A competent person can do that whole job in a four-jaw chuck very easily without any special fixtures.

The fixture makes the video a bit longer and allows him to get a couple more adverts in, shame he did not show beginners how to make it even if it was OTT. 4-jaw and a long series ctr drill has always worked for me.

That's the first time I've watched a Joe Pie video.

Well, I've always said there's more than one way to skin a cat but that's excessive approach in the extreme for what relatively easy components to machine

What ever happened to the simple faceplate angle plate set up for such a job – much less time consuming and no redundant fixture left at the end!

I'm also surprised at creating a datum face from the as cast flat surfaces by milling the edges first then using those to mill the flat faces ??

Whatever, each to his own and the end result is good, but certainly rather long winded for me.

He does say at about minute 13.00 that if he were making just one part, he would not make the jig. But he says because he has two of the same part to make and he does not feel like messing around with them, he "went overboard" and made the jig.

Even for two parts it is somewhat overboard as he says, but nonetheless a good demonstration of how to make a simple jig that could be used on other harder to hold items.

(Before the purists point out it's a fixture if it does not guide the tool, for some reason in the auto industry they are all referred to as jigs on the shop floor so it is habit for me, even if it is a bad one!. )

As with most jigs/fixtures it looks like making the jig/fixture took much longer than making the part, so definitely overboard. Perhaps Joe is thinking of mass producing the S10?

Edited By Hopper on 15/05/2023 11:45:37

Edited By Hopper on 15/05/2023 11:53:39