The One-Person Machine Shop | Machining Thin Parts using Vacuum Workholding

In a small job shop doing short-run work, where fast setup and a trouble-free machining process determine the job’s profitability, what is the effective way to hold thin, delicate parts? The answer Dan’s Custom Machining found is vacuum workholding. This video describes the use of quick-setup workholding using the force of vacuum pressure.
This video is the first episode of a new series from Modern Machine Shop, “The One-Person Shop.” Various technologies in tandem, new and old, enable a very small shop to function effectively, including the smallest possible shop - one employee. Episodes in this series will look at different technologies and practices valuable to productivity and profitability of a one-person machining business.
Related resources:
- The Workholding Zone from Modern Machine Shop: www.mmsonline.com/zones/workh...
- Starting a one-person shop: www.mmsonline.com/articles/5-...
- Dan’s Custom Machining: danscustommachining.com/
- Pierson Workholding, supplier of the vacuum workholding seen here: www.piersonworkholding.com/
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all job shop doing short-run work, where fast setup and a trouble-free machining process determine the job’s profitability, what is the effective way to hold thin, delicate parts? The answer Dan’s Custom Machining found is vacuum workholding. This video describes the use of quick-setup workholding using the force of vacuum pressure.
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[@modernmachineshop]

We plan to expand this series! If you run a one-person machine shop and would like to talk about a tactic or technology that helps you succeed, leave a comment or contact Pete: www.mmsonline.com/blog/author/peter-zelinski

[@mihailfelixdumitresc]

...."this very small shop".....it depends on everybody's definition of what "small" means. Where I come from, that is a pretty medium size and very well equipped shop....

[@PiersonWorkholding]

Really great interview! Dan nailed it. Thanks for sharing our product.

[@greenlightmachinery]

Great to see a beautiful Hurco machine in this shop! Thanks for sharing.