Praetex Vlog #2 - Datron M8 Cube Unboxing and First Cuts!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- It's here! It's big and it works! This video's been a bit of a long time coming, all things considered. I had hoped to get it finished a couple weeks ago but the machine needed some TLC first.
Oh it's an exciting time. Also, in a first for me, since I finally have a machine capable of machining parts quickly enough, I'll also be releasing a version of the machining section without music, just raw machining sounds and longer to boot.
I'll be keeping the "ASMR" versions separate to the more regular videos since they're not as easy to listen to casually. The flip side is those interested in purely the machining content may also really enjoy hearing how everything responds.
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Congratulations on the new CNC and new channel. The M8 is an amazing machine. Keep it up 👍
I have no doubt that this channel is going to be so huge and your projects and products produced here are going to be wonderful. Also I loved the video production here, the start scene with the phone alarm and coffee making it's these nice touches that make the videos all the more enjoyable to watch. Looking forward to more!
Congrats on the new machine alex, i am sure you ll do amazing stuff with it.(as a machinist myself i would love a part in your videos where i can hear the machine working instead of music)
Then you're going to love what's on the way! Now that I have a proper machine, I can do videos with the machining sounds, I'll have an "asmr" version of the cutting from this vid going up on Monday. Folks asked about this fairly often when I was at Bit-Tech, feels good to be able to deliver at last.
Happy a new video of yours came out! the Datron really looks incredible, I can't wait to see what you'll make with it!
As someone who owns a Haas VF3-SS I was incredibly jealous watching those o-ring grooves get cut.
Congrats Alex for the new machine. It's always a smile in the face to see fellow know people with new machines for their projects.
Hope that it's not going to happen but buy some extra Renishaw probe styli, specially if they have available the ceramic rod ones.
You will bend and break styli by fuc* ups, and a ceramic rod will act as a mechanical fuse, it will break the rod and save the probe electronics. I forgot how many I changed at customers when I was working for Mazak UK as a service engineer...
Other than that waiting to see what it's going to be the first project of it.
No need to apologize to us about the length of time between videos. Take your time, we’ll be here keenly waiting to see what’s next. Plus you have that War and Peace manual you need to read now. 😆
Looking forward to more videos coming as things shape up. My roommate and I became addicted to watching your previous stuff. While I didn't CNC anything myself, I definitely practiced water cooling on a simple build and then did a bunch higher end one for my new PC, largely because of the cool stuff I saw here!
DDC pump housing with integrated GPU-style terminal block? Intriguing...
Awesome stuff as usual, Alex. And here I was jealous of your High-Z machine!
Let's see where this one goes eh? Much testing ahead that's for sure.
trust me, I'm not going anywhere!
Never mind build of the year! role model of the year you are!... congrats on the new machine! you've been a major inspiration for myself down in South Africa where these things are a little harder to get hold of....not too long ago i was loving the high-z machine u have, but this Datron is really insane next level stuff!!! keep it man! All the best wishes to you and all your future endeavors. May the Almighty above make it an easy and successful journey for you!!!!!!
That’s some seriously awesome equipment. With your skills and imagination, this bad boy will be put to great use!
It's really amazing to follow the journey of talented people pursuing their ambitions and evolve. You inspire a lot of creative people with the way you approach doing things. Keep up the good work mate!!
Very nice good experience congratulations be successful with all ur projects sr great machine I wish to have one
Congratulations on the new toys Alex. Cannot wait to see what you are planning with it!
I see you got a LANG wise with your 5 axis, you are going to love that one 🙂 also when machining aluminium, you will get the best finish and tool life if you use only climb milling 🙂
That separated tool changer is crazy 🤯
eager to see what wonder will come out of that beast!
Incredible! Very excited for the next video and seeing the next steps along your path building out your shop. Looking forward to more content from you. Here's to hoping the comments help the algorithm pushes your videos out there.
Here’s to hoping!
Wow. Really looking forward to seeing what you create with this!
God, cleaning up chips must be so much easier without coolant. I worked at my father's machine shop when I was younger, fabricating parts for military aircraft, and he has Mazak 3 axis and 4 axis machines as well as a Fanuc. All as beasts of machines taking up an average of 400sf or there about and standing around 12'-14' tall. He's an old.school.machinest that started in his garage on Bridgeports and then in a machine shop on a aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, where he was a fighter pilot. He is brilliant and can reverse engineer anything. His machining knowledge and engineering talent allows him to produce parts in 1/3 the time that his competitors. Why? High speed machine is, I guess, common now and he has always said, "take a chip". The stink from the coolant/oil permeates the shop and my wife always know when I have visited my father. I mass around there from time to time on the BP and the Mazak and this video makes me think of my years spent there and especially when he got his 4 axis. The setup of it and especially bringing it into the shop was no easy task. Your work is awesome and I truly appreciate the engineering and intelligence it takes to perform such precise work. It's amazing what these machines can do. Many years of luck....now go take a chip! Cheers!
Omg finally understand your dope stash… EARNED IT!
I think we need a demo of the Renishaw probe falling off the magnetic attachment :D What an amazing setup.
Finally the so long waited video.
Very cool indeed
Can’t wait to see what is next. Keep it up.
Glad to see you are doing great on your Datron. As a mechanical engineer I really enjoy your Tool-Porn and hope you can complete all the projects that you couldn't do in your old workshop.
