Milling Op4's soft-jaws for the RC L-1011 airliner nose gear upper drag brace. Soft-jaws are used to hold/clamp a part in place in order to mill a specific portion of it.

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Verifying the freshly CNC milled soft jaws for the RC L-1011 Nose Gear Uppers Drag Brace are correct. These are for Op 2 of 4. You can see a 3D printed brace used as a stand in.

On to make the next set.

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Looking back at the kinematic and mechanical design for the main landing gear bay doors for the L-1011 RC airplane.

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These are all the parts for the nose gear of the RC L-1011. Shown are the 3D printed and lathe turned prototype pieces laid out.

This week I start machining the 3D printed parts from aluminum on the CNC Mill.

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Another day in the workshop.

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Getting the CNC tool and work offsets ready before starting the aluminum landing gear parts jobs.

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Getting the CNC CAM program designed to machine the nose gear drag brace on the Tormach 1100MX. Going from 3D printed prototype (pictured) to machined aluminum (soon).

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1:5th scale model of #Boeing 787 that I made from scratch for a client this summer. Used as part of an airshow exhibit.

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The new CNC Mill is finally in the workshop ready to start making landing for the L-1011 kit next week. The last of the tooling arrived yesterday.

LET MAKE RC LANDING GEAR!!

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First post from the RC CAD Workshop. Hello Bluesky

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