CNC Finale: Automatic Toolchanger Spindle Install & Testing

Spindle Manufacturer: www.mechatron-gmbh.de/
Spindle Shop: www.spindel-shop.de/
4k Microscope (Banggood) bit.ly/2XWLehh
Servos in this machine:
All-In-One Servo: www.welectron.com/JMC-iHSV57-...
Haimer 3D Digital Taster: www.haimer.de/produkte/messge...
All-In-One Patreon: / marcoreps
The CNC journey is far from over, but this video is the last in the series of construction and components videos that I've made over the course of one year. In this finale we are looking back at a common Chinese 2.2 kW spindle and its VFD, .... does anybody want to write descriptions for me?

[@reps]

Happy Thanksgiving! Don't eat turkeys pls! Mechatron KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKvLZ6uvpZWjatk

[@mohammadr797]

Happy to you, :) How much is the axis stepper motors holding torque?

[@nicholasjacob3594]

@@mohammadr797 they are not steppers they are 400waat servos he made a video about them here kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2bCoqyposp_epI

[@sfp4197]

You need a hard project Try to make a metal 3d printer (DMLS,SLM,EBM,FDM either BJ) Try to do it cheaper an faster than me (1-2 years, 2000-5000€/$ buget) Good luck!

[@mohammadr797]

@@nicholasjacob3594 Thank you!

[@sfp4197]

I want more fiber and dangerous laser video

[@buildthis2324]

"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down dude." Lol. Glad Im not the only one who talks to their machines like that.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I'm not nearly that polite with my machines... Now I feel bad.

[@kurtbilinski1723]

A machinist once told me that the "mild steel" that we buy for projects is a melted mixture of all kinds of scrap steel, including ball bearings. Sometimes they don't quite melt completely, so you can indeed run into "nuggets" of really hard material within a block.

[@Volt64bolt]

Never heard that before. I guess if it’s cheap stuff from China, but most graded mild steel has to conform to specific standards

[@craigperry5662]

Sorry but I think that is complete and utter rubbish, even the crappiest of Chinese steel is better than that. The reason the tool got red hot is because it was spinning way to fast. The surface speed is critical to tool heating and therefore tool life. Spin it too fast and it will last but a little while then go red hot and then it rubbish.

[@Evildandalo]

“This video has been supported by Megatron” Your CNC is a deceptacon

[@raymondbiskner6885]

Oh thank god, it wasn't just me

[@ddiva1973]

Welcome to This Old Marco. Love it!

[@Etna.]

You mean Marco Gotteswinter? Great built btw! Regards, Etna.

[@ddiva1973]

@@Etna. well, i was actually gonna wright A'Marco79, but my finger slipped, multiple times.

[@hyperhektor7733]

he reminds me of this young tony ;D

[@ddiva1973]

@@hyperhektor7733 lol! Now we get to see where it all came from, and where it all started. But if Marco makes an April Fools vid about multimeters, I'm out of here!

[@Etna.]

@@hyperhektor7733 👍

[@l3d-3dmaker58]

please do a video about the telescoping covers, they're so cool!

[@pav9978]

Du hast so übelst eine schraube Locker. Herrlich. Ich freue mich jedes mal wie schnitzel wenn du ein Video machst !

[@FesixGermany]

Thumbs up for Mechatron. We bought an air cooled one from Mechatron and it works beautifully, when I hopefully build my own machine at home I will definitely get a Mechatron again.

[@reps]

You are partially responsible for all this 😉

[@FesixGermany]

Uh-oh.... I'm not sure if I can handle this much responsibility... Or yes I can: Mechatron FTW!

[@backpropagated]

7:48 WHAT??? YOU'RE TELLING ME THE BEARINGS IN YOUR SPINDLE HAVE THEIR OWN CLEAN ROOM?? God that's so smart, I love it.

[@Conservator.]

“So I’ll endure the chips today, ... and for the next four days as well, ... and whenever I want to wear this sweatshirt again” 🤣

[@JlerchTampa]

Carbon steel chips are pleasant compared to the nearly microscopic stainless steel versions! I have a one such example embedded in the arch of my left foot that randomly reminds me to wear proper PPE no matter how lazy I feel at the moment!

[@Nathan-mg7ho]

Ain't that the truth though...

[@ChimeraActual]

@@JlerchTampa Me too!

[@1drelong]

Hilarious!

[@Nathan0A]

Really happy for you getting this project up and running, and the results are awesome.

