The humble Dreanique graces even the finest of machine tools, lol. Also, mounting the part at 45° for more contact area is quite clever, I'll have to steal that for more thin-walled parts.
Hi Alex. I used to watch you on Bet-Tech and loved the content but didn’t know what happened to the channel, and I am glad I found your channel here. 👍
Okay... The performance of that milling machine is pretty damn insane given how small the spindle is and because of that it's capable of spinning at over 35k rpm no problem. At my CNC shop I'd like to have a 4th axis or a 5-axis mill, this looks way too much fun. It might be difficult at first, but after you get a hang of it, it's super satisfying to program for and set things up.
Looks perfect and a very nice piece to do on that machine :) I would suggest making a male bung, slim fit, to put inside that heatsink to reduce the vibrations on OP2, and that endmill should last even more, plus it will act as a go,nogo plug gauge and it will help with deflection on longer run (when clamping the vice so the walls don't cave in). Congrats from a fellow machinist in Ireland :D
@@iRaised95 Funnily enough that’s exactly what I did try out the first time I made them. The issue I found is it doesn’t help as much as I was expecting as it’s the top surface that introduces most of the vibration. It’s hard to get good contact on that one without making the Z alignment a bit of a faff. The play might be to do the operations in reverse, just with some larger jaws to get some good wall contact 🤔
@@jrmichel1975 I outsource my anodising to a local specialist, it’s one of those things where it’s just not really viable to do in house efficiently here without a huge investment (in time, money or both)
Thank you for the video! How do you like the dreanique endmill(-s)? Would you recommend them? I was avoiding them because of fear of bad quality (mostly because i thought the price is to low for it to be good)
They’re astoundingly good for their price. I tend to use them for roughing since I can run them hard and not worry about having to replace them more often.
The part self locates thanks to the angle, if I had it flat, I'd need wider jaws to get it somewhat accurate, which is a pain as that's the blank size I had haha.
Would love to see it done with a mcd end mill ( yes you can get both mcd face mills ( which you already have one for top face ) and also mcd end mill ( for side walls and floor finishing down in small features. I was one use one in acrylic. The single flute carbide left a nice finish but then he ran a mcd end mill right afterwards and it made link like completely transparent ice )
@@flikflak24 Ah I did actually try that first before I settled on this finish type. The problem is the top surface, it doesn’t have the thickness to survive the MCD pass without some visible chatter. It still looked okay, but not quite as good as I imagine you’d be hoping for.
Probably not but still love to see it on a thick wall part from that machine with those tool holders. Only got my own self made mcd insert face mill that I made at school back when I became a machinest but nothing for side walls yet
@@PraetexDesign what was the woc and doc ? since mcd tools are only ment for final surface and only somehwere between 0.015 to 0.005 mm woc and doc and nothing more
Normally for metals I do use ethanol, although in this video I’m using Blaser Vascomill MMS FA1 since I was cutting PMMA shortly before and didn’t want to purge the lines.
8:05 one question. why did you program it to move the x and y to do circle movement insted of getting the A ( or is it B thats the rotating one on that machine ) to turn around and just move the X axis inwards slowly ? just a question nothing more
@@flikflak24 No that’s a really solid question, because that’s exactly what I did want to do. Unfortunately for me the trunnion just seems to behave really weirdly with simultaneous 4 and 5 axis paths, I’ve not been able to figure it out yet. By all accounts it could be better since I could also tilt it to use the best part of the ball mill. That being said, I’m not sure how the finish would actually look, it could be that the axis is too slow to make it work well. Hopefully I’ll get to the bottom of it eventually.
@@PraetexDesign maybe there is a G-code command that switch it from normal point to point position of the table over to rpm's pure totation ( like some of the lathes i have worked on where you give it one specefic G-code command and it then acts like a 3+1 mill til it gets a G-code command that tells it to cancle it/to go back to normal lathe mode ) maybe this can help with it though ( you will however have to convert it to metric if your machine is metric ofc
High quality and or or highlighted audio, doing something without commenting, though a role play can have speech, like Moonlight Cottage ASMR. Sometimes with the viewer meant to be the opposite, who is talked to, getting a haircut... In this case best with really high fidelity binaural microphone and no echo processing, because this sounds artificial. An uncommented videogame play, just the game rendered, does not count as ASMR.
The finish that thing is able to achieve is nothing short of incredible, and the part looks amazing too!
The humble Dreanique graces even the finest of machine tools, lol.
Also, mounting the part at 45° for more contact area is quite clever, I'll have to steal that for more thin-walled parts.
Design and craftsmanship, top tier as always! Great work 👍
Such a cool machine, love the part dial-in process, so slick.
Beautiful underside chamfer at 5:33. I'll watch every ASMR Datron video you upload. Well done!
Hi Alex. I used to watch you on Bet-Tech and loved the content but didn’t know what happened to the channel, and I am glad I found your channel here. 👍
Okay... The performance of that milling machine is pretty damn insane given how small the spindle is and because of that it's capable of spinning at over 35k rpm no problem.
At my CNC shop I'd like to have a 4th axis or a 5-axis mill, this looks way too much fun. It might be difficult at first, but after you get a hang of it, it's super satisfying to program for and set things up.
