How to build A CNC machine

How to build A CNC machine _ DIY CNC mill

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4 жыл бұрын

This is full video on how to build CNC machine at home. This CNC mill is very rigid it has very high accuracy. It has zero backlash.
Here are some info on build.
Build time: About 500 hours.
Build cost: About $4500
Travels:
Z : 11" ( 27.9 cm )
X: 22" (55.88 cm)
Y: 12" (30.48cm)
Spindle:
5.5 KW ATC BT30 18000RPM from Ebay. ( very happy with it) seller is super nice guy.
www.ebay.ca/itm/Combo-ATC-too...
Electronics:
BOB: PMDX 424. www.pmdx.com/PMDX-424
Spindle speed control: PMDX 407. www.pmdx.com/PMDX-407
Stepper motors : Nema 34 1275oz-in
Drivers: DM860d from Ebay
Software:
Mach4.
www.machsupport.com/shop/mach...
Rails:
20 mm Raills for X,Y and Z
Ball screws:
Y ball screw is 20mm
X Z ball screws are 16mm
Couplings:
Bellows style Ruland coupling with zero backlash .
www.ruland.com/servo-coupling....
Frame:
Y Axis
24" x 14" X 4"( 64 X 35.5 X 10.1 cm )
Material 1.25" X 4" ( 3.1 X 10.1cm )steel
X Axis
35" X 11" ( 88 X 28 cm )
Material .500" (12.7mm) base plate
1.25" X 3" walls
Z column
35" x 8" X 4" ( 88.9 X20.3 X 10.1 cm) tube with .500" (12.7mm) wall thikness
filled with cement.
Enclosure:
Aluminum sheet and angle.

Пікірлер: 979

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don’t have usable Cad drawing for this machine. Maybe next one

@StudioP3D 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of steel you got for the frame?

@advanceair 3 жыл бұрын

@@StudioP3D cold rolled steel

@jlo13800 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the steel plates and frames? from i have 1600 nema stepper motors i got off ebay with controller drives for 4 axis. and a lincoln VR-350 welder i got for free. There are linear roller ways and ball screws gallore on automation overstock on sale. thats a big machine for only 4500$ thats. the cnc motors and drive are cheap on ebay. i saw a huge cincinatty hydrotel for 2780$ and its a monster. There's also explox granite DIY lathes and mills also. this would be great for my DIY 2 stroke engine project.

@johannescordier7923 3 жыл бұрын

@@KZfaqStat I tried and failed hard ,waisting time ,money and materials. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

@johannescordier7923 3 жыл бұрын

Could you make it , for a reasonable amount ?

@DennisJHarrisonJrHere 4 жыл бұрын

Now THIS is a "home made" CNC Mill that is beyond impressive. I can't believe you fit all this in under $5K, bravo sir!

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ShitThatsMyn Жыл бұрын

And all you need to build milling machine is a milling machine.

@rukinaa 4 жыл бұрын

ToT has trained you well in the art of metal cutting by hand. Awesome job sir!

@keirfarnum6811 4 жыл бұрын

Brian J And how to mix spices to make metal milling work correctly!

@MCircuits 4 жыл бұрын

No other word can describe this build... GENIUS !!!!

@jmiddlefinger 4 жыл бұрын

What an impressive build! I can’t believe how awesome it turned out!

@nickristoski1536 4 жыл бұрын

Great job on the CNC build and I love the structural methodology you used. When I 1st saw your video image, I had to take a double take, on how similar your build is to the one I built, right down to the doors and handles :). Upon watching the whole video, your is much more robust, very impressed. Thanks for sharing.

@jlo13800 3 жыл бұрын

Wow an excellent machine at such a low cost! where do you get the steel plates from?

@wolfgangbalu1253 4 жыл бұрын

Respect, respect and respect again. Incredible job. Thank you for showing us.

@jlo13800 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the steel plate from???

@hebanks4252 4 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! I love the bandaid move!

@Henry.Bendik 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding, she’s absolutely beautiful!!!

@golyajanos8604 4 жыл бұрын

Great job!! Incredible job !!!!! I envy you because you have enough time to build a high precision machine like this !!! My sincere respect!!!!

@floriannote565 3 жыл бұрын

What a treat this was. Great work! The craftmanship the ingenuity the humor, simply fantastic!

