LowRider v3 DIY CNC - Easy quick project - super satisfying!

LowRider v3 DIY CNC - Easy quick project - super satisfying!
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Plywood used in this project:
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• Thickness: 3/4" (18.9mm)
• Total area needed: 32.64" x 11.5" (829 x 291 mm)
• Base: Plywood Dimensions: 14.5" x 11.5" (368.2 x 291 mm)
• CNC cut area: Plywood Dimensions: 18" x 11.5" (457.2 x 291 mm)
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Dowel rod (broom handle?) wood used in this project:
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• Diameter: 26 mm
• Length: ~350 mm (or so)
• Possible source: Birch Wooden Dowel Rod | 1" Diameter x 36" Long | Pack of 2 - amzn.to/3XYTkok
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~~ PRINTABLES LINKS ~~
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~ Towel Rod Holders used in this project ~
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• www.printables...
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~ LowRider v3 DIY CNC ~
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• NEW dust shoe for LR3 with NEW retainer C-clip for Vacmaster 2.5" Shop Vac hose - www.printables...
• LowRider 3 CNC Drag Chain Shield (protection from vac hose getting tangled underneath drag chain) v2.0.1 - www.printables...
• LowRider 3 CNC - printed holder for Makita Router Wrenches and Collets - www.printables...
• LowRider 3 plasma CNC - Drag Chain Mount revised for large 20x40 drag chain (v1.13) - www.printables...
• Various LowRider 3 CNC remixes -www.printables...
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~ DIY Router Table ~
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• Makita rt0700 dust extractor for 2.5 inch shop vac hose v1.0 - www.printables...
• Dust Collection Port (v1.0) - designed for 2.5" hose from Vacmaster shop vac - www.printables...
• Dust Collection Reducer Adapter 4-inch Hose to 2.5-inch Shop Vac hose v1.0 - www.printables...
• 2.5" shop vac hose connector/adapter, tapered end - printed replacement for a stock Vacmaster part (v1.0) - www.printables...
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~ DIY Panel Saw ~
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• [DIY Panel Saw] Z mount (v7a) - www.printables...
• [DIY Panel Saw] Pipe Inner Endcap Nut/Bolt Holder (M8) for .75" ID pipe - www.printables...
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~~ PRODUCT LINKS ~~
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~ Consumables ~
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• Heavy Duty Cleaning Towels (paper based shop rags) - amzn.to/3K6wq8N
• Titebond Original Wood Glue, 16-Ounce, 2 Pack - amzn.to/44vKOQc
• Elmer's E7050LMR Carpenter's Wood Glue, 1 Gallon - amzn.to/3XX9grn
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~ LowRider v3 DIY CNC ~
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• Makita RT0700c Compact Router - amzn.to/3DlJxiH
• Inline Switch 5 PCS, Cord Appliance Switch used for LowRider v3 - amzn.to/43Aku6l
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~ DIY Router Table ~
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• Makita RT0700c Compact Router - amzn.to/3DlJxiH
• 48'' Blue T-Tracks 4 PCS - amzn.to/3rIgjYH
• Router Table Insert Plate (235 x 120 mm) for Makita RT0700c - amzn.to/3K6sC7K
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~Dust Collector~
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• Remote Control Switches used for Dust Collector [No longer available] - amzn.to/44VoxLl
• Remote Control Switches used for Dust Collector [Another listing] - amzn.to/44z7b7w
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V1 Engineering Documentation, Low Rider CNC, v3:
docs.v1e.com/l...
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My PayPal tip jar: paypal.me/desi...
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Various LowRider 3 CNC remixes:
www.printables...
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View all my models and remixes on Printables:
www.printables...
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[@sannyassi73]

Love the giant Toilet Paper Roll holder! I need that in my bathroom! I might actually really make something like this for the Bathroom just as a joke to anyone who ever uses our Bathroom! One of these right next to an identical smaller regular toilet paper roll holder thingy would make me laugh a bit every time I see it.

[@design8studio]

Lol

[@13blackandblue13]

In this moment i am watching your video while cutting on the LR3 on your torsion box bed design, with your big cable chain, thank you sir for your effort and support :)

[@design8studio]

Awesome! Please take pics and post on V1E forum, and post your cable chain make on Printables.com!

[@13blackandblue13]

@@design8studio will do 🙂

[@huseyinurigulmez]

Your ingenuity is just brilliant Doug. The panel saw jig looks spectacular as well. Really liked it.

[@design8studio]

Thanks! That wall mounted "panel saw" deal has become one of the most useful things I have in the shop! I amended the description to include links to two printable parts used in the making of it!

[@rolanddube2169]

I like the track saw with the 608 bearings! I could also see a French cleat on the back side of that towel holder for a wall mount option. Thanks again for sharing.

[@design8studio]

Thanks for the great feedback!!

[@lalondelalonde6011]

Awesome Channel Doug! Peace & Blessings! What an super journey 🙏

[@design8studio]

Thanks for the encouraging words, and for watching!

[@amonus-air2160]

thanks for the video. Your very good at clearly describing the method. I was looking around for ideas on how to get into cnc with a budget, and this seems viable. My main goal would be to mill foam wing cores for a vacuum bagged wing, and to see if I could make some moulds too. I was also wondering how accurate is your set-up? Can you cut aluminum? What was the total cost? Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, subbed for more 😎👍

[@design8studio]

Hey, thanks for the excellent questions! There are LowRiders already being used for the very thing you are mentioning, cutting foam to make wings for planes. Most LowRiders are controlled using the same type of control board often used for 3-D printing. So that gives you a sense of what kind of accuracy is possible. To get good dimensional accuracy, you want to make sure that your gantry is squared with the parallels and perpendiculars, trammed to the table, which is best accomplished by doing a resurfacing of the spoil board, and squared by measuring the diagonals and making adjustments to get dimensional accuracy, all checked in advance. Assuming a LowRider is put together properly, which yields sufficient rigidity, you should be able to get very good results. In addition to checking diagonals and adjusting to get squareness, you can also check travel distance in X and Y, and adjust for dimensional accuracy, using the same method as done for 3-D printing, which is to adjust the E-steps. You can find tons of great videos on these machines in action, and yes, they can cut aluminum! In fact, there are videos showing the LowRider cutting steel!

[@design8studio]

I just subscribed to your KZbin channel!

[@amonus-air2160]

@@design8studio thanks for the informative reply! I'm sold!...I'll check my 3d printer for square and let's go!

[@amonus-air2160]

@@design8studio thank you

[@design8studio]

​@@amonus-air2160 Cool. I now have two LowRider v3's. One carries a router, and runs on a huge CNC-cut table big enough for full 4x8 sheets, and the other carries a plasma torch, and lets me cut steel or other metal up to 2+ x 4+ feet. I built my first table without benefit of a LowRider, but I now recommend those new to it to "bootstrap" a table by building the LowRider and use it with sheets stacked on the floor to cut parts for a torsion box table. Both myself and Ryan (founder of V1 Engineering) have provided parametric driven table plans via Fusion 360. I cut my new table top based on my own plans and used shims to attach the new torsion box on top of my existing table! LowRider is the best, and most affordable, way to get such a powerful machine, capable of such huge cutting areas!

[@djVania08]

Is there any chance that the router get too hot with longer machining?

[@design8studio]

The Makita is air cooled. If you run it at a low speed while cutting very deeply (heavy load) it can burn it up. If you run at an appropriate faster speed and do reasonable depth so the load is not bad it will be fine. I know this from experience.

[@djVania08]

How many hours would you reckon this project requires to be functional?

[@design8studio]

Are you referring to building a LowRider version 3 CNC? If so, the time it takes will vary from person to person, based on everything ranging from shipping times, 3D printing times, and how much spare time you have for engaging with the build.

[@djVania08]

@@design8studio yes. And I meant just the build not the hassle around it. :)

[@design8studio]

@@djVania08​To get idea of what is involved, check out this accelerated-playback build montage by fellow V1E maker Aza: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuan4yfpJ2ihac

[@design8studio]

@@djVania08 Also, I have quite a few videos detailing different build tasks related to the LowRider. Check out my LowRider playlists. First up, my main LR3 catchall playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2GQe3ererSsi9U

[@design8studio]

@@djVania08 And this playlist is about my LowRider 3 CNC Plasma Table: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4eQepave7qDh9U

[@justinhawkins133]

Hi what firmware are you running on the screen looks better than the one i have currently!😊

[@design8studio]

It is an older firmware that is I think a combination of Marlin firmware from V1 Engineering, combined with some graphics for the buttons that came from some other firmware I downloaded. It’s pretty easy to add updated graphics to your existing Marlin touchscreen firmware. I can maybe package up a zip file with these graphics and share a link.

[@design8studio]

Here's a link to a Zip of the "bmp" folder in my Marlin firmware for the TFT35! design8studio.com/files/bmp.zip

[@ptdisc]

@@design8studio Does this need to be flashed to the TFT? The current screen I have, with V1 recommended screen is for a printer, while you seem to have other options. I am not sure if I have flashed wrong or if thats just the way it is, perhaps you can upload a link to the firmware flash file?

[@ptdisc]

Also want to say you're a huge asset, and have used many of your mounts and case for my build. Hope to learn myself some cad finally and get caught up.

[@design8studio]

@@ptdisc My LowRider firmware is somewhat dated. While I did share it with folks for a while, Ryan of V1 Engineering encouraged me to refrain because the newer firmware has some bug fixes, as I understand. If you are just looking to re-skin the interface with my button images, the above link I shared (Zip of "bmp" folder in my Marlin firmware for the TFT35) can be dropped into an editable version of the TFT firmware in the appropriate spot, and then flashed to give you this look.

[@crayonbleu844]

Bonjour, merci pour vos vidéos. A quel moment doit-on flasher la skro pro 1.2 ( quand tout est câblé et avec les 2209 ou à vide sans câblage et sans 2209) et pour le tft on le flash quand ( lorsqu'il est câblé avec la skr pro flashée ou non flashée ou à vide non câblé) ????

[@design8studio]

Bonjour! Veuillez soumettre vos questions sur le forum à l'adresse v1e.com/forum afin que la communauté puisse vous aider à y répondre et que d'autres puissent en bénéficier.