hey im a cabinet maker and hobby musician. listen to this man! wear your safety gear even if u think its not that loud. high pitch noise will kill ur hearing :) good job nikodem bartnik

Great going, Niko. Looks like a useful tool there. (Not only for making parts, but to add to your knowledge base). Thank you for making and posting this video.

Definatly interested in the PCB milling video you mentioned. Hopefully there will be enough people want to see it.

I am Impressed with your knowledge and the why you communicate. Great job. Keep it up.

Thank you! I've never been interested in CNC, but your video is well done, gives an interesting insight and such a small, inexpensive device is certainly suitable for educational purposes! 👍😃

When routing the edge/profile of the PCB, use a much smaller end mill. I'm using an OpenBuilds Mini Mill, so kinda similar to yours, and I used a 1.5mm bit with two passes (0.9mm per pass). Makes much less dust, which is a good thing because FR4 dust is nasty stuff. On small boards I have FlatCam create two 1.5mm tabs to hold the board in place when routing. The smaller the tabs the less cleanup afterwards. On larger boards, 4 tabs.

Awesome video! I'm looking forward to putting mine together!

Nice Video, thanks for your description of this small budget machine.

I bought a similar machine just because. It sat un-used for a few months after assembly. When it came time to spray my field in the spring I discovered I didn't winterize the sprayer. The valve manifold was leaking. The rings that hold the o-rings between manifold sections cracked when the water froze. I could not find a part number to order. I drew them in fusion360 and milled them out of delrin they threw away at work. They worked perfectly. Good thing too. A new manifold and valves would cost more than I paid for the sprayer.

Definately good enough to stirr my noodles.

The 3018 was my first CNC after learning and loving this Hobby i build the MPCNC PRIMO Thanks die your video

cant wait to see the upgrades

Thank for the information, great video

Thanks for the demo.

Thanks!!! I am making your CNC Dremel. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

That is a cool little mill, for $200 that's actually a very good result

Small PCB for my drone is good idea! Great video! Thank you! USA 🇺🇸

The way to anchor sheets: Do not use the clamps that came with it, not without adding spacers. You first cut a strip, 15mm width from the plywood. Then you cut that strip to 4 pieces. Stick those under the end of the clamp. Now you will apply pressure from top, not from the sides. If you use the clamps that came with the machine, any material you use has a tendency to buckle.. as can be seen in the video, and this lowers the qualit HELL of a lot as your cuts are never the same depth everywhere. Even better would be spacers that are just a little but thicker than the workpiece, so that the force actually tries to stretch the piece, not push it together. I 3D print spacers, it is faster that way and i can get the exact kind i need. I also 3D print custom clamps when needed.. Especially with PCBs it is a must.. You have to have perfectly even and flat plates. And it is far easier and you get better quality if you use a flatend mill bits, 0.8mm is strong enough. This makes the designing a bit more difficult but is really not a big problem. You do have to cut some traces with hand but it can do cuts for thruhole chips. I'm sure there is a way to use both, flatend bits for most traces and use carving to touch up places the big bit could not do.

Nice video, one question: what do you do to level the pcb and have perfect cut, which kind of bit do you use? Regards.

Fantastic video!

As a jewelers tool for etching on precious metal it looks delicate and capable. I could find many uses for such a machine.

Not sure what board that is or what firmware you're using, but I wound up using the Z limit switch pins for probing on a similar machine. I did have to reflash the firmware, but the vendor for my machine did provide all the configuration and firmware files. Some controllers will let you reassign input pins without flashing.

Nice little machine!

Wouldn't it be an idea to have a probe instead of a flute while in the "debugging" phase? With a sensor that detects when sideways forces would break the flute due to G-code issues that unexpectedly move the bed or drill too abruptly.

6:20 - as far as I know, "laser plywood" means that there is no knots and holes, even in the inside layers. It makes for a cleaner, more stable cuts. Knots could disperse the laser beam and the cut won't be deep or straight enough. I once had a case when we tried to cut 2mm aviation plywood (also called aircraft plywood) and no matter the settings, we just could not cut it throught. But same settings were cutting throught 8mm standard plywood without any problems. The glue and finish used on the aviation plywood made it impossible to cut.

Thank you for the video.

Nice video :)

Interesting, my cheap CNC came with a different board that had a header with pins for the probe. Worth shopping around because the probing feature works really well.

Thank you, ist a Good Video !

