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The Model of the Month for November has been awarded to Peter B\u00f6ker<\/a> and his design of a fully and accurately jointed Bessey knife<\/a>!\u00a0 Although there were a number of impressive and creative designs this month, the amount of design accuracy involved with this design, and time spent creating the joints really put this model over the top.\u00a0 Read on to see what lead to this creation and learn more about our latest Model of the Month winner!<\/p>\n

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Peter B\u00f6ker<\/a> is a 44 year old father of 3 living in Bavaria (Where is Bavaria<\/a> you ask?\u00a0 Turns out it is part of Germany!).\u00a0 He has had a pretty amazing journey from apprentice manufacturer to advanced designer.\u00a0 Check out his story below to find out more!<\/p>\n

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The Early Days:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI started my professional career with an apprenticeship at a company that constructed air conditioners, becoming a full time employee shortly after.\u00a0 This is where I began to grow my knowledge of lathes and mills, but at this time it was all done by hand; no digital tools or glass fiber measuring.<\/p>\n

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Later in my career, as technology became more prevalent with respect to these machines, we modified our lathes to get glass fiber measuring.\u00a0 This was a great time saver, and the first time that the digital world began to enter my typically manual work process.”<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Digital World:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1990 I purchased my first personal computer.\u00a0 Curious about this new technology, I wanted to figure out whether I could apply this to my work, or even determine new uses.\u00a0 Over the next few years I dived deeper into this new world, trading my manufacturing for lathes and mills for programming on the PC.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m a full time programmer at LivingLogic AG in Germany, developing high grade web applications for living-apps.com<\/a>.\u00a0 But I realized something is missing.\u00a0 I was a builder, a builder of metal things and I miss my metal!\u00a0 And now I develop software?\u00a0 There must be a way to make these things come together.\u00a0 This is where CAD and CAM came into the picture.<\/p>\n

Having a deep background in mills, I decided to design and construct my own CNC-mill.\u00a0 Because of my background, the planning was no problem.\u00a0 The bigger issue was learning to design the machine using CAD!\u00a0 After a big learning curve, frustration and a significant amount of lost data my first mill was finished.\u00a0 This one was a good seller and I wanted to build a second one, but in a faster more precise fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Enter Fusion 360:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo avoid the pain that I had to go through with my first design, I wanted to replace my existing CAD package.\u00a0 After much searching I found Fusion 360, and the monthly rental option was set at a great price for me, while offering all of the functionality that I needed.\u00a0 This change turned out to be a great decision!\u00a0 With Fusion 360 I was able to design the new mill faster and with less frustration than before.\u00a0 With built-in CAM, the G-code generation was simple and effective, so I could build the machines more quickly.<\/p>\n

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So how is all of this related to the Bessey knife<\/a>?\u00a0 Well the knife was a study to learn more of the Fusion 360 workflows and techniques for me to create even more in-depth, functional CAD models.\u00a0 Learning how to apply joints and running motion analysis will help me to avoid some of the problems that I encountered in my last design.\u00a0 So even though the design doesn\u2019t directly relate to my passion, the key learning\u2019s from this knife are directly applicable to my next design in Fusion 360 Ultimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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