This is the first Fusion 360 CAM tutorial I watch in which the author takes the time to explain every step of the process instead of just going through the motions and assuming the student will follow. The "what" and the "why" are essential to comprehension and learning. Not every UA-cam CNC machinist understands this. When you've been doing something for many years, it becomes second nature and it's easy to forget or completely overlook how complicated or confusing it looks like to an absolute beginner. Teaching skills is a skill in and of itself. Thank you!!
Thank you for not stating out with a 6 axis turbine wheel. Thank you for cover so many details. Looking at the adaptive tool paths really makes me appreciate the value of F360.
I've been using Fusion 360 Design for some time but I'm ready to jump into CAM for my new CNC mill. I watched several tutorial's on line but this one has been the best by far. Thank you.
You've shown me everythng I needed to know in ONE video, where 50 other videos did not! Absolute gold dude! Would love to see more of these, starting with milling gears ;)
Austin, congrats on an incredibly well done tutorial! As an Engineer I've taken lots of classes and watched lots of videos throughout my career and this is at the very top for pace, simplicity, thoroughness and practicality! I've been a fabricator and car builder all of my life and I'm taking the "plunge" into CNC just now and while I know the basics of Fusion for modeling (and have used most of the other packages over the years), I had NO CLUE how to develop programs for CNC in the CAM side of F360. This was a stellar jump-start for me! Thank you!
As a newcomer to hobby cnc, this is by far the best tutorial I have come across. Concise, easy to understand, and beautifully depicted with a real world example that Id be happy to make for myself. Thanks Austin. I've subscribed and smashed that bell, which is not something I do very often.
Excellent tutorial, clear, concise and easy to follow. I have search and watched many tutorials on this subject and none measured up to this one. Thank you.
Austin, you are a very patient teacher. When I fisrt opend the video, I am like I'll watch just a few minutes, but I ended up watching the entire video in one shot because you explain everything to a lay man like me to comprehend.
This is gold standard UA-cam content. Thanks so much for making this. Incredibly well paced, great information for a beginner like me trying to understand tool pathing for the first time. Its rare and refreshing to find someone who can take such a complex thing and break it down and walk through it so effectively. Thanks!
I just finished watching the entire video and it's SO GOOD, that I feel like I owe you money!!! Can't wait for the upcoming videos. I genuinely enjoy this. Again, hats off!
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything we need to know about this new CNC world ,, you explanation are so clear and perfect for me as a beginner
This video is excellent! Fusion is not easy to pickup quickly and the level of explanation in this video is well suited for the beginner. Thank you Austin.
Great tutorial, thank you. Just fyi for anyone reading, you don't have to manually adjust "stock top" every time if you choose the "rest machining" option. If this is selected it will automatically only consider stock that's left after the last operation.
This tutorial is possibly the best one on UA-cam for this type of thing. This spells out all the basics in a simple, accurate way. Austin, thank you very much.
First fusion video that actually makes it understandable for a newbie! Amazing teaching skills, would you consider on making a full fusion 360 course? thank you for sharing your knowlegde!
I'm very happy you came up RIGHT AFTER NyCNC. I am so happy you are being put right there after probably the #1 UA-camr!!!! Congrats and thank you for all the work you have done. I'm making furniture but I was stuck until I found your neck tutorials.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad this helped. My previous job used SolidWorks exclusively so I remember how difficult it was making the switch - particularly the difference between Joints and Mates (still annoys me tbh lol). My current job uses primarily Siemens NX, so I mostly use Fusion for my home shop.
Your Videos (all of them) are a valuable contribution for all, can't thank you enough for your time and efforts. Just sharing these video with friends has enabled them to buy a CNC machine.
That was for me very easy to follow and keep up with you as you went throught the project, first time I have found a video were I was able to keep up.. thank you for making this video.. I will be watching more of the videos you have made
Awesome tutorial man thank you. Alot of other ones just smash through the settings side of things which is all well and good if you arent a total noob but for somebody just starting (me) it is very helpful information.
This is Gold! The most comprehensive, informative and detailed instruction for Fusion CAM that I could find anywhere - and I have been looking for one like this for weeks. Thank you for the great work.
Very good tutorial. I have been struggling doing my first ever set up. A topographical site model with 5mm elevation changes. I have been trying to rough out stock using a 3D Adaptive Clearing but the machine time is 7hrs. Have a Makita Trim router 1/4". But having watched this I am wondering if I should change strategy and use a 2D Adaptive clearing instead. Stuggling with multiple tool holder collisions due to tool length. Again great and clearly explained vid.
