WOW. Nice job! Are you literally just feeding the wire in at a constant feed rate? No special software to adjust feed rate by detecting current flow and shorting? That was the part that seemed unobtainable in Ben's EDM over on applied science. I suspect that's what would make the difference between a super clean cut and the flared edge you get, but it's still an impressive result.
@@ale6242 the electrolyte isn't doing the cutting but shielding/connecting the electrical circuit and pushing out the metal ions from each discharge event. it is just like water jet cutting but instead of cutting grit in the water, you are passing a current through the electrolyte to cut.
I've watched UA-cam for years and have done hundreds of projects with the ideas I've gotten from the videos but this right here has grabbed a hold of me. I've never left a comment on anything before but I thought leaving you a thank you was the least I could do for this. I'll be following you along on this and be looking to mod one of my cr10s for this. Thanks again.
how the fuck can this grab a hold of you? he's obviously planning to make a EXTREMELY overpriced piece of shit just like he guy he is trash talking in his video
@@darkracer1252 An* "extremely overpriced piece of shit". Not so obvious if I didn't derive that from the provided information. You are entitled to your own opinion that would have been better off kept to yourself in this case.
Great creative work! please keep in mind that Cr6+ ions are generated when using ECM to machine chromium-rich materials such as 304 stainless steel. The potential hazard of this product is one reason why ECM largely disappeared in the West, but it can be limited with some chemical additions to the electrolyte such as iron sulfate (which can degrade the electrolyte performance over time). ECM is a powerful method of manufacturing complex shapes in strong materials and expanding it to industrial scale can require some additional methods to maintain compliance with local regulations. Carbon steel and Ti are quite safe to cut with NaCl or mild acid/salt mixtures but if the electrolyte turns yellow from dissolved chrome, gloves and ventilation are recommended as a minimum
This is a really good point and something I've been concerned about. I have been successful with capturing CR6 in citric acid. The acid actually helps machining and lets the waste enter solution instead of floccing out. TBH I am going to be trying some EDM instead. Seems safer from a chemical perspective.
@@ZURAD if your Cr6 content is low enough (no more than 6 or 7% i think) then the iron content should reduce it without need for additives. If you need to run higher Cr material, your addition of citric or similar mild acid does help with safety, as well as dissolving the waste, such that flushing the surface is easier. It makes filtration a bit more difficult though, and the citric becomes an expensive consumable even at scale. Adding iron or sulfate salts will be cheaper, although they can mess up the process fluid quickly. EDM is safer and easier to control, but once you work through the challenges of ECM you have a very powerful surface forming tool, especially as the materials and shapes begin to challenge the limits of EDM. The two are often complementary. For example, your demonstration machine can deburr sharp edges and polish surfaces of a part after an EDM, saw or waterjet has made some accurate features with straight, non-tapered cuts. if ECM just does the last operation, there won't be as much waste to worry about.
@@TimothyNoronha I agree that EDM will be much safer and easier to control. If you check some of my recent community posts I've been having great success with EDM. We're even running a Kickstarter on it soon! You can sign up to the mailing list at rackrobo.io if you're interested.
Followed you link from over at matrix…. Truly freaking amazing work here! You are indeed very talented and motivated! Keep this up, it could change alot of things moving forward!
@@ZURAD I want to do thing like that but from my scrap laser cnc , could you tell what voltage you used and what was the current , it was pulsed or straight dc ?
Current....current...current! Increase your current going to the pieces. Erosion is porportional to the current density per mm squared. The thin wire you have going to the pieces shows me how little current you have going to the electrodes. In high school i built a plunge ECM and used 4 microwave oven xformers with hand wound secondaries, 8 gauge wire all in parellel then rectified...i was drawing well over 150A at 12 volts and was drilling 1/2 inch holes in 1 inch plate steel in less than a minute....commercial units used for making turbine blades approach 10,000 A. Increase current!
