Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation

DavidArcher0432

David Archer

DA

ScotlandJoined 16 Feb 2025125 posts

About

Prototype machinist exploring small-batch automation. Currently exploring maintenance and vision inspection. Working around multiple shifts; planning a 6-week trial before making a decision.

MaintenanceVision inspection

Conversations

our FR5 lathe interface has two meanings for ready

IsaacBennett0781 · 22 points · Programming & support · 25 Oct 2025

Two FR5 tool offers based on the bare housing mass

OwenChan1095 · 9 points · Buying advice · 18 Sept 2025

the tray moves when nobody calls it a change

BenAdams0109 · 29 points · General robotics · 17 Sept 2025

FR10 pickup edits without a record of the finger change

RaviArcher0389 · 25 points · General robotics · 13 Sept 2025

Bezel images taken with two different camera crops

YasminAdams0093 · 22 points · Programming & support · 20 Aug 2025

Can't choose another pickup correction while our spacer leans

GabrielAdams0105 · 27 points · General robotics · 6 Aug 2025

A polished cover with three incompatible scratch labels

OscarAbbott0010 · 15 points · Programming & support · 5 Jul 2025

Both quotes omit the adapter from the weight

EmmaCarter0985 · 4 points · Buying advice · 22 Jun 2025

Can't sign off retries while an old completion closes the new attempt

AlexCell · 30 points · Programming & support · 26 May 2025

Apparently the cable on the robot counts as our spare

ReeceBrooks0819 · 8 points · Buying advice · 15 Apr 2025

Apparently our spare adapter is always on the next truck

DavidArcher0432 · 24 points · Buying advice · 8 Apr 2025

The promised spare cable has become an email hobby

DavidArcher0432 · 6 points · Buying advice · 1 Mar 2025

A panel clears the stack but catches the tray lip

RosaChan1075 · 26 points · Applications & integration · 22 Feb 2025

Can a higher base rescue our unload layout?

ChloeCarter1005 · 33 points · Fairino robots · 14 Feb 2025