I’m thinking to port the script to JavaScript and run it on a website probably with an ad to help pay for server costs). Would you like to see that happen?

“I didn’t need a 5 axis, but I wanted one. So I made one.” Haha awesome

The most underrated DIY machine video. What a great project.

This video is awesome. I took a grad course on 5 axis CNC toolpath generation, and you basically did a couple scientific papers' worth of work, wrote your own inverse kinematics post processor, and made an awesome visualization out of it too. This is crazy impressive.

Apart from the ton of knowledge that you have acquired, you have completed the project. That is what counts. You have our respect.

I'm speechless.. I clicked on your video cause I had designed my own 5 axis CNC but never pulled the trigger but man... Your mind is incredible, I'm truly in awe. To be able to understand the complex movement of 5 axis is one thing but to write the custom code to get your machine to work this well is mind boggling. I'm beyond impressed, well bloody done! Being another Aussie just tops it off 🤘👊

As a retired guy not wanting to sit on a porch and watch traffic, I also have dipped by toe into both building a five axis machine and writing the CAM software to generate the tool paths. I will not finish the machine until there is proof that the software will accomplish what I expect. I am using Rhino3d to generate the desired shape, and an plugin called Grasshopper to generate the GCode. Fun stuff while in discovery mode, dark moments when I learn what I need to learn. Thanks for the Video and the inspiration. What you have described is a gift that will keep on giving.

Crazy project, could fail many times for different reasons but you salvaged it every time, didn't give up and made it work. Respect, man.

What an awesome project! Thank you for posting about it, if you ever want someone to help bounce ideas off of don’t hesitate to ask! Myself or other members of the community love nerding out and helping share our passion.

Wow, what a project. Very impressive, both the actual build and the effort that went into figuring out path generation.

Reallly, REALLY cool video. I'm humbled & impressed. Thank you warmly for taking the time to document your process so simply & so nicely.

Super accomplishment. I'm old and have been down several paths like that, and like you, they were the best things I ever did. Huge kudos to you.

I built a 3Axis Machine myself, but with a byable Controller. That was not easy for me. But what you did is another Level! Absollutely great !

This dude is the literal definition of engineering. Honestly, good for you my guy. You had the resources, the time, and the (partial) know how to do something and freaking just sent it and did it. This is what I want

Brilliant! What a fantastic project! Really appreciated hearing about your journey along the way.

Awesome machine! And You - you are great at storytelling, easy, pleasant to listen to!

incredibly clever on the software side of things, how awesome!

As someone completely new to the DIY hobby but affine to 3D visualization I can only express my highest appreciation for both the effort you put into visualizing the 5-axis concepts you implemented as well as the effort you put into the project itself. Very inspiring!

Please please keep posting. I’m both impressed and inspired by both of your current videos.

This content is absoultely stellar! I'm still using M3 on my 3 axis mill w/4th axis rotary. But your scripts are awesome on your explanations concise! Subscribed!

what a great project, and an awesome video. really enjoyed it, and huge congrats for having built your own 5-axis machine. Really impressive

Incredible work, likely one of the most informative and best visual representations of complex system dynamics I've seen. Keep at it!

Although you say you "never really used it much", it must have been a great source of knowledge for you. I bet the projects you tackle in the future will make use of this again and again! This is a great video, providing insight for those planning similar projects. If it puts some people off even starting, that may not be a bad thing... you may have saved them time, money, and heartbreak. Thanks for this... Liked & Subscribed, and looking forward to browsing your other offerings! 👍

Thanks for sharing! Having done similar journeys with cncs and other projects, Indeed the lessons learned are whats valuble!

Wow so many diverse skills to get that done, well done!

Hello, very cool project! I learned in a thermoforming company, I programmed such 5-axis head-head machines (HG Systech with NUM control) for a few years and now own one :-) I also build loudspeakers on it. I think your approach to the 5-axis RTCP process is very cool, you learned a lot more than when you used LinuxCNC or similar control systems in which other users have already implemented such features :-) A tip: If you want to thermoform transparent materials, do not pull the material onto the tool with the vacuum, but leave a thin layer of air between the tool surface and the plastic. That's the way when we thermoformed clear materials. Greetings from Germany!

Hey ,tanks so much for sharing your knowledge i feel so identified with your story, i have buit a 3 axis cnc and never used to much, but i learned a lot building it! cheers from Argentina.

Even though the result of a project you made didn't turn out to be useful in the area you hoped it would be useful for, what you learnt while making it, will stay with you till the end of your life and potentially make other projects significantly more doable for you. That alone, is orders of magnitude more valuable than the machine you've made. Incredibly impressive project. While on university, I wanted to make a simple 4 DOF robot arm (kinda of what you can now buy in kits these days, but it wasn't the case back then), but thinking about the challenges that would come with kinematics ( really wanted the tool end linear movement approximation) made me abandon the project. You did that as if it was nothing, and way ore than that. Incredible skill. Congratulations!

I thought I misheard when you said you measured with plastic caliper, so I replayed it. 😮Man, you paid several hundred dollars for the harmonic drive, then made the housing for it, using plastic caliper. Great videos anyway!

