Designing a file to cut on a CNC is only part of the process. You also have to keep it in place while the machine does its work. [Garrett Fromme] walks us through five different work holding techni… ...

Team 16: CNC Workholding with Smart Fluids Above: An adaptable CNC work-holding fixture utilizing ferrofluid and a magnetic array to hold a thin-walled part for precision machining. One challenge ...

Stephen McGloughlin took a look at current CNC machines and saw complex and hard-to-make devices that costs thousands of dollars to buy. So he decided to make his own. CNC machines are computer ...

Team 17: CNC workholding with smart fluids Above: A device to help in milling thin-walled parts. Top Image: Team members from left to right: Sunny Klein, John Shanley, Wyatt Cauble, Joe Knapp, Michael ...