Apr 25 2012

Bottle Opener Revision 4

The shallow mouth opening has too steep of an angle and tends to . . . show details

The shallow mouth opening has too steep of an angle and tends to peal the cap back. The mouth opening was elongated to give better leverage to lift the cap.


Apr 24 2012

Initial Production Batch

Turing the initial prodcution machining, the machining speed and feed parameters used during prototyping was . . . show details

During the initial prodcution machining, the machining speed and feed parameters used during prototyping was slowly increased. Gradually, the machine time per bottle opener was reduced from18 minutes to 15 minutes. The vibratory deburing took another 4 hours and tumble burnishing takes around 2 hours. The logo engraving process takes another 5 minutes.


Apr 23 2012

Bottle Opener Revision3

The mouth lip was modified for better clearance and the center cavity was removed to help . . . show details

The mouth lip was modified for better clearance and the center cavity was removed to help speed up the machining process and the logo were modified to reflect the coarser resolution of electrochemical etching. The height was also reduce to better fit the raw stock height.


Apr 21 2012

ElectroChemical Logo Etching

An electrochemical etcher was used to explore using etching the Tux-Lab logo on to the Stainless Steel bottle opener. . . . show details

 

An electrochemical etcher was used to explore using etching the Tux-Lab logo on to the Stainless Steel bottle opener.

Electro-Chemical Etcher - McMaster
Starter Kit 2amp Hand Marker $73.80
16oz Stainless Steel Electrolyte $10.77

Apr 19 2012

Post machining deburring and polishing

Tumbling with the ceramic media on the left . . . show details

Tumbling with the ceramic media on the left will deburr and slightly round the sharp edges. Burnishing with the porcelain media on the right will brighten the surface dulled by the deburring process.


Apr 13 2012

Prototype Machining

Stock - Metal Express
304ss flats, 4” x 0.5” x .125”, 100pc @ ~1.865 $86.00


Tooling - Martitool
.125 Double End 4F Carbide End Mill TiAlN, 2 @ 8.51 $17.02
.250 Double End 4F Carbide End Mill TiAlN, 1 @ 14.82 $14.82
45 deg Shell Mill Insert, ACK300 grade, 5 @ 10.70 $53.50


Fixture – HomeDepot
6-32 Hex Socket Screw $0.65
10-24 Hex Socket Screw $0.86
6-32 Irwin Drill/Tap Kit $4.97
10-24 Irwin Drill/Tap Kit $5.47


Tooling – Martitool, 2nd Batch
.125 Double End 4F Carbide End Mill TiAlN, 4 @ 8.51 $34.02
.250 Double End 4F Carbide End Mill TiAlN, 2 @ 14.82 $29.63
.125 4F Carbide Drill Mill 120Deg 1 @ 8.44 $8.44
3.3mm .1299” Cobalt 130deb Screw Length Drill TiAlN 2 @ 7.58 $15.16
USPS Priority Mail $12.45

Apr 07 2012

Fixture Machining

Fixture made from 6061 Aluminum.


Apr 05 2012

Machining Tool Path Planning

Before the g-code can be written, the transition points for the . . . show details

Before the g-code can be written, the transition points for the machining tool path needs to be determined. In g-code, the tool path is represented by a series of linear and circular moves. Each transition point, ie where straight line meets a curve or where curves of different radius meets, needs to be specified in terms of its X-axis and Y-axis coordinate.


Apr 04 2012

Design Options FEA

The effect of hollowing out the bottle opener was explored . . . show details

The effect of hollowing out the bottle opener was explored with Z88Auora,  the GUI version of Z88, an open source FEA software.  The ascii mesh was created using FreeCAD and imported into Z88.


Apr 03 2012

Product Dimensioning with LibreCAD

A dxf file was exported from FreeCAD and imported into LibreCAD . . . show details

A dxf file was exported from FreeCAD and imported into LibreCAD for dimensioning the endpoints for writing g-code. Since the current version of FreeCAD, v0.12, is millimeter only, a reduction factor of 25.4 was applied to the imported dxf file to derive the measurements in inch.