yes, cutting aluminum releases a lot of debris that can quickly saturate the filter, and this machine has only one filter installed. I am still learning in order to build a future version 2 😊 thanks for comment 👍🏻
Outstanding! Pity you did not narrate the video- would have been even better. Interesting that you are using de-ionized water ( distilled water maybe more accurate) , the rigs I have seen all use oil. Is there a big advantage to using distilled water? 15 minutes for the cut ( approx) at 5meters a minute for wire travel makes 75 meters of wire. I guess that is quite expensive given it is thrown away once used.
Thanks for your comment, not comment on the videos because english is not my mother tongue and I'm not comfortable, usually in wire edm cutting the deionized water is typical, explaining all the characteristics of why deionized water is used would be too extensive (density, viscosity, electrical resistivity, dielectric stiffness, thermal conductivity, etc etc etc) This process is basically expensive, due to the machining time, the consumables are not excessively expensive, a coil of wire of about 5kg costs about 150€ and that is approximately 12,000m of wire, this thread is discarded, but it is not thrown away, I recycle it by melting it and make other pieces with it
Hi Pierre, yes, need high pressure to allow the flushing achieve the internal zone, about the exact value, i don´t know exactly due to i don´t have a manometer, but i suppose around 6-8bar
i don't know if understand correctly your question, the wire not touch in any moment the piece to cut, If the material is very stressed, what can happen is that if there are very thin and long overhangs left, it can have a tendency to deform and pinch the wire.
Hi, aluminum and light alloys are somewhat different (due to their oxides), cutting with reverse current, the speed is much higher than with direct current. Over the cutting speed, the sparks heat the material until it evaporates, as a rule, the higher the point of fusion of the material to be cut, the slower the cut (more factors intervene, but this is usually the case)
very good 1. does the baxedm offer dc/ac current? 2. using ur machine which cut fastest? AL, SS, Brass or CS? 3. how long does the wire last? 4. can I use the baxedm for a die sinking edm? 5. what makes the cutting faster in general? power or is it physically limited? 6. in case of die sinking, should the electrode better be pure copper or brass? and should it wear out or not? thanks
@@GraphicManInnovations 1. does the baxedm offer dc/ac current? - only DC current 2. using ur machine which cut fastest? AL, SS, Brass or CS? - (i´m only a grateful customer) Aluminum is the material easiest to cut 3. how long does the wire last? - one coil weigh about 8 kg of wire (0.25mm) at high speed of 10m/min, do the calc, but long time 4. can I use the baxedm for a die sinking edm? - yes, it´s almost the same (with this generator) as example -> ua-cam.com/video/rpHYBz7ToII/v-deo.html 5. what makes the cutting faster in general? power or is it physically limited? - it´s not easy to respond, there are more parameters, the wire only can handle one determine power, if the wire spend at low rate, you have to low power or reduce the cutting condition 6. in case of die sinking, should the electrode better be pure copper or brass? and should it wear out or not? - the copper, have a higher melting point than brass, and yes in whatever case you have wear in the electrode (there a special copper, for this purpose) (I have no problem answering, but if you have specific doubts about the generator, on baxedm Channel can respond better)
are there plans online for building these? It would be nice to have a small one around the shop. Folks give the industrial ones away but theyre fixer uppers and too big to move around.
Hi, if you have space an industrial machine is the best option, if you like one similar machine you can download a model here, see this link: baxedm.com/knowledge-base/example-mechanics-of-w-edm-machine/
Sorry for the delay, i suppose you refer the control voltage, to know how to control the X-Y movements, the generator use a second board to obtain a analogic output voltage 0-10v ( 0-> shortcircuit 10v -> open circuit) The spark voltage is higher (up to 150v), the control voltaje is completly isolate from the spark voltage and emc interferences
Hi Jack, it's a pulley, the cable comes out of the coil, goes through the aluminum part (cutting it) and after that the wire used in the process is discardted
The control board (kflop) uses its own machining software (kmotioncnc) i like it more than Mach 3, but if you like it, you can use Mach 3 also with a plugin to control the kflop board www.dynomotion.com/Help/Mach3Plugin/Mach3.htm
@@cnccarving calculations of material removal rate/speed are done in terms of volume, mm3 per minute. so you're right. He's using a control module made by baxter edm. you can go to that website and find those analyses. baxter edm.
