Friday, 22 September 2017

Chop off excess stock and clean up the end

I'll use the band saw to remove the sacrificial stock and then use a 2D Contour to clean up and leave a fillet on the end corners.

Modelled a simple piece of stock to represent the end of the work:


Then used the 2D Adaptive to machine back to the required profile. I assumed a 3mm stock stickout, so as long as its less than this, it will do the trick.




It's a deceptive view but the origin triad is actually at the bottom plane in the centre of the large bore. That should align it with the existing features on the other side.


Mark out and chop off the sacrificial lump:






It was a wet business!




Job done. Looks pretty decent:






Main bracket body - done.

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