Can I just get a file with default settings cause mine does not work

I have a 3018 that just has an arduino nano style board on top of the mainboard, which exposes the A5 probe pin nicely.

every few months i'm considering getting a small cnc machine, then I watch a video like yours, and remember that the noise level doesn't go well with a rental apartment.

Hey mate is it possible to make this mashine 4 x the size sorry I'm very new to this. I want to beable to cut shapes out of foam board

i would really like to see you make this cnc even better with upgrades but still budget friendly.

Hi Niko thanks for the viideo YES please a flatcam video on Dual sided PCB's and maybe to make it even more challenging how about taking out solder mask?

Good info

I bought the exact same machine few years back. Then I broke the usb slot of the arduino and lost any connection with the pc. I have an extra arduino but I don’t have any idea of how to take the old code from the old arduino and use it on the new one (if that makes any sense). Any ideas? Thanx

thank you

Thanks for video keep going 🤠 greeting from Morocco*

Is can you machine harden steel or built aluminum

I have had my cheap CNC for several years now, I just finished adding end stop to it earlier today. Not tested yet, as I have not decided how I want to add the Z stops to it. I think I will just glue the microswitches on, however that for me is not a great idea. I should be able to test it with in the next few days, depending on what else I need to get done. What software did you say you used for it? PCB are my goal, though I may make a few molds for a mini injection mold machine. The largest mold will be about the size of your tray you cut with it.

Would this cut out foamboard?

Are you renting a space to make your workshop in? Is it like a garage away from your house?

Can I put a diamond bit on it and do it to stone?

Thanks!

I saw when you tried to cut the acrylic and wonder if you get a better result of use climb milling instead conventional milling. I'm sure that you will get better results.

I really no nothing about CNC milling but I want to learn. I am interested in making custom RC car parts from plastic. Would this be a good beginner machine for that?

Pretty good

I did a lot of circuit board on a cnc. I always used a scrap of wood and did a surface cut to get a flat level surface. Adhere the board to this scrap using double sided tape over all the surface. Any hardware fixtures cause the board to bend slightly.

can you program with Vcarve ?

What is the runout of the spindle? I have been tempted to buy one of these cheap mills for PCB milling. I have a home made CNC with a Dremel style rotary tool (cheap brand - not Dremel or higher) - the "collet" (a generous word to describe the tool holder) and bearings leave much to be desired. I dare not mill PCB traces less than 2mm wide and need to leave at least 1mm between traces to ensure the end result is usable.

Sir, it will be good if you make tutorial for PCB milling using flatcam

Hi, I want to order the parts for your indymill from your website. Do you know when you will have the plates back in stock? Also what Z axis travel does the indymill have please?

It supported mastercam?

can it machine steel or aluminium?

Can this machine be modified to increase the distance between the bit and the table, to allow for milling of taller things like project boxes?

Great video can you help setup firmwRe

What is name program cnc

You can learn CNC/CAM on it, which is the best part. I've put a 5.5W diode laser on mine and that works excellent for cutting cardboard and wood engraving. I'm going to be trying to upgrade mine over the next few months.

That's cool

I bought the same thing, but purely just for its upgrading and tweaking potential. Out of the box it's meh, but with just some creativity and cheap parts, you can do a lot more with it! :)

off to the right on my computer screen is an ad for plans to build a cnc for less than 900 dollars.... all I could think was "why?" if I can get one prebuilt for under 200....

Add some coolant and a carbide tool. You could probably mill your own lowers.

Can I Make a phone case from aluminum with it

Thank you < That bit that broke look like it was not turning ...

Tutorial for make PCBs please 🥺

Where I can find that machine I want to buy **

When cutting acrylic i would suggest removing the protective film since it will melt and stick to your router bit ruining your result

Amazing bargain/learning-tool. Dumbfounded as to how the supplier can manufacture these parts (including electronics, tooling and tools!) and ship it to you for $200! WOW!

Do płyteczek idealna :D

Cnc aside, I'd keep wearing the safety gear mate because the way you have it clamped is wrong and the job may move. The hold down bolts have to past centre (closer to the workpiece) that way their is more down force on the job.

To jak w końcu podłączyłeś tą sondę? Lutowałeś przewód do nóżki kontrolera? Rysuję płytki w KiCADdzie, wiesz może jak tam wygląda z generowaniem gcode? Pozdrawiam Marcin

A laser grade plywood is checked for missing pieces of wood which made air pockets. These pockets can start a fire.