Hi Larry, normally in these types of videos people tend to know the cutting process, it is a complex process, but it can be summarized in that it is like a "electric hand saw", the cutting tool is a brass wire of 0.25mm of diameter the wire is moving (slowly) from the spool to the bin trash, between the part to cut and the wire, there are distillate water, and for last, the wire is connected to the negative of a special power supply and the positive of this power supply, to the piece to cut.When the wire is very close to the piece to be cut, many sparks jump between the wire and the piece to be cut (without contact) the sparks have a very high temperature and erode the piece to be cut, it is a very slow cutting process but is one of the most accurate
@@tessenCNC now that makes more sense and I now understand the slowness involved but how fast does the wire have to travel to keep from melting, I would imagine that would be a messy fix.
@@larryshaw6517 hi, the wire is moving (which is not the same as the cutting feed) at between 2-10 meters per minute, it's a very high spark temperature, but for a very short time period, this efect produce wire erode
I ran an FANUC Alpha 1C when I was a Toolmaker.. Handy piece of kit - Wirecutting Aluminum would kill the filters
yes, cutting aluminum releases a lot of debris that can quickly saturate the filter, and this machine has only one filter installed. I am still learning in order to build a future version 2 😊 thanks for comment 👍🏻
Diy edm at that speed 👍🚀
Outstanding! Pity you did not narrate the video- would have been even better. Interesting that you are using de-ionized water ( distilled water maybe more accurate) , the rigs I have seen all use oil. Is there a big advantage to using distilled water? 15 minutes for the cut ( approx) at 5meters a minute for wire travel makes 75 meters of wire. I guess that is quite expensive given it is thrown away once used.
Thanks for your comment, not comment on the videos because english is not my mother tongue and I'm not comfortable, usually in wire edm cutting the deionized water is typical, explaining all the characteristics of why deionized water is used would be too extensive (density, viscosity, electrical resistivity, dielectric stiffness, thermal conductivity, etc etc etc)
This process is basically expensive, due to the machining time, the consumables are not excessively expensive, a coil of wire of about 5kg costs about 150€ and that is approximately 12,000m of wire, this thread is discarded, but it is not thrown away, I recycle it by melting it and make other pieces with it
I'm very impressed.
thank you very much, the process is not very flashy, but the pieces that can be obtained are spectacular.
I don't think anyone in HobbyEDM will complain about anything that works that well. @@tessenCNC
Una gran maquina que te fabricaste, un corte bestial 👏👏👏
Coooool Alphonso, that is very fast! Are you using your BX17 with high presure pump??
Hi Pierre, yes, need high pressure to allow the flushing achieve the internal zone, about the exact value, i don´t know exactly due to i don´t have a manometer, but i suppose around 6-8bar
Precio?
Excuse me I want to ask
how to keep the wire from getting stuck when working on aluminum material
i don't know if understand correctly your question, the wire not touch in any moment the piece to cut, If the material is very stressed, what can happen is that if there are very thin and long overhangs left, it can have a tendency to deform and pinch the wire.
How edm work with alluminium?
would it work with same performance or should be better with steel/hardened steel?
Hi, aluminum and light alloys are somewhat different (due to their oxides), cutting with reverse current, the speed is much higher than with direct current.
Over the cutting speed, the sparks heat the material until it evaporates, as a rule, the higher the point of fusion of the material to be cut, the slower the cut (more factors intervene, but this is usually the case)
very good
1. does the baxedm offer dc/ac current?
2. using ur machine which cut fastest? AL, SS, Brass or CS?
3. how long does the wire last?
4. can I use the baxedm for a die sinking edm?
5. what makes the cutting faster in general? power or is it physically limited?
6. in case of die sinking, should the electrode better be pure copper or brass? and should it wear out or not?
thanks
@@GraphicManInnovations
1. does the baxedm offer dc/ac current?
