Industrial Services insights from IndustrialJigandFixture.com, covering manufacturing, engineering and equipment, from production, machining and quality control to fixture and tooling design, and the CNC machines, clamps and workholding systems that keep the shop floor running on spec.
A few years into my first job as a welding engineer, my manager handed me a problem that turned out…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
Nathaniel Cross writes about jigs, fixtures, and workholding, with practical advice that helps manufacturers make accurate parts faster.
Early in my career, I learned a hard lesson about CNC workholding when I scrapped eleven aluminum housings in one…
Nathaniel Cross
Oct 6
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
In my years working on industrial equipment lifecycle management, I have noticed something: by the time a client calls me…
Nathaniel Cross
Sep 26