Simply awesome - that is an inspirational story . Much respect to you for your hard work and tenacity . Lots of very challenging problems to overcome . Subbed for sure!

awesome job, you impact me. Feel bad to exploring you new but i'm happy to see your vision. Waiting on the screen for the new updates

I really appreciated that video, especially from a fellow Aussie. In the past 12 years I have built and sold 3 CNC machines and barely used them as well. Im quite convinced that the actual hobby IS the build, and not using the machine. I have quite a few CNC buddies who don't use theirs either. I remember building my first machine and having no idea how to run it or create gcode. Its quite weird building a functioning machine but not knowing how to actually drive it. Anyhow thanks for your honest account. I think it will help quite a few people. One thing Im very sure of, is the minute you dont have a CNC machine, you will want one again. For your moulds I reckon 3D resin printing and then sand and polish is the go today.

you have one of the most useful skills on this planet.

This is impressive! Bought my first machine a year ago, it s just a 3 axis cnc and i can t even imagine how hard is to build and code your own. Subscribed! Can t wait the progress with the optimill.

Back in the 80's we added a similar head to our line of large boring mills. Only issue at the time was the CNC programming language. Ended up having to use the APT programming software to do the demo. It worked as a R&D project but not sellable.

I use to race slot cars and RC cars back in the 80’s painted all of my lexan body’s. I won many paint schemes contest and got a lot of requests to paint lexan body’s for other racers and they too won paint contest. Memories of the good ole days. Great video on your old machine, it would be a great project, perhaps a smaller version

Thanks for sharing your journey!! Can’t wait to see more 👍👍 welcome to Brissy 😁

You can’t put a price on knowledge. This video got you another follower. I hope you didn’t sell the CNC for too much of a loss.

This was a super inspirational video and amazing work. Thanks for posting!

Brilliant storyline...thanks for sharing! Sometimes the journey is the most important part right? You learn and you grow and maybe you develop something unique or maybe you see the path to get where you really wanted to be. The best lesson is indeed...you can do it! I say good on you for doing it as quickly as you did. My 4-axis Router took me 20 years. :) But I learned the same along the way and was proud of my completed machine and the unlimited projects you can then create going forward! You really are only limited today by your imagination. Can't wait to see your mill!

Cool project. And indeed very inspiring. Just do it. And indeed, stuff comes along the way that you didn't anticipated. And then solve and overcome those things is really valuable. 👍

Very Neatly done keep it up and many thanks for sharing Awesome work

Increadible work, very well done m8t!

Brilliant work👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. I used to work in a factory that manufactures sport helmets. The outer shell of the helmet are made of polycarbonate made vacuum shell. We made the vac tool with aluminum in mass production. When we prototype in the development stage, we use Bakelite. It is easier to mill. There are many air vents to ensure the suction distributes evenly among the shell. You may have a try.

What a impressive approach to solve a problem, you are a real engineer. I hope one day I could have this superpowers like skills. God bless you

Fantastic! Inspiring to hear your narrative.

Impressive, excited to see more!

Very well done, particularly the coding side of things. That's a huge acomplishment and you obviously developed some invaluable skills along the way. Keep it up.

They say that "Fools rush in" BUT after "the fool" has worked it all out, HE IS NO LONGER A "FOOL" And a hell of a lot of experience is gained along the way. Well done

Respect ! came across your video, awsome work !

Subscribed. Looking forward to whatever madness is coming. One thing that drives me crazy about this video is I have the skills and knowledge to do everything you did, and part of me wants to, but I probably never will. So major props to you for actually doing it!

Wow, JUST WOW. I work with vacuum forming, and we used XPS foam. It's a hi density extruded foam, NOT CHEAP but great to machine. Also, to get a smooth surface to a pull we wood do a .06 styrene pull on the buck to give skin.

Great project really impressive

You reinvented the wheel. By the way, that's cool, and impressive. Not putting down your accomplishments. Reverse kinematics isn't easy. It's a great education, no doubt. Unfortunately, all of this should have been open sourced by our forebears so that the tech can advance without replication of past efforts.

Awesome work

Keep on going, thanks for your Content, loved to watch the video

Absolutely Amazing work! Subscribed. Love the script software.

This is really impressive . Congrats !

well done, you should be proud for the achivment, but more so for the commitment to see it through.

Really a wonderful project you did and really a nice technique you used for 4th and 5th axis.

Thanks a lot... Now when I look to my 3 axis build, looks like a toy 🤣 Congratulations for this awesome documentary. I can't wait to see how the new machine is going to build up. Subscribed!

Wow! Hats off to you sir! This is a huge accomplishment. Also great video explaining the whole process! You put all of us 3 axis diy cnc mill builders to shame lol

The Learning Is your accomplishment . Remember those elementary and high school pain in the nake years. But after you studied basic Algebra, Trigonometry, Statistics, Accounting and so on made easier in college. Now you have reached the mountain top, so time to build a new 99% better than the previous. Y.A.R. Your Answer Required .

Subscribed, monumental effort. Well done mate.

