Ignoramus4120 wrote:

On 2011-03-19, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus4120 wrote:

On 2011-03-19, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus4120 wrote:

It is 2" in size.

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That's cute. Surely you can get out your tiny end mills and work it down
a few more levels...

That's possible, but would add to the time expense. I was thinking, to
try selling this stuff on ebay.

My work involved here, is to open the vise six times and flip the
cubes in the vise.

i

Dude, you have a 4th axis, only two vise changes required. Load part and
machine sides 1-4, stop, flip part and machine sides 5 and 6.

I think that clamping this is to rotary table do difficult, that flipping the part
over 6 times is easier.

If I wanted to make quantities, I would machine three cubes at a time,
setting three in a row in a vise.

i

Clamping on the RT shouldn't be that difficult really.

If you want production, clearly you'll need to make a custom fixture to
hold six or eight cubes, with air over hydraulic clamping, and a parts
handling robot to flip the cubes around for you while you watch on the
webcam from your office