Here's what else we've been working on over the past month. Some of these are smaller details, but all important things that need addressing.
Fractal Packaging
It might not seem like much, but the packaging that goes into the vices is all designed and put together by us and we feel it's an important part of the whole experience. We've been getting ahead of the game and getting all this designed and ready to print, so there should be no confusion by the time they're in your hands!
Assembly Guides
We have been filming some assembly and how to videos to walk through how to put together the vices and add-ons. Since the pre-production units were so good, this let us use them for this process so we could once again get ahead.
The Right Bits
The key to any project is getting the right bits to maintain your grubs.
Another small task that has now been ticked off, this consisted of a detailed review of every screw, its location, and how it was packed, so each vice and add-on has its own tiny maintenance tool kit.
Not Making the Cut
Cutting Mat development continues. One of the few non-metal parts and one that we are still working with the manufacturer to perfect. They sent over the pre-production sample, but it wasn’t up to our standards so they are now re-working it.
The production times on this part are very short compared with all the metal work, so we have plenty of time to perfect this. Only perfect cutting mats for you lot!
When we get them right in the next few months we will share the finished progress!
Load Testing Comparisons on TR12 Threads
Handling the load! We were testing the new trapezoidal threads to see if they offered any additional gripping power over our previous threads, and the answer was resounding YES. A whole 6.2Kg of YES!
Above shows the clamping results of the standard threads, and below using the trapezoidal thread. In both cases, clamping the load cell using just hand power with the built in tommy bar to see real world results.
Chamfers
In the world of machining, we're making final design tweaks and detail changes like adding some small chamfers to help some parts anodise more consistently. It's minor stuff, but saves time later on and makes everything look that bit better!
Below you can see the un-chamfered edge of the threaded hole where the grub screws are going in this one is such a small tweak I'm not sure if anyone would have noticed, but better safe than sorry!
Relaxing the Stub Shaft
Along the same lines, we relaxed a tolerance on the stub shaft after it was noticed that sometimes the jaws wouldn’t quite close if they were assembled in a certain way and if 2 other parts were machined to the top end of their tolerance... it was a niche case for sure but we found it and solved it, by removing 0.1mm from the end of the thread.
Well, that’s all for this month, I hope you have found this months update useful and interesting window into what we have been getting up to, as always if you have any questions about any of this feel free to leave a comment or send us a message.
