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
"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..."
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
Here’s the comment I’m looking for! I spent 4 years learning “the basics” but more important and useful was learning how to teach myself. It appears that @noengineerhere has already sorted both out. I have the degree but cannot get a license because my field is not regulated by the licensing board. I tell people the same thing. I am not an engineer, I just pretend to be one.
@@troycongdonThis is just stupid. What makes you any less of an engineer just because somebody built their own CNC from scratch? There are hundreds of other engineering fields out there and it doesnt even make sense nowadays to build your own CNC unless you have infinite money and time. This is not to dock this person from doing something impressive, but engineering is multi-faceted these days and "factory" engineering makes companies money. Engineers dont have tons of money and infinite time to design and build everything from scratch. They work to schedules, changing customer requirements, and multiple projects at the same time. All I can say is I wish people would stop comparing themselves to others and have a better mindset instead of crapping all over people with degrees.
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!
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 🙏
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!
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.
I'm English,and a CNC machinist for 29,000 years, this guy is Aussie, so when I say that's impressive I might get in trouble, but awesome job man. Mamouth effort. And nobody knows what happens in the electronic cupboard, lol.Try these feeds and speeds on Ur 6mm carbide 3flute, 3200 rpm....not 20000 bud even carbide wears and chips., and 2000 feed. That's 120mpm at 0.2mm chips...not potato chips. Ha. Funny video, I saw u were extatic at the results lmao. Keep on creating dude. Bravo.
Beast, ya servo everything is pro, beyond me, stepper motor easy,servo motors wizardry,Ur a clever cookie.I'm actually trying to do exactly what u have done and as a CNC machinist I know nothing about how to do any of it...only make the parts...(all by hand ATM), so I can imagine the pain. (I actually got arrested for complimenting an Aussie btw)...erm... awesome job. Peace.
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
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.
Ive built my own cnc mill.. Its concrete and steel with a 1.5kw spindle gear reduced to 8000 rpm . While I learned a lot and its super rigid , Ive never gotten the accuracy of an out the box tormach or mr1 cnc. Well done on your project.
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.
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 😂.
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 :)
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 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
Good job, couple tips from a machinist here, I recommend checking the runout on that spindle, also the tram of the head relative to the table as well, and for carbide tools even in aluminum, it’s better to use air not cool mist if you don’t have full flood coolant it will heat shock the endmill , the first 2 tips are the most important for finish, and tool life.i subbed.
Yet again, most terminlogy flew so far above my head i can barely see them as small blimps in the sky. That said, your previous video did allow my subconcious to unlock some knowledge during sleep and mundane tasks. Thus i now have a 0.5% idea of what the fudge's going on here, compared to last time. God knows how powerful i'll be when i've watched this and slept for a week or two. 10/10 worth my sub.
You've made a great build with your first DIY CNC. The surface finish is decent, especially considering you've yet to tune the acceleration/deceleration and speeds/feeds. That said, I sincerely hope your better half is more understanding than mine. It has taken years for my wife to finally see some value in the "money you've [I've] wasted on tools for your [my] shop." It's only because she realized I could make items that "Jeep people" would purchase at inflated prices. Of course, she does have a valid point. While I purchase computers, machinery, and cutting tools that I use frequently, I also buy some that I *might* use someday. My theory is that it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
It was a bit of a sore spot while I was building it, but seeing how well it's done here, she's coming around 😅 I think her tolerance might be too high now though, I can't go unchecked for too long....
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!
You motivated me to go down the same rabbit hole and build myself a cnc machine, starting to see the light now, thanks for great content and keep it up!
That sure is a beauti. Well done on the new machine you did a fantastic job. You want to either sell the plans or sell a product you make on it for your subscribers to purchase and fund future projects. Cheers J
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.
I'm an IT engineer and frankly I have little to no idea of what you're talking about but I'll be damned if I don't find this project fascinating. Keep up the good work, mate!
@NoEngineerHere Similar to others mentioning about the odd dwell pausing as the machine gets to corners. Like they said its just the sheer amount of G-Code that the teensy is trying to digest. One of the biggest helps I've found for this is by changing the settings of whatever program your using to generate the toolpaths to output arc (G02 and G03) moves that use I and J terms instead of using linear moves on arcs. Many programs and post-processors default to using linear moves even if you're actually wanting to move in an arc, so they fit hundreds of tiny linear moves to try and 'describe' an arc or a circle instead (resulting in literally hundreds of lines of code) rather than using two arc moves that takes only two lines to describe a circle! Not only does using arc moves speed up your CNC movement by reducing the code throughput (if that was a limitation), but you also get better surface finishes on curves since they are now made up of arc's rather than lines (the accuracy of those linear moves can be adjusted upwards but that just means MORE code and even slower machine movement). Please ignore if you're already using arc moves but hopefully this might help. That's a BEAUTIFUL machine by the way and you should be immensely proud!