Crazy good start. On point. Zero contact machining like this are right up a 3D printers alley! Can't CNC mill with belts (unless they control hand wheels like my '63 Cincinnati knee mill LinuxCNC conversion). This is awesome. Keep tinkering and see what works for a straighter cut.
Great stuff, super impressive results! Planning any thin wire tests? I guess that would need some kind of support under the workpiece too, instead of only supporting from one side. But it'd be interesting to see if it could approach EDM in terms of kerf size. Also, A+ editing and voiceover work :)
Thanks, Taps! Yes, it's definitely in the plans to get that kerf smaller. Many avenues to approach there, so I'm not going to be short on work to do! Even if I could get the kerf to .5 or .25 times the current diameter I'd be pretty happy. That'd make it cut 2-4 times as fast as it is now.
@@ZURAD Hooray! Looking forward to seeing those experiments. Didn't realize it would also speed up the cut, but makes sense in retrospect. Will be interesting to see how much the thinner wire starts to deflect or not. Exciting!
@@ZURAD try using spinning helical enameled wire (that's the thinnest conductive material i know ) and a slow warm stream of electrolyte cause its doing the heavy lifting....
Great commentary and footage! This is the coolest thing I have seen done on a Ender 3! Keep it up, I subbed and I am looking forward to see how your project turns out
This is awesome and has set my mind on fire with applications for this that are now a possibility. Fantastic work. Subscribed and look forward to seeing more.
Your voice is fantastic. You could be a voice actor or a book reader for audible. Also the machine and the work you are doing is awesome too. I just bought my kid an ender 3v2. I know what I''m doing if he decides printing isn't for him.
Saw this on Hackaday, dude this is amazing! Pretty soon we'll be able to manufacture just about anything at home and it's thanks to clever and interesting ideas like yours.
NICELY DONE! I got into CNC Machining with 3D printers attaching a dermal to my ender 5 was a very educational experience mostly in how a rigid machine is very important for end mills... not so much for jets of water.
This is amazing. I can not wait to see how it goes. I just got it recommended maybe the algorithm picks it up. Id love to see a version with a wire running through eventually. This would be insane and it is crazy that the maker scene has not picked up on EDM more.
I suspect that this will work better in a dielectric bath than with the coaxial jet. if you're going to use a jet, consider an upward jet. (but my suspicion is that the kerf is going to get bigger with a jet of any kind)
Unbelievable mate! You're my hero now, I've been following the project since the start, but this breakthrough has really got me thrilled. Where can we talk so I can add to the project, I'd be more than happy to share ideas and take some workload to advance the project under your command sir!
Very cool, your machine has amazing potential. This was the first of your videos that I have seen. I was so intrigued that I watched all the videos on your channel! I look forward to more videos and seeing how your machine develops.
Very cool. One thing that might help reduce the flare in the cut is reducing the electrolyte flow rate. I believe the flow rate needs to be just fast enough to carry material from the cut away from the workpiece. any faster and you get an increased discharge in the cut from the electrolyte causing flare, but if it's too slow it doesn't move the cut debris away resulting in a potential short or inefficient cut.
AQTT - your comment seems to summarize best what others were attempting to describe as well. With that said, it seems to me that the solution to a controlled kerf width and less flare is to submerge the part, recirculate the electrolyte and move the swarf and current accordingly. But now were just describing basically an EDM machine with side cutting capability? This is a really cool idea - scaling down EDM technology to a desktop device.
