Robbie the Kuka – Milwaukee Makerspace https://milwaukeemakerspace.org Conceive, Collaborate, Create Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:33:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Robbie is nearly weaponized…. https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/09/robbie-is-nearly-weaponized/ https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2013/09/robbie-is-nearly-weaponized/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:53:53 +0000 http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/?p=6221
router clamp in foam 2I am nearly done with a custom bracket for my Hitachi router that I will mount onto the end of our Kuka industrial robot arm.  I cut everything out in foam first to check  out the whole scheme and save wear and tear on the cutting bit.

flange for RobbieThe software chain I used to accomplish this was lengthy.  I designed all of these pieces in 3D in Solidworks, created a Solidworks 2D drawing, saved that as an AutoCAD drawing, brought that drawing into Vectric’s Aspire, then created machine code that the Makerspace CNC router used to cut the pieces from a sheet of foam.

finished clamp

Finally, once I was satisfied that everything would cut correctly, I switched to 3/4″ thick Baltic Birch plywood.  This is a “nicer” grade of plywood than the stuff that is used in day-to-day building construction work.  This wood is stronger by virtue of a greater number of plies, and it also looks nicer.  I happened to have a sheet left-over from a previous project, so it was all good!

plywood sheet

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