[@MarionMakarewicz]

Wow, Marco. I am so happy for you. You deserve all the goodies they throw at you. And what an amazing video. It doesn’t get any better than this in my book.

[@Runoratsu]

They're cheaper than I would have expected, honestly.

[@fer662]

I probably paid close to that for my chinese 2.2kw watercooled spindle taking shipping and the stupid customs tax of my country into account.

[@Runoratsu]

@noxxi knox More money than I can justify spendig on what would amount to being a toy for me, too, but I'd have guessed about double to triple the price they actually are.

[@karsnoordhuis4351]

@@Runoratsu isnt that this entire build? I would love to make one too but it would be very expensive for a toy

[@Runoratsu]

Kars Noordhuis …yes. Same. 😅

[@michaelknight2342]

How much does something like a Haas spindle cost, and what improvements would you get for the extra cash?

[@frosty129]

Amazing job Marco. Can't wait to see what you can make with this.

[@rejidomus3013]

Congrats on the successful build. Has to feel so good seeing your year long project turn out so well.

[@sirstan808]

That was thoroughly enjoyable Marco, thanks for the great entertaining video. And I learned something too.

[@ArnaudMEURET]

Intelligent exploration turned into knowledge sharing mixed with a fair amount of German humour. All this allowed by relevant high-quality product placement. What a wonderful time to be alive ! 🤘

[@DudleyToolwright]

Amazing work. I love the way this project turned out.

[@PiperFishing]

This has to be the most impressive CNC on youtube.

[@shirothehero0609]

Oh it's cool and up there with the best (spindle is awesome) but there are some seriously monster rad home builds on YT.

[@NiHaoMike64]

Close call between this one and AvE's. I would say this one wins on the DIY build aspect, while AvE's wins on using liquid spray to keep machining dust under control.

[@TDLmc]

Never seen such a good DIY CNC video, just amazing!

[@machine2747]

Great job! You're an inspiration to the rest of struggling with our own cnc creations! Keep up the awesome content!

[@KYBERWERK]

The lateral forces of the 18:30 operation must be immense! That new tool really is awesome.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I especially appreciate how thoroughly you went through the construction of that spindle. That's quality hardware right there.

[@Some_Beach]

Never have I seen someone use a rake for packing peanuts. Guess that's what makes you the engineer and me the programmer

[@ashfaw]

I'm happy that you have such "big boy" sponsors now You are appreciated

[@vincei4252]

Nice job, Marco. Shocked at the incredibly reasonable price of that spindle!

[@tolvtaggarn]

You saw prices on spindles with manual tool change. Marco's spindle is equipped with automatic tool change and go for around 2000 euros if I'm not mistaking.

[@gmack4097]

Those prices are for the "Standard Series" spindles, not the "Professional Series" spindle demonstrated!

[@canonguy9448]

Happy to see this beast making chips! Looking forward to seeing more 😁

[@cncgeneral]

Next challenge, build a surface roughness tester. You know you'd enjoy measuring sub micron deviations by dragging diamonds around.

[@dimitar4y]

What, just get a gramophone needle and a very sensitive high class amplifier? Hear it scratch like audio.

[@Spirit532]

That Tool reference did not go unnoticed! The Mechatron spindles are surprisingly affordable, and those ATC adapters... hnnng...

[@reps]

dude. what an all-rounder you are 🤯

[@Spirit532]

@@reps Why I'm rather fit, thank you very much. Don't forget to spiral out at the exit.

[@jetaddict420]

That was beautifully subtle

[@matthewpillay]

Absolutely loved your sense of humor. Combines engineering with entertainment. Well done

[@mikej9062]

I just wanted to say that this is perhaps my favorite video of yours because it inspires me to work hard with my CNC hobby so that one day I might also make a machine as nice as this.

[@Dullwo]

Awesome job! have fun with that thing! cant wait to see the tool changer!

[@SPEAKERSRULEMYWORLD]

really cool seeing this thing up and running

[@FixDaily]

If you freeze the bearing and heat up the holder you can put them together easily, since the bearing will contract and the holder will expand. WHen they get back to room temperature, they will be a perfect fit "impossible" to remove. PS: Your videos are always enjoyable and hilarious :) great work

[@nzpork1]

Congratulations! All the hard work pays off, such a good feeling. You are an inspiration to us all.

[@Freetheworldnow]

Your precision sharpened sense of humour has made this long video enjoyable!! Have fun in your projects!

[@cian.horgan]

Wasn't looking at the screen for the first few seconds and thought you'd started taking sponsorship from the deceptacons

[@devrim-oguz]

decepticons?

