This post is about machining the stamping die for the bi-pod leg on a first model FG-42. This will be the third stamping die out of a set of 5 dies. It is also one of the more complex of the dies in the set. I will start with the solid model that was drawn up in solid works after being scanned.
Here are a few pictures of an original bi-pod leg
Here are a few still pictures of the female die.
To give you an idea of the time required to do this die it took a week of design time to take the 3-d scans and convert them into usable solid models. It took another day to write the master cam program. The total time to set up the machine and run the die 5 hours. The material cost was $ 65.00. Tooling cost was $120.00.
We are working on the matching male die and will have a post about that soon. Hope you enjoyed the video and understand the time required to complete a project
That’s beautiful, happy to see it coming along. Very excited for the final product. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. I hope you keep watching.
You make it look so easy, I know how much hard work goes into getting that machine set up. Great work. Harry
There is a great deal of work that goes into these parts I am glade you appreciate it.
The tooling you guys are making to produce all those parts boggles the mind!
Pete
can you make a video showing what it takes to turn a physical object into a cad drawing