My DIY CNC mill eats metal
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2023
- Last time you saw me build it. Now it's time to assemble and test my DIY CNC Milling machine. Was it worth it? You be the judge.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/NotAnEngineer
FAQ:
Q. How much does it weigh?
A. Around 500kg
Q. What are the travels?
A. X - 580mm, Y - 340mm, Z - 455mm
Q. How much did it cost?
A. Somewhere between $6000AUD and all of my sanity and money
Q. How long did it take to build?
A. I had the machine running in 6 months, I spent every spare moment working on this project, nights and weekends. My best guess is somewhere between 300 and 500 hours of labour, including research and design.
Q. What are you going to use it for?
A. ...
This project wouldn't have been possible without the help, patience, and mentorship of my employer @macgyvermodels. Big ups to Simon for giving me the opportunity to do what I love. - Наука та технологія
Damn, I'm late to the party because I forgot to hit the bell.
Everyone learn from this guy 🤌
@@NoEngineerHere we must learn from the best engineer that isnt an engineer , or so he claims
same haha
Bro wozit ..I love the idea of jack screws. ... I have never seen it before 🎉🎉
@@NoEngineerHerewhich one oil use to spray on this job ?
Will you please tell me the name of this product
OK I'm hooked. To the moon, my friend!
To the moon! So glad to see you here 🙏
"There might be a few small changes to my approach the next time around. For example, I might spend a little bit more time just buying a machine from an existing manufacturer." LMAO
Hahaha yeah, this applies to every major project I've ever done. "WHAT!? $XXXX for one? Screw that, I reckon I can build my own!" *6+ months of pain later* "well, sure would have been cheaper and easier and better to just to buy one of these..."
I am an engineer and I don't think I could pull this off. Awesome project!
Same here, i would spend five years planning every small detail, then decide on the least terrible design whithin the budget and get frustrated half way into the build :D
@@peterpan6406 yep me too!
I'm not an engineer and I could pull this off with at least 10 times worse results
Most of the times i just start a project with a general idea and figure it out on the way.
I’m sure you could overdesign the shit out of it though
Nothing makes you want to buy a CNC more than watching what it takes to assemble your own or actually doing it yourself.
Came here from that other Aussie with the apron.. You're basically the down under version of This Old Tony.. Keep the honest projects coming!
Mate, I’m an engineer and I have to say..there’s more capability in 2 videos than what they teach at the cookie-cutter, factory-style engineering degrees they pump out these days
Well done.
I look forward to more videos
"Let's make some chips!"....Straight out of the TOT playbook 😁
Cheers
That potato though xD
Great build, great humor, can't wait to see more!
Had a lot of fun with the fixturing on that. Thank you!
@@NoEngineerHere But did you cook the first chips?
@@bitp1mp I was hoping he would show up in the next scene or something eating the chips but it never came 😭🤣
Man really went from less than 600 subs to 25k in less than two weeks.
Cheers mate, you deserve it.
Channels like this give people confidence in doing things out of the ordinary & excel them into doing things they never would’ve dreamt of doing, thanks for sharing 🙏
This is great, your channel is going to blow up if you keep putting content out like this. Any reason you used the oil/sand mix vs. epoxy granite?
Thanks mate!
Mostly transportability; if I ever have to move I can empty the sections out to lose the extra weight. Once I get a more permanent workshop (or a forklift of my own) I'll definitely go with something more solid!
@@NoEngineerHere That makes a lot of sense! Adam Bender has a great epoxy granite mix video with store-bought stuff - for your future reference! Can't wait to see more - I definitely vote to make upgrade parts with the CNC!
@@NoEngineerHere Over the last two weeks since you posted your first video I've been doing a deep dive on every hand made DIY lathe and mill on youtube. I also had thought of using sand & oil or ball bearings & oil for a similar reason of being able to break it down for portability if needed. I can't wait to see what your new spindle solution looks like! Great work.
@@NoEngineerHere You should do a video about ruining a video by adding music. Never mind you just did.
This video was great and the music was a nice addition. No need to be a downer for no reason
It's rare to see the build skills being at least equalled by the video editing, music and humour - well done! Looking forward to more content.
I went through the same process in 2018, a smaller scale and without even trying to film it and document it as you did. You, sir have my respects, that's an awesome DIY CNC machine you got there, enjoy it!
love everything. the squiggly text, pace of the scene cuts, the humor. i cant wait for more :D
Absolutely loved both your videos so far. Excited to see what’s next!
Hey thanks man! Me too 😁
always here for some self depreciating aussie content. amazing work, with an eye for esthetics as well.
Mate the thought of having a project to just get stuck into for 6 months straight, and loving it as well, is a fken dream
Life was simpler then
@@NoEngineerHere hopefully it was fun and not annoying as fuck haha
Great project! Just wanted to say there's black sand that is 2x heavier than normal sand. It's the same black sand that consists of hematite/magnetite that gives gold prospectors a headache. Normal sand has a SpGr of 2.26, and black sand >5.20! That stuff is heavy!
