An Altmill CNC Introduction & Review!

[@DustyWoodcutter]

Great advice to any new AltMill owners. AltMill is a pretty advanced machine. The research you do now will make life easier when you start your AltMill journey.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you!

[@michaelgmyers]

Great video Should get mine in early October. You lucky first 50 should be required to make videos every day for those of us counting the days down. Thanks again for all you do.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Congrats on getting your Altmill! The Pre order was during lunch so I just watched the email and got my order in. I was 10 Seconds after the first one! Thank you for your support! Take Care!

[@michaelgmyers]

@@BuckysCustoms very interested in your dust boot. Let us know when you're ready for market.

[@BuckysCustoms]

@@michaelgmyers Will do! I will add you to the list. Thank you!

[@DustyWoodcutter]

Thanks, great video, great ideas. Appreciate your sharing. I am a brother of the 1st 50. I had hella trouble with the g sender config. Made 2 awsome projects. Love the AltMill. Fired it up the next day, wouldnt home. Started working with Jason, he left on vacation. Daniel stepped in to help and my E Stop button died. New one wont arrive till next week. In spite of all that. I am stoked that we, Brother AltMill owners, own a point in CNC history that will be remembered. Thanks again for all the sugestions and sharing. Great job. Rex Templeton aka Wood Cutter @ IDC live stream wednesdays. Peace Out

[@BuckysCustoms]

Hey Rex! Thanks for the comment! Yeah, startup was a bit frustrating but Jason and Daniel were great! I have been working with them (Sienci Labs) for over 4 years now and they have never disappointed! Great Company full of "Go Getters" ! One of the reasons I own a Longmill. I have stopped in on a couple Wednesdays with Garrett's Live. The guy has a ton of knowledge!! Thank you again for supporting what I do! I really appreciate it! Take care!

[@ppouncey4331]

Thank you for the walkthrough. I’m really interested in the hose bracket. That’s good thinking 🧐

[@BuckysCustoms]

Awesome! I will put you on the list! Thank you!

[@billstauffer4304]

Bucky, thanks for your honest review of this impressive machine. I like the drawers for stability.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thanks, Bill!

[@dennisbracci1504]

Third time watching. You have some great ideas and an awesome shop. Look forward to watch more of your videos . Thanks again for sharing.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you!

[@garygraham3915]

Very good explanation of the Altmill setup.

[@dennisbracci1504]

Thank you for the awesome video. Altmill is my choice just waiting for funds. Thanks again.

[@randywoodworking3724]

Awesome video. I can't wait to get mine in sept. I have never operated a cnc. Or to be completely honest even a computer. So yeah can't get any fresher to the cnc world as I am. Iv been watching every video I can on competes. Vector v carve and on the altmill as I can find and it is all sooooo confusing. But I will not give up. I have a buddy that Is trying his best to teach me. Thankfully he has patience. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I can figure it out. Sept will be here not soon enough

[@AndyV268]

I enjoyed your video review. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your set up. You put in a lot of hard work into the build and it shows. I'm very interested in getting the dust hose holder for on top the spindle you have made and thanks for sharing the links for the pc , monitor and mount.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you, Andy! I appreciate your kind words! I will add you to the list! Have a great week!

[@ApexWoodworks]

Bucky, terrific video! I'm on the waiting list for my AltMill's delivery sometime later this month or the next. A few comments: 1. Why didn't you hang your hose directly over the centre of your spoilboard instead of off to the side? 2. As regards laptops in the shop, all I've ever done is cover their inlet ports with gauze, taped along the edges. Easy, peasy! 3. On a separate note, you're absolutely right that a 4" dust boot, if connected properly to a 4" flex hose, will work very well... assuming you've got it connected to an adequate dust collection system. I'm going to connect my AltMill to my shop's Oneida Air Systems central cyclone dust collection and know that it'll be far superior to anything I've experienced with my Longmill Mk1 (which I've already sold)

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you for your thoughts! As I said in this video the hose location was just temporary until I got something more final put together. Great tip on the lap top gauze!!

[@JNewellworks]

Great video Dana! Look forward to mine in October and very interested in the mount for the dust collection. Thanks for sharing.

[@BuckysCustoms]

thank you! i will add you to the list.

[@Hinkleshop]

Thanks for the HINKLESHOP plug Dana I’m really glad you finally got your new machine up and running Happy cnc ing brother

[@BuckysCustoms]

Your welcome, Sir! I really enjoy watching your channel! I have learned a bunch! And you make me laugh! lol See!?

[@geegonzalez8042]

great video bucky,mine will be here in oct my first cnc...

