in this video we're going to go through
the workstation using it alongside
origin how to get the best out of it
we're gonna start with all the
components break them down look at all
the features see how they go together
and then walk you through a few
configurations that common ones that
you'll use here's the shape a
workstation as it comes in the package
clamping face is on the back so we pop
that off first here is the main body
this is the underside so you'll see
there's actually some tapped mounting
holes for various work surfaces little
rubber feet so that when you flip it
around and place it on your work surface
it just doesn't jiggle about too much so
then this little art rusian here enables
us to clamp to this there's a slot for
MFT tabletops where you can fit your
clamps through there and then there's
holes for if you want to permanently
mount or you know screw it into your
work surface so we'll do that here to
start with so I'm just using some
washers this is the sort of more
destructive but super straightforward
way to mount it now that's fixed in
place not going anywhere so what we have
here is a super flat plain of tape with
a durable adhesive across the top of it
so this means we don't have to keep
using shape of tape that's going to
remain in place and then we're gonna
work out in front of that clamping face
there's three locations here we can
mount it flush with the top so that's
just ever so slightly below your tape
plane but if you need to cut and you're
going to intersect with those aluminium
there's two different options we can
lower it down to the 25 millimeter
height and that's a spur board that will
fit behind there or we can go down one
more to the 50 millimeter height and we
have a spur board that will fit there so
we'll put a clamping face on the 25
millimeter pipe so this is at the 25
millimeter height
and then you'll notice sitting loose at
the moment we just tighten these up it
doesn't have to be too insane now we
have a very strong 90 degree
relationship between these two planes we
should put two of these clamps with the
shape of work station so you can see
they work great for most situations
straight off the bat but also the t-slot
our industry standard 8 millimeter slot
at the top with a machined 15 millimeter
tee and behind so most the clamps you
have sitting around that is standard
designed 40 slots will actually work in
here perfectly well as well now these
are the vertical alignment pins you
notice everything's been developed as a
system so everything's using the same
four millimeter hex wrench and we
include that they just back out and give
you a perfect vertical reference edge
it's a really cool little feature so
they stow away when you don't need them
but this will get us at perfect 90
degree angle every time and it's always
going to be in a consistent location
because we index using this system
that's all
guaranteed to index into the same
location every time here are some
examples using the vertical alignment
pins the sport boards are made of nice
MDF 25 millimeters high and 50
millimeters higher we ship two of these
they're user replaceable you can make
your own and we include the dimensions
in the manual the spoil board prevents
your stock from chipping out as the
cutter passes out the backside of the
material it also provides space for the
cutter to travel without colliding with
the aluminium body or clamping face so
you'll notice there's a gap behind our
spoil board here so I'm going to tension
this with these little cams you'll see
how it comes out and applies pressure
from behind the spoil board so we can
use the hex wrench here again this is to
accommodate various thicknesses of ply
and the amount of pressure you want
baha'i the object you're clamping on the
front surface we have the support arms
so we're going to create a little
platform out the front here for
supporting origin as it can to leave us
out over this surface if you were to do
a big tenant you want to make sure
origin doesn't Rock as it comes out the
front so these are removable enabling us
to clamp any number of you know long
strange shapes in here but we can always
put these back to the same location if
you ever have doubts about the height of
these in the bottom here you'll see a
little sets group that can
adjusted to change the height of this
just up and down ever so slightly should
you need to make an adjustment there so
here are the two support arms they slot
down there and you'll notice they sit
loose until you tighten them up and
we're gonna do up the little Ox screw
this is now very sturdy here's a little
detail I like the locking screws have a
little elongated point which gives you a
quick idea of what state they're in so
they're currently locked unlocked so you
can see in a loose this and then when
you lock them they both face and
basically the same direction there this
is the support bar there's some little
clamps that slot in here quickly secure
this in place so the pressure that these
apply can be adjusted here they should
be set appropriately from the factory
but if you're able to move it around you
can just tighten and loosen this and
these have a little nylon attachment so
they don't move so it's a very sturdy
very flat very consistent surface that
this surface matches our tape surface so
notice these little mounting points here
these are designs so that the support
bar attaches and then that gives you a
very clean reference height for 0 so we
can now keep these two points engaged
and push this up and you'll see at the
top there I get a very confident zero
point now that we have a plane set up a
support bar is coplanar with our tape
field we can confidently run origin
across here without cantilevering our
hitting any bumps and that'll enable us
to accurately cut safely and precisely
throughout the angle fence which will
help us fixture and whatever angle up to
about 45 you notice the two vertical
alignment pins serve as a reference and
then we have a little 8 millimeter screw
there which can be done up firmly or
with a lot of these you can loosely
tighten things just while you're working
and then tension them up the whole way
and the support bar in this
configuration gives us a indexing
surface along the bottom side of it
bringing our still
leg up to that we can guarantee we are
flat and coplanar with that tape field
so we have a very confident 0z height to
provide flexibility we'll get the
alignment pins on the right hand side as
well so you can flip and rotate the
angle friends 45 degrees in the opposite
direction and have two setups or just
more ranges of angles you can use here's
a shelf this enables us to quickly clamp
things in place and work on small
awkward elements quickly and efficiently
so it's set up in a way we have these
t-slot attachments which fit in these
channels here combined with a quick
release lever that has three position
the lowest position is kind of
free-floating the second position is a
little firmer and then the final
position is fully clamped so that's
locked in place so that enables us to
very rapidly get elements ready to go so
we'd put it in the second location bring
it up a little high with our support bar
we can press it down confirm we're
aligned and then bring it all the way up
to clamp it in place now this element is
coplanar to our type field and we're
ready to cut it really efficient reduces
the barrier to getting projects up and
running the oil board on top cup files
will be available via a pub so the idea
is you can expand upon this replace this
adapted so here's a quick example of one
I've been using I have these little hole
pattern and Hinz I can place wherever I
like you can make whatever you wish
that'll give you a lot of flexibility
there extending the clamping face with
your own custom fixtures is also
designed into the workstation so you'd
build upon the vertical alignment pins
use them as your reference point and
then create your own custom form to
support whatever organic shape in
whatever orientation you wish this
enables us to mass-produce or at least
do a run of elements fixtured at
whatever position you desire thanks for
tuning into our workstation overview
series we're looking forward to seeing
these in the field and seeing where you
all take these this is just a starting
point obviously it's a very robust
accurate consistently indexable system
that means that origins always well
supported throughout the cutting
operation as is your stock and we can
guarantee that it's all aligned at the
appropriate angles fixtured in place
robustly ready to get working which is a
common challenge that everyone
encounters usually they have to work
around it with MDF
and all sorts of crazy custom jigs we're
hoping to take care of most of that here
meaning your ideas precipitate sooner
you're more productive
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