Hi Austin, very good, clean and understandable walk through. In terms of both clear, accent free voice, grammatically correct sentences, no studdering or fillwords like "ahm, you know, ..." or big pauses and further more a good through thoughtful concept. Not everyone is capable of this. Furthermore the content is excellent and well balanced for the given case. Thanks for also not heading around the screen with the mouse, but pointing on the important things, stay there, stay long enough on the tooltips so that one is able to read them - you really got the idea 🙂 I just got a used CNC mill and already working with fusion for 3D printing. So this gave me the most important things to get things going. Thanks a lot. A little drawback: no metric system (SI). I think, it will take decades until this reaches the whole world. My calculator, pencil and paper are sitting right next to the video for basic translation of measurements 🙂Nevertheless, I know this is common in machinery world. Cheers from over the ocean, Axel
That's is so helpful, very informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this Austin. I've just finished building my CNC and learning fusion 360 so this is a blessing👍🏼👍🏼
Hi Austin, great video!. I have a question for you. Selecting my work coordinate system will only allow me to choose from my model and not my stock. How do I change this? I have defined my stock dimensions but it still won't let me select my corner from the stock.
This has got to be one of the best Fusion 360 CAM tutorials out there. Even better than ones made by Autodesk! lol Great video thank you for making it!
Dude... just thanks, you really took a thoughtful and methodical approach to this as if you were someone who never did this before, I learned probably more here than I have on some of the professional guided videos. Thanks!
Hi Austin, thanks for this informative Tutorial!! - Was this intended to be a follow along? If so, is there a file of the Grossman box? Or a video of creating the box? Thanks :)
What a breath of fresh air, I so appreciate your taking time to go through this project. Almost as intense as flying a plane! I will prepare my check lists for this whole process, I've mucked it up way too much to date and saw every wrong move I made on this video. Thanks again, look forward to the next video.
Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you found this useful mate! I have 3 or 4 other CAM videos out after this video if you'd like more info or more advanced applications!
@Asutin this is absolutely the best F360 tutorial I've seen, thank you. Your content is gold, now a Patreon subscriber - Can't wait to actually do the parametric neck and fretboards with my 1F.
Again, another great video. I too have an X-Carve, it would be interesting to see what modifications you have made in another video. I'm sure this will a good supplement to the end to end tutorial of creating a guitar with a CNC.
Thanks! Yeah,I figured that I would end up showing my setup when I do videos actually making projects like the guitar etc.. Since that may be a while, mostly what I've done is replace the entire frame with my own 750x1500 8020 and 1/4" steel plate with T tracks. But gantry/spindle are still stock. If you want to see pics you can follow me on Instagram. I have some build photos in there. instagram.com/akx.hax
Hello, thank you for all your videos/material, I used your parametric fretboard for my project and that's amazing !! Something I can't figure out : if I set-up my origin point on the top of my stock, how do I zero my Z after a tool change if I did a surfacing operation at first ?
If you use the corner of your stock, and don't surface the entire top of the stock, you can continue to use that corner throughout various tool changes. Otherwise, I would recommend using a fixture (simple piece of mdf or something underneath that you can zero all your operations to)
@@austinshaner Thank you very much for those explanations ! Now that you explain it, it seems obvious! I thought to define the origin on the bottom of the stock, and to redo my z zero on my machine floor. isn't that something you would recommend?
Using the wasteboard as a z zero can be useful for ensuring your bit doesn't plunge into your table, I do something similar when I use a fixture, xyz are all set to my fixture not my stock, but this isn't very forgiving with varying stock thickness so its important to make sure your stocks are the right thickness for what your program expects. Zeroing off the top of the stock is nice because you can put any thickness blank and the program will still run, but then you have to make sure you don't machine off your zero point like I mentioned earlier :)
@@austinshaner it's perfectly clear sire, thank you again ! I actually can't believe you answered that fast, you're definitely the superhero of CNC noobs (and veterans too for sure). I still have a lot to learn but thanks to your work I'm starting to be able to (at least) do what I need to do on fusion 🙏
Really an awesome video - one of the most helpful ones I have discovered so far! One question: When milling the outer shape of the box, your router is performing a lead-out for every singel round. The default setting, however, is to make only one lead-out at the end of that job - which means that the router tries to pull through the whole thicknes of the material - which of course does not make sense. Where did you activate the lead-out for each pass? I only find this option for the finishing ("Leads on All Finishing Passes") - where in my opinion it does not make too much sense...
