Thank you, I have been a hobbyist and watching fusion videos for about 5 years. This has to be one of the most informative and useful videos I have ever watched. Thank you.
Top notch. Loved it. Video suggestion: take this to the next level with probing. Set a reference point on the vise as G154.50 or something and use that WCS to drive the probe to establish WCS for the part. I have a pretty good idea now of how to do it, but I'm sure I'd learn a lot from seeing how you do it, and I think a lot of folks would appreciated it.
That was absolutely awesome! Not only does it finally give me the knowledge to model my vise and use it practically within Fusion but also a ton of little tips and best practices along the way!
Extremely helpful tutorial here and thanks again. I just installed my DX6's and have been trying to insert a vise into fusion. I have everything working with exception to the XOffset parameter. Update: Found the issue. Got everything working. Thanks again for the awesome tutorials.
Great Video! I like to pick up my part out on the machine at the back, left, bottom corner to make second operation "flips" easier and usually put a stop at the edge of the vise. I changed the Joint Type on the stock to Slider so I can align the stock to the edge of the jaw instead of using a Y-Axis Offset. Works like a champ being able to align stock edges/faces in the model !
Kevin, that video was awesome. Ill have to watch it several times to catch all of the tips in there. Great job, on the the other two you made about soft jaws. Thank you very much.
Whoa this video is a game changer for me !!! I had already assemble a set-up with lang vise but with this applied to it i will save a lot of time placing things !!! I will do this for my chucks and my box jaws !! Thank you !!
Also I forgot to mention. Soon you will see ALL the lang vises available in the CAM samples Workholding directory available in both imperial and metric units.
Not at the moment. But the chuck I would want on my 5axis mill(hermle C12) would be the schunk roto-m flex 2x2. Can be a 4 jaw chuck or vise or anything in between. Would be a unique /fun challenge to build the parameters to adapt to the required use case.
Great video and the narration is spot on. At 12:02, you did a translate command. You had to me each body separately. If you had used the free rotate, you could have moved both parts simultaneously
Possibly the very best Fusion 360 training video on the internet. It covers most of what is past beginner but before specialized work. Could you post a link to the completed file in the video description also? It would be great for reference.
Thanks for the high praise. Feedback like this makes it much easier to do the videos. Good news, you can already access the vise in Fusion 360. Click on the data panel and then click the back arrow to show all of your projects. Scroll down under samples and find "Fusion Academy CAM Classes", and you will see a "Beyond the Chips" folder. Inside that folder you will see the vise I demo'd in this video. I did a couple of parts slightly differently, but for the most part, it is an exact replica where it is important.
Hello MA . . . thanks for the excellent work. Once you bring this vice assembly into a new project (or assembly) do you save it out then as a new assembly with a name specific to the use? Just thinking through usage project by project, especially when adding soft jaws and having setups specific to each part/project.
Great video! Thank you so much for taking the time to show all of us how to do this. Can you tell us what to do in case the material size don’t change?..
how do make this work for 2 vises sharing the same stock? i made my te-co setup with this video and it worked great. i have 2 of these holding a larger piece of stock, like 6x24x2? how does that work where both vises use the same piece of stock? any help is greatly appreciated. thank you!
Say you have a design that's an assembly of parts that all need to be machined. Would you still bring the vice in (multiple times?) and joint the stock with each component? Or would you put the components in individual files? I'm guessing the later, but I'm not really sure what's the best way to go about that. Also, is there a clever way to parameterize the stock in your vice file so it works similarly to the stock tab in the manufacturing workspace so you can save yourself a few more clicks?
Because you have to break the link after vise insertion, each vise will have a unique name in the parameters dialog. So you can control the different elements of each vise independently.
I’m currently using Camtasia from Techsmith. I’m considering adopting Final Cut. Finally Cut will be down the road for me a bit before I make the switch if I do.
