Yesterday,I creating a fixture in support of my French 75 mm cannon model, for holding each of the 28 wooden spokes for more milling and drilling. My design was intermingled with the execution. In other words, I hacked it together. Today I'll see how it works and I'll report on it in my "Greg's French 75 mm Field Artillery Model" thread.
Then last night, knowing that I should have designed it first, I searched online and found a public-domain document that looks very useful: Erik K. Hendriksen, Jig and Fixture Design Manual. NYC, Industrial Press,1973.
In the Introduction, he says (page 3)
https://ia700806.us.archive.org/25/...nual/Hendriksen-JigAndFixtureDesignManual.pdf
I've downloaded it. But it's 108MB, I'll pass on uploading it to our Hobby-Machinist archive.
Greg
Then last night, knowing that I should have designed it first, I searched online and found a public-domain document that looks very useful: Erik K. Hendriksen, Jig and Fixture Design Manual. NYC, Industrial Press,1973.
In the Introduction, he says (page 3)
The design process is systematized to an even higher degree. It is governed by a logical, step-by-step procedure that is time tested and leads to a useful end result. It is a cookbook recipe. As such, it supports the beginner, it guides the experienced practitioner, and it may even be of assistance to the expert.
Sounds promising, we shall see. It's online in several locations, here's one link:https://ia700806.us.archive.org/25/...nual/Hendriksen-JigAndFixtureDesignManual.pdf
I've downloaded it. But it's 108MB, I'll pass on uploading it to our Hobby-Machinist archive.
Greg