A few years into my first job as a welding engineer, my manager handed me a problem that turned out…
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Industrial Equipment Lifecycle Management: Buy, Maintain,…•Welding Fixtures That Improve Weld Quality…•Choosing CNC Workholding: Vises, Chucks, and…•Modular Fixturing Systems: Are They Worth…•Design for Manufacturability: Catching Costly Problems…•The 3-2-1 Locating Principle Explained for…•Jig and Fixture Design: Principles Every…•6 Ways Custom Jigs Improve Assembly…•Poka-Yoke Examples: Error-Proofing With Jigs and…•How to Reduce Machine Setup Time…•Industrial Equipment Lifecycle Management: Buy, Maintain,…•Welding Fixtures That Improve Weld Quality…•Choosing CNC Workholding: Vises, Chucks, and…•Modular Fixturing Systems: Are They Worth…•Design for Manufacturability: Catching Costly Problems…•The 3-2-1 Locating Principle Explained for…•Jig and Fixture Design: Principles Every…•6 Ways Custom Jigs Improve Assembly…•Poka-Yoke Examples: Error-Proofing With Jigs and…•How to Reduce Machine Setup Time…•Industrial Equipment Lifecycle Management: Buy, Maintain,…•Welding Fixtures That Improve Weld Quality…•Choosing CNC Workholding: Vises, Chucks, and…•Modular Fixturing Systems: Are They Worth…•Design for Manufacturability: Catching Costly Problems…•The 3-2-1 Locating Principle Explained for…•Jig and Fixture Design: Principles Every…•6 Ways Custom Jigs Improve Assembly…•Poka-Yoke Examples: Error-Proofing With Jigs and…•How to Reduce Machine Setup Time…•Industrial Equipment Lifecycle Management: Buy, Maintain,…• 
Early in my career, I learned a hard lesson about CNC workholding when I scrapped eleven aluminum housings in one…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
Nathaniel Cross writes about jigs, fixtures, and workholding, with practical advice that helps manufacturers make accurate parts faster.
The first time I asked for money to buy modular fixturing systems, I lost the argument. I walked into the…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
The first time I watched a missed design for manufacturability check cost real money, I was two years out of…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
The first fixture I ever designed on my own was a milling plate for a small aluminum bracket. It looked…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
Most of what I know about jig and fixture design started with a failure. The first fixture I ever designed…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
I have spent a good part of my career studying assembly line efficiency, usually standing beside a station with a…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
Early in my career I watched a second shift crew weld 400 mounting brackets backwards. Nobody was careless. The left…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
The first time I put a stopwatch on one of our changeovers, I learned that if you want to reduce…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
A good fixture doesn't just hold a part. It holds your whole process together. Get the workholding right and accuracy, speed, and safety follow.
Nathaniel Cross
