Programming Xometry Mill Test Part using Fusion 360 - PT 2

This video is a continuation of setting up and programming the Xometry mill test part using Fusion 360. I'll demonstrate the process of flipping the part and setting up the part in the vise, removing the hat of stock material, and preforming a roughing operation on the part.
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[@jcournoyer2]

This video series has been quite the education for me. Excellent work. I am currently on video 3 and should finish the part today. One thing I did different was instead of just hogging away the material between the two ramps, I decided to use that material as a testing ground for some of the features I had to mill in. I have a smaller machine and due to lack of rigidity, I have to dial down the speeds and feeds to get the finish I wanted. I was able to test out the tracing (engraving

[@andrew_the_machinist]

I like how you describe multiple methods for achieving same results.

[@MrRctintin]

Thanks Kevin. There’s so many facets to Fusion 360 it’s really quite hard to understand what a number of the options do, or what they are for. Thanks to videos like this, I’m slowly starting to get my knowledge and understanding of these options. I’m regularly getting tool paths with stupid little wisps of movement that are cutting almost nothing, but don’t know how to remove them. I do have the box ticked in my preferences to stop wisp cuts, but still get them.

[@murrayedington]

Thanks for posting this - it's always really helpful to see how others tackle challenges.

[@ewildgoose]

I'm wondering if for this part, creating a sketch to constrain the adaptive and doing 2 adaptive operations (one for the central square and another for the angles), might not give more control?

[@ewildgoose]

Do you make any use of the "machining models" feature for hiding the vice/patches, in real designs?

[@Te4mUp]

Hey question so wouldn’t the part warp after hogging out the interior necessitating a final facing op on the bottom side? Or is the bottom thick enough that it would still be within spec?

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing

[@tomsellout9576]

Hey man, I’m working on this part right now and I’m not sure if it’s due to a software update but following along and matching your settings I CANNOT get the adaptive clearing path to work on setup 2 whether it be for facing or otherwise.

[@PM.al.whatmough]

FIRST COMMENT 🙂 Great job Kevin

[@ginawhite1503]

I’ve never used a modeled vise in fusion. I know in the last video you used it to verify your clearance but I did not see that here. What was the reason for using the vise? If the end mill hit the vise in the simulation, would you be warned? I did not see you tell fusion the vise was a fixture and I had imagined that was required to get a warning.

[@countdankula2746]

Great video! However on Set Up 3 shouldn't the stock height be set to 0.888? Because after the Facing and Adaptive 1, that is the actual height of the stock. Unless there is a reason you left it as the model height.