the extra axis is where the revolving takes place. either by the head of the machine moving or the work piece rotating, thats the extra axis. think of your wrist you can move your hand side to side up and down but you can also rotate. hope this helps

@Chil3kwa There is the normal XYZ axis and the one that allows the work piece to spin and the one that allowed to to rotate to the 90 deg.

its such a shame that this cannot be learned in high school here in ireland. Ive worked with mill machines in the past and the job is so interesting! The satisfaction of getting your programming correct is cool!

I use to do this by hand on a deckel or duplicator. Now they can do much more on cnc especially once they get the other axis going. So much more accurate.

it depends on the material. aluminium is a light material, so very easy to machine. Stay tuned, another great concept car machining OTW !

thank you for the compliment. The "cooling" is a air and oil mix.

@Srfingfreak when maching aluminium, you doesn't need an oil lubricant or e-bua-xi water(sorry i don't know what it's name in english), because the lubricant will cool down the aluminium so fast, and stick to the cutting edge of the tools

Eu conheço a maquina CNC de 5 eixos desde 1993,uma ferramentaria na epoca chamada Usimolde e ultima firma que trabalhei foi Cosmolde tbm tinha maquina CNC de 3 eixos,a empresa que não tiver essas maquinas,não poderá ganhar concorrencia de fazer os moldes complexas e tempo menor, tbm de fazer usinagem complexas de eletros em gabinetes,e a tecnilogia veio p/ficar,o futuro, quase todas as maquinas em CNC,até em brveve.

most CNC mills use the same, or very similar, functions to do the work required. These are known as G codes, and they tell the machine exactly what to do, such as arcs and other toolpaths, tool changes, etc. But to answer your question, no two programs are alike, a new one is required for each part you're making. Solid modeling or CADCAM programs like solidworks can export machine code, which typically transfers very well, although sometimes adjustments need to be made.

$180,000 you think? I am a manufacturers rep for several machine tool builders and I can assure you that the entry level 5-axis machines capable of this kind of quality and speed starts around 1 million US dollars and goes up from there. Just the basic tooling package would start around $100k to $250k. I sold one last year that was large enough to machine something as big as a small car for $2.3m and another $500k is perishable tooling! Pretty crazy, huh?

@skowerr software used is WorkNC CAD/CAM system. It supports many hardware.

Hi, Yes, we have used Sandvik Tools a few times. We use a full tools library, from a lot of manufacturers, and we always look for Test partnership

@mdadnan Fabricating parts for cars, planes, trains, guitars, toasters, fire arms, you name it. If it has to be precision and lots of them, use CNC's. Plus, if you need to start making something different, just reprogram and change tools.

if you can hold it you can machine it basically provinding you can get to it with fine cutters.

high speed milling cutter, they make so great noise, good for my brain.lol nice work.

for simple models like just cutting a square or circular shape out of a block you may write codes easily but for milling that are difficult or the one in this video, you have to have a cad software like solid works or proE blah blah, so you can just model the part, and the software will generate codes for you. hope this helps!

@NewTaco522 lol 4000 letters and numbers. This was a huge program, probably DNC or similar. 4000 pages maybe....... for the first tool. CAM is nice for things like this. Also to the uploader, very nice job.

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Hello AAlen1987, you're absolutely right, this is Aluminium AU4G. It's medium/strong resistance aluminium.

Machine is a Mikron HSM 400, and we use WorkNC software.

4th and 5th axes are the rotationa axes - tool rotation axis and the table rotation axis

thats pretty sweet.... i was lucky enough to see full scale audi being milled at IMTS chicago on a big ass gantry mill....run time.... 37 hours... cool vid tho!

CARBIDE.CA Luv's this video of 5 AXIS MACHINING. Some of our customers fine this method great to demonstrate various body panel designs...

@NSResponder You need a 3D model of the P-38, then with Cad software, it may needs correction/adjustment. Then programming process on CAM software, to prepare the model for machining. (toolpaths, ...) Then, just machining.

@jadenjak It's a Mikron HSM-600. (stated it's a -400 before, but It is a 600) What do you mean by "making process called" ? Only 1 half finished on this part, to show the simple roughing result and the finishing result/surface.

up to like 3:31 I thought you were remaking the toyota MR2 from the 90's lol, I was like AWESOME!..... and then I saw it was changing and then its still awesome! lol

Very Cool! Looks like a very impressive Cam System.

you guys should do into the model business, i would love to have a modle of a Austen Martin DB9 in solid steel ^.^

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I sooo want one of these machines!!!

We work with the big tools makers companies like Seco, Hitachi Tools, Mitsubishi,... In this situation, we used Seco tools

@CADCAMexpert i think we have that software at school dunno for sure tho

With a 4- or 5-axis mill. A lot of 4-axis stuff isn't difficult to program. Never dabbled in 5.

wow great compliment for this work how long did it take you to make the whole car?

the kind of 5 axis where the milling head can reach everywhere (but still need a rotating platform for undercuts), is extremely expensive. it can easily cost 0.5 million dollars and more with options, not including periodical service program. it is cheaper & faster to prototype a concept with stereolithography, thermojet technology, etc.

