Insane Ender 3 Mod Cuts Metal

[@mrt6399]

Hi, machinist here, in the industry this technique is commonly called "hole pop edm" and is typically used when real small holes need to be put into a part or just the part is very hard

[@FullModernAlchemist]

Absolutely brilliant! I love these 3D printer hacks you’re figuring out. This is so cool!!!

[@ZURAD]

Nice video, man. Making a conversion is a sure fire way to get more people playing with home ECM! Keep up the good work!

[@KaletheQuick]

This is awesome man! I look forward to everything more you do :D

[@lucasnorman5441]

You sir just made my day. Thank you!

[@industrialadhesive6357]

That is a brilliant idea!

[@ericlotze7724]

It's essentially reverse electroplating.

[@iBlue0riginal]

Jet electrodeposition is also a thing.

[@weevil9256]

The 3d printing gun community gonna go ballistic I stg

[@thekrantz123]

Nice. I want more ECM videos, I am a total noob at it.

[@memberzero3325]

Pretty amazing. Would love to see if this works for blocks of mental for complex parts

[@klausbrinck2137]

Why isn´t everything submerged in electrolyte, but you have a small puddle instead. Doesn´t the concentration of minerals/ions/debris rise so high so fast in this small puddle, that it should automatically stop functioning? I always thought, that the electrolyte has to be recycled, continuously replaced by fresh, clean electrolyte of a pre-defined salt-concentration...

[@alanguimaraes930]

Incredible, incredible ,incredible!

[@iBlue0riginal]

This is a very nice project! I would like to suggest some improvements. If you use a smaller nozzle (for example a gauge 27 needle tip for syringes) with a higher pressure (1-2 bars), you will not have electrolyte accumulate on the piece, but you will have a small pount where the electrolyte hits, then a zone where there is only a thin layer and then a place where the electrolyte accumulates. Because the thin layer has only a small resistance, it will cut way more exact. You can see this effect if you just try it out with a syringe and a blunt needle. If you press hard on the plunger and hit a surface with the jet, you will see it. Distance between nozzle and piece should be 1-2 mm. Good project!

[@Nicolas5142]

DUUUUDE I NEEED MORE VIDEOS LIKE THISSSS. AMAZING

[@ZeonsZone]

That is awesome!! Very creative.

[@BobJones-yr4xw]

If i end up dieing to this you take full responsibility Joking

[@karolstruck9822]

Hey bud I did research and development for the greater part of my adult life your aluminum printer sounds quite intriguing. Definitely should use argon. You only need to provide the atmosphere of where the welding is occurring or you enclose the entire machine and Evac all the air and replace it with Argon it does not have to be replaced as long as it does not Escape. You could do a finger style over where your welding and slowly bleed argon into it and I do mean slowly as it will not be cost effective to have it running fast. When they weld pipes. Specialty they will seal the ends and fill the center with Argon and if a pipe is really big it'll put you plunger down to where they're welding so it does not take so much Argon. Large scale Argon tanks that is on Industrial scale. They buy liquid argon for around $2 a gallon. That's the amount of argon in a large tank will cost us 60 or $70. No they're not making any money just like a million percent profit. Just a 411. I've done numerous welding on high end crazy materials like nickel titanium. You do not want CO2 with aluminum it'll suck the oxygen out of the CO2. You can look into other inert gases. But I believe Argon is the cheapest. Keep up the good work.

[@grimthejugger526]

What software do you use to do this also, how do you position the metal on your bed to line up with the electrode to cut where you want to cut?

[@capthowdy126]

love seeing ppl do stuff like this with off the shelf stuff. i think ill pick up another ender 3 to try this stuff with or ender 5. i want to be able to cut aluminum in my cnc but it only has the 775 motor, ive seen some manage to do it with this setup but it only barely did it, the bit was chattering the hole time so ive not even tried it but i would like to upgrade the motor to something that could handle it, i have already designed a new carriage to hold it that lets it move on the z axis with mgn12 rails instead of the 8mm linear rods and i plan on switching the rest over to mgn12 later on

[@peanutbutter3578]

Okay if some good pictures out how to cut 4 by 8 sheets of metal with a homemade 500 machine that will be so useful

[@mark3dprinters150]

Great great great work go ahead with no limits...🤩🤩🤩

[@ludwigwinter6795]

Such an awesome project

[@user-cd8mb4wc4r]

Very smart guy, well done.

[@Deneteus]

I was just looking at this the other day.

[@minskmade]

Love it...great work. Great mind.

