I built a big CNC Portal Milling Machine from Scrap!

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First Video about the CNC Plasma Cutter:
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Repairing the Plasma Cutter / Compressor etc:
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[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Hey guys! Thank you all for watching the video! If you want to support the channel, here are some ways to do that: patreon.com/tpai Paypal-Donation-Link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B9WWK5L3TPTLG Email: [e-mail]

[@hulkgqnissanpatrol6121]

Windscreen wiper motor's are fantastic for using as a high torque low speed stepper motor when converted as one, they're also super cheap

[@Spanu96]

You woudn't believe how many companies would just throw good stuff in the trash on the idea "it's not worth the time".

[@courier11sec]

It's infuriating to me the way KZbin seemingly punishes quality sometimes. I truly believe that your channel is important far beyond the context of KZbin. If my situation weren't what it is I would be supporting you as well as many other people who independently produce things like this, and other educational content. Thank you for being relentless in your mission. I appreciate you.

[@drkastenbrot]

thats just what newly uploaded videos look like until they go through final transcoding

[@courier11sec]

@@drkastenbrot that's not what I mean.

[@hayleyxyz]

​@courier11sec I'm struggling to understand what your complaint is then? He has half a million subscribers, and is well deserved.

[@courier11sec]

@hayleyxyz where do you see a complaint about him in my comment? I said this channel is important and remarked that KZbin specifically disincentivises high quality long form content which makes up the entirety his videos. 🤷‍♂️

[@hayleyxyz]

@@courier11sec "It's infuriating to me the way KZbin seemingly punishes quality sometimes."

[@darrynkushman1]

The value is in the Eyes of the Welders and Engineers . One mans Scrap is another man next Project

[@RetifsGarage]

As Edison said « To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk »

[@drCox12]

Alter Schwede. Ich kann nur ansatzweise abschätzen, wie viel Arbeit (viele Jahre an Recherche, Lernen, Experimentieren, Umsetzung, gelegentliches Scheitern, Umdenken...) da drin steckt. Meinen aller größten Respekt dafür!

[@partymanau]

Not to mention the creativity. Thats what elevates you from the herd of sheeple.

[@RetifsGarage]

Yes ! Impressed by the amount of work and knowledge of that guy ! Gruesse aus Frankreich !

[@karlharvymarx2650]

I made it halfway through your comment, wondering why your spelling was so eccentric and why my reading comprehension had fallen to near zero, before I realized it wasn't my native English🙂 Imagine if his brain stays sharp for another 40 years how much this guy will know. I bet next time he needs surgery he will DIY that himself with a CNC cauterizing scalpel and sewing machine attachment.

[@WatchWesWork]

This is great! It's tricky to get people excited about CNC. Who knows why. It's always hard to walk the line between technical and entertaining. I wouldn't worry too much about piercing with your plasma. I can usually get 500 pierces on a nozzle, and have gone well over 1000. It works out to something like $.06 per pierce.

[@Gerald_Newell]

I don't usually browse comments much, but I did, and I see Wes likes Gerolf! Very cool - you are both favorites of mine. Gerolf is a brilliant and resourceful man. I love it when he uses American terms like "five bucks" in that accent!

[@samvalentine3206]

I too was pleased to see Wes commenting on Gerolf's video - as Gerald says, both favorites of mine, too! Just gives credence to the old saying "great minds think alike"!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Hey Wes. Nice to see you here! I will have to automate the third axis on the cnc table to solve this issue. This particular kind of plasma cutter cuts best while in direct ocntact witg the the workpiece. However while piercing it is recommended to lift the nozzle of the workpiece for a short moment. If you don't do that the nozzle wears much quicker during piercing. That was my problem so far.

[@dariussutherland4247]

This bloke is so talented

[@sokoloft3]

Hope the surgery goes well and a speedy recovery. As always thanks for the videos!

[@Jimmy___]

The big CNC table is a scrapyard masterpiece, so inspiring. Don't let the poor performance of the plasma table video get you down. These new tools will pay dividends both in what they allow you to do, as well as future well-performing videos that would not have been possible without the new CNC tables. Hope the surgery goes smoothly, and you are back in action shortly thereafter.

