]

Just finished my associates in machining and I learn something every vid. Thanks titan!

[@duaneroot1966]

My hero again, not afraid to show speeds and feeds

[@Adam-b8i]

Good subject matter. Also probably worth mentioning that all of this kind of stuff really plays into accurately pricing a job. Fixtures, mandrels, clamps, time to design and fab these things all carry a cost. It’s important to think about that cost on the front end and build all that into your quote. As long as the bills are paid you can invest the time and effort into these things, and it will pay big dividends on the success of the job. 👍🏻👍🏻great video.

[@yitzfinch9747]

Thanks Titan and Crew! Coincidentally, I had a customer bring a request for a thin-walled, closed-end cylindrical vessel through my door just yesterday. Great video with useful information! Also, my students could use videos about metrology and using surface plates, indicators, height gauges, etc. (not so much CMMs).

[@marktatara9545]

Great video team Titan. All of the knowledge you share is priceless! Can't wait for the next one.

[@gigstick]

I love when You explain detail like this

[@K6HR]

Congratulations on your first location in Texas! We can't wait to see what you have planned after your tremendous success in Flower Mound! The next 5 years? ...NOTHIN' BUT BOOM!

[@ogdenagdonbrister9990]

Those are some crazy awesome fixtures! It takes some deep thinking to come up with fixtures like that! Those thin-walled thickness' you were talking about sound pretty scary to achieve, great job. Love what you're doing for America! BOOM!!!

[@Dullwo]

perfect is relative to each use case, tolerances is always needed. Cool part, solid fixture. most of my work (hydraulic valves) also needs "perfect" alignment in different fixtures.

[@jesusvelazquez1359]

You are the best Titan I always watch your video tutorials They are very interesting to increase your CNC programming skills my best regards

[@TITANSofCNC]

I appreciate it!

[@zachfreeman9002]

Can't wait for the art of fixturing on lathes. It will be cool!

[@damianamado220]

Hola Titan!! thank you very much from Argentina!

[@Gee2316]

Please do more full setups on the mill its the only thing that can get me through thee weekend.

[@Gran0s085]

I'm gonna start marking down how many times in each video you say boom, perfect or perfectly lol. Awesome info brotha!

[@edmundzadurian8908]

Great video and smart work holding techniques

[@chrusb7765]

That's great you touched (a little) on letting a part relax. Could you do a video on heat treating of Aluminum? Going from condition W or O to heat treated? Maybe what makes Fracture Critical parts so apealing to make. Thanks great job.

[@noelmartinez3239]

Hey Titan great video, a question I have for you is when you say you relaxed the part, are you referring to a stress relieve process or just let the part sit for a while. If you can, please show a video on different parts with different material which may require a stress relieve process prior to final machining. How do you handle situation where different material react differently, etc. 304 SST, compare to 6061-T6 Alum, etc. Thanks again to you and your team for the great video's and valuable information.

[@bigshawn1360]

I like making fixtures for jobs . It's my time shine . Our programer rarely makes program for fixtures. That smaller fixture that was stepped looks very similar to a part in 1990s. On a fadal 4th axis . Holding tenths.

[@nakinajay]

So when can we expect to see Titans of CNC Canada ? If there was something like this going on up here in Canada I bet it would take off. I was just laid off from my logging job hauling heavy equipment , and this is what I would love to learn. Have a great day Titan. Your #1 Canadian fan.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Many teachers in Canada are using my Free curriculum

[@extradimension7356]

Thanks for making this !

[@TITANSofCNC]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffhoffman6553]

This video was ......perfect!!!!

[@hall6ppc1]

How does the custom expanding mandrel work ? Thanks for the great video !

[@sampitts7044]

Great video. Thanks

[@meocats]

that royal collet also has the tapering issue, Hainbuch (and maybe royal?) make a collet with a hexagonal exterior, so when it gets pulled you have flat surfaces sliding on one another, as opposed to a cone which effectively is pulling a larger diameter into a smaller diameter. Nice mandrel tho... hydraulic?

[@mikegroeneveldjr.9092]

Why hold the one collet and mandrel in the royal quickgrip rather than making it bolt and locate directly on the machine spindle? Is that just for quick changeover? (SMED?) thanks. Awesome video Titan.

