Eleksmaker Eleksmill Cnc Mill - Router & Laser Build, Tutorial & Test
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- In this video I build an Eleksmill cnc router and laser kit, install the software and test it with Aluminium, Acrylic, Plywood, FR4 PCB & Adhesive Vinyl.
EleksMill amzn.to/3MSDOpM
Eleksmaker Wiki wiki.eleksmaker.com/
Grblcontrol github.com/trasz/grblControl
Easel inventables easel.inventables.com
Chillipepper grbl chilipeppr.com/grbl
Flatcam flatcam.org/
LaserGRBL lasergrbl.com/
WD40 white lithium grease (for lubricating the leadscrews)
US amzn.to/36dYFME
UK amzn.to/2RvCi18
WD40 CT90 cutting oil (for cutting metal)
UK amzn.to/2DXVGeY
The Acrylic sheet sheet used was cast acrylic. Extruded acrylic does not mill very well.
Router bits
US amzn.to/36agDj0
UK amzn.to/2s8S0UY
MDP-XP power supply
US amzn.to/2LuOoUs
UK amzn.to/2OZQAoY
Index
Overview 0:00
Build the Eleksmill 2:20
Installing & configuring Elekscam 12:00
Installing & configuring Grblcontrol 12:35
Creating a design in Easel 14:43
Generate gcode in easel 17:46
Milling the first project 18:35
Aluminium sheet front panel 19:55
Acrylic edge lit sign 21:45
Edge lit sign base (plywood) 24:07
Edge lit sign assembly 25:52
PCB milling with Eagle and Flatcam 26:13
PCB milling with Chillipepper/grbl 28:51
Laser installation 31:24
Elekscam laser 32:40
Elekscam Piccarve (Wolf) 33:42
Elekscam Textcarve 34:48
LaserGRBL 35:34
R2D2 36:29
Vinyl adhesive (sticky back plastic) cutting 37:44
Editing Easel gcode for use with the laser 38:10
Making a PCB with the laser (Flatcam) 39:35
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I don’t usually post comments but that was an amazing video! I have the same machine but after an initial test it’s sat unplugged for over a year - Not anymore, I’ll be setting it back up again and having another go at understanding how to use it. Thank you very much, a very inspirational video.
Really appreciate these thoughtful video productions! Thank you
Any sane person who dislikes this video ought to have a very good reason for doing so. I like how you got straight into it and presented the content in a concise way.
I bought a T8 engraver kit after a series of UA-camrs made videos like this. My kit had some very low-quality and some incorrect components e.g. one of the couplers was the wrong internal diameter. And the two brass couplers masquerading as colletts were not straight.
Apart from the same colletts, this kit looks like a much, MUCH better design than the T8 though. I'd probably buy one if I had more cash.
(I didn't dislike the video btw)
for anyone starting out this is by far the most informative tutorial it shows the capability of this machine and beyond
Thank you very much
The most useful video I've watched. Thank you so much.
Very fine demonstration. Like very much the orange blocs to make pcb boards(27.00)
Thank you, that was clear and concise. :0)
Great demonstration..
Perfect work 👍👏
Very good 👍 I like it
Great video!
Pretty interesting, dude!!! 😮
Exactly what i need, thank you for this.
Excellent
Thanks
Have you tried this in either copper or brass plate? I’m looking to do some engraving
Craftsman!!
Hi great video, very informative thank you. Would you recommend this as a good introductory machine for the price and size to learn the fundamentals before investing in a more expensive unit? If not would you have any recommendations ? Thanks
Pat
It depends what you want to do with it. This machine has quite a small work area. 3018 machines have a larger work area and are quite cheap
techydiy
Thanks, i think i will go with the sainsmart genmitsu pro after watching your review
I am running the program on windows 7 but it doesn’t work probably. The work area is black, is that ok or there is something wrong with my program? Thanks.
The best video about eleksmill. Where can I find out about the orange mount in the 26:51th minute of the video?
Thingiverse, I cant remember where.
