Toolroom machinist moving into robot fixtures

RobinBennett0773

Robin Bennett

ScotlandJoined7 Jun 2025116posts

About

Toolroom machinist moving into robot fixtures. Currently exploring grippers and tooling and maintenance. Working around no spare production machine; planning a 20-week trial before making a decision.

Grippers and toolingMaintenance

Conversations

Writing the interface for a turned spacer blank, stuck on ready (coordinating a CNC part handover)

FelixBennett0719 · 24 points · Programming & support · 3 Sept 2026

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The FR10 arrived, but its extra pendant cable has no supply date

VictoriaChambers · 34 points · Buying advice · 19 Aug 2026

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My Universal Robots UR5e dashboard believes an error response

OmarArcher0404 · 39 points · Programming & support · 12 Aug 2026

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Do I chase the spare kit separately from our sorting inspection samples setup? (Universal Robots UR5e)

RobinBennett0773 · 30 points · Buying advice · 24 Jul 2026

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Universal Robots UR5e: The installed tool cable is here; the spare isn't

JoBrooks0853 · 29 points · Buying advice · 23 Jul 2026

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I think our instructions are the problem, not operator attitude (Fairino FR10, tray-to-fixture loading)

GraceChan1103 · 32 points · Programming & support · 22 Jul 2026

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Shared prototyping workshop: A tracking number hasn't cleared up our delivery question

ReeceBaker0471 · 36 points · Buying robots from China · 12 Jul 2026

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Holding a small polymer housing less squarely than before (Fairino FR10, fixture-to-tray transfer)

RobinBennett0773 · 16 points · General robotics · 5 Jun 2026

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Seller promised an extra pendant cable, not just the installed one (Fairino FR5, placing parts in assembly nests)

RobinBennett0773 · 27 points · Buying advice · 26 May 2026

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Can both these shipment messages be talking about the same crate? (transferring sample trays)

RobinBennett0773 · 34 points · Buying robots from China · 23 May 2026

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Seller promised an extra pendant cable, not just the installed one (Fairino FR10)

PavelBrooks0788 · 8 points · Buying advice · 14 May 2026

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I cannot justify another UR5e housing pickup tweak while one jaw closes crooked

RobinBennett0773 · 5 points · General robotics · 7 May 2026

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A plausible status from a failed request - read-only mode reporting

RachelBell0696 · 24 points · Programming & support · 1 May 2026

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Which acknowledgement belongs to my retry? - fixture inspection

HanaBrown0883 · 12 points · Programming & support · 24 Apr 2026

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I cannot test our coupon result parser with an endlessly agreeable mock

RobinBennett0773 · 28 points · Programming & support · 17 Apr 2026

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