ULTIMATE Workholding Tips | Fixture Friday 20 | Pierson Workholding

Today I go over my ultimate workholding tips from all 19 Fixture Friday episodes!
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✅ Pro Pallet System: bit.ly/3OoyA3q
✅ Rotovise Pro: bit.ly/3OxtOkp
✅ Smartvac 3: bit.ly/3QBZRkY
✅ Smartplate: bit.ly/3Oru58d
If you're new to our Pierson Workholding Fixer Friday series, this is the perfect episode to watch because I'm going to highlight the best parts of the previous 19 episodes and give some bonus workholding tips that I didn't mention the first time around. Let's get started.
ALL FIXTURE FRIDAY EPISODES
FF 1: • How We Got 24 Parts on...
FF 2: • Tested Durability On O...
FF 3: • Top Tips to Get the Pe...
FF 4: • How to FIND ORIGINS fo...
FF 5: • More Money More Parts!...
FF 6: • Increase your FEED RAT...
FF 7: • Talons, Pitbulls & 20 ...
FF 8: • Turn ROUND bars into R...
FF 9: • MIND BLOWING Customer ...
FF 10: • How to IMPROVE your Fi...
FF 11: • When a VACUUM is bette...
FF 12: • What NOT To Do For You...
FF 13: • COST CUTTING Pallet | ...
FF 14: • We spun our pallets an...
FF 15: • Our Most Pretty & Prof...
FF 16: • Hold Multiple Parts Wi...
FF 17: • Machining Cast Iron? T...
FF 18: • PRO TIPS! Machining Mu...
FF 19: • I Broke My ONE Vacuum ...
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*Videos We Recommend*
Fixture Friday Series:
THIS is the playlist to watch if you want to learn about designing fixtures.
• How We Got 24 Parts on...
Shop Tour Series:
Tag along as Jay gives a tour of the shop!
• Lean Manufacturing | P...
00:00 Quick Overview
01:15 24 parts in a vise on one pallet
01:49 How pallets hold up over time when running steel parts
02:58 Is it good to make a multi-operational pallet?
03:29 Standardized origins
04:04 48 parts per cycle on a single pallet
04:29 Smart back episode
05:39 Holding parts from the bottom
06:08 Pallet killers
06:33 Customizable top plate
06:51 What not to do when designing a fixture
07:14 Adding pallets to a Rotovise Pro
08:23 Hold parts with no clamps!
09:16 Machining cast iron
10:03 Pro vs Noob Setup
10:44 Breaking my own fixture rule
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[@ClockwerkIndustries]

I made all my own custom fixtures, but the smallest quantity holds 5 parts, the largest holds 128. The most common fixtures range from 32-88 parts per fixture. This is on a 6x12x1/2 inch fixture plate too. Once I upgrade to a Speedio from my Tormachs, I'll be developing and expanding my current system to allow running 4 of my current fixtures in one cycle to hit the ground running, then develop larger fixtures for the higher demand products instead of making all new bigger fixtures right off the bat, fixture systems are incredibly versatile in that regard. Love this series. Once I do finally upgrade to industrial machines, ill definitely be looking at getting some Pierson pallets, not for my production fixtures themselves, there are too many to justify the cost, but isntead I'll use them to be able to hot-swap my entire setup, so I can go from my production fixtures, swap to a vise, swap to a vac table and never lose my setup and have to tram everything in every time. That's going to be a game-changer for me.

[@eliotmorgan1435]

Amazing products that not only up our production but help take away the stress of needing things done fast in the workplace. We can take more time to make sure we are prioritizing the quality of our work while still increasing the speed of what we are doing! Love using these.

[@jcpwmachinist]

I love these products, It allows me to work on other machine and projects while that machine is producing parts. Innovating my production!

[@braxtonec]

Great lessons. I'd watched them all and appreciate the recap. Every 20 is good way to bring them all home. Thanks.