@makjehadi3590 4 жыл бұрын

Clean, Organized and skilled workmanship! Excellent DIY CNC mill video!!

@imcanika2715 4 жыл бұрын

Is the best CNC home made mill i ever seen !!! Congratulations AMIGO !! Felicidades por tu proyecto !!

@Keksstar 4 жыл бұрын

Now the Enclosure needs an acrylic roof and some magnets so the Doors will snap together and in place when closing :) Awesome build!

@Newera2047 2 жыл бұрын

Not Acrylic..... it's polycarbonete sheet .....

@pdj26 4 жыл бұрын

What a great video ended up watching the entire thing in one go great machine really good looking Project thank you for sharing

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Peter

@wraith657 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing! I've designed one myself, and it's nearly identical to yours. I'm not kidding... I have the 3d CAD file predated to prove it! No worries... No one but myself had ever seen my design. It's just crazy how much you and I think alike.

@sageof6paths1 3 жыл бұрын

I loved it!!! Great video!!! I incredibly enjoyed watching you build this.

@timbezner5179 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Vince--that is amazing craftsmanship! Good for you! That must have taken a long time to build based on the care and precision you exhibit.

@embain269 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, great work! I hope to one day do a build like this! Inspiring!

@bill4639 2 жыл бұрын

Soon as I buy a mill, I can make a mill.

@headlo1 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your impeccable skills. Your video spoke volumes!!

@m.voelkel2981 3 жыл бұрын

That´s the right way, to build a own CNC maschine ! Greeting from Germany

@lewtgoblin8437 4 жыл бұрын

[Epic] build..... i want one, or two, yesterday

@DodgyBrothersEngineering 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Thought mine was heavy duty, but yours is another level. Although to be fair mine is a router, yours is a mill.

@internettrihard2955 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@metalillness5951 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Sir! Thank you for taking the time to share and inspire others as well. I'm finding it distressingly rare for people to have a long range plan like yours and follow through with the build. Very few of us left perhaps(?) I hope not. Thank you again.

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hansalards9758 4 жыл бұрын

The first video i see from an REAL vibrations free Home made CNC... NIce !!

@LilBigDude28 4 жыл бұрын

28:02 - That is some serious human-machine lovin right there :D

@DesignBuildTDE 4 жыл бұрын

This is next level - I have some competition!

@dorwood73 4 жыл бұрын

What a lot of work! Great job and thanks for the video.

@mountainsprings3303 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, great build. Well done! Thanks for sharing

@Shopbuilt 4 жыл бұрын

That spindle looks sweet, have you tried it at lower speeds, like how does it do drilling a 3/8 in steel? Thanks!

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

I am doing some testing on more cutting and drilling. Will post video soon. Thx for comment

@kocnn 3 жыл бұрын

Scotty? Give us some more speed! G’dammit that’s all we’ve got captain! MORE SPEED SCOTTY!

@robertraderjr6714 3 жыл бұрын

The spindle is sweet, but 2 or 3 grand. Just to start. Considering how much mills cost...i guess you could make it exactly how you want it.

@LT89NL 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertraderjr6714 2 or 3 grand just for the spindle? Probably more like around €1000 and that's including the spindle head, spindle motor, and the entire Z-axis assembly. You can get multi-KW spindle motors from China pretty cheaply these days, and the same goes for all the parts needed to make and power each axis.

@advanceair 3 жыл бұрын

I have run it as low as 1200Rpm for 1/4 drill

@mecha207 4 жыл бұрын

This is a work of art!

@sagorjag2690 3 жыл бұрын

I am a Swedish CNC technician. So fun to see how you build. It's noticeable that you know exactly what you're doing!

@advanceair 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@datikon7843 Жыл бұрын

It's just fantastic! I call this - capital construction in the machine tool industry for centuries! How nice it was to be inspired by your video - I was given the energy of measured and meaningful steps in the process. Plus a great sense of humor! Good luck! Konstantin, Ukraine

@921211q 4 жыл бұрын

Cool, very cool. Hi from Russia=)

@stanbrackhage 4 жыл бұрын

This is infinitely impressive!

@niklnikl1 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing build. I'm so envious! Great work!

@conceptsken1 2 жыл бұрын

IMPRESSIVE DOING THIS WITH WHAT YOU HAVE! THANK YOU! YOU HAVE GREAT SKILLS!