Am looking for an inexpensive Cnc to cut 1911 gun grips from wood any ideas
I'm wondering what there is the limit of clearance in PCB design. Someone could share documentation or experience, about the PCB application?
@techydiy . I hope you can help me. I'm after a small CNC router. Do you have any suggestions what to get?
Main purpose will be milling aluminium (up to 4mm).
I own a EleksMaker® EleksLaser- A3 Pro
Thank you for any info on this.
Search for 3020 or 3040 CNC
@@techydiy Will do. Thank you. Stay safe!
Make irearn dye using this mechin?
Like more video for this
Suggestion, using plasticine, make a dam all around the outer of the aluminium sheet that you are milling, then fill with WD40. 😊😊
Kid's stuff does come in handy every now and then :-)
how do you know which end-mills, speeds, feeds to use?
General practice. I usually go with quite low feed rates on these machines to start with.
So in theory, one could get longer 2040 aluminum extrusions, longer lead screws and rods, and 3D print or Mill wider replacements for the acrylic parts. Thus making a larger machine. I would have to find a solution for the larger build plate. I have a 3018-mx3 that I'm thinking about extending this way. No one seems to have any videos or tutorials, covering this. :-(
That's fine but you have to understand that anything you extend is going to suffer increased flexing.
EleksMill bit.ly/34HfleT
Eleksmaker forum forum.eleksmaker.com/
Eleksmaker Wiki wiki.eleksmaker.com/
Grblcontrol github.com/trasz/grblControl
Easel inventables easel.inventables.com
Chillipepper grbl chilipeppr.com/grbl
Flatcam flatcam.org/
LaserGRBL lasergrbl.com/
WD40 white lithium grease (for lubricating the leadscrews)
US amzn.to/36dYFME
UK amzn.to/2RvCi18
WD40 CT90 cutting oil (for cutting metal)
UK amzn.to/2DXVGeY
The Acrylic sheet sheet used was cast acrylic. Extruded acrylic does not mill very well.
Router bits
US amzn.to/36agDj0
UK amzn.to/2s8S0UY
MDP-XP power supply
US amzn.to/2LuOoUs
UK amzn.to/2OZQAoY
Index
Overview 0:00
Build the Eleksmill 2:20
Installing & configuring Elekscam 12:00
Installing & configuring Grblcontrol 12:35
Creating a design in Easel 14:43
Generate gcode in easel 17:46
Milling the first project 18:35
Aluminium sheet front panel 19:55
Acrylic edge lit sign 21:45
Edge lit sign base (plywood) 24:07
Edge lit sign assembly 25:52
PCB milling with Eagle and Flatcam 26:13
PCB milling with Chillipepper/grbl 28:51
Laser installation 31:24
Elekscam laser 32:40
Elekscam Piccarve (Wolf) 33:42
Elekscam Textcarve 34:48
LaserGRBL 35:34
R2D2 36:29
Vinyl adhesive (sticky back plastic) cutting 37:44
Editing Easel gcode for use with the laser 38:10
Making a PCB with the laser (Flatcam) 39:35
on the perspex sign how did you make the layout i have been trying with easel for ages thanks great vid btw
Which part, acrylic or base ?
@@techydiy acrylic, bit hard to explain i can get the text open ok and a box underneath but it cuts out as 2 shapes rather than follow round the whole lot as one if you know what i mean thank you
You need to select both shapes and then use the combine function to create the outline. What I also did first was to copy the text, reduce the cut depth to 0.5mm and then use it engrave the letters.
@@techydiy thank you i did find combine and that sorted please keep making great videos :)
@@techydiy one again thanks for this video i have learned a lot from it and becoming quite good now with this , i would like to ask on your open sign under each letter is a score mark how is this achieved? i have my lettering ok and an oblong box then combine just cant seem to figure out the line under each letter . thanks again
These orange clamps you made to drilll PBC boards with, are the files available?
It was a long time ago. They are probably on thingiverse
Thanks, I'll try
Hi i got a question got an eleksmaker mana 3 axis is it possible to control the rpm of the spindle?
Yes it is. It has pwm motor speed control.