[@dadawoodslife]

I won't say genius because that is hyperbole. But your wide range of knowledge and skills and the ability to see things as part of a bigger picture is a skill set that seems to very much lacking today. The world works be a much better place if there were more people like you

[@partymanau]

Dont be disheartened mate, ur a fking genius. Just rem when u r ahead of ur time ur often the only one there. Breathing new life into machines that have been discarded, LEGEND!

[@CajunGreenMan]

I don't think many people would have the guts to try something like this, and you did AND succeeded. Keep up the great work!

[@hippie-io7225]

Amazing utilization of "junk" resources. You take adding value to another level!!

[@jorismk1]

As a Mk1 Golf owner and hobby mechanic I was like, eh those gears look familiar 😂 Neat idea! Indeed they spin well on the lathe, had to make one narrower someday.

[@avid19]

Im 15 years old and I admire your work. Without a doubt, you are the best DIY channel. Learned lots of new things from your videos. Good luck with the surgery!

[@TheDistur]

I am forever jealous of the stuff you get as scrap. Cool project.

[@neilmorten6416]

Thank you for sharing another amazing project with us. I pray that all goes well with your surgery, and that you'll be back to normal speed very soon.Take all the time you need to recover, we'll be waiting patiently for you.

[@cavu826]

Haven't watched the video yet; decided to comment first! Already know this is a prime example of creating extreme value from essentially NOTHING. Great work Gerolf! UPDATE: Watched the video, assumptions confirmed! Impressed by dedication to using parts on hand with an eye toward service and portability...bravo!

[@jp040759]

While watching I just kept shaking my head at how much work you were doing. WOW. What a sense of accomplishment this must have been when you finished. Building your own hi tech tool that you actually will get tones of use out of. Incredible sir!!! I tip my hat to you. Not to mention the years of planning and gathering parts. Good luck with your medical work and recovery.

[@stevematthey6676]

The power plant shown in the intro was of particular interest to me. I spent the last decade of my career retrofitting old plants (not quite as old as shown) with new switchgear and control systems. Praying for a speedy recovery my friend.

[@kevinbeale4879]

It's in Lisbon along the river front!

[@stevematthey6676]

@@kevinbeale4879 It appeared to be abandoned or "mothballed". Noticed the generator field out on the floor. A spare perhaps?

[@Evilslayer73]

Very nice build !!you need to add a cooling pump nozzle to the head of the router with that in place your router bits gonna last longer and a vacuum nozzle when you cutt trough woods!:)

[@partymanau]

Take a look at the oil additive STP, we found it made our cutters and punches live 5 times longer that any other lube. Mix a can in 4 to 5 litres of cheap engine oil.

[@Thousand_yard_King]

You are a man after my own heart. Unfortunately the scrap dealers here in tye United States believe the scrap they buy for pennies is worth 10,000.00 per pound, so these items cannot be salvaged here, And most likely will go to the smelter. By the way, Germany is so beautiful!

[@michaellfbvr]

that castle is beautiful

[@JanKrummrey]

Alles Gute für die OP. Danke für die tollen Videos.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

Amazing build and just as you said you now have way more capabilities!

[@azza-in_this_day_and_age]

your last vidoe was one of my favorite! im still kind of shocked that you built a functional cnc! youre an amazing person, i pray your recovery from surgery goes well, and fast!

[@BrownAndDaughters]

I've been watching you since I was broke and am proud to help out now that I'm not. Keep it up, you really are a voice in the wilderness.

[@TheJohnRowley]

You really are an incredible individual - your engineering skills, ethics, teaching prowess, vand humble generous character are an inspiration to everyone watching this channel - and that's not even to mention your video production skills, they are likely inspiring people too!

[@John_Smith__]

This and the previous videos are Excellent ! Truly great . I do not understand how they got Less views then the ones before. You just built a very impressive CNC machine from scrap ... that is very very good.

[@johannesschaller5510]

Gerolf, vielen Dank für dieses Video. Für deinen bevorstehenden Krankenhausaufenthalt und deine anschließende Genesung wünsche ich dir alles Gute.

[@DanielMcGregor]

Klasse Video Gerolf. Ich bin immer von neuen inspiriert an meiner Fiat Barchetta neue Lösungen zu finden, wenn Teile nicht mehr existieren. Moderne Techniken wie 3d Drucker etc. sind super für sowas. Danke und weiter so.

[@djjoeray]

That large CNC/plasma is a truly capable machine. It's impressive the level of capacity you are building in your workshop. I'm sure that your tenacity and skill will be rewarded. Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏

[@tanquerayandchronic5308]

What you are doing, behind a veil of technology, is a beautiful thing. It’s beautiful. Thank you.

[@zestoslife]

A comment as a sacrifice to the algorithm. You have a rare ability to do the practical stuff with your hands and the coding / maths / software to make the hardware work! I am very impressed.

[@rcboosted]

It's not the time it takes to make it (rather than buying it) it's what you gain from the project! Now you've unlocked new skills, as well as enjoyed the satisfaction of "I made that!". Great job as always. This time, everything from all the collecting and learning finally paid off in a big way!

[@75blackviking]

You wanna see ingenuity personified? You came to the right place. I really respect this man's work.

[@koaasst]

as a fellow homemade CNC builder, this is magnificent! sourcing the great parts from salvage yards has paid off!

[@hologram555]

It really shows that you put a lot of effort in your videos and the content has always been inspiring. As long as you make them, I’ll keep watching!

[@onepanther69]

Once again turning trash into a treasure, i always love your videos, and knowing how much work this took is what makes it so amazing, hope yer operation goes well and you heal quickly

[@april7_]

When you tell that making this video was a big job, I was just thinking those hours, days, weeks... you wrestled whith all that metal! Hope you a quick recovery as health is something that even money could buy!

[@davidjernigan8161]

If you welded the linear guides to the framework, Murphy would have showed up and warped everything out of alignment.

[@michaelsnyder7442]

God Speed in healing up from your surgery. I ready LOVED this video. It was fantastic.

[@avibank]

Good luck with the surgery.

[@SciPunk215]

Consistently delivering some of the best DIY content on KZbin!!

[@thomasechols8834]

The fact that you documented making this is more than amazing, hope you recover quickly from your procedure.

[@johannan572]

Marvelous work on those self built CNC machines! You make it look so easy. I never get tired watching you tinker. You inspire me to repair my own stuff and eventually help other repair their own. Grüße aus Bayern und ein kleines Dankeschön per Paypal.

[@ramblingman8992]

Good luck with the surgery. I look at what you fix and make with envy. You are indeed, one talented individual.

[@user-ks3ol3lw3b]

As an old machinist, this is so satisfying to watch! I was constantly doing little jobs at work for home projects - you never know what can be done until you get the training and experience. This is much larger work than I ever did, but I can connect to all of it.

[@ohhpaul7364]

I enjoy all of your videos. In fact, you have made me even more of a scrap hound who can't stop keeping what other people would call junk stuff.

[@nopenope134]

Right before I opened up my KZbin page and saw your video, I was thinking "Hey, I haven't heard from Gerolf in a while!" Then, boom! here you are!

[@partymanau]

With a ball tearer of a project, imagine the shit u can make with that thing.

[@an_R_key]

This build is amazing for one made from a scrapyard found bill of materials. I'm blown away. Well done with the machine's performance too!

[@tundro27]

Always great to see "scrap" repurposed into something useful. Well done, sir.

[@drfloppyowns]

So very cool to see the CNCs working. Been watching you fix and collect stuff for years.

[@ARGONONYA-ye6wl]

Inspiring to watch one man take his ideas, and bring them to life.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@holgerhahn4869]

Wow. I admire your focus and handiwork!

[@johnjones209]

great project well built, hope the op goes well rest up and recover

[@victor58010]

Hope all goes well with your surgery,Gerolf. Your videos are very much appreciated,and the editing work you do is also very well done. I was able to follow all the steps in manufacture ,as your voice over commentary is crystal clear,and very well scripted. Your passion for saving,re-using ,and creating is a joy to watch. We are all waiting impatiently to see what marvellous creations you come up with next,and thank you for all your hard work. This allows us to live vicariously in your workshop,and I love going along for the journey! Many thanks,and good luck,you are a huge inspiration to many people.

[@fixins]

Really cool project! I was going to suggest „Kompressor“ pulleys since there are a million kinds, shapes, belts, etc, etc but you already found an automotive-based solution.

[@stellamcwick8455]

When you are routing wood, you should make multiple passes. The first pass should be with a spiral down cut bit. The cutter will push the material down, into the workpiece. This will prevent tear out on the upper surface. This pass only needs to be 3mm or so. I like to call this a scoring cut. Next, perform a tool change to a spiral upcut bit. This will allow the chips to be evacuated from the cut, preventing them from getting packed Into the cut (as will happed if you kept using a down cut bit). The upcut bit will pull the material up from the work piece, however since you previously made a pass with the downcut bit, they won’t be any surface tear out. Once the bit breaks through the bottom surface, the bit will continue to pull the material into the workpiece. This prevents tear out on the bottom side (similar to how the down cut bit prevented it in the top surface. Also, be cognizant of feeds and speeds when CNC routing. Having a router with automatic speed control will be extremely helpful and will prevent a lot of problems. You may want to consider a cheap Chinese CNC spindle instead if you find yourself chasing problems related to router shaft speed. A spindle would also allow you to take advantage of the spindle speed control of your CNC software which will allow you to program speed variation based on tool type and cutting operation, into your g-code.

[@jjslibrary]

I really had no idea it was even possible to do something like build your own CNC. It is hard to convey just how incredible this is, and it especially sucks that KZbin buried the last video. I can confirm that I did not see the last video on my home page, only this one. You are truly doing some incredible work with materials that were literally thrown away!

[@dand5593]

Great build! Put some protection on the linear roods, the melted blobl will stick and destroy them. Looking forward to your builds!

[@dave_n8pu]

Hoping for a quick recovery from the surgery.

[@ahmedb.hameed3330]

The amount of engineering here are tremendous!!! Wish you a very fast recovery man and hope to see more of your arts.

[@sokoloft3]

19:45 I almost did this recently, just with a single supply. I needed a variable power supply. However Riden sells these modules, a small one for like $30 off Ali. The RK6006. It'll allow you to limit the current/voltage making your ATX PSU a variable one. Its a buck/boost converter type thing. I instead opted for a Korad linear bench supply and its pretty nice and was $110 USD. I seen a couple of KZbinrs I watch have them still and the supplies have been around for a while.

[@more.power.]

Thank you and all the best wishes for your up and coming surgery.

[@arthurjohnson3438]

Awesome! First upgrade should be a "real" spindle if you are planning on using it regularly with metals.

[@johnr1878]

Believe it or not, I was lucky enough to accumulate most of the parts needed to make a smaller version of what you are doing. My background is in finance and I haven't a clue on how to even get started, but after watching this video I have a starting point now. My wife thought I was crazy collecting and keeping these parts, when I showed her your video, she was shocked. You just motivated me, thanks. Good luck with you surgery.

[@godfreypoon5148]

The logic behind declaring that these things have taken an unreasonable amount of time could fairly well equally be used to dismiss all R&D activities. Food for thought.

[@Curleysound]

Absolutely amazing! You should be very proud. Good luck with the surgery!

[@kubiz198]

Awesome build, I'm sure it will motivate a lot of us to get started/continue working on our DIY machines :D

[@fluffyfloof9267]

i think the idiom is "brass tacks", not tax. In my mind, i think of publishing the latest decree on a board, just outside of city hall - pinning a piece of paper to a board, using tacks made of brass.

[@HenryKamp]

Oh i had no idea that was the origin, nice to know! Personally I thought he was doing wordplay, but a mishearing seems just as likely.

[@Schatzjaeger2]

I follow your channel for years now. This CNC table is an amazing accomplishment, like the peak of this channel so far.

[@robertwebb7152]

I gotta say, this is some pretty outstanding work using second-hand parts. I have noticed KZbin not showing your stuff in my feed of late. I hope you have a speedy recovery and are able to get back to producing these sweet videos.

[@BenMitro]

I've watched a few scrap to product videos but this one takes the cake. This is magnificent work.

[@CallumRepairs]

What a feat! You never cease to impress with your ability to take "scrap" and turn it back in to something incredibly useful. Think of all the embedded carbon emissions in all of the things you've repaired; emissions that didn't need to be doubled by the pointless creation of new things. Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[@jjock3239]

I hope your surgery goes well, and that you have a speedy recovery.

[@hughschwartz6438]

Truly fantastic work, best wishes for a quick recovery!

[@homemadetools]

Nice big CNC build! We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎

[@thercbarn5001]

Good luck with your surgery and speedy recovery! I've loved the last two videos. Mike

[@timeflysintheshop]

I hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery. 🙏🙏🙏

[@SteveLebeau]

Excellent video! Amazing new machine. Get well soon!

[@KevinToppenberg]

Amazing project. Thanks for sharing it. Best wishes and I wish you rapid recovery after your surgery!

[@avoirdupois1]

This is an amazing build! Great to see how these kinds of tools can be built from scrap! Looking forward to seeing you build some amazing things!

[@KevinFields777]

This is very cool! Thank you for showing us all of this work you're putting in! I wish you well with your surgery and recovery!

[@PCFixer]

This is the most insanely awesome thing I have ever seen! You've turned random bits of 'junk' into the most badass, epic C&C Table!

[@PaulBarwick]

You never fail to amaze, Gerolf. You are a unique and talented individual and I am grateful that you share your abilities with us. I also hope that your recovery goes quickly and well.

[@TheMrShinagami]

Another fantastic video, Thank you for all the effort and I hope you have a speedy recovery from the operation.

[@thesohnly]

You are incredible. Good work. Hope your surgery goes well

[@fterototsekoyri]

I wish you the best of luck with your surgery and a speedy recovery, I also hope you find and repair a laser cleaner at the scrap yard to save yourself the endless hours you need with the angle wheel for the rust

[@pogonomyrmexrugosus6240]

This man is a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for sharing your creativity.

[@franz6595]

That is honestly insane that you were able to pull that off. Building a CNC is anything but easy

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Wow - great to see the large mill taking shape! Good luck with the hospital and hope you recovery quickly!

[@samakovamk]

Well done that man....great job on the big CNC .....take a rest for a while, get better soon and we'll see you again when your ready.....regards from the UK

[@NathanNostaw]

Wow, what a beauty of a machine. As a fellow pack rat, I can imagine how exciting it was to find that massive ball screw shaft and those rails and then planning around them. Must have felt good to get it moving under its own programming. Love your work!

[@benbos6625]

Wat een doorzettingsvermogen! Goed gedaan. Sterkte en beterschap toegewenst Gerolf, tot snel!!

[@jeffh8803]

Best wishes for your recovery. I liked your recent build videos way more than the previous scrapyard finds.

[@miahsbrokengarage]

Love watching you work on projects, whatever they are. This one was very elaborate and the result is fantastic. Absolutely impressive work.

[@AlexMusayev]

Thank you for the video, Gerolf, the progress is massive! Also, I wish you quick recovery after the surgery.

[@tonycosta3302]

I build 3D pr8 tears as a hobby, and it’s always amazing how all CNC machines are essential the same. Just bigger, heavier parts.

[@louisfkoorts5590]

Monumental efforts, admirable results. Wish You all the best, with the upcoming surgery. And I wish Us All, to still enjoy decades of TPAI. 👍🏻🎉 🌿👋🏻

[@michaeltrowbridge9324]

Amazing - your vision, ingenuity, perseverance, patience, and dedication are incredible! Good luck wih the surgery.