Awesome videos, gave me lot's of the basics to get me started. Thanks so much for taking the time and sharing. (Also from Down under, but not so old 😉)
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This is the first Fusion 360 CAM tutorial I watch in which the author takes the time to explain every step of the process instead of just going through the motions and assuming the student will follow. The "what" and the "why" are essential to comprehension and learning. Not every UA-cam CNC machinist understands this. When you've been doing something for many years, it becomes second nature and it's easy to forget or completely overlook how complicated or confusing it looks like to an absolute beginner. Teaching skills is a skill in and of itself. Thank you!!
The very first tutorial that the producer talked at a pace I could follow and absorb, Simply great. 80yo from down under.
Yep, He's my go to in fusion
learn at any age I say
Thank you for not stating out with a 6 axis turbine wheel.
Thank you for cover so many details.
Looking at the adaptive tool paths really makes me appreciate the value of F360.
Excellent video for someone (like me) that is a rank beginner both to CNC and Fusion. I’ve spend week search for this video. THANK YOU.
I've been using Fusion 360 Design for some time but I'm ready to jump into CAM for my new CNC mill. I watched several tutorial's on line but this one has been the best by far. Thank you.
This is probably the best tutorial for a CNC beginner, a step by step guide is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
You've shown me everythng I needed to know in ONE video, where 50 other videos did not! Absolute gold dude! Would love to see more of these, starting with milling gears ;)
Austin, congrats on an incredibly well done tutorial! As an Engineer I've taken lots of classes and watched lots of videos throughout my career and this is at the very top for pace, simplicity, thoroughness and practicality! I've been a fabricator and car builder all of my life and I'm taking the "plunge" into CNC just now and while I know the basics of Fusion for modeling (and have used most of the other packages over the years), I had NO CLUE how to develop programs for CNC in the CAM side of F360. This was a stellar jump-start for me! Thank you!
As a newcomer to hobby cnc, this is by far the best tutorial I have come across. Concise, easy to understand, and beautifully depicted with a real world example that Id be happy to make for myself. Thanks Austin. I've subscribed and smashed that bell, which is not something I do very often.
Excellent tutorial, clear, concise and easy to follow. I have search and watched many tutorials on this subject and none measured up to this one. Thank you.
Austin, you are a very patient teacher. When I fisrt opend the video, I am like I'll watch just a few minutes, but I ended up watching the entire video in one shot because you explain everything to a lay man like me to comprehend.
This is gold standard UA-cam content. Thanks so much for making this. Incredibly well paced, great information for a beginner like me trying to understand tool pathing for the first time. Its rare and refreshing to find someone who can take such a complex thing and break it down and walk through it so effectively. Thanks!
Hi Austin, this is the firs time I am on UA-cam I am blown up how good you are explaining the flow. Thank you.
I just finished watching the entire video and it's SO GOOD, that I feel like I owe you money!!!
Can't wait for the upcoming videos. I genuinely enjoy this. Again, hats off!
Thanks mate! I'm glad you found this useful!
This is by far the best video in a very niche topic. You cover all the topics in your channel that I want. Cheers!
Wow!! The most comprehensive, informative and detailed instruction for CAM Fusion 360.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything we need to know about this new CNC world ,, you explanation are so clear and perfect for me as a beginner
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I was stuck and was about to give up. Appreciate the effort that you put into these tutorials. Thanks heaps
This video is excellent! Fusion is not easy to pickup quickly and the level of explanation in this video is well suited for the beginner. Thank you Austin.
Great tutorial, thank you. Just fyi for anyone reading, you don't have to manually adjust "stock top" every time if you choose the "rest machining" option. If this is selected it will automatically only consider stock that's left after the last operation.
I'm so glad you're going in this direction. These videos have levelled up my game so much!
I'm so glad this helped!😃
This tutorial is possibly the best one on UA-cam for this type of thing. This spells out all the basics in a simple, accurate way. Austin, thank you very much.
This is the best, most coherent fusion360 cnc tutorial I've seen thus far. You're a good man, Austin.
Agree with the other comments.. This is one of the best tutorials I have watched for Fusion. :-) Subscribed!
First fusion video that actually makes it understandable for a newbie! Amazing teaching skills, would you consider on making a full fusion 360 course? thank you for sharing your knowlegde!
Ecellent tutorial. I've been struggling but watching this has helped me significantly!
I'm very happy you came up RIGHT AFTER NyCNC. I am so happy you are being put right there after probably the #1 UA-camr!!!! Congrats and thank you for all the work you have done. I'm making furniture but I was stuck until I found your neck tutorials.
Excellent work. The 2D Pocket detail is what I was looking for.
