Making a CNC Router

Making a CNC Router - Part 3

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Жыл бұрын

This is part 3 in a series of videos building a DIY CNC machine.
In this video I am machining the x and y axis rails.
Sorry it has taken so long to get this video out, and thank you to everyone that has reached out in emails and in the comments to check that I am okay.
The engineering degree gets quite difficult and time-consuming towards the end. When I'm on a computer all day at work or in university, it is difficult to find the time to sit down and edit a video as long and complex as this.
I also didn't want to rush this video and not do it justice just due to the amount of work that it took.
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• TAOW's CNC Router Build
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@taow Жыл бұрын

Appolgies that it has taken so long to get this video out, and thank you to everyone that has reached out in emails and in the comments to check that I am okay. The only reason that I have not posted in a while is just because I've been too busy to put the work in and edit this video, it feels great to finally get it out. The engineering degree gets quite difficult and time-consuming towards the end. When I'm on a computer all day at work or in university, it is difficult to find the time to sit down and edit a video as long and complex as this. I also didn't want to rush this video and not do it justice just due to the amount of work that it took. Thankfully for the first time in a while, I've got some time off this summer before I start my master's, so I'm going to be making videos again. And if you're still around thanks so much for all the patience, see you very soon with the next video.

@DubPaj Жыл бұрын

your voice has gotten deeper

@OhHeyTrevorFlowers Жыл бұрын

No apologies are necessary, especially for something you’re giving us for free. Thank you for sharing at all!

@mohamedzafir8566 Жыл бұрын

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SOOOO LONG! FINALLY!

@jabberjaws117 Жыл бұрын

hell yeah, missed watching these forever ago, glad to see you're doin good dude :)

@minhazhosen1631 Жыл бұрын

i think you should use dovetail slide. im not an expert but ive seen these slide widely used in lathe to move things accurately under load

@WrylyRiley Жыл бұрын

He has returned.

@PeterPerez. 3 ай бұрын

I remember watching your videos when we were both younger 😂 nice to see you still here

@DaveLennonCopeland Жыл бұрын

Wow... Nearly 2 years since the last video. I imagine doing your engineering degree takes up all your time. Welcome back. 😃👍

@silsenne 3 ай бұрын

So great. Finally someone talking about flatness on a CNC router build and not just slapping the parts together and saying "look how great this build is, it can even mill some steel!" I love the attention to detail.

@whatisjaspdoing Жыл бұрын

Loving the "just making do with what I got" and "learning as I go". I'm learning here so thanks for sharing and keep it up! Good job, no need to apologize.

@CaesarTjalbo Жыл бұрын

I haven't scheduled much yet for 2025 so I'm looking forward to the next installment of this series!

@iforce2d Жыл бұрын

It's kinda funny that when I first discovered your channel I was in the middle of building my own CNC at what I thought was a very slow pace, but then I ended up finishing mine long ago and coming back to check your channel every now and then to see if there was an update. Looks like you have pretty much finished it now, but one tip I got from a subscriber was to get a stone (or synthetic stone) bench-top offcut from a kitchen design company to use as a budget surface plate. It will not be engineering grade flatness but most likely good enough for us home-builders and way cheaper,, and the fact that it's larger than your rails makes like much easier. I also used it to flatten my gantry and z plates. My machine has the same basic layout as yours, and I too ended up taking a bite out of the blocks the gantry sits on to allow a couple more cm travel, and I also had to machine an area on the gantry plate for the x-rails to sit co-planar. I don't have a mill but I made an MDF mock-up of my machine that was surprisingly capable, so I used it to machine the gantry and to make some other parts too. All documented on my channel about a year and a half ago if you ever have the time to watch :)

@dcallan812 Жыл бұрын

LOL it has been a minute or two. As an apprentice I spent a month making a perfect cube. All 6 faces scraped and at 90 degrees to each other. I was so happy my apprentice was not training to be a machinist. 😂 getting close to a cutting CNC router. Interesting video 2x👍

@Smathles Жыл бұрын

Hey man, glad to see you're still around :) Your channel along with Grant Thompson was what really kickstarted my interest in building stuff and engineering when I was younger. Today marks the middle of my 3rd year of mechanical engineering! Thanks for the inspiration, channels like yours really helped show a 12y.o. me that building stuff is super fun and not impossible. I wish you all the best with your studies and future endeavours!

@taow Жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks, that's so nice to hear, good luck with the degree!

