Dankie Andre.

Anytime Luis!

Hi Luis. I had some slack coiled underneath from when I have shortened the router. The belts remain the same.

The steppers are fine. The rigidity is a little less. I might do a completely different z-axis altogether like I did for my brother.

yeah I am redoing the plates on mine to be compatible with the new 4080 C beam I got :) will make a video about it once im done, my stock spindle died out of the box so I already have a Makita one :) @@improvisedcnc2340

@@WestCoastADV I am looking forward to your video. I want to see your solution to the same problem.

Hi Johan. I am using Fusion 360 to export the g-code in Easel format and then use Universal G-code Sender (UGS) to feed it to the router

@@improvisedcnc2340 as I understand it you use Fusion as CAD and CAM, save as an .nc file and then use UGS to drip feed to router?

@@johankorff9461 That's correct.

@@improvisedcnc2340 any specific parameters or settings I should know about?

@@johankorff9461 Hi Johan. It is usually ready off the gate. I set my offsets high and run simulated cuts to see if everything checks out before I do the actual part.

Thanks Enrico. You will definitely enjoy manual milling. There is something therapeutic about it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Enrico. Alu is quite an abundant source of stock if don't throw it away. Mistakes are also less costly.

Hi Luis. The Cron Craft is a budget machine. If you want to do metal CNC work fulltime, then I would suggest a bigger machine. The Cron Craft is good for woodworking and plastic. It's major drawback is that it does not have rotary encoders and can lose it's position and ruin your parts. I am pushing the envelope, showing what it can do with care and patience.

Hi. For some reason I have missed your comment. I apologize. I use Fusion 360 for CAD/CAM and Universal G-Code Sender or UGS to run the machine.

Thanks Paul. Yes, it was pretty easy.

Hi Villu It took around 6 and a half hours.

Holy moly. Can you take deeper cut? I don't know your spindle power, but when I started about a year ago, then I was machining with wrong parameters. I recently took a cam and old part what I machined and changed my parameters to what I know now. Machine time dropped 3.40 hour to 30 minutes, just changing my tool. My first tool data was way too low. And if I changed process to what I know now, I got it to 8 minutes. My first mistake was to take low depth cut and alot side cut. Actually it should be opposite, full cutting length depth and low side cut. Take a look datron cutting tool advice, there is cataloge for them, where is feeds and speeds. It opened hole new world to me. Maybe it will help you too. Nice work by the way! (Y)

@@Villu111 Thank you. I have played around with all the parameters as well with no references. I had a few startup issues where the feed was to fast and the side load too high. This machine has very light duty stepper motors and I am on the limit here. I use a lot of cutting oil to smoothen the blow.

Hypnotic

Thanks Paul. I have learned to lower the cutter load and ramp rate, which improves the finish. The size is also a factor. Also not forgetting the cutting oil.😉 I am using Fusion 360.

@@improvisedcnc2340 makes sense, didn't know you were a fusioner. Nice 👍

@@paulrodrigues5562 I had to learn quickly. 🤣

Thanks Paul! Lots of cutting oil, clearing chips and patience. 🤣🤣

@@improvisedcnc2340 eish my machine is missing that last function.

@@paulrodrigues5562 You'll get there soon. 🤞

What program you using for running the gcode?

@briancarney9076 Mach 4. I have encoders for manual , Can enter Gcode in Mach4 and export Fusion CAM code to Mach4.