Btw: You deserve so much more subscribers... I really think a lot of the bit-tech subscribers did not realize that you "moved" to this channel :(
got a Datron Neo and I am loving it. Enjoy your M8 Cube
Awesome video, thanks! Looking forward to more
Don't know what I'm more envious of, the datron or the decent :)
So happy for you, can't wait to see what you will create i the future 😁
so cool cant wait to see more
Alex we miss you so much on the other channel, hopefully you come back soon!!!
This is the Apple of cnc machines.
Shards everywhere! I really want to see what the cleanup process is like. I don't know why but i think my OCD is triggered so I have to know how you clean it all up and not get a million metal and acrylic splinters lol
For aluminium at least it’s nice and easy, just push it all to the sides with the air gun or a brush, it’ll fall into the chip pan below. Acrylic is a bit harder, I’ll be grabbing an ionising air gun for that.
my guy has a crazy stash
I wonder how the side wall finish would be with a yg1 alu power in that machine. Given its precision and rpm's ( I tried it on other ones that wasn't as good and still had a fantastic surface)
Are you also gonna get the datron mcd tool?
Should follow my Insta 😜
I was missing you from bit-tech glad I found you read today that bit-tech is shutting down.
I just saw also, that’s pretty crazy. Glad to have you on board!
You can push pretty hard on aluminum. I highly suggest you do not run your spindle over 36k rpm!
mega nice
You didn't talk about how you came to the decision to buy a datron.
Delicious coffee 👌
Content: GOOD
yay!!!
This is amazing. But a serious and honest question; how can you afford all these things!? :)
As in, honestly; did you take on some seed capital, or a business loan, or what? I'm genuinely curious as I'm starting my own CNC based business.
In my case it was seed capital, I’m in a rather unique and fortuitous situation in that regard. As I own all my equipment outright (no financing for things) it makes the whole venture decidedly low risk.
John Saunders has some great stuff over on NYC CNC about starting your business up. He’s a bit too into all the self help/motivational crap but a lot of the business principles are pretty sound as he took his company from zero to hero the hard way.
@@PraetexDesign that's awesome. I'm eager to see what you do over the next few months! Keep it up :)
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Hello, do you have instructions for this machine in Pdf?😅
i envy u in a good way 😊
How much for the whole package? M8 starts at around 100,000 EUR.
yes is stupid machine. 100,000 is too much.
Hy very cool! What is the name of the measuring device where the machine goes in a circle? 8:35min
Hello, what is the price of this milling machine and the hole setup ?
Did you ever finish the Aquaceras project? Just followed you here from bit tech bcoz I followed your fusion 360 tutorial on fusion 360 and I'm now currently machining my own distro blocks for my PC so thank you!👍
I’ll be starting that project over at some point. With the Datron I could machine the whole thing in probably only a couple days, so instead I’ll focus on finishing the entire design before starting it up again. Want to redo all the things I had to compromise on before.
Can you show where the x axis linear rail and ballscrews hidden.
Why do you need this?
@@Legosful learning the design of this machine.
@@Z-add 😋
nice flatwhite.
Im not a machinist so maybe this is super obvious, but what was happening with the round ball before you started milling the pump housing? was it just calibration?
The parts where there’s a ball attached to large boom arm, along with the ball on top of a shark-fin stand were calibration. The part where the probe with the ruby tip came down to touch the aluminium was for setting the work coordinates. It comes down and then confirms incredibly precisely where the workpiece is located in the machine.
@@PraetexDesign ahhh cool! Thanks! I love watching this stuff but don't know a ton, would he sweet if once the whole workshop was set up you could give a "for dummies" video haha so less experienced people had some context for all cool shit you're gonna do! Anyway thanks for the reply and for the content! Looking forward to lots more!
@@ansamerch That’s not a bad idea to have in a video I think, this machine is so far removed from even most other CNC mills in how it operates, so that could be an interesting one.
Is that HSK 25 or 32 on the spindle?
HSK-E25
@@PraetexDesign Tiny, but cuts like butter. Any chance you could make a picture of the drive/linear guide setup underneath the slab?
Is that a trochoidal cutting path for the pocketing of that block?
It is indeed
it has RGB
Hanzhen harmonic drive gear , industrial robot arm gear reducer,
What’s the coffee machine model?
@@kikolbo It’s a Decent Espresso DE1XL
@@PraetexDesign thanks! 🙏🏻 how’s the date on treating you? I am trying to decide if I should get one cube or a haas super mini mill…
@@kikolbo I've really enjoyed having one, for the work I do it's a fantastic machine. Although an M8 Cube is in a very, very different price bracket to a Haas Super Mini Mill?
@@PraetexDesign yes it is. A good mini mill I think it’s way cheaper. It’s in the 100k USD. But I am looking for the smaller Datron neo, not the cube sorry. And I really don’t know the price for the new they don’t publish it.
For the price I can get a Doosan (DN solutions) and I can do far more with it. And spindle getting out of tram during transport? Hm I think it was a badly done assembly at the factory.
Different machine for different work.
@@PraetexDesign Uhm, in case of M8 not really. The only up-side is that the machine is lighter and smaller in its overall size. Work travel is the similair to most standard VMCs. Datrons really make sense with models that are after M8 - work envelope much larger.