Maybe a diverging nozzle would help reduce the flange cut you are seeing? Just reduce the diameter of the water stream in relation to the current you're using
Sweet! Thanks for confirming that this can be done on FFF printers with minimal mods! I was looking up info about these techniques just a few weeks ago wondering if they could be used to bore a nozzle blank at home. Not that you can easily find nozzle blanks on Amazon anymore...
nice, ....let s work out further on this concept,people will need diy s when shtf.....you inspired me on a yourney some time ago, we need to provide tech by ourselves, thank you so much. greetings Carkos, Belgium-Espana
Very very interesting. There’s someone doing electrochemical additive manufacturing as a part of what looks like an academic team, which I think could also be very promising for low-cost home shop metal fabrication.
just stumbled across this a nd it would be super cool to be able to machine metal too. i have a small apartment so my ender3v2 is the only real machine i can fit in here, no real woodworking or a lathe so something like this would be amazing even for some smaller projects
This is amazing. I feel like I just saw the first laser printer! I wonder if you need such a large bath. Maybe you could just have a steep angle receiver funnel that goes to a small sealed bath so it doesn't get all over the shop. I assume the bath is to let the precipitates settle out?
The bath currently acts as an electrolyte reservoir as well as a catch basin. Ideally I would have a much larger reservoir to feed into the pump and have a drain of some sort out of the basin on the machine. There is little in the way of precipitates at the moment because I have doped my electrolyte with citric acid to reduce it.
I stopped watching BAXEDM because, while I have a decent machine shop at home, what he's doing is still beyond my resources. But this looks VERY promising! Subscribed and anxious to see how far you can take this!
That was so incredible. Instant subscribe! I can't wait to see where this goes. I've got a bunch of 3D printers. It would be really cool to convert one for doing this. Would it work even better on thinner metal? Can it also work on brass, copper, and silver?
it would seem that thinner materials would be cut easier, yes. and it should work on anything conductive, as far as I know. we just tend to use this against high hardness materials due to the fact that they tend to be more expensive and time consuming to machine using conventional methods.
Awesome job, though I can not but wonder about the upside down V shape you get on the face of the cut, is this not a problem? Or is just a superficial illusion? Point in check I'd be expecting something more rectilinear.
Do you think you can make a video briefly describing the tool set and knowledge that you would need in order to modify this under three? I am actually quite interested however I'm not sure I have the tooling nor the skill required to do this modification.
I just want to congratulate you, this work is amazing and I would not only love how you progress but I will try to implement it myself whenever it is a bit more refined. I will consider buying a beta kit if you do end up developing one. Keep up with the good work :) Cheers
WOW. Nice job! Are you literally just feeding the wire in at a constant feed rate? No special software to adjust feed rate by detecting current flow and shorting? That was the part that seemed unobtainable in Ben's EDM over on applied science. I suspect that's what would make the difference between a super clean cut and the flared edge you get, but it's still an impressive result.
As far as I can see it there is no wire. He is using a solid electrode like in edm drilling
pretty sure its the electrolyte doing the "cutting"
@@ale6242 the electrolyte isn't doing the cutting but shielding/connecting the electrical circuit and pushing out the metal ions from each discharge event. it is just like water jet cutting but instead of cutting grit in the water, you are passing a current through the electrolyte to cut.
the flaired edge is because the liquid is doing the cutting.
the rod in the centre just provide the liquid with a charge.
@@markcastonguay7906 do you always contradict yourself in the same comment?
Videos like this are an example of what UA-cam should be.
That's very kind of you. Thanks so much.
I've watched UA-cam for years and have done hundreds of projects with the ideas I've gotten from the videos but this right here has grabbed a hold of me. I've never left a comment on anything before but I thought leaving you a thank you was the least I could do for this. I'll be following you along on this and be looking to mod one of my cr10s for this. Thanks again.
how the fuck can this grab a hold of you?
he's obviously planning to make a EXTREMELY overpriced piece of shit just like he guy he is trash talking in his video
The only thing interesting about this comment, is your profile which was made Dec 17/2021. Like 9 days ago :)
@@darkracer1252 An* "extremely overpriced piece of shit". Not so obvious if I didn't derive that from the provided information. You are entitled to your own opinion that would have been better off kept to yourself in this case.
@@Alex-si1bi you can watch videos without an account you know?