Could you please share the settings what you used for different materials?

Bought one about a year ago. Have not done shit with it... 3D printer is just too convenient, compared to the amount of preparations you need to do with CNC, and the time it takes is quite long with hobby CNC, that makes a lot of noise. I have a noise proofed enclosure now but.. the hassle is too much, when 3D printer is just too easy and convenient.. Also the workspace is very, very limiting, mainly in the Z axis. You have basically 40mm of room to work with, minus your bit length.. Over 30mm is difficult. I do plan to extend the Z axis one day, basically i'll drop the bed down by 20mm (quite easy, only needs two pieces of 3 or 4 slot alu profile). I don't need to hit the bed with the bit, i can always put stuff in between but the other limit, height.. i can't do anything about it. From that point of view, this is AWFUL design to anyone who isn't basically just carving sheets. It can do more difficult tasks but the height.. just is awfully designed. The way to see what height you can work with it is: Max Z - 5mm for safety before you hit the stops - 5mm safety margins for moving the head above the piece - bit length. So, 45mm becomes 30mm, max and even that is difficult as you are NOT working with a coordinate system where home is at a safe location... There are no end limits in any axis, it will run to the end and skip steps.. and if it does that, then it will run the bit to the piece, or worse, to the bed the next time it comes down again. Accuracy is quite decent, if you do a slow final pass. And you can put any length piece thru it, as long as it is not more than 300mm width. That is VERY nice feature that is not mentioned anywhere..

What happens, if you measure the machine with a measuring tool? Is the bed flat?

I don't understand why you would fix a machine parallel issue with a probe and z stepper tweaks. Seems like a good way to make more potential problems in the future. Then again it's cheaper and people already have enough issues with manual bed leveling on 3d printers.

Epoxy granite is a very interesting material for DIY'ing your own CNC equipment.

My diy cnc has slightly bigger work field, but it costs me 10 times more to build it. I'm using grinded beefy steel tubes and plates together with cheap linear rails, cheap ballscrews, cheap nema23 4.2a motors and cheap 2.2kw water cld spindle.

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I've had the exact same one and threw it out, even for learning its crappy you just spend a massive amount of time trying to make it work but it never does. You're better off just buying a $200 SLA 3D printer or you can get PCBs professionally made and shipped to you for $25 in 3 days.

What if you can stretch that cnc, And make it, Longer and wider?

It can also be a laser engraver and a drawing machine.

You need to use the clamps correctly. They should be parallel to the table.

the plastic parts are the weakness of these machines but for $60 you can upgrade the z axis. the steppers are too weak and the 775 spindle motor is a joke.they need to have the spindle upgraded to atleast 500 watt spindle. i put the bigtreetech closed loop motor upgrades on 92ozin motors. then after all that is upgraded you need to go through every wire and install ferrites to help cut down on EMI. then get a new powersupply the powerbrick supplied will not handle the bigger motors. after all of that you have a machine that if you use it at slow speeds to where youre burning bits you can carve but the resin uprights always have that springy tendencies and will break bits. for me i used it as a basic learning machine to see if i liked the hobby which i did even though i had well over $1k into the $239 original purchase machine to make some small signs. i got it to be extremely reliable as a laser engraver. i went with a 9014 frame and professionally outfitted electronics rig for it and im still assembling it now.

How about Aluminum?

If i can cnc a les paul guitar body I want it im starting a stringed instrument business i need something big enough and cheap i really don't want to use a router on my own

Anyone tried aluminium Milling?

Cześć, Jest sens to kupować? Czy nie lepiej dołożyć i zrobić sprzęt wg Twojego projektu? Czy możesz podać szacunkowy koszt CNC indimill?

Ok thanks But there's no any ok to mill pcb without heightmap

It should be designed so that a long object (maybe 5 feet long) may be mounted to the bed.

Does KZfaq not allow for question marks in video titles?

Now make it 3d printed 😎

y si mejor tambien haces subtitulado en español seria muy bueno

It looks better built then the Ender-3

Not delivery in India 😓

Wow! Your step down is 1mm deep to engrave things? I was doing aluminum really well on a full size CNC with 0.002" - about 0.05mm. This would explain why you broke your bits engraving.

I have this CNC! The motherboard burnt out during the first cut!

How much did the standard DREMEL CNC cost you?

So buy the $300 one the?