@texasbowhunter2509 Жыл бұрын

No need to apologize...Its great to see that you are still amongst the living...I can completely understand the dedication one must put into the education to get the desirable outcome...Been looking forward to your finished product to see what you have accomplished...Welcome back...As have been expressed cant wait to see what the finally is going to reveal...

@gizmobowen Жыл бұрын

I'm not dead yet. Kudos for doing this while at school. I definitely wouldn't have tried to do this while I was getting my engineering degree. It was more than enough just trying to get through my coursework. I built the PrintNC, which looks similar to your design but since I'm using it for word, I definitely didn't try to put it together as accurately as you are with yours. I do very much appreciate the X-axis gantry design and with the PrintNC design was this robust. Thanks for continuing the project and providing these videos.

@thacorruptor4472 Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear from you and know you are doing well man!!! this series is awesome and been waiting on the completion of it. Cant wait for the next video !! Cheers man

@leester9487 Жыл бұрын

This is great. Your project is coming along, but this video also demonstrates why precision in manufacturing is very expensive and throwing a lot of labor at it can't be a substitute, especially when constructing tools. I appreciate your detail in documenting your journey. It must have added considerably to the build time. Thanks.

@tgoregon Жыл бұрын

Great video. I really appreciate you showing your methods of “making do”. I’m glad to hear school is going well and you’re going for a Masters. Keep doing videos on your own schedule. We’ll be here whenever they are done. Take care

@DBProto Жыл бұрын

This is what i love seeing what people can do with minimal tools its looking great.

@StageRightvideo Жыл бұрын

Delighted to see another video from you. The wait has been worthwhile.

@TheCulturallyLost Жыл бұрын

I've been watching since the slingshot videos when we were both much younger. I just completed my BS in MechEngr last month. It's awesome to see you pursue your masters man. Congrats and love the content.

@DgtalBreakz 7 ай бұрын

I remember now I was watching your video series, so Im glad I got recommended this video today. Thanks for your effort. Ive learnt a couple new things :)

@adoreoner8185 Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel by searching "how to etch steel with vinegar" 😂 9 year old video of yours taught me roughly, not surprised to see your making a cnc router now, cheers 👍

@blazingeek Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you’re still kicking ass. Can’t wait for the next part.

@bruhnowayy Жыл бұрын

WOWWWW WHAT A SERIES... My hands went to subscribe the moment I finished the first part. I am eagerly waiting for Part 4.

@michaelclark2840 2 ай бұрын

Great series indeed. Thankyou. Looking forward to the final instalment.

@TheJohdu 2 ай бұрын

solid work! thanks for sharing. i especially like how concentrate on the problem solving parts.

@ttonAb2 Жыл бұрын

Still one of my favourite channels!

@merm111 Жыл бұрын

Always love to see a new video from you!

@AngeltashaUK Жыл бұрын

Welcome back and thnaks for the video, you are doing great! Hope to see more from you in future

@jnsdroid Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the first thing you make on the new router in 84 years!

@alucard87 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back ! There are dozens of us watching your videos 😃 and good luck with school hope it gets easier and better

@PiefacePete46 Жыл бұрын

Don't apologise for living your own life... we all have priorities we have to adjust over time. It was well worth the wait. Thank you. 👍😊

@graveurgraveur2691 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see another video. Keep up the good work!

@rsz90182 Жыл бұрын

I can see that you are making this CNC machine super accurate. If you had a flat stone the size of your cutting area you can run your machine with a gauge to touch off the flat stone to see where you have peaks and valleys. But that is too difficult to achieve.

@HowdyYT Жыл бұрын

Glad to see another video!

@johndunn9819 5 ай бұрын

Well, I know who I want to build my cnc table... Excellent 👌 exquisite craftsmanship and work-throughitness (homemade word). Thanks for sharing.🎉❤

@lukearts2954 Жыл бұрын

woot woot! glad you're still around! This channel is one of the very few (less than 5) that I still have the bell notifications on. :)

@Iamtherodlight1453. 9 күн бұрын

So awesome. Great job.

@thomasstone1363 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you!

@DktheWelder Жыл бұрын

Awesome video ! Great skills , looking to the next one

@thewolfin Жыл бұрын

Always an inspiration. Never mind how long it takes to make a video. Cheers mate

@adamdiaz8442 Жыл бұрын

Been with you since the very begging good to have u back mate 👍🏽

@brukernavnfettsjit 11 ай бұрын

Good to see some life again:) I've missed this series!

@nicoladiiorio8898 Жыл бұрын

man, we follow you from before you get your adult voice :D don't worry, take your time! i would rather wait more and been surprise with such gems rather than the usual meh quality of many other channels out there. also hats off for your dedication and passion :D i remember finding this channel so many years ago thanks to the slingshot pattern of our beloved joerg sprave!

