CNC Manufacturing Tips, Tricks, & How-Tos

Trunnion Roller Table With Shock Absorbers | Elijah Tooling

September 01, 2019

You can see it's got the shock absorbers on this roller table. What happens is it will reach through the window that you're dealing with, and then it will tilt down to the table. So, what we ran into when designing this is. If it's not the right height then it will bang you into your machine. So what we did, is we created a solution that allows us to increase the height of these struts, and then tilt down. So what I'd like to do is demonstrate this today. Show you how it works, and also just kind of point out some of the features of it.

Rick Explains the Different CNC Workholding Invert-a-bolt Fastener Sizes and Functions

August 13, 2019

We had a request recently from somebody who asked us “what do you all with all those fasteners for? What is the point of having all of these different fasteners?” So I’m just going to go through it. I am going to try to make it as quick as possible, but I am going to try to give you some ideas as to why you might use a particular fastener.

Workholding Fixtures & Loading Cart For Trunnion Quick-Change

August 13, 2019

Hey! Today I'm standing in front of our new and improved loading cart. And I just want to take a very short period of your time to talk about some changes that we’ve made to it and also the quick-change plate. So, I want you to think about 3 minutes 8 seconds. 3 minutes 8 seconds. That’s how long it takes us to quick change this trunnion using this quick-change plate. This plate is made to adapt to the trunnion and in fact we even provide you with the programs so that you can do that adaption.

New CNC Workholding Product Reveal!

August 01, 2019

Today, I’ve got a big product reveal, now first of all let me just say, don’t start calling me and trying to buy this product right now. We’re close. We’ve got the prototype. We’ve got the patent pending going, but, um, we’re not quite ready. Just giving you the reveal, just trying to stroke the fire. So, let me show it to you, ok?

Inquiries Regarding Quick-Change Plate for Trunnion

June 12, 2019

Today we talk about the lowest cost solution for quick changing a trunnion without a quick change plate. We're going to look at a CAD model of how we can do this using two devices: the patent-pending fastener and a locator that are used in T-slots.

Forget The Script. We Are Here To Help You Improve Your CNC Workholding Tooling

March 31, 2019

I was supposed to tell you that we were supposed to ask you to subscribe. But, you know, I don't like reading from a script, and you may not either. You know, there are people who constantly have their hand out. So, I am just gonna tell you. We are here to help you. We created these products so that your shop will be more productive, saving money, every day; cycle after cycle.

This Is A Whole New Kind of CNC Workholding Fixture. It Combines Modular Fixture Technology w/ T-Slots.

March 31, 2019

I've got some exciting stuff to show you today. Today, we're gonna work on a whole different kind of fixture. This is a combination of our Modular Fixture, where you have Fasteners and ZipBushings incrementally. But, we've also added an element, which is our T-Slot Fasteners with the slots that accept the Xzerts Retractable Dowel Pins. So, I am gonna show you how we use that and I'm gonna kinda show you why we might use a riser or a different pattern at the same time.

How much force can be applied to the EZE Vise Ultimates? We just found out.

March 30, 2019

We've got this vise set up, and I was asked today by a customer, "how much force does this EZE Vise Ultimate produce?" I thought to myself, this is the perfect opportunity to do a video. We will do it live...

How To Install Invert-A-Bolt Fasteners and ZipBushings

March 06, 2019

Today we're going to go through the steps required to make the holes so that we can install these two common products that are used in our fixtures. So I've got a fixture that's in work right now. So you can see that this fixture has the hole for the Invert-a-bolt Fastener and the hole for the ZipBushing, and that is the most common type of hole that goes into our fixtures. We're going to show you all the steps.

This is how we quote modular fixture plates for CNC workholding.

February 21, 2019

Hey guys it's Rick here from Elijah Tooling.

So, today I am going to take just bit of your time and we are going to talk about how we go about quoting these plates, the kind of questions we are going to ask you and the kind of information we are going to need so that we can get you what you are going to be able to use.

I Will Tell You What Other Tooling Manufacturers Won't: We Broke One of Our Vises...

December 14, 2018 1 Comment

Today I want to show you something that generally manufacturers don't really want to share with the rest of the world but, we are going to do it anyway.

What CNC Modular Fixtures Do and Why You Need Them | CNC Workholding

December 14, 2018

Today, I just wanted to show you these beauties. We are just getting ready to ship them. These are Modular Fixture Plate and I am just going to take a few seconds to describe them so that you know what they do and why you need them.

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