Sick Alex. Very clean
Good Job very detailed set up
Quale software CAM utilizzi?
Brass one looks so nice and shiny 😍
Looks perfect and a very nice piece to do on that machine :)
I would suggest making a male bung, slim fit, to put inside that heatsink to reduce the vibrations on OP2, and that endmill should last even more, plus it will act as a go,nogo plug gauge and it will help with deflection on longer run (when clamping the vice so the walls don't cave in).
Congrats from a fellow machinist in Ireland :D
@@iRaised95 Funnily enough that’s exactly what I did try out the first time I made them. The issue I found is it doesn’t help as much as I was expecting as it’s the top surface that introduces most of the vibration. It’s hard to get good contact on that one without making the Z alignment a bit of a faff.
The play might be to do the operations in reverse, just with some larger jaws to get some good wall contact 🤔
howly! freaking amazing!
Very cool! Interesting to see the calibration of the 5 axis 👍
What are the run time on these two setups?
Machine time is about 8 minutes for the first side, just under 11 minutes for the second side.
That oscillating trail of flakes at 2:53 is oddly mesmerizing to watch.
Hey Alex, beautiful work as usual. I'm drooling over that additional axis, lol.
Do you do your own anodizing?
@@jrmichel1975 I outsource my anodising to a local specialist, it’s one of those things where it’s just not really viable to do in house efficiently here without a huge investment (in time, money or both)
Now that DDC pump cover is SAF, i need one.....
Thank you for the video!
How do you like the dreanique endmill(-s)? Would you recommend them?
I was avoiding them because of fear of bad quality (mostly because i thought the price is to low for it to be good)
They’re astoundingly good for their price. I tend to use them for roughing since I can run them hard and not worry about having to replace them more often.
@@PraetexDesign Thanks! I will give them a try :)
great video. I'm curious why were you using soft jaws to hold the part at 45 degrees in the second operation I'm guessing clearance?
The part self locates thanks to the angle, if I had it flat, I'd need wider jaws to get it somewhat accurate, which is a pain as that's the blank size I had haha.
@@PraetexDesign That's really cleaver I would have never thought of doing that for locating.
What is the clamping force of the workpiece in the vice?
Would love to see it done with a mcd end mill ( yes you can get both mcd face mills ( which you already have one for top face ) and also mcd end mill ( for side walls and floor finishing down in small features. I was one use one in acrylic. The single flute carbide left a nice finish but then he ran a mcd end mill right afterwards and it made link like completely transparent ice )
@@flikflak24 Ah I did actually try that first before I settled on this finish type. The problem is the top surface, it doesn’t have the thickness to survive the MCD pass without some visible chatter. It still looked okay, but not quite as good as I imagine you’d be hoping for.
Probably not but still love to see it on a thick wall part from that machine with those tool holders.
Only got my own self made mcd insert face mill that I made at school back when I became a machinest but nothing for side walls yet
@@PraetexDesign what was the woc and doc ? since mcd tools are only ment for final surface and only somehwere between 0.015 to 0.005 mm woc and doc and nothing more
What kind of coolant do you use, ethanol?
Normally for metals I do use ethanol, although in this video I’m using Blaser Vascomill MMS FA1 since I was cutting PMMA shortly before and didn’t want to purge the lines.
8:05 one question. why did you program it to move the x and y to do circle movement insted of getting the A ( or is it B thats the rotating one on that machine ) to turn around and just move the X axis inwards slowly ? just a question nothing more
@@flikflak24 No that’s a really solid question, because that’s exactly what I did want to do. Unfortunately for me the trunnion just seems to behave really weirdly with simultaneous 4 and 5 axis paths, I’ve not been able to figure it out yet. By all accounts it could be better since I could also tilt it to use the best part of the ball mill.
That being said, I’m not sure how the finish would actually look, it could be that the axis is too slow to make it work well. Hopefully I’ll get to the bottom of it eventually.
@@PraetexDesign maybe there is a G-code command that switch it from normal point to point position of the table over to rpm's pure totation ( like some of the lathes i have worked on where you give it one specefic G-code command and it then acts like a 3+1 mill til it gets a G-code command that tells it to cancle it/to go back to normal lathe mode )
maybe this can help with it though ( you will however have to convert it to metric if your machine is metric ofc
You are awesome my friend ❤❤❤
That brass one is a total sploosh-fest. Enjoyed listening to the whirring of the machining too.
Sweet!!!
Please shoot closeup footages at F8.0 aperture.
cnc how mach?
Lets go babbyyyyy
hi sir what is a name is muchine and what is price pls share
Im waiting ur videos from years why u leave ur channel
@@el_mastuo6738 Bit-Tech wasn’t my channel, I just worked there.
@@PraetexDesign nice to see u again . Good luck
Nice video. What does ASMR mean?
High quality and or or highlighted audio, doing something without commenting, though a role play can have speech, like Moonlight Cottage ASMR. Sometimes with the viewer meant to be the opposite, who is talked to, getting a haircut... In this case best with really high fidelity binaural microphone and no echo processing, because this sounds artificial. An uncommented videogame play, just the game rendered, does not count as ASMR.
I have a PC project on my channel too, but it's completely overshadowed by just one pump case. I have room to grow.👍
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