OK. Not sure if you have ever watched this one but it does get into bodies and components a bit. I'm going to say that most of the time you will want to make components rather than just bodies. Fusion 360 - Fusion Assemblies ruclips.net/video/u2IpBV6UH_U/видео.html
Follow up video request😀...I’ve got my vise set up and it’s working great! I’d like to be able to model and then machine out soft jaws. I can’t figure out how to modify the dimensions of the jaw components. And also how best to do the setup. I’m considering just creating the soft jaws as a new component as that sounds easiest. But then I would have the original jaws and the new soft jaws both with joints to the main body. Not sure if there’s a better way? Thanks again for the excellent video!
Hi Scot. It will probably be a bit before I get to that, but good news. All you would have to do is create your own jaws as components. Create user parameters for the softjaw height, width, and depth. Then create a component called softjaw1 and link that to the softjaw parameters. Then create softjaw2 and link that to the softjaw parameters. You would use joints to put these jaws in place and then you would use a slider joint between them. You know how to get a hold of me if you need help. OR, you could fly me over to Hawaii and I could do it on site for you haha
Haha, thanks, Kevin. Btw, the weather has been quite miserable here lately. Rainy, windy, and cold! I’m trying to figure it out now. I followed your video example and created one soft jaw and copy/pasted to get the second one. But I’m finding you cannot modify one without the other following. I watched another video that used a command called “make independent.” However, that option does not show up when I right click it. Huh?
@@ScotY808 Reread my method above. At no point does it say to copy and paste ;-) haha You will have to build each jaw as a unique component. You can still control their size with one user parameter, but you have to create them as two unique components. I would name the components Jaw1 and Jaw2 or Frontjaw and Backjaw or something like that. Hit me up if you don't get it and I'll send you a quick screencast.
Good morning! Yes, I realized you didn’t say to copy/paste but I was trying to be efficient using techniques I learned from watching your video!😂. I think I got it all figured out. Thanks for the help!
About 4:15 into this video shows the “make independent” command. My vise jaws from the original model are tied together but when I try to make them independent, it’s not available. No idea why. ruclips.net/video/hzOiXmepm8M/видео.html
After inserting a vise into my part & breaking the links the fx icon was not available in design. I watched video several times, & attempted to replicate multiple times. But no .
@@MechanicalAdvantage I think the problem appeared when I placed an "stp" part in the vise file, because fx is there and available when I use a Fusion part. I think Fusion should at least show the parameters for the item that has them, with an error msg for the "foreign" part
@@user-nu6cg9cb2e before you insert the vise, right click on the design name (very top of the browser) and choose capture design history. Then when you insert the vise, everything will work as expected.
Thank you, I have been a hobbyist and watching fusion videos for about 5 years. This has to be one of the most informative and useful videos I have ever watched. Thank you.
Top notch. Loved it.
Video suggestion: take this to the next level with probing. Set a reference point on the vise as G154.50 or something and use that WCS to drive the probe to establish WCS for the part. I have a pretty good idea now of how to do it, but I'm sure I'd learn a lot from seeing how you do it, and I think a lot of folks would appreciated it.
That was absolutely awesome! Not only does it finally give me the knowledge to model my vise and use it practically within Fusion but also a ton of little tips and best practices along the way!
Fantastic. I am pretty happy with how the method for doing this worked out.
Extremely helpful tutorial here and thanks again. I just installed my DX6's and have been trying to insert a vise into fusion. I have everything working with exception to the XOffset parameter. Update: Found the issue. Got everything working. Thanks again for the awesome tutorials.
Great Video!
I like to pick up my part out on the machine at the back, left, bottom corner to make second operation "flips" easier and usually put a stop at the edge of the vise. I changed the Joint Type on the stock to Slider so I can align the stock to the edge of the jaw instead of using a Y-Axis Offset. Works like a champ being able to align stock edges/faces in the model !
So helpful! I feel like a broken record: excellent, excellent, excellent! I guess that covers the last few of your videos!!
Kevin, that video was awesome. Ill have to watch it several times to catch all of the tips in there. Great job, on the the other two you made about soft jaws. Thank you very much.
