Just wanted to make sure that I’m not missing something. Not complaining, just slightly confused…
(1) Are there any videos working through the CAD / CAM / Machining for this series?
(2) My computer has shown “coming soon” on everything in the series but 1 and 2… Is there more coming?
(3) I see where folks are posting pictures and comments on their progress working through the topic. My guess is they are just following the print?
Again, thank you, thank you, thank you all to the Titans of CNC Academy for all you do!!!
Have a wonderful Christmas Holiday!!!
Andrew Wall
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@AndrewWall There are not any videos yet for the CAD/CAM except for Titan-404 has a CAD video. I completed this series after the building blocks. I went off of the Prints and Models.
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If you have completed the Building Block series, you should be able to create the parts based on what you have learned so far. This has been the case for my students. I suspect what will be coming soon is using CAM strategies for multiple work offsets, I would like to see videos on reducing tool changes allowing the tool go from part to part, etc. I am looking forward to any resource the Titan group will provide. Just supplying the models, prints is a huge start in Fixturing.
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@Billy-Boyce , could someone at the Academy take a look at the Art of Fixturing series. My students and I both tried to pull up pdf drawings and such for any of the fixture plates or sub plates. We were re-directed to an Autodesk hub and finally it timed out. The videos work, but the setup sheets, the drawings seem to be not accessible at this time… I tried both IE and Chrome.
@Billy-Boyce I suspect the problem was with the Amazon Web Services, it created havoc across many websites yesterday. This morning I was able to open files…
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I have a similar question as the OP, does anyone know if work is being done to provide videos or instructions on the CAM side of milling the parts once on the fixtures? The patterning and multiple work offsets would be a valuable resource for us. As there are multiple ways to approach something like this, it would be great to compare what we have come up with vs what the academy would recommend.
Once my students completed the fixtures, they used Fusion to machine the actual parts. They did not use multiple work offsets, but relied on the accuracy of the fixture plates. They kept tool changes to a minimum by using same tool on each part (across all 4 fixtures if applicable or just a single fixture). Lots of ways to do this, after they successfully completed, I then went over with them other machining techniques they could have applied. Kept it simple at first, then showed how to pattern or use multiple work offsets… I agree it would be nice to see a video (maybe not a tutorial per se) of the parts being machined. If my students see how it was machined, then they could figure it out. At this level of instruction, the students have more than basic techniques at thier disposal, most have done 5 axis work before they tackle the fixturing series.