Toolroom machinist moving into robot fixtures

RobinBennett0773

Robin Bennett

ScotlandJoined 7 Jun 2025116 posts

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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