Whoa this video is a game changer for me !!! I had already assemble a set-up with lang vise but with this applied to it i will save a lot of time placing things !!! I will do this for my chucks and my box jaws !! Thank you !!
Awesome. Getting this done takes a little time up front, but should pay off over and over with reduced setup times.
Also I forgot to mention. Soon you will see ALL the lang vises available in the CAM samples Workholding directory available in both imperial and metric units.
Great video, I don't usually model parts in a vice but I will now. Thanks for sharing.
I really never really did either because of the time it took to set up. Hopefully you will find this makes the process much faster.
Fantastic Kevin, I really need to not abandon direct modeling but move into the parametric aspect of Fusion 360
Buddy that was a top notch video thanks!
Fn brilliant!!! Now, I have to do this with a chuck and different types of round stock. But you give me hope I can do this!
Do you have a chuck model you want to do this to? It might be time to do a video on this for a lathe but I don’t have a good model of one.
Not at the moment. But the chuck I would want on my 5axis mill(hermle C12) would be the schunk roto-m flex 2x2. Can be a 4 jaw chuck or vise or anything in between. Would be a unique /fun challenge to build the parameters to adapt to the required use case.
Great video and the narration is spot on.
At 12:02, you did a translate command. You had to me each body separately. If you had used the free rotate, you could have moved both parts simultaneously
Always different ways to do things. The good part is as you do things and try things, you discover things like you did that make the process faster.
Possibly the very best Fusion 360 training video on the internet. It covers most of what is past beginner but before specialized work. Could you post a link to the completed file in the video description also? It would be great for reference.
Thanks for the high praise. Feedback like this makes it much easier to do the videos. Good news, you can already access the vise in Fusion 360. Click on the data panel and then click the back arrow to show all of your projects. Scroll down under samples and find
"Fusion Academy CAM Classes", and you will see a "Beyond the Chips" folder. Inside that folder you will see the vise I demo'd in this video. I did a couple of parts slightly differently, but for the most part, it is an exact replica where it is important.
This was wonderful! Thank you so much!
Awesome Video Kevin, Thank you for sharing
Great walk through and so adaptive now to try cylinder 😉 or maybe could you provide a walkthrough for that too ??
Incredibly helpful. Thank you!!
Awesome video, really helped me. The stock joint section moved a little quickly, but I think I got it!
Good. If you didn't get it let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Great job with this one. Thank you!
Great video. Made it so simple.
Were you able to make a parametric vise of your own? I hope so, it makes the worklow so much nicer when you get one of these ready to go.
Excellent tutorial, well explained and good detail.
Awesome Channel!
Thanks for your hard work Dude!
Hello MA . . . thanks for the excellent work.
Once you bring this vice assembly into a new project (or assembly) do you save it out then as a new assembly with a name specific to the use? Just thinking through usage project by project, especially when adding soft jaws and having setups specific to each part/project.
You sir.... stay awesome!!!
Great video, thank you!
Amazing. Thanks a lot !
Great video!
Thank you so much for taking the time to show all of us how to do this.
Can you tell us what to do in case the material size don’t change?..
Hi Arnoldo. Did you connect the user parameters to the model parameters?
I finally did this - Yay
how do make this work for 2 vises sharing the same stock? i made my te-co setup with this video and it worked great. i have 2 of these holding a larger piece of stock, like 6x24x2? how does that work where both vises use the same piece of stock? any help is greatly appreciated. thank you!
Can you send me an email to kevin @ mechanicaladvantage.com? I have an example that I did for a customer that you can have a look at as a reference.
Say you have a design that's an assembly of parts that all need to be machined. Would you still bring the vice in (multiple times?) and joint the stock with each component? Or would you put the components in individual files? I'm guessing the later, but I'm not really sure what's the best way to go about that. Also, is there a clever way to parameterize the stock in your vice file so it works similarly to the stock tab in the manufacturing workspace so you can save yourself a few more clicks?
I would derive the compilers into their own file and add work holding and program them there. Did you see the video I did on the derive command?
how do i create a setup with 3 vises, each being able to adjust the parallels and stock independantly?