Hey, great job explaining this. I'm just getting into Fusion 360. I came from 20 years of SolidWorks and SolidCAM. This helped me get up to speed.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad this helped. My previous job used SolidWorks exclusively so I remember how difficult it was making the switch - particularly the difference between Joints and Mates (still annoys me tbh lol). My current job uses primarily Siemens NX, so I mostly use Fusion for my home shop.
@@austinshaner Yes mates and assemblies ... not fun.
I'm 15 minutes in and am already apprecaiting this video! Thanks, Austin:)
Best tutorial I have watched on Fusion 360. So many are out of date. Loved it.
Your Videos (all of them) are a valuable contribution for all, can't thank you enough for your time and efforts. Just sharing these video with friends has enabled them to buy a CNC machine.
This is excellent.
I started learning all this 2 years ago but I only just found this excellent video. Damn the algo
Explained very well, easy to follow steps. Thanks
Wow this is one of my favorite fusion 360 videos!
That was for me very easy to follow and keep up with you as you went throught the project, first time I have found a video were I was able to keep up.. thank you for making this video..
I will be watching more of the videos you have made
Awesome tutorial man thank you. Alot of other ones just smash through the settings side of things which is all well and good if you arent a total noob but for somebody just starting (me) it is very helpful information.
Thx you clarified quite few bits I've been struggling as a newbie
This is Gold! The most comprehensive, informative and detailed instruction for Fusion CAM that I could find anywhere - and I have been looking for one like this for weeks.
Thank you for the great work.
best cam tutorial on yt
This was an excellent tutorial, thank-you so much for posting this video!
This is the best tutorial for me. Thank You Very Much.
thanks Austin, I like and subscribed in 5 min without you even asking.
By far the best video I've found. Great job.
Really appreciated the pace and thought in this - VERY helpful!
making a custom shift knob for my advanced manufacturing class. this video has helped so much. thanks for putting out a quality video on Cam. :)
Very good tutorial. I have been struggling doing my first ever set up. A topographical site model with 5mm elevation changes. I have been trying to rough out stock using a 3D Adaptive Clearing but the machine time is 7hrs. Have a Makita Trim router 1/4". But having watched this I am wondering if I should change strategy and use a 2D Adaptive clearing instead. Stuggling with multiple tool holder collisions due to tool length. Again great and clearly explained vid.
Thank you. I learned a lot from this well done tutorial.
Brilliant job, Austin. Thank you so much!
Hi Austin,
very good, clean and understandable walk through. In terms of both clear, accent free voice, grammatically correct sentences, no studdering or fillwords like "ahm, you know, ..." or big pauses and further more a good through thoughtful concept. Not everyone is capable of this. Furthermore the content is excellent and well balanced for the given case.
Thanks for also not heading around the screen with the mouse, but pointing on the important things, stay there, stay long enough on the tooltips so that one is able to read them - you really got the idea 🙂
I just got a used CNC mill and already working with fusion for 3D printing. So this gave me the most important things to get things going. Thanks a lot.
A little drawback: no metric system (SI). I think, it will take decades until this reaches the whole world. My calculator, pencil and paper are sitting right next to the video for basic translation of measurements 🙂Nevertheless, I know this is common in machinery world.
Cheers from over the ocean, Axel
Excellent example!
I am getting setup for a new Carvera machine and this is so helpful.
Thank you for sharing this tutorial.. you save my life...
That's is so helpful, very informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this Austin. I've just finished building my CNC and learning fusion 360 so this is a blessing👍🏼👍🏼
I'm glad this helped you!! 🍻
Yet another great tutorial! Very useful information! Thanks a lot!
Great demonstration. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Austin, great video!. I have a question for you. Selecting my work coordinate system will only allow me to choose from my model and not my stock. How do I change this? I have defined my stock dimensions but it still won't let me select my corner from the stock.
Amazing video. What kind of CNC are you using for this project ?
This is an excellent tutorial, very detailed...
This is fantastic thank you so much, you have enabled me to cut my first CNC job. 😁👍
Nice explanation - thanks.
Thank you so much for this. it was a great help for a beginner!
This has got to be one of the best Fusion 360 CAM tutorials out there. Even better than ones made by Autodesk! lol Great video thank you for making it!
You just gained a subscriber my friend !
Dude... just thanks, you really took a thoughtful and methodical approach to this as if you were someone who never did this before, I learned probably more here than I have on some of the professional guided videos. Thanks!
Beautiful video. Great explanation
Best tutorial, regards from Brazil.
Thanks Man! Great tutorial.
An Extremely informative video. Thanks you've explained manufacturing the way I needed it. Thanks, looking forward to more.
Fantastic, pace was perfect, very understandable, thank you
Thank you for an excellent video!