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

@@devrim-oguz Megatron lol

[@cian.horgan]

@@devrim-oguz the sponsorship from mechatron sounded like Megatron, leader of the decepticons in the transformers franchise

[@mckidney1]

Holy shit he did it. I started watching when this was a teaser in other videos :D

[@Boboo5]

Good stuff dude! Loving the progress :D

[@cgbillingsley6384]

very impressive build, excellent video (I watched every second of it). You have a great sense of humor and your delivery makes this video one of the best I've seen. You, sir, are an artist !! Thank you.

[@nyceyes]

Thank you for that holiday treat. *Happy Thanksgiving* from USA. 😊

[@dschoas]

This is so far the best machine video! I like the way you comment your progress. Reminds me on the first person Jerry Cotton detective stories I read when I was a teen. Well done!

[@dotdump284]

Good sense of humor and an awesome cnc machine. Such an intriguing combination.

[@CryoftheProphet]

this man is my hero.. I could listen to him talk all day

[@en2oh]

this is brilliant. Totally impractical for the average end user... but your techniques and the thought that goes into your projects is helpful for those of us who want to 'up our game'. Thanks again. Doug

[@johnkelly7264]

When I look through my subscribed list of new posts, yours is the first channel I go to! Always very easy to listen to. A funny and serious engineering channel, what more could you want?

[@DigitalisierungmitKopf]

Finally a new Marco Reps Video 🤗

[@theodoregeldmacher8251]

The envy I have for your machine is overwhelming. Incredible build.

[@ericgossard8808]

Hi Marcos. The only thing bad About your video is it came to an end. The little technical tidbits you put in there have great content for anyone paying attention. The winner of Best comedy within a serious technical program goes to .....Marco Reps. No question. Can't wait to learn from another one. Thank You.

[@sethbracken]

Hand Tool Rescue fires up a two-stroke washing machine and Marco Reps is making chips. What a day.

[@roguetrooper70]

SWEET RIDE!!! 🤘😎🤘 and Outstanding workmanship!!!

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

You really did a beautiful job on this.

[@toddspeck9415]

So impressed watching what you are doing! Dig your sense of humor.

[@Th3Mafia]

impressed with your precision and attention to absolute detail

[@theovannieuwenhuizen5756]

Man...you are in another league! So much fun watching. Keep up the great adventures so we don't have to pay the price of making bad decisions. I do hope you'll set up a webserver where we can upload our cnc jobs ;-)

[@bobbynikolopoulos5720]

just discovered this channel..... As soon as I saw the breathalyzer test part I immediately had to make sure I was subscribed

[@charlietripi]

First video I've seen from you. Super cool! I love your editing, fun cuts, educational overlays of pertinent information, its really good work here.

[@MCsCreations]

Wow... That's more than amazing! 😮 Some day I want to build a CNC machine... But a hobby grade one, let's say. 😬

[@bustedparts]

Awesome! This is something that I would love to do!

[@KylesMonitors]

What an amazing build and that spindle system is awesome... I wish I could talk myself into buying one for my build.

[@bytemyassembler8023]

Yay, never thought I'd see components of my employer here (the blue one)! Cool :-)

[@Giblet535]

I covet your CNC. I focused my money/effort on DIYing rigid CNC gantries, and I cheaped out on a "spindle" (Makita mini router) for the proof of concept. I'm surprisingly happy with the results, even using a crap spindle, and even though that spindle is the source of nearly all defects in the system now, I'm happy. It will easily mill a PCB with your test PCB artwork, cutting copper clad to the depth of the copper only, but not the adhesive. So, what proof did I achieve? I proved that the spindle is important, but lies in that broad category of increasing costs, diminishing returns. The gantries/drive are the most critical pieces in the system, so that's where the greatest ROI is found. Don't cheap out on those.

[@DerSolinski]

Who else is certain that he cut out his maniacal laughter when shredding bits with his monster... Seriously this is one epic over the top "because I can" statement. Also I have to admit that I'm sitting here giggling too when I see that carnage. And I share your pain, those micro chips are a part of your life now... permanently! I haven't touched a CNC in years, moved and still find those suckers sometimes from the time I had the pleasure working with something similar for two weeks.

[@KillItandGrillIt]

Great work I can not wait till you have it perfect.

[@LukeFrasera]

Awesome video. Looking forward to the way covers.

[@Thefreakyfreek]

Stop making me soo jealous I just got my machine reinstalled and running again tan you show me videos of your amazing spindle

[@Maaaaaax-07]

This felt like a 4 min vid, damn, good job dude

[@iteerrex8166]

You machine is coming along every nicely. Thanks for sharing.

