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I don't know if it's accurate, because I know little about milling, but I found this to be the most interesting bit: > Apple chooses not to show us the manufac
by baddox 12y ago
I don't know if it's accurate, because I know little about milling, but I found this to be the most interesting bit:
> Apple chooses not to show us the manufacturing of the clasp components, processes that I think would be (in some respects) more interesting than how the watch case is made. Given the complex surfaces of the Modern buckle, this might be the first example of Apple using 3D surface tollbooth in order to machine a component (all Apple products have been created through the very skillful use of relatively simple, precise prismatic 2.5D tool path, with any complex curves being created from stampings).
- Animats 12y ago"surface tollbooth"? 4 and 5 axis CNC mills for watch-sized objects aren't overly expensive. Roland has some nice ones in the $8K range.[1] Their little desktop milling machines are often used to produce medical and dental replacement parts. Apple's use of laser deburring is a nice touch. That's likely to become popular. [1] http://www.rolanddga.com/products/3d/mdx40/ http://www.rolanddga.com/products/3d/mdx40/
- gak_pdx 12y agoThanks for the "tollbooth" catch! I've taken to typing "toolpath" as all one word, and autocorrect got me... (Author of the linked article). Also, ain't no way an $8k desktop mill will ever have the rigidity or accuracy to be building stuff that would even pass as a junky watch.