Have you noticed that behind a great open hardware project there always is an industry professional who has done it as a hobby on the side. Chris Annin comes to mind with his robot arm, mechmate router table team, stm32 2.5kW open hardware servo drive and others I would give Mike top place on this arena for his arc generator. That's short of a revolution!
@@goodfis624 @SayHiToPi The project called "Odrive" found by searching "Odriverobotics" is a cool project along these lines. I have used them to make servo drives from quad-copter style motors.
As someone who loves home shop equipment, I love that you made this open source for everyone. I don’t even know if I’ll make one but it’s still awesome to go look through the cad files you made available. Thanks so much! Looking forward to your future content!
Wow, it's really great precision. I worked with Soviet EDM machine. And you know, your machine more accuracy. I wont to repeat this. Thx from Ukraine. Sorry for my English.
you are the blind spot of diy machinery that i was missing so long. thanks a lot for your work. If I could, I would start building EDM right now. Hope the community will grow to demystification this dark corner of properitary knowledge.
Awesome to see the EDM finished after following it for so long. I would love to build one myself, but I know I have to many projects on my plate already.
Really amazing/awesome Mike!! Great Job! I am getting very close to making cuts with my custom BaxEDM machine! Can't wait! You are a great inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks for this video. Time to start planning my own build. Few projects need to be finished off first. So glad to have stumbled upon your channel. Cheers, Reuben
Woooow, damn thanks for such a complete video, all the workflow, tolerancing,mistakes, and solutions. My hat is off! I'm gonna check those machine plans
I had a nipple cut out of a vintage brake callipers by EDF, it worked very well. The two guys at the machine shop showed me what they generally did, cutting out parts from Inconel, the precision and finish they achieved was just amazing
@20:15 "the glue did not work perfectly, there is still a very small little burr" This is because by using glue you electrically isolate the product when performing the remnant cut. The moment you cut the product loose from the material there is nothing that connects your part with the groundof the machine so the last bit will stay on it. When you use some kind of conducting vice , it will cut away the last bit of the burr, and you would even be able to skim that part, so you dont need to "stone" the part.
Magnets are the solution in this setting. For a detail that small a large flat coated magnet would be more than capable of maintaining the details position, and act as pass thru for the current at the same time.
@@PiGood That is a great idea. I was wondering if mixing CA glue and printer toner and used that as a glue to secure and conduct current. Guess you could just secure it with a second chuck clamping it from the other axis added for final cut too though.
even before cutting it loose. the resistance is increasing as less material is available and it just stop conducting before it's cut loose. the wire deflects into the main piece and leaves a burr
@@scotttod6954 Given my experience, in the event of non magnetic materials it would likely be easier to just use the glue to maintain the details position and contact/clamp a grounding cable to the detail. May cause some imperfections in the surface if the ground cable arcs but given the application here that would be more than adequate.
Ah, and here I was excited to see that you making MY first initial. I wish I had the time to build one of these as I’ve always wanted one. There are parts I simply can’t make using my mill and lathes. Even welding parts together that I can make doesn’t do it. And until 3D metal printing comes down in price, that’s out too. Great job. I think I’ll stick around. There’s nothing like living vicariously.
Bought a book several months back on building an EDM machine from scratch, by Ben Fleming, but it's 10 years old, and I'd like to get one running this year if possible. Added my name to your list and anxiously awaiting your completion of the next arc generator production run. Thanks for the time and effort.
@@edgymushroom "Build a Pulse EDM Machine - The Next Generation" by Ben Fleming. It's a bit pricey at $50.00, and about 10 years old, but useful information if you want to try building one from scratch. I opted to purchase one of the BAXEDM arc generators to start, as I want to get a working machine running ASAP. Here's a email where you can probably get info on getting the book: homebuiltedmmachines@gmail.com .
Builds custom EDM to precision cut metals
Same guy: "I don't have an oven"
He doesn't have an air-tight argon-containing oven. That's different than "a household oven."
This is the perfect project for the person who has built a LinuxCNC milling machine, LinuxCNC lathe, LinuxCNC laser, and LinuxCNC router.
Have you noticed that behind a great open hardware project there always is an industry professional who has done it as a hobby on the side. Chris Annin comes to mind with his robot arm, mechmate router table team, stm32 2.5kW open hardware servo drive and others I would give Mike top place on this arena for his arc generator. That's short of a revolution!
Hi! Do you have a Link to the 2.5kw drive? It sounds very intersting but i cannot find it.... Thank you!