Hi Austin, thanks for this informative Tutorial!! - Was this intended to be a follow along? If so, is there a file of the Grossman box? Or a video of creating the box? Thanks :)
Very very informational Tutorial. Is there any way to download the model in order to be follow along the tutorial?
Best video on cam I have seen. Thanks for the great explanation!
Excellent tutorial, I've learned a lot, Thanks.
This is gold, thanks!
Good job! I’ve seen 4-5 other videos from big name professionals and yours definitely competes. Super thorough and your pace is just right.
What a breath of fresh air, I so appreciate your taking time to go through this project. Almost as intense as flying a plane! I will prepare my check lists for this whole process, I've mucked it up way too much to date and saw every wrong move I made on this video. Thanks again, look forward to the next video.
Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you found this useful mate! I have 3 or 4 other CAM videos out after this video if you'd like more info or more advanced applications!
This is an awesome video! Feel like I need to watch it a couple more times.
@Asutin this is absolutely the best F360 tutorial I've seen, thank you. Your content is gold, now a Patreon subscriber - Can't wait to actually do the parametric neck and fretboards with my 1F.
Just what I was looking for. Thank you, Austin.
Excellent video! :)
Just randomly stumbled over your channel, immediate sub. This is amazing content!!
Welcome! Thanks mate!
good tutorial covering the basics, thanks!
Again, another great video. I too have an X-Carve, it would be interesting to see what modifications you have made in another video. I'm sure this will a good supplement to the end to end tutorial of creating a guitar with a CNC.
Thanks! Yeah,I figured that I would end up showing my setup when I do videos actually making projects like the guitar etc.. Since that may be a while, mostly what I've done is replace the entire frame with my own 750x1500 8020 and 1/4" steel plate with T tracks. But gantry/spindle are still stock.
If you want to see pics you can follow me on Instagram. I have some build photos in there.
instagram.com/akx.hax
This is really a Perfect tutorial for what I'm trying to do for my first project. Thank you so much!
Dude, your videos are awesome. Thank you so much for uploading.
Hello, thank you for all your videos/material, I used your parametric fretboard for my project and that's amazing !!
Something I can't figure out : if I set-up my origin point on the top of my stock, how do I zero my Z after a tool change if I did a surfacing operation at first ?
If you use the corner of your stock, and don't surface the entire top of the stock, you can continue to use that corner throughout various tool changes. Otherwise, I would recommend using a fixture (simple piece of mdf or something underneath that you can zero all your operations to)
@@austinshaner Thank you very much for those explanations ! Now that you explain it, it seems obvious! I thought to define the origin on the bottom of the stock, and to redo my z zero on my machine floor. isn't that something you would recommend?
Using the wasteboard as a z zero can be useful for ensuring your bit doesn't plunge into your table, I do something similar when I use a fixture, xyz are all set to my fixture not my stock, but this isn't very forgiving with varying stock thickness so its important to make sure your stocks are the right thickness for what your program expects. Zeroing off the top of the stock is nice because you can put any thickness blank and the program will still run, but then you have to make sure you don't machine off your zero point like I mentioned earlier :)
@@austinshaner it's perfectly clear sire, thank you again ! I actually can't believe you answered that fast, you're definitely the superhero of CNC noobs (and veterans too for sure).
I still have a lot to learn but thanks to your work I'm starting to be able to (at least) do what I need to do on fusion 🙏
Thnk u ..it's worth the watch .. 👍🥰..Helped me a lot
Incredible tutorial, thanks!! Understood it, agree on the pace. Very well done and thanks.
Thx man, you give me inspiration to learn fusion 360, you are the Legend 🫵🏼
I carry the same knife and pen combination. They make a great EDC.
I like how you explaind the details.
A brilliant tutorial. Thank you.
Wonderful tutorial! It helped me a lot!
Are the tools center cutting or regular? I am having serious chatterwhen not using center cutting bits.
Excellent presentation, thank you very much! I really appreciate the precise explanations and comparisons between options, really makes things clear.
Really an awesome video - one of the most helpful ones I have discovered so far! One question: When milling the outer shape of the box, your router is performing a lead-out for every singel round. The default setting, however, is to make only one lead-out at the end of that job - which means that the router tries to pull through the whole thicknes of the material - which of course does not make sense. Where did you activate the lead-out for each pass? I only find this option for the finishing ("Leads on All Finishing Passes") - where in my opinion it does not make too much sense...
Thank you vey much for this tutorial :D
Very nice tutorial. Thank you.
Awesome videos, gave me lot's of the basics to get me started. Thanks so much for taking the time and sharing. (Also from Down under, but not so old 😉)