BZB Engine Flange

This aluminum engine flange is designed to test and refine carbon-fiber wrapping techniques for use on a larger chamber. The flange itself is essentially the same as the one from the previous vehicle, BZB. Manufacturing this required drilling the off-axis holes and boring out the center hole on a CNC mill, and turning down the required outer geometry on a lathe. I had to ensure that everything was aligned between machines so that the part came out correctly.

The CAM was made in Fusion 360 with models of both the stock and the table/lathe spindle included to prevent crashes. The workholding was a 3-Jaw chuck on both the mill and the lathe to grip the stock by the outer diameter.