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!
Okay, now that you've got us hopelessly hooked on your videos, ( brilliant, funny, great subject, entertaining, great personality) your are required to upload at least one video per week. GET ON IT !!!
Unfortunately the quality of the videos is inversely proportional to the quantity, and I'm still working a full time job at the moment! There's stuff in the pipeline though, don't you worry about that...
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!
Nice. In regards to the ballscrews, you should be able to remove backlash by having two nuts on them, and then adjust the distance between them to take up the backlash.
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.
You should try skimming the head of a small engines. Then work your way up to skimming larger engine heads for head gasket replacements. Maybe bore out some cylinders and what not. Looking forward to future videos!
Looks great! Do a little work on the motor tuning in the control (acceleration ramps) and you'll likely also see an improved surface finish. It looks like it was in exact stop mode, so it was trying to stop at every corner or arc termination, then slowly accelerating up to speed, slowing back down, and stopping again. For good surface finish a consistent feedrate is important, so increasing acceleration and reducing the stopping will give nicer cuts and run jobs much faster.
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.
@@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
Nice. I exactly know the feeling of spending my last money which I don't have, on a totally unnecessary project wchich I can live without. And in the end, the better and cheaper solution is already there to buy, and I knew about it in the beginning. Approved.
great work all round. having just put a supposed to b a simple CNC router together using arduino CNC shield with a forgotten number of upgrades slash errors I know it wasn't easy.
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 🎉😂
Excellent job, this is making me want to build one too, but then I have to remind myself of all my unfinished projects that needs finishing first lol....
Tip for the closed loop stepper drivers: put the pulse filter time on the shortest setting (more abrupt stop of the motors = less run out on your passes) that way you can make much more precise movements om higher feeds.
Great video, AWESOME machine! If you have accuracy issues at some point, try using the dial indicator with a max 15deg angle. These guys usually give some wrong measurements when they are used with higher angles. thank you for sharing!!
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 🙏
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
"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..."
Nothing makes you want to buy a CNC more than watching what it takes to assemble your own or actually doing it yourself.
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
Here’s the comment I’m looking for! I spent 4 years learning “the basics” but more important and useful was learning how to teach myself. It appears that @noengineerhere has already sorted both out. I have the degree but cannot get a license because my field is not regulated by the licensing board. I tell people the same thing. I am not an engineer, I just pretend to be one.
@@troycongdonThis is just stupid. What makes you any less of an engineer just because somebody built their own CNC from scratch? There are hundreds of other engineering fields out there and it doesnt even make sense nowadays to build your own CNC unless you have infinite money and time.
This is not to dock this person from doing something impressive, but engineering is multi-faceted these days and "factory" engineering makes companies money. Engineers dont have tons of money and infinite time to design and build everything from scratch. They work to schedules, changing customer requirements, and multiple projects at the same time.
All I can say is I wish people would stop comparing themselves to others and have a better mindset instead of crapping all over people with degrees.
"Let's make some chips!"....Straight out of the TOT playbook 😁
Cheers
Man really went from less than 600 subs to 25k in less than two weeks.
Cheers mate, you deserve it.
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!
Who's the other Aussie with an apron?
@@ThePhantom1Mavhis channel is I did a thing
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 😭🤣
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!
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 🙏
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 am an engineer (retired) with some machine tool experience (1970s). I enjoyed your presentation and your self deprecating delivery. Keep it up!
Absolutely loved both your videos so far. Excited to see what’s next!
Hey thanks man! Me too 😁
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!
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
love everything. the squiggly text, pace of the scene cuts, the humor. i cant wait for more :D
I'm English,and a CNC machinist for 29,000 years, this guy is Aussie, so when I say that's impressive I might get in trouble, but awesome job man. Mamouth effort. And nobody knows what happens in the electronic cupboard, lol.Try these feeds and speeds on Ur 6mm carbide 3flute, 3200 rpm....not 20000 bud even carbide wears and chips., and 2000 feed. That's 120mpm at 0.2mm chips...not potato chips. Ha. Funny video, I saw u were extatic at the results lmao. Keep on creating dude. Bravo.
Thanks mate! Unfortunately that spindle has no torque below 8000rpm, but I've got a servo driven spindle on it now. Much more refined. Kinda.
Beast, ya servo everything is pro, beyond me, stepper motor easy,servo motors wizardry,Ur a clever cookie.I'm actually trying to do exactly what u have done and as a CNC machinist I know nothing about how to do any of it...only make the parts...(all by hand ATM), so I can imagine the pain. (I actually got arrested for complimenting an Aussie btw)...erm... awesome job. Peace.
And good info about the 2.2kw motor, I was looking at that exact one...not anymore. Thanks man.
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
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
Ive built my own cnc mill.. Its concrete and steel with a 1.5kw spindle gear reduced to 8000 rpm . While I learned a lot and its super rigid , Ive never gotten the accuracy of an out the box tormach or mr1 cnc. Well done on your project.
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’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 😂.
IMPROVEMENTS!!! my favorite part of any project. I am so glad I found your last video
Thanks for bringing us all along with this project!
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 :)
always here for some self depreciating aussie content. amazing work, with an eye for esthetics as well.
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 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
the quality of your production is astoundingly accomplished. both the video itself and your cnc!
Good job, couple tips from a machinist here, I recommend checking the runout on that spindle, also the tram of the head relative to the table as well, and for carbide tools even in aluminum, it’s better to use air not cool mist if you don’t have full flood coolant it will heat shock the endmill , the first 2 tips are the most important for finish, and tool life.i subbed.
Besides all the good stuff, nice tunes going on, mate! Classy stuff!
Yet again, most terminlogy flew so far above my head i can barely see them as small blimps in the sky. That said, your previous video did allow my subconcious to unlock some knowledge during sleep and mundane tasks. Thus i now have a 0.5% idea of what the fudge's going on here, compared to last time.
God knows how powerful i'll be when i've watched this and slept for a week or two. 10/10 worth my sub.
You've made a great build with your first DIY CNC. The surface finish is decent, especially considering you've yet to tune the acceleration/deceleration and speeds/feeds. That said, I sincerely hope your better half is more understanding than mine.
It has taken years for my wife to finally see some value in the "money you've [I've] wasted on tools for your [my] shop." It's only because she realized I could make items that "Jeep people" would purchase at inflated prices.
Of course, she does have a valid point. While I purchase computers, machinery, and cutting tools that I use frequently, I also buy some that I *might* use someday. My theory is that it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
It was a bit of a sore spot while I was building it, but seeing how well it's done here, she's coming around 😅 I think her tolerance might be too high now though, I can't go unchecked for too long....
Absolutely mad! My utmost respect for your work and effort!
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!
You motivated me to go down the same rabbit hole and build myself a cnc machine, starting to see the light now, thanks for great content and keep it up!
That sure is a beauti. Well done on the new machine you did a fantastic job. You want to either sell the plans or sell a product you make on it for your subscribers to purchase and fund future projects. Cheers J
Thanks man! Intending to keep it pro bono for a little bit, but there are things in the pipeline!
This is incredible! I wish you spent more time on the build. Also the motors and programming.
Your humour is top tier - also good to see a fellow aussie working on this type of project
I love it when a plan comes together.
I can easily see this becoming my new favorite channel.
Mate, your channel is bound to blow up. Excellent quality and personality.
This is an excellent video, you should feel proud of your accomplishment. I look forward to future projects.
Love it you have a good sense of humor and nice attention to detail.
YOU'RE GREAT MATE! Great music, machine, production, chat, etc.
Keen for your next video from another Melburnian
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.
Now all you need is power and accuracy. Lovely build. Always jealous.
I'm an IT engineer and frankly I have little to no idea of what you're talking about but I'll be damned if I don't find this project fascinating. Keep up the good work, mate!
Incredible. That chips joke was top notch.
@NoEngineerHere Similar to others mentioning about the odd dwell pausing as the machine gets to corners. Like they said its just the sheer amount of G-Code that the teensy is trying to digest.
One of the biggest helps I've found for this is by changing the settings of whatever program your using to generate the toolpaths to output arc (G02 and G03) moves that use I and J terms instead of using linear moves on arcs.
Many programs and post-processors default to using linear moves even if you're actually wanting to move in an arc, so they fit hundreds of tiny linear moves to try and 'describe' an arc or a circle instead (resulting in literally hundreds of lines of code) rather than using two arc moves that takes only two lines to describe a circle!
Not only does using arc moves speed up your CNC movement by reducing the code throughput (if that was a limitation), but you also get better surface finishes on curves since they are now made up of arc's rather than lines (the accuracy of those linear moves can be adjusted upwards but that just means MORE code and even slower machine movement).
