A CNC ROUTER THAT MACHINED ITSELF

[@ProtoMan137]

Please take some advice from a former industrial mechanic: When drilling, turn the vice in such a way that the rotating lever rests against the stand of the machine. Turn your vice 170°. That way, when the part gets caught by the drill, the drill will hopefully slip in the chuck. But not tear your hand off. Also, since no inertia can build up, way less danger of something coming loose and transforming into a turning knive. When cutting steel (drilling, tapping) *please* use coolant. Your tools will thank you. When filing or deburring, the working motion should be away from you. The file works like a saw. You don't pull a saw, you push it. That being said, amazing project! Good work. I'm impressed :D

[@garrettczarnik2584]

Any sort of cutting lubricant to get the chips out. Was biting my nails thinking about a broken tap.

[@ProtoMan137]

@Tzuede Off the Cuff hahaha nothing beats experience. But well, I'm not judging you. Do it your way. Greetings from overseas.

[@Rottwiler44]

@Tzuede Off the Cuff Japanese razer saws cut on the pull, and Western/European saws cut on the push. If I tried to cut on the push with my ryoba or my dozuki, I'd be making a file card from the broken blades and waiting for the new blades to come in.

[@dekutree64]

@@Rottwiler44 Yeah, western style handsaws are torture once you've tried a good Japanese saw. I wish there were pull cut files too. Sometimes I flip them around and hold by the tip just so I can pull cut :)

[@CzKaa]

Some kind of file are both-directions symetric. And... you don't know Japanese pull saws? :)

[@michaelprice3031]

Your 3d printing channel is turning into a machining channel. This Old Tony would be proud.

[@Reman1975]

The "This old Tony" in joke of cutting bar stock by dropping it, snapping it, or one inch punching it has become an online engineering meme that's been given a nod to by near as damn it every other engineering channel out there. The blokes a legend in this particular quirky form of comedy......... Now, just picture him paying homage to Ivan's channel by building something and saying "OK, this bearings going to need some clearance, so I'll just go turn up........ aaaaaaa SPACER !!!!!!". I think I'd laugh so hard I'd choke to death !!! :D

[@slaapkonijn58]

this old tony would cry if he saw this. this is terrible engineering. for instance, those "spacers!!" directly influence the stifness of the machine. stiffness in a milling machine is everything. nontheless a cool project, but still the corners he cut to get it done are the tiny details that transform a decent machine to a very good machine.

[@Reman1975]

@@slaapkonijn58 ​Considering that Ivan isn't a trained engineer, I think what he's built isn't too shabby. As I said elsewhere on this comments page, There's a few parts where I thought "Why the hell do he do this like that ?!?!?", But I quickly realised that it's because he's come to CNC metal machining from the world of 3D printing. He's used to designing things to be "Built" one layer at a time out of plastic. It's going to take him a while to mentally adjust to this new "Material removal" way of construction. I'm actually REALLY looking forward to see how he thinks out other projects in the future. Because he's not got the blinkers that being taught "The right way to do things" puts on us, it should be really interesting to see his alternative solutions to problems that our tunnel visioned view made us think could only be solved one way.

[@georgeinthejungle2]

SO NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE ALUMINUM cnc you can make steel parts for next upgrade and after that use steel one to make titanium parts and then use ..........

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

It is never going to end, is it?

[@JoergGebhard]

@@ivanmirandawastaken it will be called the Mirandisation of Machines

[@georgeinthejungle2]

@@ivanmirandawastaken sorry, that is the price of being a genius inventor

[@mattiasfagerlund]

GOLD - the ultimate metal is gold, one of the hardest metals known to man! (That's not true at all, but having a gold CNC machine would be so bling)

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I'm willing to pay it then

[@JohnJaggerJack]

Stepper motors can get very, very hot, PLA softens at temperatures as low as 60º. You could have pulled it off if you had used filaments with higher melting temperatures. But nothing beats a full metal cnc, the rigidity is just so much better.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I pulled it off

[@timderks5960]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the CNC bit isn't completely perpendicular to the workpiece, is it? At least, I'd say that's the reason for the very clear patterns you can see on the finished metal wrench

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Good eye! The top and bottom router mounts aren't equal and the router is tilted, I luckily I used the walls along the Y to judge the straightness of the cuts but yes, I need to redo those two parts so the router is orthogonal to the workpiece. As a funny side note, the router was originally tilted the other way due to the 3D printed parts giving to the weight of the router. Thanks! edit: I just realised that after finishing editing the video.

