MAHO makes a $10000 studio camera stand - Part 1 || RotarySMP

Using the MAHO MH 400E CNC mill, Boley lathe, Do-all band saw, some metal casting and a welder to make my version of the $10000 Foba studio camera stand.
Inspired by:
• 3d Printing a $10,000 ...
and
• Video

[@ThisOldTony]

looking forward to this... I could use one myself!

[@RotarySMP]

Hi Tony, I'll let you know if it really is a improvement which I hope it will be.

[@christinechapman6850]

We miss you TOT 💖

[@dermozart80]

If that helps you to make more videos, why not make a gofund-me-campain?

[@RotarySMP]

@@dermozart80 ?

[@dermozart80]

@@RotarySMP that was to ToT who lacks a bit of videos lately :-)

[@mazchen]

Wow! One single video with work on lathe, mill, welding and (successful) casting! What a underrated channel!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks a lot. Please spread the word :)

[@HuskyMachining]

yeah this guy is one of the better ones and is way too underrated

[@RotarySMP]

@@HuskyMachining Thanks for you kind feedback. I appreciate it. If every one tells one person, soon 2 people will know :)

[@avitekw]

i did read MAHO and clicked thinking it was a TOT episode. Either way stayed to watch it all. Great video.

[@RotarySMP]

Welcome. Tony's Maho series is brilliant, as are all his videos. I have been helping him out with some of the German language documentation, especially with respect to the oiling system. It was his recommendation that I make the summary video covering what I did to my MAHO. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonak4WenNZkpck

[@Rostol]

@@RotarySMP it was a great recommendation on Tony's part. The MAHOes bring all the boys to the yard.

[@HanstheTraffer]

@@RotarySMP Great collaboration. You both will do well with it.

[@DrakeOola]

Top quality from an engineering standpoint and decent camera angles to see whats being done but his he suffers from the "chocolate rain" effect where hes breathing too close to the mic. You could hear him inhaling after every sentence and I thought he was doing a bit about it being difficult to move a tripod at first.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

YES, we are interested! Thanks, looking forward to the next vid. Cheers.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@Firky2010]

I’m impressed, when I watched the process of casting the beetles I though that’s a lot of effort for not very much..... but now that you have the skills / ability to cast your own stock to machine. That’s next level. Very good work. Enjoyed the video.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. Sand casting aluminium is way easier than investment casting bronze, so at least I got something useful out of that session.

[@150Gianluca]

@@RotarySMP what do you think the cost for a setup capable of aluminum casting would be? Sand, furnace, crucible, safety gear etc?

[@RotarySMP]

@@150Gianluca I really couldn't put a number on it. I have been dabling for years, most of this stuff is just recycled scrape. Scrape wood for flasks, sand plus Bentonite is cheap, a couple of burners made frmo old water pipe. The only thing which I would initially put money into are the Industrial high temp gloves (~€120) A real refractory hotface and decent insulation. Join Alloyavenue.com, as there is a lot of advice on this stuff.

[@achappel]

Really cool build! Can't wait to see the next part :) Although I have no idea how you think yours is less work than mine :p I mean... You cast aluminium! So cool!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks Alexandre, and welcome. Thanks for the inspiration. Yeah, I looked at you using four beams, and a lot of spacers, and made that flippant comment. I am eating those words already :). Just uploaded episode 2. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jninaWOlabNnoK8

[@vincentguttmann2231]

A friend of mine did a few videos where he filmed a lot of table stuff, and what he did was just to gut an old neon desk lamp (those with the parallelogram arms and the base with the transformer in it), bolt the arm to a c-clamp, and as long as he only used a GoPro and the desk was rigid enough, the footage was usable. That would be easier and would maybe enable you to mount the arm to the back of your table or lathe, and then, you just flip it in post. But you do you, and I do understand the need for this thing. Apart from that, this almost looked professional! No mystery steel, or broken tools, and some zen machining breaks. Very nice, and thank you for the video!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. I sometimes magic arm a camera to a micrometer base for such looking down shots, but this should be much easier.

