SYIL X7 CNC makes R2-D2
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- My buddy Greg has built his very own full size R2-D2 robot from the movie Star Wars. He has fitted a new drive motor with an encoder and needs some new parts machined from aluminium.
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Great video as always Aaron!
G'day Ryan. Thanks mate I appreciate the support. Cheers, Aaron.
Hi mate, thanks again for doing this for me. R2 will be very happy with his new parts.
No worries Greg. Sorry it took me so long, but I've been really busy at this new job. I'm like a one legged man in an arse kicking competition. Cheers, Aaron.
Thanks for the video
Thanks Frank. I appreciate you stopping in and taking the time to watch it. Cheers, Aaron.
I especially enjoyed the fixturing portion. Work-holding can be as interesting as the part itself.
Thanks Garon. Yes I didn’t go overboard with the fixture, as it was a one off part. Operation 1 did Al the critical work (dimensions). Op-2 was just the contour which was non critical. Cheers buddy 👍🍻
Gday Aaron, brilliant job on these parts, cnc makes it much quicker, cheers
G'day Matty. Thanks for dropping by mate. Yes, the cnc mill makes quick work of parts like this doesn't it. Cheers, Aaron.
Really great tips on work holding Aaron thanks, it's half the battle with CNC machining, working out how to hold the material. And those chips were really flying too!
Ian
Thanks Ian. Not some of best work, as it was a one off part and I rushed the fixture. The first part was harder to align due to the slots, but the second part was easier with those plastic bungs I made. Cheers mate, 🍻 Aaron
Robots making robots!!! Way it should be :)
Ha ha ha, it’s just like “Skynet” 🤖
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering The robots are coming!!!
Great work, Azza. I always struggle with the fixtures..
G’day Sunil and thanks for watching. How’s things going mate? Hope you and the family are well buddy? Cheers 🍻
Nice work there Jabba.
In the words of our beloved Kamahl, "why are people so unkind"!
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Looks like a bit of fun. I certainly get how much work/time it takes to do one off parts like this and that there's many ways to skin a cat. I was thinking of things I'd do differently, but as I read the comments, you kept saying they're just one offs. lol Everyone has their own choices. For production, it's worth the extra time to do things differently but there's still a point where it's faster to get started with the chips than trying to optimize the tool paths. I enjoyed the vid buddy! :)
G’day Mike. Yes these “one off” parts can be a real pain in the backside. As you and I both know, the Op-2 Method that I demonstrated won’t produce a 100% accurate part. However the final contour wasn’t important to this part. The critical measurements where all in Op-1 set up. It was also a love job, so my mate gets what he gets lol 😆
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Yep...."close enough" is a technical term. :)
....one we should teach out wives so they don't ruin the mood by screaming "wrong hole!" ;)
GOOD ON YOU
G'day Kimber. Thanks mate and I hope you've been well buddy. I've been busy at this new job. Hardly had any shop time for myself. Cheers buddy, Aaron.
Yeah baby! Where is my set?
G’day Gil. I knew you’d like this one. This R2-D2 was made by my friend Greg. It’s been many years in the making.
Great vid that mate. I’m finding CAM really easy now, and quickly finding ways to overcome issues.
What I’m still struggling with is CAD. When you drew your fixture plate, did you just start sketching a new component off the underside of the actual part like you would with soft jaws? If so, for the second part, did you just draw the same size fixture plate?
Any chance you can make a vid coving this ?
Thanks buddy 👍
Hi Rob. For that fixture plate, I opened a new design and modelled it. I then inserted the part and worked like that. I’ll do my best to make a video for you mate. Cheers 🍻
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering that would be amazing, I’m sure others would benefit from it as well.
@@MrRctintin no worries buddy. It’s in my “to-do-list”. 👍🍻
Great vid. Fwiw, especially if you’re already drilling holes, drill a hole somewhere in your areas you’ll be doing adaptives within then select that as an entry point for the helical ramp. You can run the ramp much faster and it’s less wear on the end mill since it’s not cutting full width. If you happen to have a drill loaded that’s larger than your end mill then select it as a pre drill point rather than an entry point and it’ll skip the helical altogether! Faster and less end mill wear and drills are cheap!
G'day Bill. I usually do that with my steel parts. However, for these little aluminium parts I couldn't be bothered and just hit it an end mill. Spindle load was only at 30%, so I really should have pushed it harder. Thanks for the comment and tip mate. Cheers, Aaron.
Thanks Oh Great Guru.
With CNC, Do you tell the Program what tool to use for a step or do you load a tool into carousel & program then selects what it needs ?
G'day Chris. That's a good question. Some CAM software has feature recognition. However, with "Con_Fusion360" you have to nominate the tool and profile that you want to machine. To CAM these 2 parts and the fixture plate took me about a 1 hour. Maybe another hour for machine set up and then a couple of hours to run the parts and film. It was a lot of work for a "1-off" part. Cheers, Aaron.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Thanks Mate.
See you are teaching others all the time.
Be like Berger Paints & Keep on keeping on.
@@ChrisR2517 More like that battery add where the bunny is still hopping and the other bunny is flat. Well that flat one is me LOL 🤣. Blood new job is killing me. Not use to working full time again 😴