@user-zy4fw3km2c 5 ай бұрын

Was about to embark on making my cnc machine, until I see this machine.Need so many machines to make one machine, then I decided just to buy a machine 😂

@mysticmarble94 Жыл бұрын

You should consider making vids on the process of constructing your CNC in Fusion 🙏

@benemenhall4215 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see u again : )

@laser8389 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@sacriptex5870 Жыл бұрын

welcome back!!

@north.by.northeast Жыл бұрын

Well worth the wait, mate :)

@x9x9x9x9x9 Жыл бұрын

What amazing timing. I literally just commented on your last video a couple of days ago wishing you well.

@x9x9x9x9x9 Жыл бұрын

Okay it was 2 weeks ago but still felt like a couple of days ago.

@_marcioeric Жыл бұрын

Glas you are back!

@xyzspec82 11 ай бұрын

Cool build

@JShel14 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! What a cool surprise to see this series continued! Btw, did you happen to look into epoxy surface leveling when planning out how to flatten your linear rails? Just curious.

@T0tenkampf 11 ай бұрын

I saw a surfacing technique where you use both of the rails to surface each other with some grit in between, I don't think that would be good for anything beyond final lapping though. Since mounting them parallel is also a concern, I was going to float the tops of both of my Y beams using the self levelling epoxy resin technique, but that seems like too much work considering that what you are doing looks like a good alternative. Some of my machinist friends have purchased old granite pool tables for a large but inexpensive surface plate. I ran across Brian Howard's videos as well when I was considering a PrintNC build, they are great. Your videos coupled with his will be the most useful to me as I build the upgraded PrintNC type from the beginning.

@NickyNiclas 5 ай бұрын

Amazing! Looking forward to your next video. Notifications are on! :D

@Propalica Жыл бұрын

holy shit dude, i thought you died. im glad you continued with the project gl

@bunrany5 Жыл бұрын

Wow 😮 amazing

@mp.design Ай бұрын

Really nice design of the machine! Very clean and well thought. Kudos! However there is one issue with your approach. When you weld the frame the whole flattening job you did with the Y beams will be gone. Since it is quite a small machine I would really advise you to find someone with a big professional machine nearby and flatten the whole frame when it's welded. It will cost you no more than 50$ and you will get great results. For the easier transport I would put the machine on the separate table and fix it by screws through shims. (the legs you designed looks quite skinny and narrow)

@skullthrower8904 Жыл бұрын

The Man the Myth the Legend 🙏

@Kotdt1 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@MRBLACKTECH12 3 ай бұрын

Super precision ❤❤💪👌👍👍👍👍👍

@davers1610 Жыл бұрын

Great video. If you wanted to add more stength and rigidity to your y axis could you put two M12 tie rods through and pull the whole beam into compression?

@etch3130 10 ай бұрын

If you had used the 3 plate method with the 3 rails you could have made them all completely flat without much more effort than the comparative scraping. Then use them for x and y.

@awaiszaffar8892 3 ай бұрын

Can you explain it please

@mysticmarble94 Жыл бұрын

True, Fr Fr, No 🧢 Also nice cnc CAD design.

@codedsurfboards5918 Жыл бұрын

would have saved time buying extrusion seeing as the box section expands and contracts like crazy with temperature differentials anyway. still a good job and well done

@homemadetools Жыл бұрын

Nice work. We shared this video (and the previous 2 parts) on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

@kuglepen64 Жыл бұрын

One up Howard and fill your square beams with epoxy resin and granite ships.

@mohamedzafir8566 Жыл бұрын

My man had us waiting for 2 years😅😂

@forureyesonly 2 ай бұрын

Good video, but this design shows a big flaw right away that I always try to avoid is having the linear rail open and up top. Bit collect dust and go out of wack pretty quickly

@charliedavies3690 8 ай бұрын

Your machine looks similar to mine except my y gantry is made of aluminium box section in a C configuration. I'm not sure if you tried any other methods for straight rails but I used piano wire and a cheap digital microscope, put the wire under enough tension and it should be straight, then attach the microscope to your linear rail bearing focused on the wire. BTW, it took me over three years to make mine 😂

@phatpanda3805 Жыл бұрын

Holy shizzle dude, welcome back, guys prob married with kids now haha

@mysticmarble94 Жыл бұрын

It's been 2 years, not 2 decades 💀

@amwtm Жыл бұрын

One of your first projects had better be a slingshot. :)

@Applesupnorth 10 ай бұрын

Good job making due with the tools you have 👍 Drilling a bazillion holes to cut the alum plates looked like a bunch of fun 🙃, but I must ask.... You have a milling machine but not a sawzall, circular saw or even jigsaw????

