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    <title>topic Re: Small Part - Work Holding in Fusion Manufacture</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11993553#M140099</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks Seth.&amp;nbsp; I held the part .125" deep.&amp;nbsp; I initially used 60 ft/lbs of torque and literally crushed the part.&amp;nbsp; The second time I tried I tightened by hand with what I thought was very light pressure and only distorted the part slightly.&amp;nbsp; This part was initially designed to be round and made on a lathe.&amp;nbsp; I thought I was being smart by making it a hex and not needing soft jaws.&amp;nbsp; I think at this point I will try soft jaws.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The reason for not using the lathe was that I have no way to find the center of the part after turning it to allow me to drill the outer four holes.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps there is a trick for this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks as always for your thoughts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Richard&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 18:37:24 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>richardsalzman</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-05-27T18:37:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11993403#M140097</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Quick question.&amp;nbsp; The base of this part is only .187" thick.&amp;nbsp; I machined it by holding it in the vise with light pressure, flipping it over and machining the other side.&amp;nbsp; All looked good, but the light pressure from the vise distorted the part a bit.&amp;nbsp; The part is made from 6061 aluminum.&amp;nbsp; See attached image.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do you think making soft jaws which would allow me to set the part deeper in the soft jaws than the hard jaws and distribute the pressure more evenly would help.&amp;nbsp; Is there a better approach?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks... Richard&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="richardsalzman_1-1685199785505.png" style="width: 600px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1220103i7031231FE86F80BF/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="richardsalzman_1-1685199785505.png" alt="richardsalzman_1-1685199785505.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 15:09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>richardsalzman</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-27T15:09:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11993518#M140098</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;What is "light pressure"? While not an exact accurate measurement, I regularly hold fragile parts with about 50-75 in/lbs of pressure, using a torque wrench for repeatability.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;How deep were you holding on by?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Yes, soft jaws with that shape milled into it (with undercuts in the corners) will do wonders at retention, since force is being distributed nicely along all edges in contact.&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 17:58:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>seth.madore</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-27T17:58:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11993553#M140099</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks Seth.&amp;nbsp; I held the part .125" deep.&amp;nbsp; I initially used 60 ft/lbs of torque and literally crushed the part.&amp;nbsp; The second time I tried I tightened by hand with what I thought was very light pressure and only distorted the part slightly.&amp;nbsp; This part was initially designed to be round and made on a lathe.&amp;nbsp; I thought I was being smart by making it a hex and not needing soft jaws.&amp;nbsp; I think at this point I will try soft jaws.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The reason for not using the lathe was that I have no way to find the center of the part after turning it to allow me to drill the outer four holes.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps there is a trick for this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks as always for your thoughts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Richard&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 18:37:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>richardsalzman</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-27T18:37:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11995121#M140128</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I use spray glue and stick anything under 1/8 to plu wood.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I use chop and table saws with aluminium blades to make stock.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then machine,&amp;nbsp;helps with holding z constant&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pops off easy enough&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 02:15:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>jscott6SWZG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-29T02:15:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/11996797#M140141</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;What a cool idea.&amp;nbsp; Do you think something that is .187 thick would work to is it too thick?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2023 19:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>richardsalzman</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-05-29T19:30:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Small Part - Work Holding</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/small-part-work-holding/m-p/12003357#M140245</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Keep light pressure on the tool. &amp;nbsp;Should work&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:44:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>jscott6SWZG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-06-01T06:44:56Z</dc:date>
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