How to make a Turners Cube on your CNC

How to make a Turners Cube on your CNC - Easy to follow guide

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A simple step by step process of turning a block of aluminium into a turners cube on you CNC machine.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Setting up
02:27 Facing the cube
04:46 Sizing the cube
12:29 Calculating and designing the holes
1742 Cutting the holes
Speeds/Feeds
Surfacing - DOC 0.2mm, Step over 2mm, Feed 1500mm, Plunge 300mm
Holes - DOC 0.8mm, Step over 2mm, Feed 100mm, Plunge 200mm
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@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

Low profile vice amzn.to/470yJU6 bit.ly/40edGeu

@billyhooks99 7 ай бұрын

The method I use for squaring up a block is to put it up in the vise and machine the perimeter of all 4 sides. It would mean you would have to use conventional milling for the sides. Afterwards I would machine the top. For the final step you would flip block over and machine the bottom face to size. Great video I always enjoy your tutorials.

@Hinkleshop 7 ай бұрын

That’s brilliant James !!

@attepitkanen7358 7 ай бұрын

That looks cool!

@stevehinton5300 6 ай бұрын

Nice job... Glad I found your channel... just getting my 6012 out of cobwebs to start for 1st time. Need to find a total new start up video. Have Mach 3.

@rlsimpso 7 ай бұрын

The 3030 looks more capable than the 3020. Are you planning on a review in addition to build video?

@brettie007 7 ай бұрын

Good vid. The way you prepared the block would only make the sides parallel not square, which maybe the cause of those small discrepancies.

@starhawke380 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking that while watching also. Need to machine the top surface, then do 2 sides without moving it in the clamp using the side of the bit. That will result in 2 parallel sides square to another face.

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

Good point. So actually dug into this a bit further and yes not being perfectly square wouldn't have helped but actually the calculations in the software for the second circle were off and this was reflected in the 3d model as well 😞

@bubbla64 7 ай бұрын

Nice work difficult to be as precise as one would like

@andrewlozinak273 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Do you think you could make a video of trying steel to see if it would be rigid enough to mill? I am serious thinking of buying this CNC for small parts

@gustavoandrespasqualepena3387 26 күн бұрын

James i was wonder you use a 3 flutes end mill and what RPM for that job? By the way i like a lot your channel. Very useful info. Thanks

@PavelPeikov 7 ай бұрын

Great video, I may try and make this on my 3018 prover v2! I was wondering if you are going to do a review of the new L8 laser cutter from sainsmart and if so, when?

@cheekyoscar1353 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant James you're my man very inspiring ... One thing it's just gone through my mind I don't do a lot of cnc because with wood because of dust mostly ,just laser because of my machine location. But you know I never considered doing any aluminium. This could potentially give me a whole new option for me to try out . Though I don't know if the "master pro " will be the ideal machine for it ...thank again 👍

@starhawke380 7 ай бұрын

Having just installed a new control board in my 3018pro, I would recommend putting some kind of shield around the control board when cutting metal. A random piece of brass got onto the board and shorted out the power switch and probably something else. Brass dust all over it, even with the nice plastic box it came in. Now I use a quick shot of oil to keep down on the metal dust...

@nkcb996 4 ай бұрын

Hello, which precision / accuracy did you have with this machine when milling aluminium / brass ? Thanks

@jl3415 7 ай бұрын

Wow love it, I’ll try one out of wood first. Thank you for all your useful info. Would you post your feed and speeds you used

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

Just updated the description to include feeds and speeds :)

@boothybuilds 5 ай бұрын

Can anyone make any comment regards the precision and equally important the consistency of the precision. I am not looking for very high precision, definitely not at this price point, but would to achieve some basic sub mm control when making aluminium parts\brackets for my FDM printer designs. Thanks in advance Boothy

@davidpanetta5492 7 ай бұрын

For those without a CNC, You can do this fee hand with Forstner bits and a drill press. You just need to not be in a hurry! The block must be square and you need to find the centers of the sides very carefully.