[@marekfiferna]

@@ivanmirandawastaken Quick recommendation: Check out the "Everman belt drive". It could be a cheap upgrade that would significantly reduce the deflection caused by the belts, and reduce the tension needed on the whole belt.

[@giliant]

@@ivanmirandawastaken would it be easier to cut out a traming plate to fit your existing bolt pattern?

[@lezbriddon]

@@ivanmirandawastaken make adjustable, because over time.......

[@kurtnelle]

@Ivan Miranda, redesign the carriage so that you can tram the mill to the workpiece. It's not a 3d printer that you're building here. Tram matters!

[@DavidM2002]

After designing and building 3 CNC mills + routers I would do just one thing different from what I see here. Start by making all of your flat aluminum components out of either MDF ( aka Medite ) or furniture grade plywood as accurately as you can. Assembly your machine as accurately as possible and really tune it up. Now you have a decent CNC router that will make very high quality aluminum parts which you can make one by one to replace your temporary MDF parts. A true bootstrap operation.

[@the_golden_ingot]

I think is Ivan very good at being patient when it comes to processing metal, both with and without power tools.

[@tictacX1]

Fascinating bootstrapping. 3d printer makes cnc plastic parts, cnc makes alu parts for itself. What's next, cnc makes 3d printer parts? Great job! Very inspiring.

[@OliverLatza]

Man, watching cnc routers and fdm printers do their thing is so incredibly satisfying and mezmerizing! Some people stare into a campfire or their fishtank for a while, i loose my self in watching my printers (and maybe a cnc router in the future) do their thing

[@bloognoo]

I think the next stage is to cnc a mill, then mill the tools to make a 3d printer by hand, and so on ad infinitum

[@eclsnowman]

There are some pretty nice designs out there for 3D printable vice jaw covers. They have a magnet so they magnetize onto the standard jaws. I've been using them for years and they're really handy just drop them on the vise. They hold in place and you can grab something without marring it. That being said I like the ingenuity on the wood ones :-)

[@clanross62]

5 min to make wood, vs forever to print and wood is more durable.

[@eclsnowman]

@@clanross62 different strokes for different folks. My printed ones have held up for multiple years now and I don't have to zip tie it onto the vise. But everyone has their own way.

[@KenColangelo]

Incredible work! You are good with taps. I'd have broken a hundred if those things. 3D Printer -> Plastic CNC -> Metal CNC. Bravo!

[@BenRyherd]

With how it hulked through material at 22:20 (admittedly unintentionally) doesn't the depth of cut seem kinda light at 22:50? I only ask because I originally thought I had to run my 3D printers way slower than I actually have to, and had I not seen a default speed file for the printer I might still be printing at 25mm/s.... (PLA with a .4mm Nozzle)

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Yes, I was aiming for a successful cut due to time constraints (aka wanting to finish the video this year) but yes, it can do 2 mm passes no problem check the end of the video for proof.

[@jameslee522]

Ivan I love your builds and how excited you sound talking about them.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I am!

[@Todestelzer]

I build a kit CNC this week from scratch. Very impressive that you design your own. It’s not as easy as it seems 😅

[@chuck4811]

Ivan, if you added a mdf web or “diaphragm” between the steel tubes of the gantry it would stiffen it considerably. Maybe dampen vibration as well. You could add one vertically or add them horizontally and at 45 degrees to make a space frame. That would provide torsional rigidly as well. Or you could 3D print truss webbing. Probably not quite as stiff or dampening. Maybe do a video testing if it does stiffen the gantry? Awesome build by the way!

[@deeranfoxworthy6069]

Maybe a small project idea, you seem to have the tools for it: soft jaws for your vice. 3D print some covers for the steel jaws of the vice to protect your parts. Or even remove the vice jaws and have a giant hunk of plastic to bolt there instead of the metal jaws. There's usually 2 bolts holding each jaw face on there. This was pretty cool! Seeing a CNC machine make parts for itself. It's like the MC Escher print of the hand drawing the other hand. Life imitating art.