[@cward7320]

This has been a reoccurring need for me. Mic stands that free stand, camera stands, even a tablet stand. Thanks for sharing, and looking forward to your future and previous vids, including the 400e retrofit/upgrade

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback. I hope the camera stand will live up to my expectations.

[@Shreyam_io]

once a legend got hands-on MAHO... now I wanna see it working like a charm. great build though looking forward to it.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for watching.

[@pyrobeav2005]

All with a stick welder! You absolute madman!

[@RotarySMP]

I actually quite enjoy stick welding :) Only one setting on the welder, and the rest I learned from ChuckE2009 videos.

[@tom18181]

Nice work so far. Look forward to part 2

[@RotarySMP]

I'll try to be done by next week.

[@alexscarbro796]

Excellent video! You’ll have put €10,000 worth of blood sweat and tears in to this project! Great to see diverse skills and techniques coming together. But I still would have painted it MAHO green :-)

[@RotarySMP]

I tell you, I was going to! I didn't think I had any black, as I forgot about the blackbard paint. I already shot the clip of choosing RAL 6011, when I noticed it and changed my mind. Atilla's stand looks so cool in black, I wanted the same.

[@Preso58]

It's nice to see that you used a casting as your raw stock. I gave up using a tripod after my camera had a near death experience as the tripod teetered almost to the point of no return during a Mr. Clumsy episode. I now use a 25mm pole welded to an old car rim and a tripod head clamped to the pole. Ugly but practical. Regards, Mark Presling

[@RotarySMP]

I like that solution, but how do you move it around? Those raw castings were the only useful thing to come out of the George csting session. I am jealous of those guys with big open sheds and flat concrete floors. I hope this camera stand will be a decent improvment of the tripod though.

[@Preso58]

@@RotarySMP mine is light enough to pick up and carry but it's mostly bottom heavy. The pole is just 25mm ERW tube. I have a tube mounted over my lathe and another that screws into the welding bench. The camera tripod head can clamp to any of the tubes and it carries the monitor and an LED movie light as well. I like the idea of the wheels though. I need to make some upgrades to mine.

[@RotarySMP]

@@Preso58 I need to mount some nato rail to the mill and lathe for the standard machine shots. That would save a fair bit of time.

[@feeseize9569]

Great video! Glad to see the algorithm was kind to you. Happy New Year!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. You as well.

[@rebelelectrons1803]

Enjoyed the episode a lot. I just started a KZbin channel and I'm way more comfortable with my lathe and mini mill than I am with cameras and I've been finding it challenging to get good shots in the workshop. Thanks so much!

[@RotarySMP]

Good on you. You can get a cheap magic arm of Amazon, and a g clamp, and clamp a camera all over the place. That is how I got the painting shots.

[@ChristophPech]

I like how you say that the 3d printed version is too much work but end up doing at least as much if not more. I'll hope to get an old MAHO soon too after getting a workshop. I have to watch your conversation video on that again then.

[@RotarySMP]

:) I guess that design didn't really do it for me. The light weight column works against the design (you want the column heavy), while making all the plastic parts to spread two aluminium beams seemed unnecessary a 80/20 is plenty stiff enough for these loads, and probably cost less.

[@Rostol]

nice build looking forward to part 2!. a reasonably good upgrade would be a "roller skate" wheel swap. you can get them with those exact same office-chair style pegs as an upgrade to the crappy hard plastic wheels. they're cheap ~25 dollars for a set of 5 on amazon. but it is only useful if you plan to move the stand a lot.

[@RotarySMP]

Good to know. These are the Ikea chair wheels. €9 for a bag. I'll see how tey work out, but can easily pull then and upgrade. Thanks.

[@Ryan-dz3jo]

Great video and thanks for taking the time to show this project.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for watching.

