October 10, 2019
Description
I got back into building balsa R/C and FF models in 2017 after having been out of the hobby for 15 years. While I was perfectly ok with building planes the old-school way, pinning parts to a soft flat board, I figured out quickly that magnetic building boards and 3D printing go together like PB&J. I started out with Marco_D's excellent fixtures, but through several builds, I've gradually designed more of my own fixtures as I've seen opportunities to do so.
All my fixtures use the same 20x10x4mm rare earth magnets as many of Marco_D's. For attaching the magnets, I have included holes in the parts that a 4-40 flathead screw will thread into without requiring tapping - M3 screws may also work but I haven't tried it. The slotted triangles, bridge beam, and press arms take #10 or M5 screws. The press arm holes will need to be tapped in either case.
I have included a ZIP file of the source parts in Solidworks 2016 format.
Pictures should give some idea of how fixtures are used, but here are a few notes on the function of each:
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike