Workholding Devices on the CNC
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2018
- In this project, I made two workholding devices for the CNC wood router table. The first workholding device is a clamp that holds a piece of wood vertical so I can mill the end. I used it to make the joint in the middle of the carver’s mallets I made last week. The second project is to hold the finished mallet vertically so I can cut my initials into the handle.
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Some of the tools used in this project
CNC: www.cncrouterparts.com
Cantilever Clamps: amzn.to/1TJmAFx
KANT TWIST Quick Acting Fixture Clamp: amzn.to/1TJn2DP
Milwaukee 4-1/2-Inch Angle Grinder: amzn.to/1WF6QKk
Milwaukee 18-volt Compact Drill: amzn.to/1sj855F
Metabo Random Orbit Sander: amzn.to/2Ebp4Aw
Whiteside Router Bits Compression 1/4-Inch: amzn.to/2pV9ouk
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FastCap Glu-Bot Glue Bottle: amzn.to/1TJn0vq
3M Peltor H10A Optime 105 Earmuff: amzn.to/1sj80iw
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I usually don't comment (as English is not my birth language and as it is still easier for me to listen to it than being able to write it). I just wanted to thank you for all those greats videos for all those years. You make a fantastic job!!! Thanks for sharing it :)
If you had not pointed out that English is not your first language I would not have been able to tell. You're English is just fine. Also I agree, Frank is great.
Your English is great, probably better than a lot of native English speakers. Hah.
Your English is actually great, less errors than most first language English speakers. Your two small errors are in the last few sentences, "greats" should be "great" and "you make" should be "you did".
@@redfreckle2044 or: you do.
Dear Frank,
in my opinion, means to me, you are the Bob Ross of woodworking!
When I watch your videos, I can calm down, listen to your voice and admire what your creating!
That makes me forget about a stressful day.
So thank you for what you‘re doing!
Greetings from Germany!
First for all, after locking some of your videos I like very much your “flower screw nuts”. 🌺🌼
I know butterfly nuts but didn't know about flower nuts. 😉
The same I like all your shop and the idea of " dig" it into the ground, your practical ideas and the all-time improvement of your shop. 👍 I have grown up in the 50th and 60th in my grandfather’s cartwright shop. That was great. I could make my own toys and gewgaw by myself and “with a little help of my friend” (grandpa) very solid as other have had toys made from plastic that kept from Saturday to Sunday and my ones last for years.
Later I became a toolmaker and a couple of years later an engineer. I still like the smell of wood and years ago, after spending my career in living and working around the world as an engineer I’ve also start to recollect machines and established a shop, but would need more space.
My in 1888 born grandfather would have been so happy with your machines.
People sometimes complain that CNC machines take out the artistry of woodworking. Those holders you made were art in and of themselves.
I hate this comment (complaining about artistry). I often hear, "You didn't make that, the CNC did". To which I reply, "Bullshit I didn't. I just had the CNC use the same tool I was going to use anyways - a router - but I avoided all the jigs and templates I was going to have to make." I feel that older people usually say this, so maybe it's one of those "back in my day" things.
@@dk-bw4gk Did you even read Heather's comment?
@@ZsoltBottka Now that I re-read what I wrote, I think "I hate this comment" may be taken as I hate Heather's comment. I mean I hate the "CNC machines take out the artistry of woodworking" comment in general.
Heather Doman
The CNC is just another tool, at this level, these are all craftsmen, I enjoy watching them all. Imagine a collaboration between Frank and Primitive Technology.
@@dk-bw4gk Yepp, realized after sending, that you could mean the other way, sorry for assuming the worse interpretation. :)
Frank, I may have mentioned this before, but you just work at a different level than most. Very nice, sir. Respect.
I got the notification for this video while driving (don't @ me). I was feeling a bit anxious to begin with, so I pulled into a supermarket parking lot just to set aside time to watch. I find Frank's demeanor helps a lot.
Glad you are staying safe. :)
Can definitely confirm it is Alder. Looks fantabulous as always!
Love your videos, Frank! I often return to them on high anxiety days for their calming properties. My partner and I always watch your new uploads together! Can’t wait for the next one.
Artistic, unique, patient, methodical and beautiful. As always, Frank! ❤️
I totally love every one of Frank's videos. I've watched so many of his videos multiple times. I'll watch this one again for sure, soon
Frank is a literal genius. It's just unbelievable how he reasons through problems.
Never cease to amaze me...your innovative thinking always shines. I always look forward to your videos. Thank you!
Really enjoyed seeing this video as I was one of those on Instagram who commented. Was nice to watch the process you went through after asking everyone and seeing the finished results .
You are absolutely amazing. That’s a lot of work for a nine off, but for repeatable processes it’s perfect. 👌🏼 as always I picked up a lot. I’m still learning my way around aspire so it was cool seeing you use it for this simple task that would be next to impossible in other programs. Thanks.
Frank, you are living my dream. I have a two car garage that my tools share with three bicycles, a snow blower and a leaf blower, needless to say that also blows. Wish I had your space then I would just need your talent for thinking outside the box. Love your tool collection. And the best part! You actually use them.
It’s fun to watch you think about your shop from a production mindset instead of a laboratory mindset. Good work!
When wood working gets more precise than most metal working!
Sail on, O Frank. Really amazing work, and some of us are even more hopeful we'll also figure it out. You're very surefooted. Thanks!
You're a treasure, Frank.
Frank, you would have made an excellent machinist. Would be cool to see you and Adam Booth (Abom79) do something together.
Actually, This Old Tony isn't too far north of you (I think he's in BC). Same for AvE. Hell, Scott Wadsworth (Essential Craftsman) is right down the road in Roseburg. There is a lot of room for great collaboration work up in your neighborhood.
I like the simplicity of the finished carvings too, but I have to say, my favorite thing is your foley work. Thanks for the video!!
Thanks, making the sound scapes are one of my favorite things.
@@frankmakes You're great at it - all those squeaks and creaks! I love it.
Great video! I like that you used a cnc machine capable of doing extremely complicated tasks to do something simple and repeatable.
Thanks for showing the CAM process, I would love to see you do a walkthrough of your take on CAD/CAM softwares that you use in your shop.
Love what you do Frank :)
Sir, you do beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Frank - looking forward to your ornament this year!!!
Thanks for the video Frank. Hope alls well, looking a little thin. Keep'em coming, really like watching your thought process and execution.
It's a blessing every time you upload
its such a pleasure to watch these
Awesome work Frank! 👍🏻👊🏻
Holy smokes! Videos this often is like an early Christmas! Weeeeeee!
Frank - what a great video, I love the stop animation and the way this video is put together. Thanks for making the effort and you just got a new subscriber. Thanks man.
Simple is good Frank!
What he built is essentially a 2 piece milling vise (google image search that) but with the added advantage of a set of built in part stops. Very cool! Working from the center of square material is nice since you don't have to get the material or vise straight with the travel of the table (though its not that hard).
Beautiful and I love your video style!
great work Frank
I love your videos their very entertaining and educational. Keep up the good work.
As always, brilliant woodworking. and video
There. Now I can go to sleep... This video was my bedtime story! :-)
Thanks, Frank. Always a pleasure!
nice work
Great video, as always. I have good success using milliput to fill cnc sign inlay. I use a coat or two of sanding sealer before the milliput as insurance against any potential color from the milliput bleeding into the grain. Makes for a nice finished detail.
I just got an order of milliput to start playing with.
exelente , que gran ventaja es tener un pantofrafo, saludos desde buenos aires..---excellent, what a great advantage it is to have a pantograph, greetings from Buenos Aires.
Good job.
thank you Frank.
Beautiful work Frank. I am in awe of your videography
You should put a Laser engraver on your Christmas list.
It would have made short work of that job, with no risk of grain chipping or tear out (as long as the laser power is low enough to minimise burning).
Can you make a video showcasing how you come up with designs such as those workholding devices? To a layman, it seems quite complex, but I'm sure if you broke down your train of thought while desgining it, it would be quite easy to follow and would give some incredible insight. Just a thought and you are literally the only woodworking channel I follow, yet I still love all your videos and look forward to them!
This was a fantastic video... Please, please, please do more CNC japanese Joinery...And, Japanese joints.. No one does this
tenacious frank
Hey, it's Frank Makes.. do use the ad time to hit like, then watch. Never disappointed. 😎
brilliant
Now to add an inlay for the lettering. I'm thinking like they do on very high end pool cue sticks :-)
Or fill with resin....colored appropriately of course
I was thinking of a brass inlay as well. That would look great, although it would significantly lengthen the production time. Probably not worth it for Frank!
Been a long time subscriber mainly due to ur cnc work. I run CNC machines for a living, this jig is super clever but one suggestion. If u set 0,0 at one of the corners that register against the fence u don't have to move to switch parts then u can set 0 once and just crank them out since that orientation can't change. Just a thought :)
keep up the good work, praying for you, Christ be with you. 👍🏼
Nice clamping method...I'm going to try an integrate a clamping system right into the CNC table. Would like to do dovetails and such
How about filling the initials with a colored apoxy to make it pop and keep normal use form damaging the engraving?
These peices are sold already. I'm not sure that Frank really wants to get into producing products for sale.. as a business. If he does though judging by this video I think that wouldn't be keen on using epoxy for esthetics since it would likely double the production time.
@@redfreckle2044 I had the same suggestion of epoxy. but it's partly about ergonomics, smoothing the somewhat sharp edges, but also proteting those edges from wear and tear.
Very cool! You should fill the letters with epoxy it would look dope as hell
I wish I had a quarter of Franks genius.
Everythingisgoingtobealright yep, I agree.
Cool affects it must take your hours to record and edit
Treasure and a genius! Always, always look forward to your videos. Do you think you could do a video of your CAD design procedures (like How to Fusion 360) please. Thanks.
Tiffany & Co. is now among your advertisers. ;-)
Frank you should make an exact replica of your trucks emblem on the CNC, coat it with clear epoxy resin then replace it with original emblem.
I said before I say again, that's a nice vice. And I think you'd be surprised how strong the X axis slide plate things are, especially because in simple translation you've got two of them, but most of the time you're dealing with a torque that engages all 4, plus the friction of the Y axis clamping is going to help too, that should be a really strong fixture and since one side is fixed it'll have a high positional repeatability which is perfect for 'production runs' like this.
Then with the end engraving, that method really makes me want to try developing a Z axis touch sensor, it'd be a little spring piston you mount like an endmill, with a limit switch on the side. The Z axis moves down, once the finger touches the piece it stops going down, and eventually the finger moves up to activate the switch. By recording the Z switch point at the XY coordinate, you can map the position of a sphere using only 4 points, a triangle around the edge and a point inside the triangle. Given those points you can calculate the actual center of the sphere in XY, the actual height of the sphere in Z, the radius for generating your tool paths, aaaah I just want to make it! Obviously for things that aren't true spheres you'll need more points and the result will be an approximation but since a lot of your parts are turned on the lathe you can make a pretty good assumption they will be rotationally symmetric so you could map the arc along an axis and then triangle out the centering.
I understand what you are getting at with the sphere, but I wouldn't know how to set that up. I like the idea. It would be cool if it modified the G code bases on what surface it found.
The animations always grab me by the kishkas.
very ingenious clamping, simple but effective. could u just use wing nuts ? instead of the hexes, would speed it up even further.
greetings from argentina.,.,beautiful.,.,job
Hey Frank glad you finally switched over to Aspire!!!!!! Did you ever think about getting or making some wood burners with your initials? Very quick and easy to use. Thanks for the videos!!
Would be really cool to see the turning holder you made with the skate wheels.