[@RonakDhakan]

18:49 These 4 long bolts have nothing stopping them from becoming loose over time from the base end.

[@FrustratedBaboon]

Or Pillow Block Flange Mounted Bearing?

[@mheermance]

That was a considerable upgrade.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

A very useful one indeed!

[@jetstream321]

Really nice to see you not wasting some of the metal and putting it aside!

[@welbot]

Can't wait to se what kind of monstrosities you create with this beast!! So excite!!!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Thanks Welbot!

[@arvicz22]

I'm calling it now. Ivan is working up to building a 5-axis cnc mill.

[@wideboatbluebell3021]

Great video but where is the CNC router machining itself?

[@wanglydiaplt]

Hi there! You can save a LOT of filing time with a Scotchbrite grinding wheel. Get the grey ones for aluminum and steel, mount on a bench grinder and have a go. :-)

[@Reman1975]

I was trained as a metal machinist, and I kept seeing design features on this that made me think "Why the hell did he design these parts to fit together like like that?". Most of the things I noticed weren't really any better or worse than the "Normal" way to do things, Just an unusual and unexpected way. It dawned on me about half way through that Ivan came to engineering from the world of 3D printing where you try to design strength into something by adding material (And therefor, Printing time) only where needed. I come from an industry where you primarily machine to get clearance for other components, and only spend the extra time needed to remove unnecessary metal if part of the design brief calls for lightness. He comes from an engineering situation where the fasteners are stronger than the material that the structures made from. He's learnt that you can't put high loads on threads in the structural material. He's come to mechanical design with a completely different mind set compared to what people trained in engineering have. It then became REALLY interesting to watch the unusual design choices and understanding why those choices were made. As I said, I couldn't see anything that was intrinsically flawed, But there was a lot of slightly odd design ideas that could be useful things to keep in mind for if they would be a more appropriate solution in any of my future projects.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I struggle to change the mindset indeed! I'm restrained by the thickness of what I could cut. Now I can cut thicker materials so I can just make more stuff in a single more sturdier part. Thanks!

[@Reman1975]

@@ivanmirandawastaken I wasn't criticising you mate. We think out solutions based on previous experience and whatever knowledge had been given to us. You've got a quite rare set of previous engineering experiences that give your solutions an unusual quantity that's very interesting, even to a seasoned engineer. It's leading me to believe that my engineering education may have given me a kind of tunnel vision with regards to thinking up solutions to engineering problems. I only have the set of "approved" solutions I was taught (Plus some shortcuts I've learnt along the way) in my mental toolbox of options. You on the other hand were never taught that "this is how something HAS to be done", so you try other ideas out, and find that a fair few work just fine. I'm thinking I could learn a lot from watching how you do things differently to how I would have done them, then pondering about the benefits and drawbacks of both solutions.

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@Reman1975 Very interested in those items you noticed as different. (I'm not an ME, but learned by trial from a cnc /woodworking perspective).

[@Reman1975]

@@TheRainHarvester It's mainly things like drilling right through some plates and adding longer bolts with a nut on the other side rather than tapping the through hole and just bolting into that. There's also some parts that use a "T slot" that a bolt head slips into, Like the belt adjustment clamps at 16:50 and 17:57, and how the top plate on the X axis carriage is attached at 18:02. Most "Trained" engineers would have probably drilled and tapped the bottom plate of the clamps and threadlocked a length of allthread into them for the belt adjustment, Or threaded the part all the way through and had the bolt the other way around. The end plate on the X carriage would have been attached by drilling 3 or 4 holes through the end plate and into the edge of the carriage, Then tapping the carriages holes and drilling the plates holes for bolt clearance. I've seen some lightweight Chinese "Hobby" machinery that use T slot's to hold thin sheet metal in place edge on, But that tends to be done because it's the cheapest way to attach non structural or low stressed parts together. I've never seen it scaled up and used on a structural joint before, But looking at it, I can't see it being any weaker than the parts being threaded and held together with smaller bolts (Smaller due to the constraints of the materials thickness) As I said, There's nothing wrong with how Ivan's done things here, It just feels really odd after you've been taught "If you're fixing parts [XYZ] together you HAVE to do it THIS way" to see things successfully done quite differently.

