Interesting Work Holding Techniques #3

[@benkeller3]

These are great work holing videos. Glad I found your channel.

[@StuartdeHaro]

You should definitely check out my video from Friday then. Lots of interesting work holding going on in that one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a36noqqBa5hsfas

[@mikemichelizzi2023]

Thanks for the quill stop tip - I'll have to remember that one

[@StuartdeHaro]

I use that trick all the time. One of my earlier videos is about getting consistent countersink depths and the quill stop is central to that.

[@mikemichelizzi2023]

@@StuartdeHaro I remember that, thanks! I've certainly used the quill stop as an end point for milling and drilling, it's the use of the fully raised position that had never occurred to me. Brilliant!

[@jpsimon206]

2 broke for Patreon, but wanted to at least say thank you. I really like the sort of classroom approach that you bring to your videos.

[@StuartdeHaro]

I totally get it. Thanks for watching!

[@jagboy69]

I'd like to see more of that dirty old cnc bridgeport!

[@johndebrular979]

Would like to see a video on making that table stop you used in this video.

[@StuartdeHaro]

That's on my list. Maybe a project for my time off at the holidays.

[@TomChame]

Very neat, thanks.

[@bwcordes]

That's a cool project, and I wouldn't have known it was your cell phone through a good portion of the video. You must have good light in the shop.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Thanks Stuart awesome as always. 👍👍

[@billdlv]

Good job Stuart. I was looking at those TRAK machines at my old job as a possible upgrade to the facility.

[@StuartdeHaro]

They are really excellent as prototype machines. They're easy to program and they can be run as manual machines as well. We use ours mostly manually just because of the kind of work we do, but when those trickier jobs come up with angled or curved cuts, lots of holes, or the odd small production job, having the CNC control is fantastic.

[@highpwr]

Nice job. I would hate to have to do 25 of those parts completely on a manual mill though.

[@StuartdeHaro]

I think they could definitely be simplified further, but yeah, it would suck.

[@termlimit]

Hey could you expand on your Bridgeport cnc conversion? Recently purchased a bridgeport, want to play manual for a while, but definitely interested in the CNC route. Thanks for all your videos.

[@StuartdeHaro]

It isn't a conversion. It was bought new in 1999 as a ProtoTRAK. For the work we do, it's a great machine.

[@termlimit]

@@StuartdeHaro o I missed that part, it is an actual machine mod. Cool thanks for the direction.

[@836dmar]

Don’t see the links to the previous work holding videos. 😁

[@StuartdeHaro]

I just added the links to the video description, but since you asked nicely, I'll paste them here too. Link to Interesting Workholding Techniques #1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGTZiYStjaqWhck Link to Interesting Workholding Techniques #2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGOXp3-or5aBZ5o Thanks for watching!

[@836dmar]

@@StuartdeHaroThanks so much. I’m a little dense. It’s difficult to hear the love in my voice when typing on an iPad. Love the channel and all the content!

[@jdmccorful]

Functional knockoff, I hope. Thanks for the look.

[@StuartdeHaro]

Yep. It worked great. We pared down a lot of the design elements to make it more manufactureable. The important bits were the hole placement, the shape of the hook, and the width of the top where the valance snapped on. The two pegs by the hook don't seem to serve any purpose whatsoever. They just hang out in space inside a tubular structure. They don't touch anything.

[@ironhead65]

@@StuartdeHaro really interesting. Thanks for sharing! My guess is those are there for some other model of cubical. Something that would utilize them. Then again, if it is die cast, dies are rather expensive. They could be for a feature that was removed, but the die never updated, mayhaps?

[@StuartdeHaro]

@@ironhead65 that is a definite possibility. There is also no apparent reason for the two steps on top. The valance is just a channel that snaps on top.