[@mnucad]

I just realized how to make small AL6061-T6 connectors with 0.012" (+/-0.001") thin walls OD:0.870" ID:0.846" Length of thin wall section 0.75" on 2.00" long part. Now, our qty volumen is very low (lots of 5pcs with EAU: 40pcs), does custom mandrel cost worth for a $62.40ea? Thanks Titan! We meet in Chicago last two IMTS 2016 and 2018.

[@rickfinsta2951]

How do you approach the size-on-size issue with pie jaws in a lathe? We bar feed and subspindle transfer the vast majority of our turned parts, and to date I have just cut the jaws, then moved them out a notch all around for the needed clearance. I know there is inherent inaccuracy with this, but so far no problems. Is there a better way to do this? I've got some chucked parts coming up that will require pie jaws.

[@carlitoway9120]

👌 great job

[@TITANSofCNC]

Boom

[@mikegroeneveldjr.9092]

Also you should make a GD&T overview vlog so people can understand everything that can effect true postition like cylindricity. Also something on reaming and using dowels and locating pins, since that can be very important in some settings. They need to see to process and locate based on the called datum structure to ensure true position.

[@TITANSofCNC]

I actually discuss just that in today’s Vlog

[@frankcruz1751]

When are you going to do a tool length video offset? Please

[@leichen5474]

很棒 加油！

[@fabianmartinez39]

i love your work man you are a monster at this i try to follow all hoy vids thur knolege at its best thank you for shering

[@markgamble9491]

Like the new music!

[@TITANSofCNC]

Thanks

[@smoken32]

Titan for a work like that you showed in the video how much time do you have from customer order to first part? Maybe weeks or months? I think it needs a lots of time to project and make that kind of fixture. Amazing by the way

[@TITANSofCNC]

6-12 weeks... of course they want it in a week.

[@123kkambiz]

if you have proper experts in your company who can think about the problem like in Titans of CNC I am sure with their expertise and highly sophisticated cnc machines they can finish it as fast as they can.

[@jepkeklinge3778]

can u make a video about vqc on a haas lathe thx u make really crazy parts and when will the video about 1400 inch per min be there

[@faridmahomed3339]

For starting a small bussiness for doing truck parts can i start with old cnc machines??.

[@asadmirzamuhammad748]

Beautifull

[@mechanicaldesignbrain]

Is it essential to machine all machine parts on CNC all other can go on manual machine?

[@Oclb]

MECHANICAL DESIGN BRAIN they probably have a few manuals around just for hole drilling and quick operations.... but the complexity and repeatability and speed of a Cnc makes touching a manual machine almost foolish.

[@jamieclarke321]

could you do a video on absolute positioning and what that means. I searched absolute positioning on the channel and on google and couldnt really find any information to explain exactly what you mean.

[@ElTigre410]

Does that expanding mandrel have a feature to expand parallel or is it a standard one where you cut it to size in the expanded state?

[@TITANSofCNC]

The diameter expands out completely

[@opskip7828]

TITANS of CNC: Academy Who fabricates this expanding mandrel? Is it Hydra-lock?

[@robertsomerville5377]

I once had to machine the inside diameter of a pipe 300mm in from either end . The pipe was roughly 300mm diameter & 5000 long. I did this by taking the toolpost & tailstock off a lathe that had a 4000 bed , making a fixture to hold the pipe onto the cross slide. Mounted a big boring head in fixture in the chuck & used the lathe as a horizontal borer. Most of what Titan is showing was so he could hold the tolerance required, but jigs & fixtures can free machine time by drilling simple holes in a radial drill using jigs rathe than put every operation through a cnc mill.

[@1389srb]

One question, when quoting those complex jobs, do you include the cost of the tools into the price per part, or as a separate category "tooling expenses" ?

[@TITANSofCNC]

Yes, it’s called a NRE... Non Recurring Estimate.

[@1389srb]

@@TITANSofCNC Thanks!

[@SFTUBEBENDING]

You invest quite a bit of time quoting a job and then you get it. Then you go, " how am I going to fixture that part". This could be where money is made and lost. Being able to get a head start and learn tips and tricks through these videos and this mfg community that you've set up is invaluable. BTW, SCHUNK also makes hydraulic expansion equipment that measures in the microns.

[@markpirslin]

Hey... cool videos. Do you know the supplier of the mandrel? We’ve got a small semicon shop in the SF Bay Area. Amat/lam

[@hmnlgusa]

Hi Titan, could you explain how to cut in the x axis about 10 in and repeat cuts with removal of 0.010 metrical to a depth of 0.50?

[@martysmith871]

Something tells me he likes things to be absolutely perfect.😁

[@dan3076]

How many parts do you get per mandrel ?

[@jjaycruzin809]

Do you indicate the chuck

[@TITANSofCNC]

Indicate everything

[@Gtrlac43]

What materials do you use for your fixtures?

[@TITANSofCNC]

Aluminum and Steel

[@Gtrlac43]

Do you use aluminum fixtures for steel parts or only for aluminum parts? Thank you so much for your instructional content and actually responding to my question. I love that you are "MAKING MANUFACTURING GREAT AGAIN!"

[@funwitharobot]

When are you gonna get a 7 axis machine to do these parts in one setup?

[@TITANSofCNC]

Just have 5 Axis right now... But as with any thin walled Aerospace parts, you would still need a few operations to rough off all the material before relieving the pressure and kissing it into spec.

[@B-money96]

If you could give one piece of advice to a person starting machining . What would it be ?

[@frankcruz1751]

Thank

[@TITANSofCNC]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johno9507]

From your description the part sounds like part of a rocket engine turbopump manifold.

[@vaibhavithape1908]

Rpm and feed for 17 ph4 ???

[@rijanveliu962]

Boom boom boom!!

[@AlexLancashirePersonalView]

I have made lots of holding jigs like these when I had my machine shop.

[@AlexLancashirePersonalView]

Great content Titan, wish I had known you when I was working. It would have been good to meet you. Maybe I could visit if I am in America some time.

[@mechanicaldesignbrain]

What is the deference between CAM and Real CNC machining?

[@Random_guy_cz]

CAM = Computer Aided Machining. Just in your pc. Virtual. The machine makes it real.

[@librasd8087]

@@Random_guy_cz CAM is Computer-Aided Manufacturing, CAD is Computer Aided Design, their combination allows to design and see the results of a production process first, then, from the cam, they can generate the codes for the production and the real processing in a machine with a CNC (Computer Numerical Control)

[@ajaybirhade6282]

How to make manual program in mazak vmc

[@OppForce]

but whats the torque needed to lock the part without slipping. or we just estimate it xD

[@PatrickJoergensen]

2:43 though my computer was acting up - had to double check :P

[@jamescoen2598]

can you make a complete gun all the parts in a cnc. could a barrel be rifled in a cnc ??

[@chrusb7765]

How about a video on why you can't show some parts and you can show others.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Hmmm ok ITAR Regulations

[@chrusb7765]

@@TITANSofCNC Maybe start with who, what and why of ITAR, ERA, alittle about the US Munitions list, what and why. Just a few minutes overview of them, part of another video?

[@АлексТринадцатый-х3н]

Hello Titan , please Russia version.

[@kyle_in_tex8422]

Titan, do you go to the expense of actually programming the work and the fixtures to get better estimates for quoting? Or do you "shoot from the hip" with experience? Maybe explain to the people that, if you have a good relationship with your customer, that the customer will better understand the NRE (non re- occurring expenses) for fixturing and programming. I'm guessing you break that stuff out in your quotes. Chatter is of the devil.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Go through it in my head and estimate based on experience

[@matthewbudz4733]

Just throwing the word “perfect” around like it’s nothing

[@innominatum9906]

Lots of talking without much to teach. Most fixtures requires great accuracy.

[@junaida.1542]

man good educational videos but why do you use the word perfectly so much. There's no such thing as perfect. I know it sounds anal lol but in-spec, sure. Perfect? Likely not.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Depends what one considers the tolerance of perfect. I would say “flawless” would be impossible. Surprised that’s what you got out of my video.

[@jadesluv]

@@TITANSofCNC Please continue speaking as you do, its your trademark, your style. You are a super great teacher and I admire you for where you have been and where you are now. You impart your vast knowledge of machining which I consider priceless. 1000 times Thank you

[@wojtek20xxx]

Hi that what You doing is amazing it's unbelievable what these CNC machines and highly qualified people can do ----------> i got a question you have a cool watch is a serial production of whether it comes CNC ?

[@noelmartinez3239]

Hey Titan great video, a question I have for you is when you say you relaxed the part, are you referring to a stress relieve process or just let the part sit for a while. If you can, please show a video on different parts with different material which may require a stress relieve process prior to final machining. How do you handle situation where different material react differently, etc. 304 SST, compare to 6061-T6 Alum, etc. Thanks again to you and your team for the great video's and valuable information.