[Ro...] Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Ill remove the "Sales" text of my post's. Thank you to all who have Emailed & PM'd me, i appreciate your support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Je...] Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I have reverse engineered a 3 place XXT rack also. It doesn't have the sprung retract covers functioning (hard to locate those little springs) but the covers can be slid forward manually as a dust cover if desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Removed per request20180611_065039.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Very nice Roberto! I miss my 3D printer and all the cool stuff I used to make at my old company 🙁 Working on getting one for my new company. Curious what model printer do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 At work i have a Uprint SE and a Stratasys F370. Those are both very expensive, but very good. (I prefer the uprint, but the Strata is newer and faster) At home i have a Qidi Xone. thats a solid machine but not nearly as easy to run as the 2 at work. With a "Home Unit" there's a lot of trial & error needed to get things printing. First layer adhesion is somewhat of an art. Plan on spending a lot of time on youtube and forums trying to figure out the right recipe for your particular machine. still to this day its not uncommon for me to have to restart a print job 2 or 3 times before it wants to act right. Additionally, the 2 high dollar machines have integrated soluble support printing, so that just happens automatic in the software, i just design whatever i want and the machine figures out a way to print it. when its dont printing i throw it in the hot water bath and all the support melts away. My home machine doesn't have that, so i have to be very mindful of my designs. all my parts have been modified to print without support. You can have support on a single nozzle machine, but its not as nice as that soluble support of the high dollar machines. Additionally2, It bugs me to no end that 100% of youtube videos and forums are people talking about better ways to print their little action figures or dragon heads....... come on people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ZE...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Dear Roberto, lately we have seen your posts regarding probe rack accessories. With reference to our netiquette, we kindly ask you to stop promoting your own products as advertising for websites or web services and offering goods and services is strictly prohibited in the ZEISS Metrology Community. We further ask you to delete your current promotions. If not and / or you continue posting similar content, we may have to exclude you from the community. Best regards ZEISS Metrology Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Dam Better luck on CMM guys Roberto... We had a few Stratesys that were great machines. and yes very expensive... i'm leaning towards the ultimaker 3 with water soluble supports, and a somewhat decent price for what you are getting. something to get my company's foot in the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ch...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 We have a decent size Makerbot that i've made a lot of CMM stuff on. The Makerbot's are relatively cheap but you get what you pay for. The stepper motors and most of the components of the machine look cheap; However, it has proven itself to be quite useful. I used mine for CMM fixtures, probe holders, and much more. On a side note, Booo to Zeiss for butting in on this post. They have no problem with ex-employees getting on here and promoting consulting services, promoting GD&T services, or pushing their own golden dog turds on the forum. But a brown guys gets on here and tries it and they threaten to kick him off. WTF Zeiss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 The most annoying thing is that this post is located in Software/Calypso, Hardware/Accessories suits better. Other than that I could not care less 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Just be sure to not take it personally Robert. Whether they admit it or not, Zeiss loves you, you're their customer and everybody here (most anyhow) appreciate you sharing your ideas and products. As a moderator on a few forums, there are all kinds of legal snafus, liabilities and regulations that have to be adhered to or you'll be opening the door for viruses and tracking bot's that can play havoc on a forum. I personally don't see an issue sharing your e-mail address or even promoting the product's you've developed to help those in within the portal community organize their own equipment but, ....I don't stand to lose any profits off item's that may compete with yours like maybe Zeiss does with their cabinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Me...] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm with Owen on this one. Reverse engineering is cool. But you can't promote it through the sites and places of your, (now), competitor. Ex: Trying to promote your new phone at a Verizon location. It's neat that you can build this stuff. I'm jealous. But you got to step away from here. I wish you the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi Robert, we are looking at getting a 3D printer to build custom part fixtures. Do you have any pictures of some fixtures you made with the 3d printer that will help me persuade them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Sure. I print fixtures for probably 50% of the new stuff that hits the floor. but the real "value" is printing the part, and being able to prove my CMM programs out sometimes months ahead of production. So when the first piece gets to the quality lab for inspection, i already know my program wont do anything crazy. I cant post pictures of parts on fixtures, but i can post the fixtures. in addition to individual part fixtures we have every CMM setup with lots of peripheral bobbles such as storage trays, squaring bars, holders for 5C collets, holders for qual spheres, all sorts of stuff. If someone thinks something up and says "Hey roberto, we need this thing to go here and hold this thing from moving", i can usually have something in place within 24 hours. Also, if you have laser etch or comparator or vision checks going on, those all can benefit from custom fixtures as well.20180718_055906.jpg20180718_060030.jpg20180718_055736.jpg20180718_055743.jpg20180718_055520.jpg20180718_055532.jpg20180718_055633.jpg20180718_055655.jpg20180718_055710.jpg20180718_055204.jpg20180718_055314.jpg20180718_055355.jpg20180718_055400.jpg20180718_055442.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thanks for the illustrations Robert. I'm thinking about getting a 3D printer; do you have your printer in the same room the CMM is located or is that detrimental or prohibited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thanks for the illustrations Robert. I'm thinking about getting a 3D printer; do you have your printer in the same room the CMM is located or is that detrimental or prohibited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 No its not in the same room, but that's only because it was originally bought to be "Engineerings Toy". Its been moved around a couple times since then. We now have 2 big expensive printers and they reside in their own little corner of what used to be a quality lab, but there's no "regulatory" reasons that i'm aware of. That space was just available at the time they needed it. The machines that we have are both dual nozzle machines that print model material & soluble support for hollow objects and overhangs. so sitting next to the printers is a hot circulating water bath for dissolving the support. that's another added expense you have to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Cr...] Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 This is a great idea. I don't have a 3d printer but i could see this being a "fix" for many of my fixture issues ! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ch...] Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Here is a little trick that I do. I have some basic metal fixtures with larger circular and rectangular bores. For my smaller parts, I print a new 'insert' that will fit into the metal fixture. The metal part gives it strength. and it is easier to design just the insert than an entire fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Yeah chad, we do something similar. All 6 of our CMM's have a multi use fixture mounted on it, and that fixture has a 3/4" wide top rail with a 3/8 threaded hole on top. whenever possible i make my fixtures to mount to that top rail. That saves a lot of table space and a lot of material. It also somewhat "opens up" the space around the fixture, as anything mounted to the top rail will have plenty of open space all around, so the possibility of collisions are at a minimum. A couple of the pictures i posted show fixtures bolted to the top of the rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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