The mill looks great. In the machining clips the motion of your machine is dwelling at the end of every segment in the program. This is either a setting or some kind of servo dynamics that may be causing this. On the square and hex it is understandable to slow down on the corners but it was also doing this on the circular milling as well. As a person who has watched many, many hours of different machines running this looked a little disconcerting to me. The motion should be smooth even at high feed rates. This could also have to do with the unusual surface finish. I don't think it is the ball screws that are causing that finish. Backlash shows as a definite line in circles but not on prismatic shapes. Your measured relatively accurate sizes. So I think there is something in the servo setup that causing that and the dwelling in the motion of the machine. Just a observation, otherwise it's really working good. Maybe you could look at the spindles like Stefan Gotteswinter put on his new mill. The one he is using can also change the tool.
It could be down to the controller, I'm just using grblhal on a teensy 4.1 at the moment, will be upgrading to something a bit more professional grade at some point soon - mostly for ATC support, but also simple things like a run-from-line function. Thanks for the info! :-)
@@NoEngineerHere We have a '90s mazak mill that has similar troubles and that is caused by the machines own computer just not being fast enough to read what a modern computer sends it, so yours is most likely a baud rate/ data flow of a controller just not being fast enough to send ahead data it's getting
@@KittyCatInAMicrowave the same thing happens in the world of 3d printing... when you have your feedrates set so high the controller can't put out the necessary bytes of calculation per second you get jerky uneven motion. This can actually be calculated. Sometimes the software is also manually limited to a certain number of commands per second. Both worth looking into.
@@NoEngineerHere Hello NEH, Terrific build!! I built a 3m by 1.4m cnc router and your detailing in getting the axis's right is on another level. I was using one of the Mach3 controllers but went over to UCCNC, the difference in machining quality ( even in wood ) was astounding, very easy to setup, has more capability than I can use and isn't that dear.
@@skillenmcnotI was about to say this! Encountered the problem many times back when printer controller boards were still basically Arduinos on breakout boards :)
What a beautiful hunk of a machine! Honestly, I'm amazed you managed to put together something this precise and still make it entertaining as well!
the quality of your production is astoundingly accomplished. both the video itself and your cnc!
Thanks for bringing us all along with this project!
Great couple of videos, the machine looks amazing! Can't wait for what's coming next.
Absolutely mad! My utmost respect for your work and effort!
All these chips and no dip!!! Beyond impressive!
LOVE your dry presentation - honestly refreshing
Brilliant project! I look forward to your upgrades!
Love it you have a good sense of humor and nice attention to detail.
Besides all the good stuff, nice tunes going on, mate! Classy stuff!
Nice work.
Great build.
Thanks for sharing.
At 1:10 I was waiting for the “bell end” sign to switch to him, lol
Excellent video! The quality of these are really good; the editing, the sound quality, the humor, and especially the build itself. It's hard to believe that these were your first videos.
I'm looking forward to more videos, and seeing how you go about upgrading the mill.
Definitely look into liquid cooling for when you start going at the harder steels too, hopefully that'll keep you from breaking too many end mills.
Brilliant! Love the build. Looking forward to more content.
That's the language i undestand by far! Great content with an unique combination of flavours. Congratulations!
This is an excellent video, you should feel proud of your accomplishment. I look forward to future projects.
IMPROVEMENTS!!! my favorite part of any project. I am so glad I found your last video
Fantastic another aussie machinist to add to my collection
You are inspiring me to pick up my conversion project again....At least I located the once forgotten pieces. Awesome machine! 👍😁
Mate, your channel is bound to blow up. Excellent quality and personality.
I am an engineer (retired) with some machine tool experience (1970s). I enjoyed your presentation and your self deprecating delivery. Keep it up!
The humor is the right amount of sarcasm that belongs woth these types of projects!!! Love your videos, you're about to be the biggest DIY channel i can feel it!
Love your video style and editing. Great job!
This is incredible! I wish you spent more time on the build. Also the motors and programming.
That's awesome! Between when I was training to be a welder and when I decided to learn game development, I wanted to get into Mechatronics, so this is right up my alley!
I can't believe I blinked and missed you installing all of the electronics in the cabinet.
You simply must pay closer attention.
Brilliant build and great story telling! You asked for opinions on your next step... I'm in the middle of my own build, and when I reach this stage, the plan is to add some bits and bobs to make the machine more productive, like an ATC, and 4th and 5th axis.
Great minds
I lol'd hard at the first chips and now i want to watch Die Hard III again.
Now all you need is power and accuracy. Lovely build. Always jealous.
Thank you for showing you indicating the part to the spindle. Not a lot of people I’ve seen would show that but indicating is such an important part of machining.
Nice one! I could give you some little hints: make an external plexiglass housing will reduce the noise and keep yourself alive, then you can make dual spindle mill, one slow for steel and another for aluminium, try single flute bit on aluminium and always choose 7075 as aluminium, you'll never regret, bye bro
Amazing job, congratulations
Incredible. That chips joke was top notch.