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@Reman1975 thanks for this write up! After making my cnc (on my channel) if I made another, I'd design it with adjustability in mind. Do you think one of these ways allows for adjustability? (T slot vs tapped holes?) I'm guessing tapped holes would be better because the unthreaded plate's holes could be made bigger so the plate could adjust. But I don't know if that works with tapered holes, so maybe adjustability is still not possible?

[@commonsense3652]

23:20 are you missing a boot around the dust collector or is it just not very good at sucking up aluminum chips?

[@RikuofManyPaths]

I have been watching for over a year now, Ivan, and I have to say that I enjoy my "weekly visits to my crazy cousin's maker lab." I love watching you work on these machines and learn something every time. Plus, the music is always fun. Thank you.

[@bentarr17]

Good to see the new drill in use!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Yes! What a beast!

[@skysurferuk]

Interesting dust shoe design. The downdraught of the router is carried away through the tube. So nothing is blown all over the shop. I've bought a watercooled spindle to get over that, hopefully my dustshoe will then be more effective. Great channel, love your thinking!

[@makingcookingfixing]

i would like to buy a kit of this machine, I always wanted to purchase the lowrider cnc but after you had an issue with him, not so tempting. I prefer yours. can you tell if you will make this available? I'm interested in a 4'x8' full sheet cnc table

[@darklirahmaledicta8478]

Hi Ivan, just a hint for tapping, first countersunk, than tap, makes it easier an you do not destroy/damage the tappings :D Nice Work - What was first Egg or Cicken ? At 11:10 the bearings as guide for the belt, instead putting each on a extwnsion, make a Part connecting both as a spacer, maybe additionaly connected to the sidewall to perform more stiffnes - I would think although the screw seams to be big, it will bend over time, the belt tension schould not be underetimated. Same at 17:29. 18:39 use a ballscrw instead a trapziodal, less to no backlash. 18:57 heatsink on the stepper not needed - ist connected to th aluplate, that is enough - maybe finetune the spepper settings eg. current etc. Change the connection to the baseplate, the plastics might not hold enough when milling metal I think, make some ALU brackets instead. Why did you not replace all ALU pipes? only the Yaxis ones? But never the less quite well done

[@dwarfy2744]

You should put some squares (triangular ones for instance, like the ones that support the gantry) at the corners of your plate and on the gantry also,. That will severely increase rigidity

[@conradcrews4007]

Do you have the files for the re-done aluminum parts? (crossing fingers)

[@davids.6671]

If you connect the Steel rods in the middle you will increase the stiffness a Lot. Great Project. I gave up optimizing my mpcnc. Good decision when i See the amount of Work.

[@l3d-3dmaker58]

now you can CNC a steel 5 axis CNC🤣 this is the biggest flex yet, and the ultimate goal of every maker lol, nicely done!

[@Mika-qn3ws]

hi. nice vid! what font do you use for the word SPACERC on the wrench?

[@r3v3rs3r]

This looks amazing! I can already see industrial parts milled on it like gears and others!

[@braindamage_eclipse]

The editing of this video is superb.

[@kanekeylewer5704]

Is the reason that you put the spindle power cable outside the drag chain to eliminate interference in the signal cables for the motor? Thanks

[@chrisjacobsen1659]

I'm actually impressed that was able to cut aluminum at all, what was the depth of cut, looked like maybe 0.5mm? I'm designing my own upgrade to 2.2kw for better aluminum milling.

[@Alpha0ne]

It's been great watching you grow from a small cupboard to a full workshop

[@JPN76]

Ivan, what is the usable travel distance for the x and y axis on your downloadable plans? I'm wondering if I will need to enlarge it for my purposes. Thanks for a great design.

[@commonsense3652]

21:05 the metal version looks MUCH stiffer and the aluminum plates are super close together. surprised you only went from 3mm (3d plastic z axis) deflection to 1.75mm delfection with the aluminum z axis. I bet if you put some vertical braces between your 2 linear rail x axis then it would be even better? where is the deflection coming from?

[@trevorward85043]

You have to be one of the most informative AND entertaining people on YT. Thank you!