@RoboArc 11 ай бұрын

Super nice, where did you get all your tools ?

@ACE-gk5gi Жыл бұрын

Awesome..ya goofy m8te from Australia

@pascaljean2333 2 ай бұрын

Some guys pour epoxy level, then do minimal milling for Y.

@Antipodean33 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear what job opportunities have been offered to you and whether you are actually working in some industry?

@bensartakamcas1n126 11 ай бұрын

LESSS GOOOOOOO

@T0tenkampf 11 ай бұрын

Why did you decide to try to save weight on the gantry? That is important for high feed rates on no load devices like 3D Printers but many people actually fill the gantry with epoxy granite to dampen vibration and improve accuracy. Your thoughts?

@StrayHydraBlade Жыл бұрын

Long time no see

@mybluebelly Жыл бұрын

Is that piece of uneven steel made of manganese by any chance?

@hesabmozayaf9723 Жыл бұрын

yoooo it has been a while

@SoBoring136 11 ай бұрын

Use a grinder with thin cutting disk to do your scraping

@geekfacekillah5389 10 ай бұрын

that's a great way to hurt yourself. cutting disks WILL break if you give them an axial load. grinding disks are thick for a reason...

@jasenolan7357 5 ай бұрын

Are you able to give me details on your X axis extrusion? I can't seem to find any profile that matches what you are using there.

@texasbowhunter2509 Жыл бұрын

TAOW...I was curious as to why you added the flat bar under the rails...If you would plz explain in laymen terms but from an engineering view as to why...I'm about at this stage of my build and if It makes sense to add then I'll add...In a roundabout way It seems like it would but I'm unable to see it completely...thanks

@jonasjoe6083 Жыл бұрын

Use flat aluminum to correct the unevenness of the base of the guide rail to ensure that the guide rail is not tilted. If you want higher machining accuracy, you must do this

@T0tenkampf 11 ай бұрын

"The reason I am not welding this"....The flat bar is aluminum and the box is steel or do I have that wrong? Is there a way to weld those metals together that I am not aware of?

@bobweiram6321 Жыл бұрын

It's better to leave the video long than it is to leave a 2 year gap between them.

@juddie11 Жыл бұрын

I've seen video on how epoxy resin could flatness the uneven surface, i think it's much more easier method

@tomholmez1236 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit he came back with the milk

@manuel39164 4 ай бұрын

Asome work i make this Avery day your looks Asome nice day from Europa Austria

@seimela Жыл бұрын

Bro are you not finding it hard to alight the x axis linear rails ...they give anxiety 😢😢

@wiradharma7030 2 ай бұрын

I gave up on steel as main structure, too many machining. Custom parts are too expensive. Now i use forged carbon, cheaper if you made it yourself and doable with limited tools. Gravity and heat is your friend for flat surface. I use pvc foam as core material, and to save cost. I am okay with bigger and thicker parts. My gantry is forged carbon and aluminum. Fiberglass damp vibration better than carbon, kevlar just too expensive. I only use steel for main frame and reinforcement, aluminum to attach bolt and for getting precise 90° angle. Teflon as linear bearing.

@SebKade 2 ай бұрын

Did anyone count the number of times he said "flat" ❤

@EnlightenedSavage Жыл бұрын

That fly cutter is giving you a lot of problems. I suggest you replace that insert with hss one that you can grind to your needs. You shouldn't have that bad of a surface with a working cutter. Might have even been better to use your end mill to flatten with how bad that fly cutter was.

@zackel-baz9555 Жыл бұрын

First

@tcarney57 Жыл бұрын

Very nice work. Brace yourself, though, for the machinist police who will chew you out for using calipers to scribe layout lines. As far as I'm concerned, this is no problem at all. It's a tool, not a holy amulet or magic wand. Not once in several decades have I ever used the very tip of caliper jaws to measure anything, so if there was some wear from scribing--and there isn't--then it would have no practical effect on the use of the caliper. And by the way, who uses calipers for super-critical measurements, anyway? I think what's happened is that shop foremen put the fear of God into these guys when they were apprentices as a way of throwing their (sometimes considerable) weight around. Add to this the fact that's there's just a certain number of people who are sanctimonious either by nature or as a long-practiced hobby. They're sort of the "Karens" of the KZfaq machinist world. They should mind their own damned business. If they pounce on you, just delete their comments.