@@Nepoxification You can watch videos without _UA-cam,_ even (using Invidious)
Great creative work! please keep in mind that Cr6+ ions are generated when using ECM to machine chromium-rich materials such as 304 stainless steel. The potential hazard of this product is one reason why ECM largely disappeared in the West, but it can be limited with some chemical additions to the electrolyte such as iron sulfate (which can degrade the electrolyte performance over time). ECM is a powerful method of manufacturing complex shapes in strong materials and expanding it to industrial scale can require some additional methods to maintain compliance with local regulations. Carbon steel and Ti are quite safe to cut with NaCl or mild acid/salt mixtures but if the electrolyte turns yellow from dissolved chrome, gloves and ventilation are recommended as a minimum
This is a really good point and something I've been concerned about. I have been successful with capturing CR6 in citric acid. The acid actually helps machining and lets the waste enter solution instead of floccing out.
TBH I am going to be trying some EDM instead. Seems safer from a chemical perspective.
@@ZURAD if your Cr6 content is low enough (no more than 6 or 7% i think) then the iron content should reduce it without need for additives. If you need to run higher Cr material, your addition of citric or similar mild acid does help with safety, as well as dissolving the waste, such that flushing the surface is easier. It makes filtration a bit more difficult though, and the citric becomes an expensive consumable even at scale. Adding iron or sulfate salts will be cheaper, although they can mess up the process fluid quickly.
EDM is safer and easier to control, but once you work through the challenges of ECM you have a very powerful surface forming tool, especially as the materials and shapes begin to challenge the limits of EDM. The two are often complementary. For example, your demonstration machine can deburr sharp edges and polish surfaces of a part after an EDM, saw or waterjet has made some accurate features with straight, non-tapered cuts. if ECM just does the last operation, there won't be as much waste to worry about.
@@TimothyNoronha I agree that EDM will be much safer and easier to control. If you check some of my recent community posts I've been having great success with EDM. We're even running a Kickstarter on it soon! You can sign up to the mailing list at rackrobo.io if you're interested.
ABSOLUTE CHAD MODE!! FANTASTIC! Words can't describe how amazing this is!
Followed you link from over at matrix…. Truly freaking amazing work here! You are indeed very talented and motivated! Keep this up, it could change alot of things moving forward!
Thank you! I think so too. This is really important work to keep improving on.
This is awesome! I have to try it out.
It would be awesome to see your version.
Please do! We've got a more cleaned up and effective beta in the pipeline.
@@ZURAD I want to do thing like that but from my scrap laser cnc , could you tell what voltage you used and what was the current , it was pulsed or straight dc ?
I’ve ran this idea through my head a few times but have been paralyzed on where to start. Please keep pursuing this project!
Will do! We may have a kit at some point in the future to help with the decision paralysis
Current....current...current! Increase your current going to the pieces. Erosion is porportional to the current density per mm squared. The thin wire you have going to the pieces shows me how little current you have going to the electrodes. In high school i built a plunge ECM and used 4 microwave oven xformers with hand wound secondaries, 8 gauge wire all in parellel then rectified...i was drawing well over 150A at 12 volts and was drilling 1/2 inch holes in 1 inch plate steel in less than a minute....commercial units used for making turbine blades approach 10,000 A. Increase current!
Crazy good start. On point. Zero contact machining like this are right up a 3D printers alley! Can't CNC mill with belts (unless they control hand wheels like my '63 Cincinnati knee mill LinuxCNC conversion). This is awesome. Keep tinkering and see what works for a straighter cut.
Thanks 👍
Great stuff, super impressive results! Planning any thin wire tests? I guess that would need some kind of support under the workpiece too, instead of only supporting from one side. But it'd be interesting to see if it could approach EDM in terms of kerf size.
Also, A+ editing and voiceover work :)
Thanks, Taps! Yes, it's definitely in the plans to get that kerf smaller. Many avenues to approach there, so I'm not going to be short on work to do! Even if I could get the kerf to .5 or .25 times the current diameter I'd be pretty happy. That'd make it cut 2-4 times as fast as it is now.