That video is up next
Sometimes I think you overthink things, but then it all turns out so wonderful. Thanks for all the great watching. Makes up for not having a shop of my own.
Since you have the mallet in two parts, I wonder if it could give interesting results to have the mallet part hollowed out to some extent and filled with sand before reassembled to the handle? Give it the “Dead blow hammer” effect!
I'v been thinking about that.
Nice.
Inlay some different colour wood in the initials?
Epoxy would look great poured in the initials.
When are you gonna build the vertical table for your cnc machine? The one that is on hinges like you had on your old cnc.
Thanks for the great videos
I keep meaning to do that. soon...
👍👍👍👍good
Funniest line of the entire video..."I like that it's really simple." LMAO!!!
What is the software used at the 42 second mark that shows the "animation" of the holding device being built?
If this is going to be a continual product, how about setting up on the CNC to cut multiples at a time? If the time it takes to change stock is critical then doing multiples might make sense.
What are your clamps called you show at the end of the video? Where do you get them? I like the direction they put pressure on the wood, Thanks PS. Amazing work!
They look great, any chance we can buy one?
Mark Palmer he sold out of the first batch. He says to watch his Etsy store for when he has more for sale.
Hi! Nice videos! A piece of wood kicked me back on the table saw (I almost lose a finger) and I see you are not having the riving knife on yours. I wonder what precautions you take to don't get hurt. I am a noob in wood working and now I am kind of afraid to use the tool too. I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks!
I think...if it were me, I'd likely have filled the text engraving with like...a colorized epoxy resin. partly to preserve the text lines from chipping and partly for ergonomics. looks like others have made this suggestion too.
I had wondered if you were going to contour the text to shape of the handle. Shame on me for even considering that you wouldn't. I do still standby the idea that you should have gone with the Kant twist clamp logo, though.
Will you share the file for the vise?
Why not use a branding iron?
He has in the past but at times it has failed to produce good enough results
The one I have really needs a flat surface. I need to get a round one made.
MR. Howarth, since you have a metal working shop in your basement, and a CNC. could you perhaps mill your own? or is it too small of a scale for the tools you have?
Hi Frank, where do you buy the plywood used in this project? Are they available in Portland area?
Make a wood turned BB-8
I like how it's really easy (laughing)
Was there actually a check out screen to purchase one of the mallets?
Billy H. He said to watch his Etsy store.
@@dalemartin7886 Okay! Thanks.
maybe fill the initials with white paint
Hi Frank, did you say you're selling the mallets ? How could I buy one ?
I'm working on another batch. watch my etsy store
Don’t you mean ✝️H? Merry Christmas Frank.
Там где буквы фрезерованые будет грязь накапливатся , можно залить это эпоксидкой
branding iron , of your initials
christophe leblanc branding iron doesn't work so well on a domed or curved surface.
@@dalemartin7886 makes sense
Could you make all 5 platonic solids? The platonic solids are the only regular polyhedrons. A polyhedron is a 3D shape that is enclosed and made of polygons. If you want to know more about the platonic solids, here is the Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid. The Wikipedia Page for each platonic solid should tell you plenty of information about them. If you're wondering what they are, they are the tetrahedron, the cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.
Hi Frank... Are you losing weight? Looking good sir!
can I buy a mallet? Seriously
Andy Rock he has said to watch his Etsy store for when he has more available to buy.
Can you not just mount a vice to the table
Can you make a wooden fake rubiks cube
Next time make a branding iron with your initials out of aluminum. Then use a torch to heat the aluminum
What's the purpose of having that great vacuum system hooked up to the CNC, of you never put the skirt on it and turn it on... Seeing the cuts after each pass is enough for us to understand what it's cutting, we don't need to see the tool head, plus having all that saw dust can cause problems with your cuts.
It's a little late to offer advice, but I would have just screwed a plate to the underside of the rectangular block and then clamped or screwed that down to the table. The screw holes would have been removed later on the lathe.