Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Ring Machining

Machining of the rings today out of of a half inch thick sheet of steel. We first cut out a piece of acrylic for the jig on the CNC machine:



During the machining, the support structures were tapped by Andrea and Dan:



In order to begin the machining of the rings, it was suggested that we drill and tap 4 holes into each of the three rings and attach them to the acrylic jig below.this ensures that he rings will not move during machining.




Machining would continue until roughly 7 PM, at which point, the first ring was finished and the inside of the second ring was in progress: