How To Cut Parts Bigger than your CNC Bed with Fusion 360

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Cutting parts larger or bigger than your CNC seems impossible but here’s a great way to get perfect results every time using Fusion 360. I know this isn't my normal woodworking video but there are great techniques in fusion 360 and template routing within. Thanks for watching! Please like, comment and subscribe. Cheers!
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[@russellcoburn6920]

I really appreciate all of the teaching videos that you do! I'm in the early stages of a furniture business and love soaking up all the knowledge!

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

Look who was the top search hit with just the info I needed today 🤣🤣

[@nickforster2496]

Great video. I've watched a few videos trying to learn how to do this and yours is the only one that makes sense and doesn't confuse me. I have the xcarve like shawn but should be able to adapt the same technique pretty easy.

[@ktulu193]

The way the pieces drop out of the MDF sheet when you drop it on Shaun's bench is just perfect! Good video, Jonathan! Cheers

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha I was wondering if anyone saw that part

[@AnthonyBowman]

@@katzmosestools Almost as good as the look on Shaun's face!

[@Xyienced]

I like the slab flattening application idea a lot!

[@dominicksoldano1532]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I need parts cut longer (but not wider) than my ShapeOko 3 XL bed for a project I’m working on. I was looking for a CNC router shop to do it but I get no return calls. Now I can do it myself - great job Jonathan. Probably the most useful KZbin video I’ve seen this year - and a great explanation as well.

[@aam50]

Very timely. I was puzzling about how to cut a guitar neck on my machine that doesn’t quite have enough travel. Solved. Thanks!

[@MadeByMarylou]

Thanks Jonathan & Shawn! I recently got an X-carve so this was immensely helpful for me since I’m still learning. Thanks for sharing!!

[@katzmosestools]

Our pleasure Marylou

[@garagemonkeysan]

Cool process. Thanks for sharing! : )

[@warrenking1815]

Thanks so much for explaining this really neat method of repositing the work peices

[@MarcelDiane]

Jonathan, I love this CNC segment.

[@jeremyspecce]

Nice technique, I saw Shaun refer to this. from what I can tell this IS a technique that the software understands. I can certainly see for simple large shapes how it might be faster once you have a master template to just use a tracing bit and batch them out, but this is definitely a useful tool to have in your back pocket.

[@shadowmanxyz7805]

Man thank you so much for this video. Excellent work!

[@shortydoo33]

Awesome video. I’m still researching for my CNC purchase and this helps with the CNC size decision. Found your channel from the Make Something Patreon list. Great content and production sir.

[@katzmosestools]

Thank you Mr. Bravo!

[@JTWoodworks]

This is so helpful!! Thanks Jonathon

[@ncstech72]

This was a great timesaver for a newbie guy like me!!!! Thanks!!!

[@DIYHGP]

I didn’t understand any of the CnC stuff but I did love the ending and the look on Shaun’s face

[@MakerAtPlay]

This was exactly the info I was looking for. I have a Stepcraft 840 CNC with a 30in bed and was wondering how I could get fusion to create cut paths for just half of the piece. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with this video. I am also a fan of you other videos.

[@ch0g0nda1]

I'm totally gonna try and make an entire guitar fingerboard on a 3018 using this technique. Radical video, thanks :D

[@andrewmack4830]

great video - very useful - thank you

[@thomasarussellsr]

As I have yet to venture into the CNC world of witchcraft and wizardry, just about everything in this video flew right over my head. However, if I ever make that jump, the "cutting bigger than your CNC table" will stick with me and I can refer back to this video for the details. Thanks. (Video saved to my tool builds list).

[@murphsworkshop4214]

Jonathan, I have an original Shapeoco 3 so very little working space, I was aware of this technique but it was so helpful seeing it done! Thanks so much for the effort! I'm going to check your video list for blast gates and see what I find! Very interesting! Later, Murph

[@freshoffthesaw8090]

Kind of the same process we have used in the past. We used wooden dowels and used the tiling feature in vcarve. One day I’ll learn fusion...maybe. It helps if I ever open the program 😂😂

[@johncutipaluque3397]

That Shaun's face xD yout both are amazing

[@freeelectron8261]

Just the problem I'm having with my x carve. Thanks Jonathan!

[@dave20874]

Very useful tip, thanks!

[@TheMick40767]

Very cool thank you, now I can’t figure out how to do two sided milling on my CNC. Maybe you could show us?

[@OldSilkRoad]

Awesome tip! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@patmos72]

I love You both guys. Don't be so hard on Shawn Jonathan! ;) . As always it's been a pleasure to watch and thank You for a great tip. Greetings from Tenerife Island

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@ilROSS]

very useful! thank you for sharing

[@PSModernKitchens]

This was helpful! Thank you

[@huwdavies5264]

I don't have a CNC and also don't have the room for one but this video was great as the way you explained the thought processes was sort of easy to understand, some of the jargon and technical terms went straight over my head though. Cheers, Huw

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@mauriciojurin2673]

Great video!

[@jkepps]

Great Video!

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Looks like a great method ... a little fast for me, but can watch again(especially in Fusion), but wonder if you have any updates to this process? Or still using same process today? Thanks for this, it was super useful. Really like Shawn's work too, and colloboration w/ 4 eyes. Appreciate the time saving here ... subscribed :)

[@attic6]

thanks!

[@danieltomczak734]

Glad to see someone else put googly eyes on their spindle!

[@pmpcmartins]

Hi Jonathan. Great video! Could you please tell me what is the brand of your z axis probing tool? Thanx

[@zetwallin6266]

Awesome video as usual! Missing the link to which axiom cnc you are using though. /Z

[@SafetyZar]

Very Helpful - Couldn't you drill your first set of pin holes through both the work piece and the spoil board at the same time? Thank you!

[@davidtroncoso9313]

Awesome! Can’t find the link to your Axiom?

[@luisownerbr]

This is totally saving my behind after I agreed to build a neck through guitar for a client and now it won't fit my cnc. Thanks

[@loganrose2791]

What post processor did you use for your Axiom? They use a "Richauto" DSP type of controller right?

[@archer9006]

Yeah I have the next wave and use vectric aspire for my cnc. I think I like the setup on that software a bit better. No need for translating to g-code, you just save the tool.path straight from aspire or vcarve and take to cnc, clamp it right and set z height and zero position and run. That being said that is my nemesis I have broken a few bits that way, and yes i am a total newbie with cnc. But i like it

[@katzmosestools]

That's literally the same with fusion. Vectric is great for engraving. After that Fusion isn't even playing the same game much less in the same league as vetric and vcarve. It's like vetric (great for beginners so I'm not knocking it) is a go go power wheel and fusion is a Mazerati. I highly suggest taking the time to learn it. It'll change your world. Theres a great class on slillshare called learning fusion in 30 days that I highly reccomend. It's free and soooooooooooooooooooooooo powerful

[@danbarrett6113]

Great info Jonathan, although I have no CC machine, I did follow what you were doing to some extent even though I have no practical experience yet. I am making Custom signs and this will eventually come in handy knowing that larger work can be possible if I decide to purchase a machine. I am in love with the idea, but way to intimidated technologically......

[@katzmosestools]

Don't be intimidated. Once you get one the desire to learn all its intricacies is overwhelming.

[@danbarrett6113]

@@katzmosestools Thanks man....

[@user-oq9ml8jb1t]

@@katzmosestools I know that these things are easy for you..! But the way you pretend that you had no idea when you started creates confidence in us..!

[@pascaldarre8013]

Question: The origin of the first toolpath is the bottom left corner of the spoilboard while I thought it would have been the center of the bottom left pin. Cause the origin of the second toolpath is the top left pin center. Can you clarify?

[@korasukaro7794]

thanks jonathan, can we do this stuff in freecad?

[@best49erfan]

For the second setup, shouldn't the coordinate system be 1 in below the hole?

[@ricforest368]

Great video. Does Vectric software have the "box" function to cut vectors in two?

[@ricforest368]

Hah. the rule "review all the features before wasting people's time". In Vectric it is called Tiling and accomplishes the same thing.

[@botoepfer8588]

Hello Jonathan, Thanks for the video. are you cutting from the home position? and just setting the Z Thanks

[@mmmmmmm8706]

What was that stock to leave thing on the 3d carve?

[@zahaaalkaaby8947]

Can you tell me what kind of output(g coud)? I have a Chinese machine

[@forstrams]

Found this really great video, but I didnt catch how you zero the x/y after moving to the second setup?

[@scottschneider4596]

Have you tried cutting the smaller portion of the program first then making the reposition the bulk of the cutting? Less room for error. That’s how I’ve done it on a cnc laser.

[@katzmosestools]

Sounds like the same way I did it here except you move it less. This seems to work perfect for me

[@digirelax]

Hi, on 7:46 I see your clamps. Where did you ordered them?

[@MrOwen703]

No need to get a 2x3 CNC any more, 2x2 should be good. Thanks buddy!

[@joshuas1767]

Ya’ll talked that crap about weak joints, and now he’s going robotic on us.

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha

[@liquidjungleentertainment5025]

Holy cow dude. Seems like a great video but you're talking and moving so fast I can't keep up with you. This is exactly what I'm trying to do with my 3018 Prover. I don't know if you would do it but if you could maybe make another video and slow down like a hundred times for beginners like myself that would be great. If not that's okay video was great but I just couldn't keep up.

[@orelygarcia]

🧡💯😎👍👍

[@RobertEchten]

Great tip. Do you know if Shaun tried this trick on Greg (his XCarve CNC)?

[@katzmosestools]

He did. It worked

[@RobertEchten]

@@katzmosestools Awesome. Will have to tried it as well, then! Thanks!

[@FredMcIntyre]

😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@kashifjkm]

Sir i have a small CNC machine 30cmx30cm working area, and i want to engrave on MDF 60cm wide by 120cm long, i am planning to make in 30x30 pieces, How can i do it? Help Appreciated Sir Thank You

[@katzmosestools]

I have a video on that exact subject called how to cut pieces larger than your cnc or something like that

[@kashifjkm]

@@katzmosestools can i get A link to that video

[@rogerhartje5964]

great video and very helpful, but I had to move the speed to .75 so I could understand you. Probably just me being old...

[@brucemartin5510]

For not having used whatever program that was you were using, you are a quick study!

[@craigchingren-hamann9700]

2nd - I don't have a CNC - YET but maybe some day.

[@BrianLeeWho]

Instead of setting you Z=0 at the top of your workpiece, set Z=0 at the top of your spoilboard. Stock material can vary slightly in thickness and if you set your Z for the top of the spoilboard you don't have to worry about these variances. (Just don't forget to set the Z=0 in Fusion by selecting the material corner's BOTTOM node and not the top node.)

[@katzmosestools]

Great idea bud

[@diowk]

why are you drilling holes with a down cut bit? that can actually start a fire due to friction

[@katzmosestools]

Maybe if you were using it as a drill but those holes are larger than the bit. The bit is being used the same way it would elsewhere to clear material. The only difference is it does it in a circular manner. Plus, realistically, I don't know anyone who would take the time to change and re-zero their bit for such a short operation.

[@diowk]

@@katzmosestools ok. thanks for the info.

[@ManCrafting]

I want to learn fusion, but it’s like my brain shuts down when the teaching begins. It’s like learning a foreign language. It would make the ideas I have so much easier to turn into reality.

[@katzmosestools]

Theres a great class on skillshare called learn fusion in 30 days. It has 30 classes that are all about 5-20 minutes. Immensely helpful

[@ManCrafting]

Jonathan Katz-Moses I actually have a subscription so I’ll look it up. I might make it through a 5 min class. 🤣

[@richhubert1260]

Not for me. Have little to no intrest, ,,,,,, I fought with sketch up and fusion couldn't get a line on the damn thing.... but I will give you a thumbs up just for doing it! All the best.

[@igbanebridge6204]

First

[@tekviper9]

I dont hate CnC but i wont use one. Love the channel just not the CnC.

[@katzmosestools]

I bet there were guys who said that about the Tablesaw, The Domino, The Random Orbital Sander, etc when they came out. It's become the biggest time saver in my shop. CNC does the shitty, mundane, and repeatable stuff, like shop projects, dovetail alignment boards and templates, so I can focus on the fun stuff.

[@katzmosestools]

Also it's so great for putting my logo on stuff. The first couple months I had it that's all I could figure out how to do hahaha. For a while I thought I had an expensive logo machine

[@tekviper9]

@@katzmosestools I get it I know what they can do. CnCs are great but My woodworking is therapeutic as I am an IT computer worker for 20+ years. I use my WW time to disconnect from technology. In anycase just sharing my feedback. You are a talented individual and Im just offering feedback. Keep up the good content.

[@katzmosestools]

I wasn't offended at all. Just having a conversation my friend. Thank you for helping the discourse and go out there and whoop some dawdust's ass

[@Psychlist1972]

I know this is pedantic, but I wish we'd stop calling things "a CNC". CNC is an adjective that stands for Computer Numerical Control. You have CNC routers, CNC mills, CNC machining centers, etc. Technically, laser cutters, and 3d printers are CNC devices. In this case, it's "CNC router bed" or "CNC router capacity" or "CNC router working area" (Shapeoko, X-Carve, etc. are CNC routers)

[@MarcelDiane]

Yeah you’re right. It’s pedantic.

[@Psychlist1972]

@@MarcelDiane It's an important distinction, though. Folks look to you for info as someone with knowledge in this area. It would be awesome if the info was more correct so people would use the right terminology and not end up looking ignorant if they apply for a job in this field, or end up talking to a machinist.

[@MarcelDiane]

Pete Brown , you might find this important but I’ve had many pieces made in multiple machine shops on their CNC. Not once did anyone correct me. However, when I see someone using a sliding table saw while wearing open toed shoes his credibility loses impact.

[@Psychlist1972]

@@MarcelDiane Ok man. I wasn't being a jerk, but thanks for doubling down and attacking anyway.