Please ignore if you're already using arc moves but hopefully this might help.
That's a BEAUTIFUL machine by the way and you should be immensely proud!
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!
LOVE your dry presentation - honestly refreshing
You are inspiring me to pick up my conversion project again....At least I located the once forgotten pieces. Awesome machine! 👍😁
This is the “this old Tony” fix I’ve been craving. Thank you.
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!
Great couple of videos, the machine looks amazing! Can't wait for what's coming next.
You don't learn a lot by buying. Great job!
Finally, a CNC channel with that classic Australian wit. Looking forward to more chips!
Fantastic another aussie machinist to add to my collection
I wasn't sure after the first video. This one sold me. You need more content. Subscribed.
Damn, you've done a 1000% improvement from your first vid. Holy shit bruz you gonna be a youtube star!
Okay, now that you've got us hopelessly hooked on your videos, ( brilliant, funny, great subject, entertaining, great personality) your are required to upload at least one video per week. GET ON IT !!!
Unfortunately the quality of the videos is inversely proportional to the quantity, and I'm still working a full time job at the moment! There's stuff in the pipeline though, don't you worry about that...
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😂
Thank you for your sharing now I found so happy to follow up with you😊
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….
I can't believe I blinked and missed you installing all of the electronics in the cabinet.
You simply must pay closer attention.
Brilliant! Love the build. Looking forward to more content.
Im running that same spindle with 4mm end mill, in alum at 9500rpm. 1300mm/min Adaptive clearing, 1.2mm chipload. Works well, isnt too loud.
My new favorite machining channel. You give me This Old Tony vibes, love your work and the deadpan buffoonery xD
Nice.
In regards to the ballscrews, you should be able to remove backlash by having two nuts on them, and then adjust the distance between them to take up the backlash.
Brilliant project! I look forward to your upgrades!
This channel will blow up to 500k in no time if you keep content like this coming. High bar, though! "Room for Activities" love it
Nice work.
Great build.
Thanks for sharing.
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.
I'm so hooked. My family may never hear from me again.
You should try skimming the head of a small engines. Then work your way up to skimming larger engine heads for head gasket replacements. Maybe bore out some cylinders and what not.
Looking forward to future videos!
I have a 1991 xt250 sitting in the back shed with a blown head gasket - I have considered this! Thanks for the comment 🙂
@@NoEngineerHere You're welcome. You give hope to all us other non-engineers that we may indeed make it after all.
That's the language i undestand by far! Great content with an unique combination of flavours. Congratulations!
Looks great! Do a little work on the motor tuning in the control (acceleration ramps) and you'll likely also see an improved surface finish. It looks like it was in exact stop mode, so it was trying to stop at every corner or arc termination, then slowly accelerating up to speed, slowing back down, and stopping again. For good surface finish a consistent feedrate is important, so increasing acceleration and reducing the stopping will give nicer cuts and run jobs much faster.
so good, love it to bits. Had to watch it twice to get all your great jokes. Respect.
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🎶
Your ending was fantastic, love some dry humor.
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
Funny & interesting, definitely need more...😎
Nice. I exactly know the feeling of spending my last money which I don't have, on a totally unnecessary project wchich I can live without. And in the end, the better and cheaper solution is already there to buy, and I knew about it in the beginning. Approved.
great work all round. having just put a supposed to b a simple CNC router together using arduino CNC shield with a forgotten number of upgrades slash errors I know it wasn't easy.
Absolute banger of a video. Looking forward to the next one!
This channel is a riot. Thanks for the videos.
As a retired engineer you did an awesome job.
Amazing work!! Love the deadpan humour.
I am taking Manual mill, lathe and CNC classes right now this is pretty cool.
That's really good You should be very proud, getting consistent 1/1000th of an inch accuracy is great, take the W bro bro
I look forward to your next video, your content is fantastic
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 🎉😂
Excellent job, this is making me want to build one too, but then I have to remind myself of all my unfinished projects that needs finishing first lol....
Just think how much quicker you could finish those projects with a CNC machine.... Oh no it's happening again!
So excited for the longer videos in the future
Tip for the closed loop stepper drivers: put the pulse filter time on the shortest setting (more abrupt stop of the motors = less run out on your passes) that way you can make much more precise movements om higher feeds.
Great video, AWESOME machine! If you have accuracy issues at some point, try using the dial indicator with a max 15deg angle. These guys usually give some wrong measurements when they are used with higher angles. thank you for sharing!!