I'm looking for that 2.5kW servo too... google didnt help me D:
@@goodfis624 @SayHiToPi The project called "Odrive" found by searching "Odriverobotics" is a cool project along these lines. I have used them to make servo drives from quad-copter style motors.
@@JoshuaElsdon Ah you meant ODrive. Yeah, its quite known project. One can even buy complete driver PCB on aliexpress/ebay
Agreed, this is how innovation is supposed to work, not the bullshit corporate America pushes nowadays
Absolutely amazing machine. If I was about 40 - 50 years younger, I would start building immediately. Thanks a lot for the design.
if i were*
@@mickeyromeo its so f....up importand? you teacher! are you normal?
@@bourbon_sketcher idiot !
Perfect example of someone that finds solutions instead of excuses! Bravo Sir!
As someone who loves home shop equipment, I love that you made this open source for everyone. I don’t even know if I’ll make one but it’s still awesome to go look through the cad files you made available. Thanks so much! Looking forward to your future content!
Wow, it's really great precision.
I worked with Soviet EDM machine. And you know, your machine more accuracy. I wont to repeat this. Thx from Ukraine. Sorry for my English.
Thats an incredible machine!
Hello Sean! :)
OK this is really amazing.
AvE will find this next. Just watch.
Excellent video on precision, material tension, and tolerance! Seeing the EDM in action was an added bonus. Thanks for posting! 🍻
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK... dAMN I WAS THINKING OF THIS TOPIC LATELY
UA-cam did a good job with this recommendation. Glad this video is doing so well for you!
Never seen an EDM machine before, but impressive with you completed project... Did not expect it to come out that perfectly.
Thanks for the detailed walk through.
The end product demonstration got a smile on my face. Amazing job mate! 👍🏼
sick tolerances made. Oddly satisfying to watch parts of precision from a seal and float into position. Love that you can barely see the joins.
VERY satisfying!
Many years ago I learned _about_ EDM, but have never seen it in action, till now!
Thanks.
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you are the blind spot of diy machinery that i was missing so long. thanks a lot for your work. If I could, I would start building EDM right now. Hope the community will grow to demystification this dark corner of properitary knowledge.
Awesome to see the EDM finished after following it for so long. I would love to build one myself, but I know I have to many projects on my plate already.
This is a positively STUNNING demonstration!
Really amazing/awesome Mike!! Great Job! I am getting very close to making cuts with my custom BaxEDM machine! Can't wait! You are a great inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing!
Very nice. Another great video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Thanks for this video. Time to start planning my own build. Few projects need to be finished off first. So glad to have stumbled upon your channel.
Cheers,
Reuben
Brilliant results. Thank you for the video.
Woooow, damn thanks for such a complete video, all the workflow, tolerancing,mistakes, and solutions. My hat is off! I'm gonna check those machine plans
Impressive achievement. Congratulations on realising such a precise thing !
You should run the footage of the sinking "M" in reverse so it looks like it's rising by itself.
Makes my shop standard of 1/32" look like a mile wide gap. Well done!!
Knap gedaan man ! Mooi om naar te kijken. Dank voor de post en de genomen moeite.
That was a delight to watch. 👏
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That fit... wow! Such a satisfying moment when you let it go and it drifted into place. Thanks for sharing :D
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for sharing!
instant sub! This is just incredible and the gesture of making it freely available is just astounding
Bloody nice work! Congrats.
Absolutely amazing, I've got no other words to describe it.
Magnificent, Miraculous, Marvellous, Masterful, Majestic, Mezmerising
@@RennieAsh Excellent Demonstration of Machining
outstanding, incredible, impressive
Very Nice Mike, good job on the video and a very good job on the machine and the fitting parts
That was super amazing. Thank you for sharing.
I have run Agie Wire Machines for over 10 years. Cool video man, I’d love to have one at home to use!!
That video is an inspiration and super impressive. Many thanks!
Amazing content, as always!
I had a nipple cut out of a vintage brake callipers by EDF, it worked very well. The two guys at the machine shop showed me what they generally did, cutting out parts from Inconel, the precision and finish they achieved was just amazing
Thats satisfying. I've worked with 2 different large EDM's and they are quite incredible. Nice work.
Fantastic, thank you for sharing with us.
Subscribed and thank you- I appreciate your content! this is what I have been searching for.
Nicely done. Interesting and impressive the work and your results. Cheers!
This is really good work. Well done.
What a piece of work! Outstanding performance👌👌👌
24:00 Pure ASMR! Bedankt voor het posten en de link. Super interessant!