@user-fj5bt5cy1y 4 жыл бұрын

Достойная сборка!!!!

@ego73 4 жыл бұрын

[17:40] Somebody took kung fu lessons from This Old Tony. Love it. Great video.

@JosipRadnik1 3 жыл бұрын

agree - that's some outlandish martial art skills that would make Mr. Spock look bleak

@andreaolarte5803 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, this video gave me hope that I could build my own cnc machine as well. Thank you for the post. I really like how you did it! Very impressed!

@advanceair 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@pompeymonkey3271 4 жыл бұрын

Just brilliant! Although you managed to build it on your own and save a ton of cash, it shows, to me anyway, the engineering goes into the TOP end machines!

@pdxfunk 4 жыл бұрын

The home machinists paradox: you need to have a CNC to make a CNC... :D

@jeffthompson2464 4 жыл бұрын

It's gorgeous !!! You could probably make a bit of side ca$h $elling plans for that machine... I know you already replied to someone on this thread that you didn't bother with extremely detailed prints/files, but if you went back and did that, you'd probably have half a dozen, to a dozen cu$tomer$ , judging solely from the interest shown in this video and it's thread alone...

@MrAmrit53 4 жыл бұрын

it's gorgeous !!! a work of art !

@fabry400 4 жыл бұрын

Un progetto ECCEZIONALE!!!!! Bravissimo!

@jarisipilainen3875 3 жыл бұрын

37:14 looks more like part pull up.not crash it was workholding problem xD

@isidoromaich7226 4 жыл бұрын

it seems to me that you know what you're doing

@jamesmyers2087 4 жыл бұрын

At 1930 when you’re showing the raw z axis gantry... lol wow. Rise of the machines. Loved this video.

@jaybee3165 4 жыл бұрын

NICE! love watching that build. awesome.

@arthurdent8091 4 жыл бұрын

I know it's a sin, but damn I'm envious!!

@jeffthompson2464 4 жыл бұрын

I must confess, I was also lusting after another man's CNC milling machine !!! I'm soooo ashamed !!! Maybe if we pray hard enough, Jesus will give us such beautiful milling machines too !!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@enriqueperez2117 3 жыл бұрын

Un artista , GRANDE , Gracias por compartir , tus conocimientos , de mecanizado , admiro tu sencillez , viendo todo lo que sabes de condiciones de corte , y puesta a punto de maquinas , mucho control , sabes lo que quieres , lo complicado , lo haces sencillo, ese don solo lo poseen unos pocos, muy GRANDE

@darrylwindle5331 4 жыл бұрын

great skill set, awesome to watch, thanks!

@patchedupdemon7104 4 жыл бұрын

So you needed a mill to make a mill, lol

@budipriyatno5853 4 жыл бұрын

absolutely..lol

@emptyasdf 3 жыл бұрын

Video about: "how to make a cnc milling machine if you have a cnc milling machine factory in your garage"

@mickloiu2664 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@nickp4793 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Best DYI cnc I've ever seen on the internet.

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@projetistadegambiarras.6631 4 жыл бұрын

essa fresadora ficou ótima muito bom mesmo, meus parabéns.

@slasher102 4 жыл бұрын

This is what you get when you have a true machinist at work, Awesome wish i had half the skills

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Keith!

@user-ds3ow9tu5z 2 жыл бұрын

Вау ! Уважаемый ! Ты просто ранишь воображение !!!! Это эмоции Колоссальная робота Вот что значит: МУЖИК задумал - МУЖИК -воплотил Мои наилучшие пожелания Творческих успехов и свершений !

@jeffcoate1885 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work! Fine job! Congrats buddy

@hebanks4252 4 жыл бұрын

Ok. I swear I'm gonna let you build one for me. LOL! Truly fantastic work.

@yeahbut100 4 жыл бұрын

nice, very nice. In the late 70's I worked at a place that built automated welding machinery for the automotive industry, All relay technology before computers. We machined parts the old fashion way like this with over engineering to last for ever. tolerances .005 now .tenth of a thousand. Good to see someone still has those skills

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ramennaidoo162 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent skills man, Go on show off it's your time now....well done...gona give mine a go soon Thanks for Vid

@akptara 3 жыл бұрын

great build wonderful work, many thx for sharing your knowledge with us

@diygaragetx 4 жыл бұрын

I watched the whole thing, twice. lol. Good work, looks like it runs smooth. I saw that spindle and first thought was that it wasn't cheap - didn't disappoint. Keep up the good work, time to go watch the other videos now!