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you and congrats! The Altmill is everything i thought it would be! Enjoy!

[@Dugsin503]

Thanks for the update. Maybe one day, just don’t know if I need to speed things up in the shop.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Your Welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@Miter5TrimCarpentry]

It’s always nice to hear from you Buckey!! The touch monitor running G sender is a remote monitor from your PC or is the monitor running Windows?

[@BuckysCustoms]

It's a touch screen monitor with a mini computer running windows and gSender. I explained this towards the end of the video. I also added links to where you can purchase in the description. Thank you for watching! I really appreciate the support!

[@garygraham3915]

Interested in the dust collector setup. Thank You

[@StephenGrant-no1dz]

Great video! I would love one of those hose brackets!

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thanks Stephen! I have added you to the list!

[@Bcam4]

I am interested in the hose bracket. Can you do a video on how to load gsender on the mini computer?

[@JoeLazzara]

I'd love to see a video on that also!! 😃👍🤞🤞

[@BuckysCustoms]

I will add you to the list! Thank you! The mini computer works like any other computer with windows so you can just download from sienci.com/gsender/ and click on Windows to start the download.

[@BuckysCustoms]

The mini computer works like any other computer with windows so you can just download from sienci.com/gsender/ and click on Windows to start the download. I will try to make a short video on it but, honestly is quite simple.

[@Bcam4]

That would be great. Thx.

[@kfritze]

Great video. Very interested in upgrading my CNC to an Altmill. Full disclosure, did you buy the machine or was it provided by Sienci?

[@BuckysCustoms]

The #Altmill is huge upgrade from the longmill! Only positives so far! Get yourself one!

[@deandejoseph3102]

I would also like to know this. I have a hard time with reviews where the reviewer has been supplied with a free product. As soon as I see a review where the product was supplied free of charge I go to other sources for information.

[@BuckysCustoms]

@@deandejoseph3102 Oh well, hopefully you felt I was being truthful either way. If not, thank you for your honesty and watching my video!

[@NWGR]

I really, really wish sienci would release a 2'x4' version of the altmill. I'd buy one right away. I only have about 2/3 of a one car garage to use as space so getting a 4'x4' in there would mean getting rid of my tablesaw.

[@michaeljakus8373]

Have you ever had any hands on with the oneinfinity elite, I will not be receiving my Altmill until Dec. I love my longmill 30x30 but have a few jobs coming up that require more space (48x48). At first I thought I could wait it out but not sure I can. I love everything about Siencilabs but might have to go in another direction. If you could let me know if you have had any experience with One infinity it would be greatly appreciated.

[@BuckysCustoms]

@@michaeljakus8373 Thats a tough deal, Michael! I have had no experience with the Onefinity. Have you considered a 48" X axis for your 30 x 30?

[@michaeljakus8373]

@@BuckysCustoms Yes I did consider the 48 axis for the 30x30 but like the idea of getting away from the wheel guides and plastic backlash. I cut 100 % hardwood, so if I am going to upgrade I would just like a tougher machine. The more thought I put into it I keep going back to the Altmill , that machine fits the bill to a tee and at a great price.

[@michaeljakus8373]

Thanks for mentioning the 48" upgrade as that got my wheels spinning again. After sleeping on it and not wanting to leave the Siencilab family I have decided to upgrade my 30x30 and add a spindle and super long board to it. Then over the winter expand my shop to accommodate both the 48x30 and an Altmill. So maybe by this time next year I can add the Altmill.

[@BuckysCustoms]

Agree 100%!

[@BuckysCustoms]

There ya go! Excellent idea! I have carved a TON of hardwood with my Longmills and will probably carve a ton more before I am done! It will all work out! Congrats Michael! Thank you for your support too! Cheers!

[@IceCreams62]

If a motor cable is unplugged the controller receives an alarm and stops the machine...theoretically

[@BuckysCustoms]

It Should for sure! Thank you for correcting me on that. Appreciate your support!

[@Kathyoftheglade]

jeepers i wish i could afford one of these. i just have a little 6040. with a 300w spindle. i could get sooo much more done so much faster.

[@NWGR]

At the very least, you could upgrade your spindle to one of the 65mm routers like the makita, carbide create or genmitsu. That alone would be a huge upgrade. Then just save money from projects made with the 6040 until you have enough for the altmill. That's my plan.

[@BuckysCustoms]

I totally understand! Although, The Altmill is super priced compared to other machines in this category!

[@Kathyoftheglade]

@@NWGR noise from the router would be a bit too much for my situation. I may go for an 800w

[@NWGR]

@@Kathyoftheglade That's a solid plan! Slightly more power than the router and quieter as well.