Wow, thanks for your video, will try to reproduce, thanks a lot!
THAT IS very satisfying! The result looks like science fiction. Great work and thank you.
Thank you very much
Super vidéo. Merci.
@20:15 "the glue did not work perfectly, there is still a very small little burr"
This is because by using glue you electrically isolate the product when performing the remnant cut.
The moment you cut the product loose from the material there is nothing that connects your part with the groundof the machine so the last bit will stay on it.
When you use some kind of conducting vice , it will cut away the last bit of the burr, and you would even be able to skim that part, so you dont need to "stone" the part.
Magnets are the solution in this setting.
For a detail that small a large flat coated magnet would be more than capable of maintaining the details position, and act as pass thru for the current at the same time.
@@PiGood That is a great idea. I was wondering if mixing CA glue and printer toner and used that as a glue to secure and conduct current. Guess you could just secure it with a second chuck clamping it from the other axis added for final cut too though.
even before cutting it loose. the resistance is increasing as less material is available and it just stop conducting before it's cut loose.
the wire deflects into the main piece and leaves a burr
@@scotttod6954 Given my experience, in the event of non magnetic materials it would likely be easier to just use the glue to maintain the details position and contact/clamp a grounding cable to the detail. May cause some imperfections in the surface if the ground cable arcs but given the application here that would be more than adequate.
@@darkracer1252 Not quite, the bur is mostly the two .006" ish radius left by the entrance cut and when the Slug becomes Isolated from the ground.
Amazing video, tyvm!!
holy smokes! Amazing! Congrats, and thank you for keeping it open source. I don't know if I will build one, but I want one!
Outstanding work. Super, super impressive.
its so nice to see that close tolerance
Nice Mike, very nice. BaxEdm👌
modern magic, lovely to watch!
Wow! Lovely work Sr. Great content😎
Thanks a Lot! Good engineering.
Incredible work!
Very interesting project you have here. I will be watching your progress. Thank you for you patients respect for beginners in this field.
I was genuinely happy for you man! 😂 I was so excited at the end fit. I need to research this machine. Sub’d!!!
excellent job!
This would be awesome for puzzles.
Very interesting video. I am basically new to anything "edm" so this was a fantastic learning experience.
Thanks for sharing.
No thank you for watching
Ah, and here I was excited to see that you making MY first initial. I wish I had the time to build one of these as I’ve always wanted one. There are parts I simply can’t make using my mill and lathes. Even welding parts together that I can make doesn’t do it. And until 3D metal printing comes down in price, that’s out too. Great job. I think I’ll stick around. There’s nothing like living vicariously.
WOW indeed! Congratulations on a very nice fit.
Imagine combining Japanese joinery with Wire EDM machine!!
Awesome. Thanks!
WOW! Really great job!
Totaly amazing 😉 great job!
Several very useful tips on how to avoid problems. Thanks very much. Liked and subscribed.
I wouldn't mind more edm project videos, this was cool.
Oh the possibility of that machine in the hobby tinkers world. Super work. Great video!
Bought a book several months back on building an EDM machine from scratch, by Ben Fleming, but it's 10 years old, and I'd like to get one running this year if possible. Added my name to your list and anxiously awaiting your completion of the next arc generator production run. Thanks for the time and effort.
What's the book called?
@@edgymushroom "Build a Pulse EDM Machine - The Next Generation" by Ben Fleming. It's a bit pricey at $50.00, and about 10 years old, but useful information if you want to try building one from scratch. I opted to purchase one of the BAXEDM arc generators to start, as I want to get a working machine running ASAP. Here's a email where you can probably get info on getting the book: homebuiltedmmachines@gmail.com .
bravo. DO IT...
I am surely gonna try this one.. keep this cool parts coming up!!👍
Beautiful!
That IS incredibly satisfying. 🔥 specially being able to do it at home.
I have never see such alien technology......... I must build one I just got to attach my jaw back to my face again! Amazing !
Nice. Amazing job!
WOW, superb quality
Thank brother it is superb
Amazing! Beautiful!
Beautiful part.
Nice work!!
tremendous project !!
Yes sir. Nice unit.
I already have the Ikea clamp light, just have to build the rest. Beautiful work you've done there.
GREAT VIDEO!!
Loved you showed your mistakes as well in a normal, "it happens" way. Kudos!
It's amazing work. !!! excellent !!!
Beautiful
THIS IS INCREDIBLE! I HAVE TO MAKE ONE.
awesome, good job
Amazing machines for precision.
Really nice content, well narrated.