Making the brake bracket
Unlike previous projects this one was not of my own imagination. For this one we were given a blueprint and had to follow it exactly. This was a nice break from trying to come up with ideas. You can see what we followed on the right.
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After taking a look at the blueprint I went right into inventor. This was quite easy as it is just copying down dimensions so I got it done fairly quick. You can see what it looks like in Inventor to the left.
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Once that was all good and ready in inventor it was time to go into Fusion 360. This was more of a challenge because I had never used the software before. It took a bit but eventually I was able to get it all set up. In this part I also set up the tool path that the CNC Mill end would follow. That was also a bit of a challenge. You can see the part and the tool path in Fusion below.
Milling
With everything set up and ready to go in fusion it was time to go down to the innovation center and begin on the mill. This is fairly straight forward because I just taped it down zeroed the axis and pressed play. Below you can see the computer screen and the mill running.
During the mill rotation I learned many things that have been and will be useful for a long time coming. The first thing I learned goes along with the CNC router one but it is how to use Fusion 360. I had never used it before and now I can do things I struggled with at the start, with ease now. Another thing I learned is how to use the CNC mill. Although I may not use the mill for a while it still was get experience and I learned a lot. Overall this was a very education rotation.
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