Because you have to break the link after vise insertion, each vise will have a unique name in the parameters dialog. So you can control the different elements of each vise independently.
@@MechanicalAdvantage AWSOME TYVM!
thank you
You are the Fusion360 Yoda
Nice video! I need to draw my wise like this also. Thanks for the video. A question: which program do you use for recording the screen?
I’m currently using Camtasia from Techsmith. I’m considering adopting Final Cut. Finally Cut will be down the road for me a bit before I make the switch if I do.
GO BLUE!!!
Need help to pick my jaw back up off the ground!
Lol! Glad you liked it. Hopefully it helps speed up your setups. Thanks for letting me know.
Kevin, if time ever permits a video on Bodies vs Component difference's/when and where to use. The more I read the more confusing it gets.
OK. Not sure if you have ever watched this one but it does get into bodies and components a bit. I'm going to say that most of the time you will want to make components rather than just bodies. Fusion 360 - Fusion Assemblies ruclips.net/video/u2IpBV6UH_U/видео.html
Thanks Kevin, on to view it.
Follow up video request😀...I’ve got my vise set up and it’s working great! I’d like to be able to model and then machine out soft jaws. I can’t figure out how to modify the dimensions of the jaw components. And also how best to do the setup. I’m considering just creating the soft jaws as a new component as that sounds easiest. But then I would have the original jaws and the new soft jaws both with joints to the main body. Not sure if there’s a better way?
Thanks again for the excellent video!
Hi Scot. It will probably be a bit before I get to that, but good news. All you would have to do is create your own jaws as components. Create user parameters for the softjaw height, width, and depth. Then create a component called softjaw1 and link that to the softjaw parameters. Then create softjaw2 and link that to the softjaw parameters. You would use joints to put these jaws in place and then you would use a slider joint between them. You know how to get a hold of me if you need help. OR, you could fly me over to Hawaii and I could do it on site for you haha
Haha, thanks, Kevin. Btw, the weather has been quite miserable here lately. Rainy, windy, and cold!
I’m trying to figure it out now. I followed your video example and created one soft jaw and copy/pasted to get the second one. But I’m finding you cannot modify one without the other following. I watched another video that used a command called “make independent.” However, that option does not show up when I right click it. Huh?
@@ScotY808 Reread my method above. At no point does it say to copy and paste ;-) haha You will have to build each jaw as a unique component. You can still control their size with one user parameter, but you have to create them as two unique components. I would name the components Jaw1 and Jaw2 or Frontjaw and Backjaw or something like that. Hit me up if you don't get it and I'll send you a quick screencast.
Good morning! Yes, I realized you didn’t say to copy/paste but I was trying to be efficient using techniques I learned from watching your video!😂. I think I got it all figured out. Thanks for the help!
About 4:15 into this video shows the “make independent” command. My vise jaws from the original model are tied together but when I try to make them independent, it’s not available. No idea why.
ruclips.net/video/hzOiXmepm8M/видео.html
After inserting a vise into my part & breaking the links the fx icon was not available in design. I watched video several times, & attempted to replicate multiple times. But no .
Did you make sure to make sure capture history was turned on first?
@@MechanicalAdvantage I think the problem appeared when I placed an "stp" part in the vise file, because fx is there and available when I use a Fusion part.
I think Fusion should at least show the parameters for the item that has them, with an error msg for the "foreign" part
@@user-nu6cg9cb2e before you insert the vise, right click on the design name (very top of the browser) and choose capture design history. Then when you insert the vise, everything will work as expected.
Good video. But i have a problem with planar joints. Fusion want do this. And says "selected joints type result in conflict" :-/
When you place the planar joint, look for the flip button on the dialog box. That should take care of the conflict. Let me know if that doesn't help.
@@MechanicalAdvantage Off corse , how could i miss that. Now work perfectly. Thanks.
Thats possivel for lathe chuck
Shit hot got OCD, just like myself! lol
Haha Yep. However, in this case, it does help with setting the minimum and maximum limits for the slider joint.