@@ZURAD Hooray! Looking forward to seeing those experiments. Didn't realize it would also speed up the cut, but makes sense in retrospect. Will be interesting to see how much the thinner wire starts to deflect or not. Exciting!
Breaking Taps 😂
Good Channel name 👍
@@ZURAD try using spinning helical enameled wire (that's the thinnest conductive material i know ) and a slow warm stream of electrolyte cause its doing the heavy lifting....
Absolutely incredible work - super excited to see developments in this area continue and would totally help beta test, buy a kit, etc.
Im a CNC engineering specializing in wire/die sinker/drill EDM's this is a killer idea and you gained a new follower!
I'm impressed and subbed up in a heartbeat. Looking forward to seeing more info!
Great commentary and footage! This is the coolest thing I have seen done on a Ender 3! Keep it up, I subbed and I am looking forward to see how your project turns out
This is awesome and has set my mind on fire with applications for this that are now a possibility. Fantastic work. Subscribed and look forward to seeing more.
Awesome! Thank you! Still needs a lot of work, but it's exciting I agree.
Your voice is fantastic. You could be a voice actor or a book reader for audible. Also the machine and the work you are doing is awesome too. I just bought my kid an ender 3v2. I know what I''m doing if he decides printing isn't for him.
Nice work! 👍Looking forward to seeing your process optimization adventures!
Thanks, BAX. Means a lot coming from someone like you. There's a TON of work to be done still.
very cool concept. Another step closer to on demand at home manufacturing Utopia.
That's the dream!
This is some amazing work, I would definitely be interested in a beta kit!
I feel like I'm going through some sort of guided meditation or watching an epic movie. The music with your voice is... hypnotic. Well done.
Saw this on Hackaday, dude this is amazing! Pretty soon we'll be able to manufacture just about anything at home and it's thanks to clever and interesting ideas like yours.
Thanks so much!
So weird seeing something I've been following for so long on hack a day! Good job dude!
It's cool, huh? Thanks!
NICELY DONE! I got into CNC Machining with 3D printers attaching a dermal to my ender 5 was a very educational experience mostly in how a rigid machine is very important for end mills... not so much for jets of water.
Very cool! Have you seen the E3D ASMBL? Looks awesome for finishing prints with machining
First video of yours that I've seen and I subbed. I like what I'm seeing here!
I can guarantee you will blow up in less than a year, when the algorithm bless you like this, no one can stop you.
Hope you have the best journey!
I am so grateful that people smarter than I are willing to share ideas like this! Thanks for a great production!
Absolutely amazing brotha!!! Keep up the good work champ!!!
Thanks! I will!
I've been playing around with similar stuff as well. Ty for the video.
I just got here. This guy sounds like the Roman Mars of ECM.
I have literally just done this exact setup for my university dissertation last year… Spooky!
Very cool start. Love to see how this may develop.
Stick around. We've got a lot of improvements in the works.
This is amazing. I can not wait to see how it goes. I just got it recommended maybe the algorithm picks it up.
Id love to see a version with a wire running through eventually. This would be insane and it is crazy that the maker scene has not picked up on EDM more.
Awesome, thank you! There's no need to run wire as in ECM there should be no tool wear.
we are freaking wizards i swear. this stuff gets my juices flowing lol.
Well that's amazing think of the possibilities. Cool for sure, thanks for the video and sharing. Cheers!
I can see coned work nozzles selected for whatever thickness, to compensate for the flared kerf as a simple initial workaround solution.
I suspect that this will work better in a dielectric bath than with the coaxial jet. if you're going to use a jet, consider an upward jet. (but my suspicion is that the kerf is going to get bigger with a jet of any kind)
Unbelievable mate! You're my hero now, I've been following the project since the start, but this breakthrough has really got me thrilled. Where can we talk so I can add to the project, I'd be more than happy to share ideas and take some workload to advance the project under your command sir!
Awesome. So glad to hear it! I'm available on the discord channel linked in the description.
