Noobie question 2

[Anonymous]

long time reader second time poster.  I think i have nearly completed my first 3D project.  I'm into wood working and made a hand plane.  Going to try and print it out of titanium.  Very expensive but very cool.  Right now i have two components.  one is the plane blade or plane iron.  The second is the plane body itself.  Because I am going to print this out of titanium i need to verify everything lines up properly and the correct clearances are there.  if not it will be an expensive mistake.  How to i get the surface of the plane blade component to exactly ride up or touch against the plane body surface, then move it up and down the surface so that the edge of the blade is directly aligned with the bottom of the plane body.  I am thinking that i need to do a joint of some kind but don;t know what kind or how to do it.  video was not so helpful.  here is a screen shot of my drawing.  this should make more sense.

[jeff_strater]

Hi @Anonymous, sounds like a cool project.  Most likely some version of Align or a joint is what you need.  But, I think you forgot to add the screenshot of your model.  Add this and I think this community will be able to help you.

Jeff Strater (Fusion development)

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

     Did some fiddling around and i think i got it.  I did an align faces then added a sliding joint.  Don't really know what i did exactly on the joint but it worked.  Thanks for the reply.  I haven't been able to figure out how to post screen shots yet. 

Never mind.  i figured that out too. 

[jeff_strater]

Great!  Glad to hear that it worked for you.  A sliding joint is probably accurate for a hand plane like this, since the blade does slide along a linear direction.

If you do get to the point of printing it, be sure to post some pictures of the final item.  It looks like a nice design.

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Jeff,

     You're being to nice.  this is like kids learning the alphabet compared to some of the users out there.  Alas a print in titanium would cost 5000.00 dollars.  A print in steel a mere 2300.00 dollars.  a print in plastic 300.00 dollars.  might do that and make a mold and cast in bronze.  one of the benefits of belonging to a maker space with a foundry in it.  Thanks for the interest!