Jasper Fisher
Rexel Motor Repair
Alton, Illinois
Technical Education Committee Member
Though it is unlikely a typical EASA member firm can achieve OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) economies of scale, we can strive to improve safety and working conditions, improve quality and increase labor efficiency thereby enhancing earnings.
This article shares tips for building several special tools and fixtures, and it identifies one commercially available tool to help us achieve safety and quality goals while improving our productivity.
After hearing complaints about the purchase cost for the last two sets of custom heat-treated long taper pinion removal wedges, our machine shop staff designed and built a fixture for tapering “brake die” rectangular steel (Figure 1).
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