Very cool, your machine has amazing potential. This was the first of your videos that I have seen. I was so intrigued that I watched all the videos on your channel! I look forward to more videos and seeing how your machine develops.
Welcome aboard!
You have my attention! Bring on the kit!
I'll never do this, but I enjoyed watching the video.
You‘re on the cutting edge there 👍
…i‘ll show myself out
Really awesome to see y'alls progress in this field.
Very impressive and love the editing with the music.
sending you more wind into your sails. great area to explore and advance. keep pushing into this area.
Thanks, will do!
That's amazing. I would've never thought of using a printer for ECM. lol
You put a smile on my face! Awesome job, cant wait to see what comes next!
Very cool.
One thing that might help reduce the flare in the cut is reducing the electrolyte flow rate. I believe the flow rate needs to be just fast enough to carry material from the cut away from the workpiece. any faster and you get an increased discharge in the cut from the electrolyte causing flare, but if it's too slow it doesn't move the cut debris away resulting in a potential short or inefficient cut.
AQTT - your comment seems to summarize best what others were attempting to describe as well. With that said, it seems to me that the solution to a controlled kerf width and less flare is to submerge the part, recirculate the electrolyte and move the swarf and current accordingly. But now were just describing basically an EDM machine with side cutting capability?
This is a really cool idea - scaling down EDM technology to a desktop device.
When i saw *ON ENDER 3* i hit subscribe without thinking
😆
That's really really cool. I very much look forward to progress and development! Kits would definitely be nice.
You can get 0.1mm tungsten wire to make the cut as thin as possible, the thinner you get it the faster you can cut...
One small step for man, one giant leap for ghost guns
Wow. I've been meaning to do some EDM experiments watching baxedm. Your videos inspire me to try ECM first. Great work.
That's freakin' RAD! 😍
Thank you!
Maybe a diverging nozzle would help reduce the flange cut you are seeing? Just reduce the diameter of the water stream in relation to the current you're using
Wow, I thought my me using my ender3 pro for things other than 3d printing was over the top, but this totally blows my mods away!
Desktop EDM/ECM or whatever this is sounds cool
Excellent proof of concept.now the hard part
Sweet! Thanks for confirming that this can be done on FFF printers with minimal mods! I was looking up info about these techniques just a few weeks ago wondering if they could be used to bore a nozzle blank at home. Not that you can easily find nozzle blanks on Amazon anymore...
Makes absolutely sense but ballsrews on every axis would make more sense when it comes to edm since the whole point of it is precision
nice, ....let s work out further on this concept,people will need diy s when shtf.....you inspired me on a yourney some time ago, we need to provide tech by ourselves, thank you so much. greetings Carkos, Belgium-Espana
Very very interesting. There’s someone doing electrochemical additive manufacturing as a part of what looks like an academic team, which I think could also be very promising for low-cost home shop metal fabrication.
Keep going .that's just beautiful.
wow nice. Cool methode of "cuting". You deserve more subscribers! Keep going
Dude! This is amazing!!! Definetely want to see more of this!
This is absolutely astonishing!!
Thank you so much!
well, this was a cool find, deffinatly will follow along!
Awesome work! Can't wait to see how this progresses more, keep it up! 😁👍
Thanks! Will do!
Really nice, mad scientist type stuff. Slapped that sub button, and wishing you loads of success with this.
WHOOOOOW! That`s pretty nice, man!!!
This has serious potential especially with the rise of tool changer based 3d printers as the next big thing.
not really....this aint something you can simply change your tool for and start going.
Amazing! I cant wait untill the small wire is worked out!
WOWZER!! this is amazing and i would be interested in modding one of my 3d printers with one of your beta kits. keep up the good work!
Cool stuff man. Keep on grinding!!!
Appreciate it
Dude I don't know how I found this but it doesn't matter. This is fantastic!
just stumbled across this a nd it would be super cool to be able to machine metal too. i have a small apartment so my ender3v2 is the only real machine i can fit in here, no real woodworking or a lathe so something like this would be amazing even for some smaller projects
Right now stuff works best with 1mm or smaller sheet metal, but we're working hard on making it better!
