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Custom Machined Aluminum Handle Components for a Specialty Table Used in a Broadway Production
10
Custom components
7 Days
Design to delivery
±0.003"
Tolerance
24
Sets produced
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- The Challenge
Elge Precision Machining, Inc. has a history of providing custom-made, high-precision machined parts for a diverse variety of applications. When a theater artist from New York City called with an idea for a prop that involved multiple aluminum components and assemblies, Elge was pleased to take on the contract. When assembled, the components needed to hold and help carry a custom serving platform used in one of the play’s scenes — the table platform is used to carry various stage props during the production.
- The Solution
The play’s production and building department provided Elge with a sketched drawing, giving Elge total creative design latitude on the project. Programmers broke down the various parts and designated part numbers, then made specific drawings and presented them to the art director for verification of form and function. Timing was critical — with the print delivered Friday evening, Elge was given a one-week deadline. The CNC department took the challenge head-on, producing the 10 different components for the project, with videos and pictures sent to the client daily to show progress. The art director was amazed at the accuracy, timeliness, finish, and overall quality of the finished project — Elge “saved the day,” and the resulting CNC machining work played a featured role on Broadway.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Product Description
Assembled aluminum handle components for a theatrical serving-platform prop
Capabilities Applied
- Rough turning
- Finish turning
- Knurling
- Counter bore
- Drilling
- Center drilling
- Cross drilling
- Cross tapping
- Single point threading
- Sub-spindle turning
- Cut-off operation
Equipment Used
Overall Part Dimensions
- 1/2″ round threaded double-ended studs, various lengths
- 2″ round body × 2.500″ long
- 1-1/2″ body with knurled ends
- 1-1/2″ tapered spacers × 2-1/2″ long
- 2″ round tapered foot
Tightest Tolerances
Material Used
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