[@savilojr90]

Great Vid! I appreciately the reminders from your previous videos.

[@rahulkavaipatti867]

Great video! Thanks for the summary of all the episodes.

[@wrighty338]

Every time i tune in i cant wait to get my first VMC and start putting some tips into practice

[@angrydragonslayer]

Pallet durability is really one of those things where people really just go out of their way for no good reason In one of the factories i've worked in, there's some fixtures where the contact surfaces are DLC on either carbide or steel (the guys who made them are either dead or retired so no clue which) and the cost of these buggers still hasnt been recovered compared to using hardened steel but at the same time, they don't seem to care. They'd seen close to 80 million parts (~4 million each) and from the documentation i found, they have not changed at all.

[@user-pb5nc3vh6j]

Great job! I watch your videos because I do some single part setups everyday with odd shapes and bases! Great educational approach! P.S. what's the song name in the beginning?😊

[@Itsdirtnaptime]

I shouldn't give this idea and just do it myself. 🤣😋 Anyways, the clamps wouldn't wear out that fast. I mean at best, the threads would pull out. In that case, I would be making EVERY fixture (that you use and sell) with helicoils. Straight eliminate the issue. With the ideas you have, I am sure you could whip up a device that would auto thread those in for you. Straight drill (25/64) and tap the 3/8-16 holes (3/8-16 sti) and send the fixtures of. You would probably never have a thread rip out. (Even though it sounds like you have yet but this is not the same as making a solid steel fixture for no reason.)

[@georgehunter4023]

how about a plate to match the smart plate so that i can use my tailstock at the same height?

[@PiersonWorkholding]

FEATURED PRODUCTS IN VIDEO ✅ Pro Pallet System: bit.ly/3OoyA3q ✅ Rotovise Pro: bit.ly/3OxtOkp ✅ Smartvac 3: bit.ly/3QBZRkY ✅ Smartplate: bit.ly/3Oru58d

[@kazoku7827]

What collant are you using ?

[@SANSUNGGBX2231]

Hey Jay, I've been watching some of your videos, and I'm trying to figure out how would be the best way to implement lean on a non repeatable environment? Not sure if i was clear, but in a nutshell, every part has it's on process to be machined, so it's not possible to get a machine set up to one process only... Hope you can talk about that at some point!

[@PiersonWorkholding]

We have lots of recent videos on our Instagram page about lean shop tips. Great for non repeat work.

[@adammiller4879]

How do you convince an employer something like this is worth it? Im In the semiconductor industry and our work, fixtures, tooling is controlled by the customer and it takes tests and 1 year wait time to make changes. We use a fixture that makes 1 part at a time, and 8-10 parts per day. Even though the cycle time is about 30 minutes. They have the if it’s not broke don’t fix it attitude and don’t want to increase productivity

[@PiersonWorkholding]

It's not our job to convince people that different ways are better. We can only present options and let them decide. If the customer doesn't want to improve, that's an opportunity for the competition to surpass them.

[@brianwaayenberg3099]

whats hanging off the side of the spinde? looks like a spider cool, but ther is a Pcool there so i must be wrong.

[@PiersonWorkholding]

We have air knives on most of our spindles to blow off parts automatically. Maybe that's what you're seeing.

[@brianwaayenberg3099]

@@PiersonWorkholding maybe? that would actually be a good vid for selling your products, in process cleaning methods to make faster pallet swaps. i love my mini i got for the job i bought it for, but the swaps where slower due to me cleaning in machine. no spare workspace (garage) to do out of machine coolant/airgun work, too messy. i dont care if it took longer for the machine to do it, as i can do something else while it runs.

[@ipadize]

i mean, cant they just add hardened steel inserts to the fixture themselves?

[@PiersonWorkholding]

Anything is possible. Additive engineering is always more costly and often unnecessary.

[@jdlouw1474]

Nice, now i'm forced to watch them all