thewoodcrafter
08-28-2009, 01:30 AM
I just printed out 25 pages of labels and see that I have about 2 dozen flip operation parts. (I wish I had John Ming's scanner)
The material is melamine, no grain, and after pulling dozens of parts off the machine and seperating the flip op pieces from non-flip op pieces, orienting the flipped pieces could be a problem.
I learned from a friend that has a Thermwood and runs e-cabinets to always place the labels in the lower right hand corner of the cut part. And orient it so you can read it from 0,0.
That way when you run flip ops, after lunch or the next day, you know which way the part was on the bed and which way it should be flipped.
Running melamine I have seen the same part in the same job placed different ways in the nest. Flipping one the wrong way would ruin the part.
I hope this saves someone a headache.
The material is melamine, no grain, and after pulling dozens of parts off the machine and seperating the flip op pieces from non-flip op pieces, orienting the flipped pieces could be a problem.
I learned from a friend that has a Thermwood and runs e-cabinets to always place the labels in the lower right hand corner of the cut part. And orient it so you can read it from 0,0.
That way when you run flip ops, after lunch or the next day, you know which way the part was on the bed and which way it should be flipped.
Running melamine I have seen the same part in the same job placed different ways in the nest. Flipping one the wrong way would ruin the part.
I hope this saves someone a headache.