You seriously can't dislike this

Impressive stuff btw.

pretty cool thanks for sharing

@Srfingfreak its aluminum, doesn't generate that much heat.

absolutely incredible. How does one begin to get into 4&5 axis milling?

Hi Paulro, The complete machining time took around 6-7 hours, including roughing, semi-finishing and finishing. (the finishing process is not in the video)

@MrToolmakerman the noise is more than that when they machining the gear..

yeah i have that software on my pc, its pirated but its very usefull... i wrk as a programmer and cnc operator.. we use master cam x for wrk...

@Gxleviisz holy cow is it a good thing to learn for engineering

@TheBurnleymik ur probably right,but just judging by the feed rate and the speed of the tool its probably aluminium.

Ahh!... I usually don`t reply to silly comments, but yours made me do so. Now since you are so much into conventional vmc , you won`t understand why use a cnc!! Since you can machine that with better quality on a vertical mill with your hands, I would like to know when will your hands be commercialized so that we can scrap our cnc machines for better hands!!

from 3:20 - 3:28 it shows the back of the car...is there damage done to it? Looks like a huge gouge where the mill might have collided with it.

very cool video, but the best part is that there isn't an annoying techno music

amigo recien empizo a ver estoy y necesito saber que programa se utiliza para pasar del diseño 3d al codigo g para que el control numerico lo tome gracias

This was built to replicate the real car in scale. Not built to look like the car itself. This is done for aerodynamic testing.

So, when something like this is programmed, the user has to come up with an equation for the direction the tool must go, and then also account for the shape of the bit etc?

@smacman68 Thank you for the information. It seems like you already understand the product quite well. In your understanding do you think the quality of the product is better for Japanese manufacturers or some Chinese brands are still competitive? Thanks.

Nice bit of kit. What machine and what software did you use to do it?

@CADCAMexpert Great work dude, that was prob ages to make that code!

Cycle time is around 10 hours. 6 tools from Seco Tools have been used.

Nice work,

Very cool milling.

I was just wondering what kind of education/training needed and how long would it take to be good at CAD/CAM-CNC for projects like this ?

wondering, i got auto cadd at work, would a cadd draft work with a cnc machine after the design is tranfered and codex changed to cnc settings

is that a magnet that keeps the workpiece in place?

What size step over did you use for the finishing with what size and type of tool?

so how many numbers and letters did u have to enter i learned how to do this stuff last semester but its really hard to do and alot to do with numbers. also how long did it take u to enter it all correctly

thanks this very good show..

Thanks, that sort of makes sense

what are you use for cooling ? by the way nice job.

Super cool, thanks for sharing!

Itd take a wee bit more than 4000 letters and numbers to cut this part. Besides the program you draw the part in takes care of all the code you don't have to type it all into the control panel

great job

I don't understand what the five axes are. I though there was only three, the x,y, and z, one for each direction, up and down, side to side, and in and out. Please could someone explain?

@CADCAMexpert thats kool!

what do you mean with "the beggining of the cnc code", the early years?

@mdadnan Good question. 20 years ago, the answer would have been very easy. The Japanese were the undisputed kings of quality at any price. Now China, Korea, Taiwan (spelling?) and the like have come a long way in that regard. Europe too. Even countries like South Africa have some cutting edge technology. Mainly high tech weapons systems. So to answer your question, you can get high quality from just about anywhere if you have the bucks to afford it.

They (worknc) can only look (finish) as smooth as the surface image will allow, which has a tendency to show up about the time finish is applied. The best finish results comes from true digital surface that a system like Tebis uses.

Ive worked with some more basic CNC machines, and your prices sound about right, they are spendy

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too kool. I love it

Nice CNC machining ang programming How long run the programming? What machine is used?

Well done !

this is so cool

is it possible to program this 5 axis project manually? if yes, how long would it take?

are you a mechnician? .. have you ever used coolant with indexable inserts?

in this case, all of it, you cannot write code to do this, the little window of a PC screen that pops up every now and then shows the program used to generate a 3D model and calculate the paths required, i cannot identify which program they used, as i haven't used it my self, though a good example is DS Catia, which i know is very good. also, the early roughing may have been programed, but i doubt they would bother, that takes a lot of time to write, and the program can do it better/faster.

Good.... The same model i made by using Hyper CAM

Bravo , awesome work

@moutonix The whole machining process is about 7 hours.

we use WokNC, by Sescoi

is that a 2 flute carbide turbo mill?

Superbe!

but the excess heat can destroy the tool to right?

liga o oleo da ate afriçao de ver uma maquina a mais de 7mil rpm trabalhando a seco provalvemente com um materia 1045 pelo acabamento e brilho é certeza que é 1045

Клёво! Cool!

why use a cnc i could do all of that by hand on a verticle mill even more precise in half the time?

Ask that which one kind of trade mark ~ your first cutting tool is? Can give me this cutting tool's detailed material? Thanks

I assume a lot of the tool path is generated automatically?

how many hours did the all machining lasted?

@sharpjaws that is NOT Aluminium. Thats pretty obvious from the swarf alone.

@tdilworth forget the run time. i want to know how many lines of code and how long it took to program lol

great. ive never used a milling machine irl, but i think the beggining of the cnc code is a waste of time?

Is Mastercam the software used for the CAD part??????

@smacman68 oki but a used one older 5 axis machine is like 180.000