@@techydiy thx gonna try this out :)
For the price they are charging you can get a 3018 pro with laser. Not a good deal any more but thank you for the vid.
I have three different 3018 machines and they are all less accurate than the eleksmill. It is a much stiffer machine and for that reason it is what I use for PCB milling.
Hi,
Do you have a good reference for the cnc bits? I bought some at banggood and 8/10 are terrible. They leave a very rough cut.
Would be nice if you can reference the name of a trusted seller. Thanks mate! I like your videos.
The blue nano bits from Sainsmart work well and seem to last.
techydiy thanks!!!
You wouldn't still have the files for the 3d printed mounts?
They are on thingiverse somewhere, I will see if I can find them.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:2519652
I think this is it.
@@techydiy legend!
from this to DMG mori, i don't know how to rate it better..
If I want to take such a machine, where can I get it? And how much. I am speaking from Bangladesh
bit.ly/34HfleT
@@techydiy I want to take from Bangladesh
Is anyone still using this Machine? I'm trying to mill a PCB, but every time it get a bit load because of cutting it looks like controller reboots and the machine stops. Any resources to read about this?
I would check the power supply/ swap it and probably the power regulation circuits on the controller pcb. You could always disconnect the spindle from the controller and power it seperately. Failing that just look for another grbl based controller pcb, they are fairly cheap and they are all fairly generic.
Very good afternoon from Gran Canaria Spain, could you publish the $$ parameters of your machine? I have an EleksLaser-A3 Pro with a 15W drill and laser and this is my configuration, but I don't know if it is correct ... could you help me?
**** Connected to COM3 @ 115200 baud ****
Grbl 1.1g ['$' for help]
>>> $$
$ 0 = 10 (Step pulse time, microseconds)
$ 1 = 25 (Step idle delay, milliseconds)
$ 2 = 0 (Step pulse invert, mask)
$ 3 = 4 (Step direction invert, mask)
$ 4 = 0 (Invert step enable pin, boolean)
$ 5 = 0 (Invert limit pins, boolean)
$ 6 = 0 (Invert probe pin, boolean)
$ 10 = 1 (Status report options, mask)
$ 11 = 0.010 (Junction deviation, millimeters)
$ 12 = 0.002 (Arc tolerance, millimeters)
$ 13 = 0 (Report in inches, boolean)
$ 20 = 0 (Soft limits enable, boolean)
$ 21 = 0 (Hard limits enable, boolean)
$ 22 = 0 (Homing cycle enable, boolean)
$ 23 = 0 (Homing direction invert, mask)
$ 24 = 100,000 (Homing locate feed rate, mm / min)
$ 25 = 1000,000 (Homing search seek rate, mm / min)
$ 26 = 250 (Homing switch debounce delay, milliseconds)
$ 27 = 1,000 (Homing switch pull-off distance, millimeters)
$ 30 = 1000 (Maximum spindle speed, RPM)
$ 31 = 0 (Minimum spindle speed, RPM)
$ 32 = 1 (Laser-mode enable, boolean)
$ 100 = 400,000 (X-axis travel resolution, step / mm)
$ 101 = 400,000 (Y-axis travel resolution, step / mm)
$ 102 = 80,000 (Z-axis travel resolution, step / mm)
$ 110 = 5000,000 (X-axis maximum rate, mm / min)
$ 111 = 5000,000 (Y-axis maximum rate, mm / min)
$ 112 = 5000,000 (Z-axis maximum rate, mm / min)
$ 120 = 800,000 (X-axis acceleration, mm / sec ^ 2)
$ 121 = 800,000 (Y-axis acceleration, mm / sec ^ 2)
$ 122 = 5000,000 (Z-axis acceleration, mm / sec ^ 2)
$ 130 = 400,000 (X-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
$ 131 = 300,000 (Y-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
$ 132 = 200,000 (Z-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
It wouldn't be what you need, it's a different machine.. You should calibrate the X, y & z axis of your machine. My latest video demonstrates how to do it. Then you probably need to setup things like the acceleration, the grbl documentation on GitHub explains how.
@@techydiy thank you for this.