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

diy_garage_tx Thank you. Spindle been great, glad I spend some $ on it.

@jigsawdesigners8328 4 жыл бұрын

pense em um trabalho sensacional meus parabéns ficou. ótimo.

@fredp9708 2 жыл бұрын

Im so admirative seeing this wonderfull job!

@markallen4123 Жыл бұрын

Nice video and great craftsmanship!

@hosseinghaffari378 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your masterpiece. well done

@LarrysMachineShop 4 жыл бұрын

This is pretty amazing. I think the counterweight is genius for the Z travel. Bravo Vince

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@sergiohebling6238 4 жыл бұрын

And a great Sense of humor. Hugs from Brazil

@yououtuber4176 4 жыл бұрын

No hugs during this pandemic.. cara

@Franciscoguarulhos Жыл бұрын

Parabéns pelo trabalho! Seu vídeo me inspira, gostaria de no futuro fazer um projeto parecido.

@MrJohnandMargie 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding skill. Loved it.

@Ernzmoneybeats 4 жыл бұрын

Great Project. awesome cnc mill. thanks for sharing.

@shamsherali7311 4 жыл бұрын

Great brother your work is really praiseworthy,,

@sklepa 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely machine, I wish one day i'll have some place and money to build similar one :)

@adoe219 2 жыл бұрын

Super clean build here! If only I had your resources!

@coryjeffreys5146 3 жыл бұрын

Watching it cut for the first time what a beast.

@stonecraft745 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool build! You can put 2 dowel pins into the table so you can tram in the grinding vise faster.

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

I will do that.

@arnaldofdz1686 3 жыл бұрын

wow thats fricken amazing !! i use to run Mazaks lathes and millers my hats off to you all i can say

@liammiller9296 4 жыл бұрын

Vince You are awesome. Very creative.

@bacana_136 4 жыл бұрын

Great Project, congratulations!

@samialhasan7257 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I am from Syria🇸🇾 big thanks🌷

@dominikdo8160 3 жыл бұрын

Ein echtes Meisterwerk! Das ist wirklich eine wunderbare Maschine 👍

@BadAl27722 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! that is proper! Awesome job

@edgardodinobile8223 4 жыл бұрын

fantastico trabajo,visto todo sin parar,muchas gracias por los videos

@talbejerano8721 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome handmade work!

@joetke 4 жыл бұрын

Admirable work from design to finishing! Accuracy/Precision are professionally ensured. High quality materials. Probably aviation industry high standards compliant. It's the best built CNC machine around! It deserves its price certainly. A true jewel. Thank you for the entertainment. As instructive as entertaining btw.

@advanceair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@pieterveenders9793 8 ай бұрын

Not to discredit this guy's awesome work, but so say it's ultra high standard and the best one around is exaggerated. It lacks the mass needed for damping which a professional (CNC) mill has, this mill probably weighs several hundred kilo while you want something of at least 800-100 kg, preferably even more. Also, it would have been much better to make it out of epoxy granite or UHPC instead of a welded steel frame, not just because using either epoxy granite or UHPC is a great way to add a lot of weight to it for damping but especially because they're very suitable materials due to their dampening characteristics. But most of the reason you don't want to make it from a heavy welded steel frame is because unless you stress relieve said frame it's going to have substantial stresses from the welding which will negatively affect its accuracy and is bound to warp once pressure is applied to it (which is precisely what happens during use). All in all it's a great build and very impressive, don't get me wrong! And it will definitely be able to go through aluminium and even steel with plenty of ease, at decent accuracy too. Just wanted to point out important facts and details.

@bdewfitri 3 жыл бұрын

Ilmu beladiri belah besinya hebat , buat millingnya bagus 👍👍👍👍👍

@zaz4667 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! You would think getting a good sturdy mill then fixing and retrofitting it would be the way to go . But building the base, saddle, and Z column and the rest is awesome! 500 hours and 4500 dollars? Not sure what way I would go! Labor of love is always nice when you have the time though.