[@joosts87]

Nice! Now, try and use the mill like it should be used: spiral down to a nice depth, 8mm or something like that. Now, cut with the SIDE of the bit, instead of the end. So, at full depth, just take off 1mm at a time. The adaptive clearing function in fusion is perfect to do this. With the right speeds and feeds, you should get beautiful chips flying of the bit instead of powder. BTW, a fogbuster is a great addition too. Keep up the good work!

[@joosts87]

@Tzuede Off the Cuff didn't you see the machine milling at full depth, full pass without anything really going wrong? That's quite an indication that this machine has the capability to do some serious milling:)

[@mica4153]

what belts did you use for this project?

[@josephslaviero]

Fantastic Ivan!!! I am half way through making your CNC and will accept your challenge to make the aluminum update,,, thankyou.

[@sbirdranch]

Nicely done. Makes me want to push my machine harder to do aluminum. Two questions. - What is the driver software I saw on your tablet in the last scene? And do you have a video on the servos? I need to check your channel history. Thanks Ivan. ~P

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Universal GCode platform and what servos? it uses Nema17 steppers, did you mean that?

[@Gnoarnx]

Usually to clean edges of parts up from break off tabs we use a die grinder with various sanding bits. we also use a deburing knife to clean all the sharp edges if there was not a chamfer used. The upgrade looks good. interested to see what you shall make next with it.

[@keithgraham8874]

Very cool upgrade!

[@ChristopherJones16]

04:58 I see a CNC in the background cutting up something. How many of these CNC did you build? You have like three or four videos of building a CNC. I thought two or three were of the same CNC since they all looked about the same size. Are they all different sizes?

[@issaproject]

That's s 3d printer and Ivan just loves red I guess lol the 3d printers and CNC looks the same.

[@AppliedMathematician]

Ivan, what do you think, is it possible to build a water-jet cutter with your self build machines? Filing and grinding is nice to get a feeling for the material, but the utility of additional experience drops fast. At the moment I am playing around with some CAD ideas, but don't have the space for a workshop, however I have some ideas.

[@justinmacdonald6079]

ok man how is it you kept my eyes on the video the entire 25 minutes? You're real good

[@ralmslb]

what aluminum was that?

[@donovannewton9507]

Just wondering if you considered using ball screws instead of belts?

[@Zachary3DPrints]

SPACERS! Great video Ivan! great passion

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Spacers!!

[@rcmaniac10]

you need to swap the belts for lead screws, maybe a v3 machine ?

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I don't know where is this going to stop...

[@ghost46857]

Ivan Miranda Interstellar spaceship?

[@carbide1968]

Great work but you should always champfer your holes before tapping if possible as the champfer can rip the starting thread just a bit.

[@g60force]

is that what he's doing afterwards? so best is before and after i guess?

[@FullFledged2010]

I remember commenting on his first cnc machine saying something like: Great now you can use your 3d printed cnc to build a metal one. And here we are 😉🙌👌 Now lets upgrade it with some ball screws instead of belts 😏

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

It is all your fault

[@FullFledged2010]

@@ivanmirandawastaken 😂 Thats what i like about you. You actually do it. most people including me only talk about it while ending up watching youtube vids instead. You inspire me to upgrade my own mpcnc so thats what i'll do! 🙌

[@moonbooterproductions]

You should make the system rack and pinion. I believe this is how most DIY CNC's are built since it adds rigidity when machining

[@jaedanb]

Next will be a CNC'd Plasma cutter used to plasma cut steel parts for a new CNC

[@inventor121]

That actually would not be a hard mod as you only need to get a plasma cutter.

[@raymondmielke6543]

I would add a tub and water pump to keep the metal cool and to remove metal particles from the work project. Add a filtering screen to protect the pump. Another benefit to keeping the bit cool is that they will last longer and prevent dulling.

[@dzervas]

how is the little hand tool that you clean the inner circles of milled parts called? it's like a pen and has a weirdly shaped rotating nose (a bit like L shaped)

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

deburring tool

[@joshuahuman1]

Have you thought about filling the tubes with epoxy granite ( mixture of epoxy and sand thats very stiff and vibration absorbing) for even more stiffness

[@rmfberry261]

so much planning, skill and knowledge!