@philipgreenwood166 7 ай бұрын

Hi James, an other great video. which CNC machine were you using for this demo? Also as an ex tool maker, your really should be deburring the two machined faces that go back into the vice jaws each time, this will greatly reduce errors and will go a long way to stopping your work piece coming loose. cheers Phil,

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

It is the 3030 Prover Max, from Sainsmart. Agree on the deburring, I do mention about doing this at one point in the video but didn't specifically state it for the jaws though but probably should have

@JohnColgan. 7 ай бұрын

Great work, very inspiring. Simpler identifying cube faces is imaging a dice. Opposite faces add up to 7, 6&1, 5&2, 4&3. If you reduced the stepover is thisvthe same cube design that would allow the inner cubes to rattle around but be constrained and not fall out? When debugging, you said one of your measurements was off. What should they have been please?

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

yes in theory but to my knowledge you usually leave the cubes still attached slightly and cut the corners otherwise the cube can technically fall out. So when I looked into it further, the software was actually producing the wrong measurements for he second cube. You can just about see it on the 3d model I produced that the second cube is thinner than the rest. Some user error will still play a part but that was the main culprit.

@jeffhagemann3154 7 ай бұрын

Could I use this for a wooden cube?

@JakeOFreeman 7 ай бұрын

I love your videos James. I am just getting into Milling and Turning on the lathe. I have been taking classes at a local college. I discovered your channel after I purchased the Genimtsu Proverxl 4030, though I wish I would have waited. Not soon after delivery I discovered a V2 had been released. Hopefully an upgrade kit will be released, or someone will come out with a bill of materials to source the individual parts. Ultimately, I am hoping to move from woodworking to metalworking. I am interested in what machine you are using in this video. Can you provide this information?

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

Hi, The machine is the new 3030 Prover Max. Not as powerful as your machine but a little more geared towards metal work shrsl.com/485w6

@patrickriebli2299 6 ай бұрын

Realy nice project. What kind of end mill do you use?

@JamesDeanDesigns 6 ай бұрын

It's a 6mm, 3 flute bit with a DLC coating

@bumbeeworking7587 7 ай бұрын

Awesome ！Are you using genmitsu 3030? Looks pretty good.

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

Yes I am. Hopefully the full review for that will be out next week or the week after :)

@starhawke380 7 ай бұрын

Looks great, I might try it with wood. Ill make it 49mm and just screen shot your specs. I have my 3018pro running decently... ish... looking forward to more projects. Im having a problem related to this topic. Ive been carving coin blanks and having trouble getting them level on the bed. Ive seen videos where people do a "mapping" run with the probe to let the software know the contours of a piece, but never a how to on doing that process. Do you have one? If not... ??

@JamesDeanDesigns 7 ай бұрын

So UGS has this feature, think its called height map. I have not actually used it myself but it is meant to work and fairly easy to use.

@starhawke380 7 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns so now the stupid part of the question... what does UGS stand for? I've only used easel and candle.

@PavelPeikov 7 ай бұрын

Universal Gcode Sender

@starhawke380 7 ай бұрын

@@PavelPeikov I've always used candle, but i guess i can try another program. Still very new at this.

@PavelPeikov 7 ай бұрын

If you wanted to use the height mapping feature, you could just use candle. (I also use candle for sending Gcode)

@maxSchlein 7 ай бұрын

Every video you make, I hate you more and more, lol. Awesome!

@Roy_Tellason 7 ай бұрын

I've seen that construct before, but didn't know what it was called...

@CrankyCoder 6 ай бұрын

what machine is that?

@jimberg98 2 ай бұрын

Did you take any special steps to tram that vise? It looks like it is aluminum, so I was wondering if you closed it tight and then surfaced those lips to ensure they're parallel to the x-y plane of your router. Have you tried using a two-piece machine vise like the one This Old Tony built? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7t3jJuar67DkY0.html That would allow you to use your spoil board as a base which is parallel to the x-y plane if you surfaced it. Great video as always. I can't wait to make one of those cubes.