Introduction to Wire EDM

Wire EDM has revolutionized machining. Things that were once impossible to machine are now being done with wire EDM. With wire EDM we can cut any conceivable shape up to 45 degrees taper with accuracies of +/-.0001".
Any electrically conductive material can be machined with EDM, even tungsten carbide. An added benefit of wire EDM is that exotic alloys can be machined just as easily as mild steel. Since the wire electrode never comes into contact with the metal, wire EDM is a stress-free machining process.
Sommer, president of the largest EDM job shop in North America, has co-authored with his son Steve, a mechanical engineer, Complete EDM Handbook. The handbook is free at their website.
View more information on EDMing:
About Wire EDM: www.reliableedm.com/wire-edm.php
About Ram/Sinker EDM: www.reliableedm.com/ram-edm.php
About Small Hole EDM: www.reliableedm.com/small-hole...
EDM Tall and Large Parts: www.reliableedm.com/tall-and-l...
Learn Much More-Free Complete EDM Handbook: www.reliableedm.com/handbook.php
www.reliableedm.com/index.php is the largest EDM job shop in North America.

[@intjonmiller]

I'm sorry, you created a college-grade textbook and you made it available for FREE?? That is fantastic!

[@wesco123]

Wonderful series of highly valued information. Thank you Mr. Sommers for your brilliant contributions. Also, a big thumbs up to all of our remaining American innovators and producers!

[@BradM7659]

I'm beginning my first year apprenticeship and will be mostly using these machines. Thank you so much for the free textbook, what an incredible resource.

[@ilgiliinsan5292]

Thank you for invaluable information. And I can't comprehend how someone can dislike this.

[@lekkousa]

Super impressive!
Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge

[@absimprimimos1959]

Greetings from Spain!! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and put all this free information. I'm reading your book for two reasons: first one, to learn about this technology, I'm working now with 3D printers, but I want to learn about many different manufacturing process and the second one is to improve my english and learn technical vocabulary.
So thank you so much for the videos and to sharing your book

[@4lfie-]

He's a great teacher and a nice guy.

[@andrewbonica3ds]

Carl is awesome! I love learning from experts like this! Great teaching style! And your book is such an awesome gift to the world! 👍

[@JoseHernandez-rx7nz]

Thank you Mr. Sommers for sharing your valuable knowledge, I do appreciate it very much. From Mexico.

[@886014]

Thanks for putting this up Carl. I'll almost certainly never run a wire EDM, but it's good to see how it's done.

[@arwaabougharib8698]

Thank you ! what a beautiful demonstration!

[@Super_Natural_Power]

May God bless you with more wealth and happiness Sir for your free text book contribution.

[@fender7802]

Great video, and well written book. I have an interview at an EDM manufacturer next week, and this information is helping me prepare.

[@mohitadlakha982]

Thanks a lot to this man for the beautiful and precise explanation.

[@badensmith737]

Thank you for the video,what a marvelous way of metal fabricating. Baden Smith,Tasmania. Australia.

[@michaelhenry4405]

Thanks from South Africa.

[@Rolingmetal]

Very impressive.I didn't know such a thing is possible. Thanks for showing.

[@christopherclark8454]

Learning about this now ....looking forward too continuing my career

[@michaelprarie5117]

Thanks Carl. Good, informative and well presented.

[@NEComputerTech]

Very well explained. Thank you.

[@vishalagarwal1919]

You are great sir !!
Your initiative for skill development in Unskilled ,Unemployed youth is excellent!!
please make a complete video on progressive tool design if possible!!

[@bradjunes1610]

wish I was 40 years younger---edm is incredible---love it. (still work the cnc mills and such)

[@onyxelite312]

thank you for making this information free.

[@Zaku186]

wow that is really cool. i wish i could get into this field.

[@surajpatil7257]

sir great video... thanks for sharing this with us... very useful for mechanical engineers......

[@kulturfreund6631]

Thanks a lot. British and American educational videos are just best. Happy New Year Sir.

[@thomassullivan6016]

Can you imagine where we would " not " be without men like this in our country ???? Forget about stupid politicians and politics and endless sports . Without knowledge like this you can't stay a top shelf player on the globe . And always be prepared in case hostilities break out on the earth again . Our focus should always be moving forward . Thank you for the video 👍

[@patelsid11]

Thanks for an informative video

[@cristiancruz4570]

Wow thanks Carl !

[@akshaykocharekar1295]

have to admire u, u are best..!

[@jamesdoyle3885]

Amazing how so much accuracy can be maintained using a spark.

[@IrfanKhan-ql6fu]

Great Sir, this machine is very use full for mechanical works

[@BrianHoffner]

Very informative, thank you

[@maibambindya4556]

thank you for sharing your knowledge :)

[@abrahamhuiki7664]

hello, very interesting, I'm working with similar machines,in fact I program and operate two diferent EDM and others CNC machines, I live in Mexico

[@saddy704]

thanks for all information

[@MAMotinSobujsobuj23]

Thank you

[@aldrinlopez9731]

Im a machinist . And im operate EDM wire cut in 2year it is incredible, and verry critical machin for many h

[@thecactiguy885]

Extremely interesting thank you

[@AllForTheGame]

what a nice guy. thankyou for the information

[@lawrenceogden8682]

great video

[@camomanofcranham]

stunning!!!!...

[@Parsley-pr9sv]

i love you guys !!!! thank you

[@dirkgently9752]

good stuff

[@Patchworkdaddy007]

On a fantastic Mitsubishi EDM machine!👍👍👍👍😎

[@Fabio4408]

wohhh very interesting video

[@MrSouthsideMuscle]

This guy's knowledge is impressive

[@Sparkey]

Amazing.:)

[@mattsmith7123]

edm, easy to run, but still super tight tolerances

[@playerninety9668]

Awesome

[@TheRogerx3]

Interesting.

[@TheDudez1313]

They got 4 at Work, they are amazing to watch cutting...

[@darontv2606]

Nice broooooooo

[@NoHomo1776]

Houston, Texas based!

[@rezakamgou4460]

thanksممنون

[@Daws867]

Looking up new knife steel (tool steels) brought me here...interesting stuff.

[@norahung588]

WOW

[@gamerpaddy]

How does this perform to todays Laser cutting technology?

[@kkknotcool]

lasers always cut on an unavoidable taper in the top.

[@mickkuijl6349]

Co2 and Fiber laser are suitable for thickness up to 30mm in steel, stainlessteel and aluminium.
what we see in the video is not going to happen with laser technology.

[@rasfsa]

A laser can cut in a good day with in .005" an edm can hold day in and day out .0002" and with the knowledge can hold .00005" a wire edm is the most accurate machine in a shop.

[@laurv8370]

This guy teaches you a lot of things, and moreover, he spent his time to write a comprehensive book that he gives you for free... I bet those 27 people here are giving a lot of up votes to funny videos with cats and dogs, but only a moron could vote this video down...

[@A1soldiersaint]

Why can't our university professors articulate concepts like this guy? No wander so many people are saying that the college degree is dead, and the industry which specializes in wasting 4 to 6 years of human life while instilling false ideas of superiority into lazy entitled millennials is dying. You can just listen to, and learn from people like this, who have actually been successful.

[@ARBuildJunkie]

great video