[@nrdesign1991]

using geared steppers is a really clever idea. Might have some issues with backlash, but that really depends

[@TheRainHarvester]

@Tzuede Off the Cuff I've never heard of steppers tracking backlash on geared motors. How is that accomplished ?

[@007JHS]

I'm looking to buy a CNC router / laser / possibly milling machine... you have inspired me to consider building a machine. I already have a drop saw on a sliding arm with blades suitable for cutting aluminium and steel.. Also a pedestal drill and some other hand held power tools... a track saw soon to be added. I'm assuming that controllers, belts, z axis worm drive, stepper motors are all available commercially. I might have to get some of the components made by someone who already has a cnc milling machine. Could you (theoretically) add an a and be axis to your design? Not that I need this capability. BUT two serious questions.. what was the reason you decided to use steel bars on the gantry?...I missed that. Q2... with the end pieces of frame, if you had redesigned these so that the bottom rail was raised, say 55mm, could you have then been able to 'slide' longer workpieces through the bed of your machine? Sorry I said two Qs...two more... what is the vertical range of your z axis? Can you add a laser etcher to your machine?

[@carnosinehobs7759]

I hope to do this with my 3D printers soon. You’re amazing Ivan, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

[@enlightendbel]

I ended up doing the same. Bought a cheap Ender 3, modded that to the extent maybe 1 profile is the only thing original on the machine, then thought of building my own large 3D printer, but the main thing I disliked about most 3D printers is that they are wobbly as all hell with the tiny 2020 profiles and plastic parts. So instead I used my upgraded Ender to build a basic benchtop CNC that can deal with aluminium. And used that to start milling parts to build a 3D printer with larger profiles (2040/4040/4080/8080/20120, etc) and a CNC with aluminium parts where they were useful to sturdy things up. Then I bought one of those micro lathes, upgraded the crap out of that with the CNC and now I'm using that to make new parts for the other two. And I'm guessing once I'm done with that, I'm going to feel like neither of the 3 is capable or big enough and start building bigger and stronger versions of all 3. I wonder if there's an endpoint in this hobby, the better you make your tools, the more ways you figure out to make your tools better and so on and so on XD

[@tvathome562]

excellent work, glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't check fits before assembly .:-)

[@yayitazale]

Muy buen trabajo Ivan. De mi experiencia: Si utilizas entrada en rampa/espiral vas a alargar la vida de tus fresas. Para que no te queden marcas de pasadas en las superficies planas superiores puedes usar una segunda fresa planeadora o de acabados que te deja el alumnio liso de nuevo, como si la lijase.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

No si la teoría me la sé, pero el Fusion360 tiene vida propia 😂

[@yayitazale]

@@ivanmirandawastaken me molaría ver piezas fresadas en 3D como moldes para usar materiales tipo resinas epoxicas y así que no se puedan imprimir

[@TobiasHoffmannWup]

Just be carefull, when operating a drill with a glove on. Sure, chips are hot an sharp, but eventually, the glove gets caught and you'll regret putting your hand in it.

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

I run the drill with the belt loose just for that reason, I can make it stall just by grabbing the chuck, but if the part flies of my hand and starts spinning it will slice my hand open hence the gloves. Good advice! Thanks!

[@A_Concerned_Citizen]

That’ll literally never happen, and is kind of an old wives tale, lol

[@rickt151]

@@A_Concerned_Citizen I threw away that glove a few years ago, was also proving against your claim.

[@Declopse]

@@A_Concerned_Citizen I got my hand and arm tangled around the cylindrical part on the Lathe while wearing gloves. The machine caught my gloves while I was sanding the part. Almost lost my fingers. I completely understand where you're coming from. I had that mentality when I was a stubborn 19 years old. I've learned my lesson. I'm now 25 and wished I didn't get the scars.

[@KillerDragon534]

Got a t-shirt stuck in a drill bit once. I'm lucky it was a hand drill so I could just pull my finger off the trigger. Even so, it tangled up so fast I got a nasty gash on my stomach. If it was a mill or a drill press... well, I don't want to imagine that. Loose clothing and gloves getting grabbed is no wives tale

[@3DprintedLife]

Linear rails - excellent decision!

[@CenterpointConnect]

Are the brass spacers gonna give too much? Perhaps replace those with a solid aluminum CNC spacer block?

