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    Tips/Techniques Making a bevel on a screw that has been shortened.

    I have to put bevels on shortened screws fairly regularly. If they are too short to hold I just put them on the end of a matching screwdriver and hold them in place with my fingers. Then I grind the bevel using my fingers to hold them in place while turning the screwdriver. The longer you have...
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    Those pliers are called Lock wire pliers. They are in no way required to do a quality lock wire job. They make it faster not better.
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    The purpose is to keep the bolt from loosening and losing torque. It may fall out or it may cause assembled parts to pound each other to pieces depends on the situation. While the wire should be tight sometimes you just have to do the best you can. It's easy sometimes and in other cases you are...
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    The wire is put through the bolt or screw in a way that if you pulled on the wire it would pull it tighter and not looser. Usually they are tied off to another bolt or screw. They may be wired to a drilled hole if they are a single bolt. Allen head screws are usually safetied using a single wire...
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    Allen head screws that are drilled horizontally are not rare in my line of work. The holes are so that they can be safetied with lockwire after installation. I work in aviation but I have seen them on motorcycles too. Part number for them begins with MS24673.
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    I didn't get an error unless I was not in team mode. From my past settings Some of my stuff appears to be in a team and some is not. Team was already previously set up. I have not spent much time on trouble shooting this yet. When I'm in my previous not team environment fasteners are grayed out.
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    Ok I tried one of their recommended fixes. My account already has a section that is set up as a team. I opened up a previously made file and tried to use the fastener library but it didn't work. I made and saved a new design and the library does appear to work with a newly saved drawing. I'll...
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    Thanks for this. I'll give it a try on my next day off.
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    Fusion 360 Fastener library

    I have a fusion 360 legacy license. The insert fastener command is grayed out for me. Not useable. I saw this was in an update but couldn't find it. Thanks for showing me where it is. I still have the option to install a McMaster Carr or manufacturers part but that requires a lot of searching...
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    Tool 2-4-6 Blocks

    My Chinese made 2-4-6 blocks were as accurate as I could measure. I used a threaded rod to join them together to make a 2-4-12 block to calibrate my cnc mill.
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