First off where did you appear from 😂, second off where have you been hiding 😅 please keep up the great work I'm so happy to see some new faces out here in the manically obsessed UA-cam world 🎉😂
Spindles like that (22kRPM 2-pole, I presume) are usually designed for woodworking, or smaller diameter tooling. If you start using larger bits (>6mm) to gain rigidity/accuracy, you may want a slower speed, 4-pole spindle. You can run high-speed spindles at lower speed via VFD settings but you will lose torque.
Yeah they really don't like going under 10k or so
I love it when a plan comes together.
YOU'RE GREAT MATE! Great music, machine, production, chat, etc.
Keen for your next video from another Melburnian
The ants go marching is an unbridled banger.
Amazing work!! Love the deadpan humour.
Epic build and your sanity survived intact, relatively speaking and remember that normal is a cycle on a washing machine...
Thank you for your sharing now I found so happy to follow up with you😊
Your humour is top tier - also good to see a fellow aussie working on this type of project
I work at a shop that builds these... a different style but many of the same parts, bearings, rails, ball screw etc.... super impressed w your work! Great vids
Rad! So stoked that this series continues! I feel like an enclosure would be a massive quality of life improvement for ya. Also really curious as to what your goals are for the cnc, are you wanting to do production runs of products? One off projects? Big/small things? Useful or goofy stuff? Anywho love where you are going with this and can't wait to see where you go with it!
nah, gut to have a cnc to flex on woman......they really care about this, trust me😂
UA-cam has been trying to convince me for a couple months to watch your videos. Glad I finally mustered the courage, great content sir. I had to pause to laugh at the chips joke for about 30 seconds. 🤣 Cheers, keep it up.
I wasn't sure after the first video. This one sold me. You need more content. Subscribed.
I’m just finishing up a similiar build, but its been a year in the making. I had many similar learnings, like upgrading the spindle. I settled on using an AC servo. I too used jacking screws on the base of the column but I like the idea of the epoxy. People always ask me what I’m going to use it for and now I’m going to tell them “to make chips”. I think I’ll use stainless steel screws however to hold the stock 😂.
You don't learn a lot by buying. Great job!
I love this, brand new channel with promising ideas with a "I will post several high quality, interesting videos for a couple of months, disappear for about two years without any notices whatsoever, then post a video without any explanation of what happened" type of vibe, I am excited to see what is coming!
I get the sense of "why the hell do I do this to myself" from you that I can really relate to.
This is how I imagine TOT in his youth, before he got all soft and filled with dad jokes after having kids. 😂
Great job brother. I’ll be waiting in the corner for upcoming vids.
Dunno much about CNCs but the narration…..spot-weld-on!
man you really got a crazy fucking skillset. I wouldnt be able to build something like this in a lifetime
I can't wait to see the new spindle
Really glad to see taking time making table and axis both parallel and co-planar. Lot of DIY videos skip the co-planar step at least on camera they do.
Your ending was fantastic, love some dry humor.
That was really impressive! Awesome build!
That is NOT how you use a micrometer though! I was taught to use the small knob at the end to tighten until it clicks.
This channel is a riot. Thanks for the videos.
5:14 Gordon Ramsay would have a heart attack there mate 😂
I look forward to your next video, your content is fantastic
My new favorite machining channel. You give me This Old Tony vibes, love your work and the deadpan buffoonery xD
Funny & interesting, definitely need more...😎
Very good work.
Craft loud 💚
It's a monster, a very precise one at that.
Looking forward to upgrades for sure
This is a massive inspiration for me. I am an engineer, and I find machining absolutely fascinating. Maybe I’ll try to pull this off one day….
This is the “this old Tony” fix I’ve been craving. Thank you.
This is amazing. Great job
I think this is the start of a brilliant channel
2 videos and 24,4k subscribers, I was subscribing as no. 204 or something like that, this channel will soon be as big as This old Tony, Cutting edge engineering Australia or maybee Colinfurze.
@SirWilkins im pretty sure i was subbed before 1000, wish youtube told you which subscriber you where
🎶We're all in this together🎶
You are a legend and a scholar, truly inspirational!
It's like watching an Australian version of This Old Tony
Yeah that's my one criticism of ToT. Watching from here, all his videos are upside down. I really have to crane my neck.
Congrats! Great work!
Absolute banger of a video. Looking forward to the next one!
so good, love it to bits. Had to watch it twice to get all your great jokes. Respect.
Great job!
Amazing growth on your channel. Congratulations mate, from Kansas, USA
Thank you! I'm delirious
Excelent job! Keep going!
I love your energy, I'll be bringing it to my machine shop internship.
Yeah look I'm not sure my level of attention to detail would fly in a real machine shop 😅
@@NoEngineerHere im an ungrad in electrical engineering that hasnt even soldered straight, me choosing to go to a machine shop for my internship is borderline shooting myself in the foot grades wise lmfao
I can easily see this becoming my new favorite channel.
Thanks for sharing your "uncivilized" project
cheers from France