Chess Piece Turning Demonstration

Here I'm machining a Pawn chess piece on our department's Viper VT-15L Turning Center. This is the first time I've ever programmed or even operated a turning center. Some things are not done exactly how they should be done, but it works and its a learning process. I know the facing operation is a little goofy - a proper tool is on the way.

I used Unigraphics NX6.0 to design and program the part.

Coolant was turned off for this demo only, hence some of the odd sounds and non-ideal surface finish.

This project was sponsored by SIUE EUE 2009 Grant Recipiants Felix H. Lee, PhD. and Sohyung Cho, PhD.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• chess
• piece
• pawn
• turning
• center
• viper
• vt-15L
• SIUE
• industrial
• manufacturing
• engineering
• cnc
• lathe