- only DC current
2. using ur machine which cut fastest? AL, SS, Brass or CS?
- (i´m only a grateful customer) Aluminum is the material easiest to cut
3. how long does the wire last?
- one coil weigh about 8 kg of wire (0.25mm) at high speed of 10m/min, do the calc, but long time
4. can I use the baxedm for a die sinking edm?
- yes, it´s almost the same (with this generator) as example ->
ua-cam.com/video/rpHYBz7ToII/v-deo.html
5. what makes the cutting faster in general? power or is it physically limited?
- it´s not easy to respond, there are more parameters, the wire only can handle one determine power, if the wire spend at low rate, you have to low power or reduce the cutting condition
6. in case of die sinking, should the electrode better be pure copper or brass? and should it wear out or not?
- the copper, have a higher melting point than brass, and yes in whatever case you have wear in the electrode (there a special copper, for this purpose)
(I have no problem answering, but if you have specific doubts about the generator, on baxedm Channel can respond better)
Thanks bro
are there plans online for building these? It would be nice to have a small one around the shop. Folks give the industrial ones away but theyre fixer uppers and too big to move around.
Hi, if you have space an industrial machine is the best option, if you like one similar machine you can download a model here, see this link:
baxedm.com/knowledge-base/example-mechanics-of-w-edm-machine/
Nice. How I should read the spark voltage? That's not the voltage required to create the spark, is it? Seems so low..
Sorry for the delay, i suppose you refer the control voltage, to know how to control the X-Y movements, the generator use a second board to obtain a analogic output voltage 0-10v ( 0-> shortcircuit 10v -> open circuit)
The spark voltage is higher (up to 150v), the control voltaje is completly isolate from the spark voltage and emc interferences
What is the rotating thing underneath the aluminium block?
Hi Jack, it's a pulley, the cable comes out of the coil, goes through the aluminum part (cutting it) and after that the wire used in the process is discardted
tessenCNC Thanks!
what is the software of CNC, does MACH 3 works good as well?
The control board (kflop) uses its own machining software (kmotioncnc) i like it more than Mach 3, but if you like it, you can use Mach 3 also with a plugin to control the kflop board
www.dynomotion.com/Help/Mach3Plugin/Mach3.htm
не могу понять... Где вы все берете C файл? поделитесь. дайте ссылку. на гугл диск
Руками и головой
Hi man, how long did it take for that piece? And which dielectric is it?
approx 100mm of cutting length and about 15 min to cut, the dielectric is water
@@tessenCNC gosh that shit is fast. my small 100 watts die sinker would take 1 week LOL.
@@tessenCNC
if 40 mm thick alumnum were cut 100 mm long 15 min
then 4 mm aluminum were only 1.5 min?
reason i ask because it would make some great income cutting stainless brass and copper shapes
the real advantage would be the sharp corners
thank you
@@cnccarving calculations of material removal rate/speed are done in terms of volume, mm3 per minute. so you're right. He's using a control module made by baxter edm. you can go to that website and find those analyses. baxter edm.
Can I send you parts to cut?
Hi, thanks, but it's only hobby
Not much help , you need to explain what is happening.
Hi Larry, normally in these types of videos people tend to know the cutting process, it is a complex process, but it can be summarized in that it is like a "electric hand saw", the cutting tool is a brass wire of 0.25mm of diameter the wire is moving (slowly) from the spool to the bin trash, between the part to cut and the wire, there are distillate water, and for last, the wire is connected to the negative of a special power supply and the positive of this power supply, to the piece to cut.When the wire is very close to the piece to be cut, many sparks jump between the wire and the piece to be cut (without contact) the sparks have a very high temperature and erode the piece to be cut, it is a very slow cutting process but is one of the most accurate
@@tessenCNC now that makes more sense and I now understand the slowness involved but how fast does the wire have to travel to keep from melting, I would imagine that would be a messy fix.
@@larryshaw6517 hi, the wire is moving (which is not the same as the cutting feed) at between 2-10 meters per minute, it's a very high spark temperature, but for a very short time period, this efect produce wire erode