[@sergiourquijo4000]

What a great channel. I dont want to think about the work it takes to do all that and on top of that film it and do a video. This is awesome

[@abilalpk]

A great video. Thanks for sharing. I was very much looking for it.

[@bernardgreeff]

Love it Marco! Well done!

[@NikoxD93]

Awesome channel and humour! I just started working with metal to make a Torque Arm for my ebike, and this spiked my interest :)

[@hashemmehyar9614]

Wow ! He had the PCB bits since May 2000, i admire his patience ! This video made me change my trousers, what a sexy machine, Congrats on your first chips :) and thank you, as always i learned a lot.

[@pakiw2]

Im happy for you, finally first propper chips )))

[@MGoat76]

I just emailed Mechatron for a price quote and mentioned I heard about them on your channel. They should know their generous gift to you paid off. Thanks for the good video(s)

[@Kiboz2000]

Congratulations on yor work, that is one capable machine. Great video

[@Paul-pl4vy]

Congratulations. A fantastic achievement.

[@nuthinbuttrubl89]

This popped up as a recommended video, out of nowhere, I hear midi lateralus and a whole bunch of tool references. As the singer of a tool tribute band, i commend you 👏👏

[@MrFatjonable]

Absolutely amazing!

[@sirglanz6285]

18:48 Spindles then chips were all I see in my infancy, but words and sounds then came to be reaching out to me, lets me see. As below so above and beyond I imagine that would be drawn outside the lines of reasons to really put such a nice Lateralus analogy here! :D But you did, you were really reaching out to embrace the random and I will always be reaching out to embrace whatever may come. Hahah that was so much TOOL on different levels :D But doing this in a video is a whole other level!! Really appreciate it

[@arnljotseem8794]

Great video, and cool setup

[@Aksrockets]

Those sparks you got at the end of the cut are common in steel especially at those speeds. When there isn’t much surrounding material the heat has nowhere to go but the chips (or tool).

[@mikelang4191]

Exactly what I was going to say. I see this often when breaking through helical boring without flood coolant.

[@ElecDashTronDotOrg]

Excellent video mate!

[@AndrewAHayes]

That spindle is sexy, I cant wait to see it in operation, I love the sound of that compressed air discharge!

[@JinKee]

8:35 this spindle makes my spindle grow with temperature variation

[@RoboCNCnl]

Very interesting spindle !

[@rainerzufall1334]

Sehr schönes Video. Beim Hart fräsen sind Funken normal. Wenn du mit einer Helix eintauchst ist es auch normal wenn es in den letzten Drehungen Funkt da dort dann das Material sehr dünn ist und die ganze wärme nur in die Späne kann.

[@remipast3347]

How nice of Megatron to support such a nice vid.

[@jacoblloyd479]

I just came across your channel. Love your voice! Great content.

[@bbogdanmircea]

Best video ever about CNC on this channel

[@MrPDawes]

Love the humour. Great video as usual. I wish I had the time and money to build one of these bad boys.

[@robadex8043]

The spindel is nice: Its blue, its brushles, its brutal and a beast It reminds me of something....

[@reps]

wow how did I not think of that

[@Mimerneos]

Yes, I want a separate video about those. I want a separate video about Anything and everything you do

[@littlehobbyshop]

Congratulations on your beautiful machine

[@sealpiercing8476]

I love modern cutting tool coatings for the variety of pretty colors, apart from and on top of their use to anyone.

[@AppliedMetaphysician]

Marco, I am always happy to receive & watch your videos; even if I have no particular interest in the subject matter. :) Ausgeseihnet!

[@cogentdynamics]

I really enjoyed your video. I was chuckling the whole time, I like your humor! What you created is awesome but well beyond the scope of what I can do. It’s ok, I’ll watch.

[@powelllp1002]

Absolut perfekte Videos die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug beim zusehen!!

[@ennybm]

Beautiful ending!

[@SAK_-]

Richtig gut, ich mag deinen Humor und auch dein Umgang mit allem Maschinellem sehr! Es freut mich wirklich auch mal jemanden aus meinem Land zu sehen der so einen KZbin Kanal hat! Hab bis jetzt immer nur Old-Tony geguckt aber du kommst direkt mit auf meine Maschinen-Liste :).

[@mikevanin1]

Beautiful! All the way up to 29:34 , when an uneasy feeling told me things were about to suddenly take a dark turn ...