[@Anontesla]

Wow man you are super bad a55 lol I mean that in the most respectful way man Mad respect!!! One video and got me to sub amd like !! Your going places my dude you remind me of me 30 years ago and I can only imagine if we had the tools available we do now!! I will share this with everyone I know, you deserve it man thank you for your video!!

[@TheAngeljuarez]

Muy bueno tu proyecto. Qué velocidad de avance usas?

[@hareriti2463]

You inspired me to use this technique for some diameter widening, thanks. Do you cover your needle and what is it? How much is sticking out. What would happen without cover, would you get a conical hole? Considering your speed how much current do you use? Cool if you could help...

[@MorlockEngineering]

The needle was covered with. Heat shrink tubing. It is placed so as to ve flush with the blunt end of the needle. Current is limited by the concentration of the electrolyte, temperature, and cross sectional area of the electrode. On this scale it never draws more than 3 amps

[@hareriti2463]

@@MorlockEngineering thanks a lot.. Can I ask again... Isn't your power supply limited at 12 Volts? Applying more voltage would increase the electron flow right? Also, can you say anything about conical hole machining without the needle insulation? Cheers a lot..

[@MorlockEngineering]

@@hareriti2463 amps is the number of electrons that flow, voltage is the energy of each electron. By increasing voltage you can increase current because more electrons have the energy required to jump the electrode gap. You can make conical holes by changing speed during a cut

[@andreasvasiliou6453]

Hi, amazing work! I was checking out your python gcode generators and you have an example for drilling and an example for engraving with a pattern. Could you please give an example for drilling with a pattern as well?

[@MrRevolverkiller]

so this is basically, rapid shaped oxidation via electrolysis then?

[@paultrimble9390]

Cool. Pretty bad ass.

[@JavierChiappa]

congratulations! Can you show cutting a line? or a profile?

[@MorlockEngineering]

Check out my last video on ECM for that. This was a quick and dirty proof of concept.

[@JavierChiappa]

@@MorlockEngineering I saw the video, excellent work. When cutting a shape, do you leave tabs? can it cut a very thin line like a wire? Thanks!

[@XIMSTAR33]

What's the speed difference between materials?

[@nikitakazovski9619]

if you reverse the voltage can you 3D print? I know this might be a tall order and i don't want to sound demanding. but 3d printing metal at home would be a total game changer.

[@MorlockEngineering]

Yes, but very slowly

[@marcostefancich994]

You may want to use some solution containing the salt of the metal you want to print. Moreover, if water is the solvant, alluminum can not be deposited in any way as its standard reduction potential is lower than the one to generate hydrogen from water. You can still deposit copper from acqueou solution.

[@henry67278]

funny i got the notification for this video, and its unlisted. good video though. looks like you where using camera audio and not your lav

[@MorlockEngineering]

Still figuring out how to use Adobe Premier. I am filming everything on my budget Android phone, and I have a loud resin printer running in the background. So its a little but hectic at the moment.

[@francoisdesbiens3886]

Super cool

[@250smacks]

What amps are you pushing?

[@MorlockEngineering]

12 volts one amp, but I have also used 36 volts at 1.5 amps

[@DBXLabs]

Very epic

[@skm1091]

Could you increase the speed if you have a stronger power source,?

[@MorlockEngineering]

It sort of depends more in the cross sectional area of your electrode, the concentration of your electrolyte, and the distance between your electrodes. You can also get more performance by increasing the temperature and voltage. Your largest limitation is the boiling point of water.

[@grimthejugger526]

Could this be made 5 axis?

[@MorlockEngineering]

Sure, just add some adapter. You will need another control board. The Ender 3 only has 4 stepper drivers.

[@christopheswiderski2026]

👀👀👀👍👍👍

[@jeremymoon9088]

The "handheld lavalier is too distracting, i cant concentrate. Who holds a lav? Surely i can learn this somewhere else

[@shonkydonkey]

I made a luer lock to 2mm barb and put it on thingiverse in case anyone else felt like buying 25 off amazon was a bit of a waste. Search for thing 4797264.

[@MorlockEngineering]

I will mention it in a later video. For now I will add it in the video description

[@shonkydonkey]

@@MorlockEngineering Cool. Oh, one more thing I was going to mention... if you find the heatshrink as insulation gets in the way of doing tight areas, it might be worth trying wire insulating varnish to coat the outside of the dispending tube. Something like MG chemicals 4228-55ML. Not sure if it would end up getting scratched away too fast, or react with the process, but if not, it might do a pretty good job of insulating while being very very thin.