Amazing to see. I for one am hoping to see kits show up for this type of conversion. Then some competition to bring down the price.
Nice. Now get the water flow inside of the electrode to cool it and do the cut under water and you will have precision without the "cambered overcut".
Really amazing !
This is amazing. I feel like I just saw the first laser printer! I wonder if you need such a large bath. Maybe you could just have a steep angle receiver funnel that goes to a small sealed bath so it doesn't get all over the shop. I assume the bath is to let the precipitates settle out?
The bath currently acts as an electrolyte reservoir as well as a catch basin. Ideally I would have a much larger reservoir to feed into the pump and have a drain of some sort out of the basin on the machine. There is little in the way of precipitates at the moment because I have doped my electrolyte with citric acid to reduce it.
Amazing work man. This will definitely be something I keep an eye on
I stopped watching BAXEDM because, while I have a decent machine shop at home, what he's doing is still beyond my resources. But this looks VERY promising! Subscribed and anxious to see how far you can take this!
Incidentally if you need custom parts at some point I'm open to collaborating, time allowing.
I'll be sure to keep this in mind 👍
That was so incredible. Instant subscribe! I can't wait to see where this goes. I've got a bunch of 3D printers. It would be really cool to convert one for doing this. Would it work even better on thinner metal? Can it also work on brass, copper, and silver?
it would seem that thinner materials would be cut easier, yes. and it should work on anything conductive, as far as I know. we just tend to use this against high hardness materials due to the fact that they tend to be more expensive and time consuming to machine using conventional methods.
This is amazing Im tempted to buy a ender 3 to make this
It's a really flexible process. I'm probably going to make versions to fit a bunch of machines.
Ooh ok I'd be very interested to buy a kit / instructions off you if you ever do this
Hell yeah, keep up the good work!
Thanks! Will do!
This is awesome! subbed and will be watching as this is developed more! Great work.
Thank you very much!
Would absolutely love a kit guide of some sort! Have been wanting a solution to do aluminum cuts at home on the cheap. Amazing results!
Working hard on getting a guide and distro spun up!
@@ZURAD Thanks so much!
Awesome job, though I can not but wonder about the upside down V shape you get on the face of the cut, is this not a problem? Or is just a superficial illusion? Point in check I'd be expecting something more rectilinear.
Yeah this taper is indeed an issue. Fixes are under dev atm and primarily deal with fluid flow characteristics.
Impressive. You could change the game for many like myself. Keep at it. More power to you.
Thanks, will do!
That's so bad ass. Might I recommend a nozzle to devert electrolyte fluid into a pinpoint to prevent over cut
Do you think you can make a video briefly describing the tool set and knowledge that you would need in order to modify this under three? I am actually quite interested however I'm not sure I have the tooling nor the skill required to do this modification.
Absolutely. It's extremely simple for what it can do.
Dude, this awesome! I love this idea for a wire EDM!
Hey, thanks!
This is awesome! I wish i would have found this channel before i tryed to build my EDM >.
after long time... you just dropped a banger.... Damn
Trying hard to keep it more signal than noise
It seems like you could almost use the needle like an endmill and do plunge cuts and do rough 3d paths
This is a thing commercially with ECM, but it's such a delicate to control process you're better off working on 2D tool paths or die plunging.
this is beyond amazing! i have to build one. please do put out a kit!
This is amazing, please continue!
Woo! Wire edm is awesome!
I could imagine putting a cutter like this on one of those cheap CNC routers, too, and get a much larger work area.
I just want to congratulate you, this work is amazing and I would not only love how you progress but I will try to implement it myself whenever it is a bit more refined. I will consider buying a beta kit if you do end up developing one.
Keep up with the good work :)
Cheers
Thank you very much! I really hope this can eventually help others achieve their goals.