[@johnmichaels4330]

This is amazing. And no youpube commercials to sit through. Subed, thank you very much.

[@almalki449]

Ivan, I seriously enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing your projects.

[@MarcCamacho5]

Hola Ivan, Hemos construido la CNC y nos funciona de maravillas. Muchas gracias por compartir tus progresos. Aún así, tengo una pregunta. Nosotros diseñamos en Solidworks pero estamos teniendo problemas al generar el fichero GCODE para el GBRL del Arduino. Hemos probado con EASEL y ahora estamos intentando con el CAM de Solidworks. Tienes alguna forma o tutorial para hacer este proceso? Muchas gracias!

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Me alegro de que os funcione! Yo uso Fusion pero no tengo ningun tuto, he ido aprendiendo poco a poco

[@hotfuzz1913]

Nice work. I like the leadscrew mount for the Z axis

[@taciolps]

Is it possible to provide the design of the aluminum parts you have machined? I really want to start one like yours. Thanks

[@benyaminmahmoom6517]

Hi I have a question if it's possible answer it All 3D printers I have seen their beds have an axis like z axis or y axis why there isn't a printer that all axis are for Hotend like cnc Routers is there any reason for it ( except delta models)

[@MrRenoman2011]

Way to go Ivan as usual another awesome build. Thanks from Canada

[@ekke7995]

Hi, I'm making a very large CNC 2.4m by 1.2m with 0 budget (steel everything). I ran into a problem with the up and down axel (my Z-axe) it's almost 14kg. So what I'm now going to be doing is make it with fiberglass. If you ever do anything using fiberglass please make a CNC. I would like to know if it is possible to handle the stress.

[@Jason2000i]

Is really needed geared stepper motors? Do you see a really big improve??

[@Mikhael1313]

All forms of performing arts, including mechanical sciences, are always such a pleasure to watch.

[@OmnieStar]

you break any taps with that drill?

[@JoeMakes]

Such good stuff, bro! What bits do you use? I have some projects planned with gears...

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Hey Joe, thanks! I use Izar bits single flute for alu bought on Amazon

[@JoeMakes]

@@ivanmirandawastaken Thanks Ivan! Glad to see you are doing well

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

@@JoeMakes Cheers Joe!

[@rxpessoa]

Can you share your cutting setup for this part? thanks

[@dennisfahey2379]

At what point does one consider through the tool/bit cooling/lubrication?

[@saddex3d292]

Whats that tool at 3:53min?

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

It is called a deburrer or deburring tool

[@saddex3d292]

@@ivanmirandawastaken thx man, awesome video as always, engineer and video editor makes perfect combo with your enthusiasm :)

[@kings7117]

You are my favorite KZbin of all time

[@marcelh2341]

You need a cover for your linear rails! Look at all those chips on the rails at the end of the video. And it looks like your suction head is more or less useless? :D

[@andrewbeaton3302]

MIND BLOWING! GREAT JOB!! 4 axis, Water-cooled Spindle next?

[@bloodb0ne]

Great job ! This turned out great, but I'm actually surprised that the bit didn't break from the big plunges at the start.

[@taciolps]

Where can I buy the machined parts kit to assemble an equal one? Without selling the project, I can have it machined. I look forward to your reply. Thanks

[@amtrtm]

Awsome awsome project. Will it cut mild steel?

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

It does

[@DavidSpielberg73]

Ivan dicen que las correas pierden pasos y no son recomendables que piensas sobre eso?

[@KieranShort]

Well done Ivan, that's very impressive. It'll be very useful I'm sure.

[@agoffgrid640]

Hey Ivan, you should make a 3d printed adapter to capture the exhaust air from the router motor and use it as air blast chip evacuation.

[@agoffgrid640]

@Tzuede Off the Cuff very true; i was just thinking there was enough flow and pressure to be able to blow the chips away so he didnt have to add anything more then a 3d printed duct.

[@geekheretic]

What controller are you using for these machines?

[@ivanmirandawastaken]

Arduino+CNC shield running GRBL

[@fernandoortiz1460]

How do you get the plans for everything that you made for this cnc

[@MegaTraxxas]

That is a huge amount of efforts, awesome!