Awesome dude 👏👏👏

i subscribe straight away amazing work bud you are a true talent keep up the work 👌love to see that optimum behind you turned into a cnc 😁

That's really something!!👍

Really enjoyed that. Realised I don't have the skills to build one myself and also I don't need 5 axis either. Keep up the good work

Great Job with soft part 👏👍

Amazing! Well done.

great job !

Every once in a while, I watch a video that reminds me of how much I'm not hot shit and hiw much more talented some other people are. Props, mate!

Super impressive build!

Great video, and I really like your hoodie

Utterly in awe.

I wanted a badass rc car so I made an industry level machine XD if that’s not killing an ant with an rpg lol good on ya mate, some of our best accomplishments come from the spark created by another passion entirely, cheers!

This was a really nice watch, I really like your presentation and your voice is so pleasant to listen to. I love how this machine has many parts with so much thought put in and some with almost zero consideration. Oh and I really hope you've invested in some proper calipers because measuring (supposed to be) precision parts with plastic calipers hurts my soul.

Amazing and mega cool! That script is the product! I realize there are not a whole lot of 5 axis CNC machines out there, but one of the problems is precisely the lack of software support. Either way, fantastic job man!

WELL DONE FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO!!!!

I was planning on building a 3-axis CNC that I planned to upgrade to 5 if it went well, and the youtube gods recommended your channel. Its cool how you were able to learn from this process

Huge congratulations for your achievement 👏 🙌 👍 👌!! I am just starting out in my RC custom building and designing adventure!! I have to say that this video inspired me to push forward bit more than I was going to. I was never able to pick up a project and keep coming back to it, however this type is one that I feel I could do, like building my own rc truck and I think that is mainly do to the fact that I wanted to learn 3d design and kept coming back to do more. Also one thing I found as lesson, is that if I feel stuck, just leave it for little bit, do something else and i would just figure things out another way. I'm taking my time in learning different skills along the way like 3d design, xyz axis, making tools for making stuff along the way, got my first desktop cnc (3018) to start learning on it and have to say soon as I got it was intenting to get upgrades🙄. I don't know how to code, maybe should start that skills soon aswell. 🤔 Would you say to buy a budget ( 1st to start learning to use one) milling machine or upgrade cnc to 4 axis?🤔 . Best regards from UK

Creative video, thanks for sharing it :)

Many people on YT claim they made 5-axis CNC machine. They're wrong. YOU made it! Your approach to the G-code transformation by yourown using Python rocks! Contrats! Subbed.

Man! Great job even if You sold it, u got priceless experience, that worth more than money. Gl on next progects!

What a great video. Just found your channel from your scraping video, decided to check out your older stuff as well. If you ever went back to trying to make forms for vacuum forming, one of the things I would personally try is to carve the form from wood (potentially adding some additional texture to the surface) and then covering it in a layer of automotive filler. Sands really nicely, fairly heat resistant, you should even be able to wet sand it to a near-polished surface which could help for the window areas. I've been trying to plan some sort of CNC router for a while, not sure which direction I wanted to go in. Thanks for posting what did and didn't work for you :)

Great explanation, thanks

Your a genius for pleasure, just go on with having fun in what your doing!

Wish this was some as. Amit or something like that you’re a master mate

great work

Jesus, im impressed! actually speachless :D That was a hell of a journey you went on there and i wouldnt have thought you would programm it yourself, thats really impressive. You started out as a videogame designer and became kind of an engineer over the course of this project, i love it :D If you ever want to do a project together, or need support on simulations/cad whatever hit me up (im an mechanical engineer in my masters from germany) and definitely a subscriber now! :D

GENIUS!

Great video, thanks. I can only hope that you are using your skills you acquired with designing 5 axis, in your day job.

Great work

Great video!

Looking forward to seeing the Optimum cnc conversion.

You're like a younger smarter version of myself sharing many common interests. Spent about $7k building my 3 axis CNC (contemplated 5 axis but software was an issue). We built a very similar designed CNC's around the same time. I have been writing code on and off since the 90's, but could never achieve what you did in Python (I could only just understand what you were describing, let alone write it). I did write a self tuning software for the Haltech I had in my 180sx before Haltech even had one themselves. Like you I dropped several thousands of dollars on hardware not knowing if I could even build a CNC, but I dove in the deep end, and with guidance from a couple of friends surprised myself that it turned out so well. I built it to build some subwoofer boxes and surround sound speakers which I have yet to get around to doing. Recently I have jumped back on a lathe for the first time in decades, and I am current writing a mobile phone app to help me with the feed rates. I came up from Sydney about 10 years ago and have settled in Ipswich just down the road from you. You might be interested in what I did with my X axis gantry to over come flex issues.

BRAVO ! Absolutely great how you presented the idea you had and the background of it. Not exclusively technical but what you were thinking during the process. I just wonder if you never came to the point to be so frustrated with some problems that you wanted to give it all up...

Very interesting, you could use the head for porting cylinder heads! Definitely one of the most thought out diy multi axis systems out there.

You are an inspiration

VERY Impressive I've been programming 5axis and mill turn In the Aerospace industry for 30 yrs Using Catia and using icam and other Post-processing software. Very impressive Script