[@AttilasWorkshop]

Nice to see what proper welds look like lol. The base looks great but I was always worried that with the arm fully extended (about two metres) there was the possibility that the stand may topple over. So I made sure there was a lot of weight low down. I've been enjoying your videos since the start of the mini lathe, looking forward to the next one;)

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks Attila. There is a lot of your design ideas in this one. I have done the calcs (in the next video) covering the stablity. As my shop/ basement has low ceilings and is number of small rooms, my stand is only 175cm high, and the cross bar is only 150cm long. I maybe even shorten that, to may it less in the way.

[@Django44]

Wow - fantastic job.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the kind feedback.

[@klausnielsen1537]

TY for sharing this. Very interesting to see what you put that beast of a machine up to. I guess this is what all those small machines aspire to be able to do :-)

[@RotarySMP]

This is why the Minilathe was such a poor choice. It doesn't play along with such nonsense.

[@Chris-bg8mk]

You're a heck of a craftsman sir!

[@RotarySMP]

Nah. I just play one on the internet :) Thanks for watching.

[@regalheros347]

Great content. I like your CNC/programming/fabricating projects, and the Maho obviously. Thanks

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for watching.

[@DudleyToolwright]

Cool project. I could really use a camera stand like this, but lack the floor space to use it. I have been considering an overhead version, but haven't arrived at any concrete solutions yet. Really nice work.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. I also thought this would take up floor space, but really, the tipod is always set up, and it takes up much more floor space.

[@russellhayward2359]

Happy new year! Great project to start the year with 😁 hopefully, when finished, will help making videos quicker for you, with a lot less set up time involved

[@RotarySMP]

Probably won't save much time, but should at least help getting better angles, and take away the "I wont bother fiming this bit, because I cant be arsed setting it up" moments :)

[@wyohman00]

Looking forward to this. I like that you have a plan this time...

[@RotarySMP]

Good point. Should plan things through more.

[@22Wook]

Turns out there's something oddly satisfying about watching a mitre cut being made with an industrial CNC machine!

[@RotarySMP]

Nothing like overkill :)

[@jasonfletcher8444]

Great idea! You have me thinking about a 1/2 sized version.

[@RotarySMP]

If you can live without the counter weight hidden in the column, this could all be a lot smaller.

[@DonStinger]

A nice demonstration of the clamping forces in this setup at 22:08 ;) Nice video and cool project.

[@RotarySMP]

Yeah, it was a real pucker moment. Was close to E-Stopping it, but the Maho didn't seem to concerned :)

[@WrenagadeWorkshop]

Great video mate, enjoyed thoroughly and can't wait for the next one 👍

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. Me too. :)

[@joell439]

This was fantastic!!! So many clever tricks demonstrated. Loved the unique painting fixture with the sawhorses and pipe. I don’t think I would have ever thought of that approach. Loved the excessive use of GPG (grind-plate-grind) for the perfect non-functional finish. Who really needs an cutoff wheel and a protractor when you have a Maho? More unnecessary use of the Maho will make better parts when you need to. COVID can’t slow you down, you’ve got scrap aluminum and a forge. Finally, entertaining editing to package it all. Eagerly looking forward to part 2. Happy New Year. 2021 is going to be awesome. 👍👍😎👍👍

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks a lot for the encouraging feedback Joel.

[@marcingolab6227]

@@RotarySMP In all honesty, almost anyhting's better than using an angle grinder. I'd use my Maho for those mitre cuts as well, if for no other reason than it's easier to clean up chips than griding dust!

[@dannapert4199]

Man this would be easier with a doall bandsaw and a cnc mini lathe ;) great build video! Excited to see the finished stand

[@RotarySMP]

Really. I still havent got around to fixing the Do-All gearbox.

[@johnmccanntruth]

This is a cool project. I can see it catching on with a lot of youtubers....

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. I hope so. If you send a link to a friend, I'd appreciate it.

[@glennburrow4364]

I highly recommend the wheel casters with the roller blade wheels instead. They are pretty cheap and will drop right into the same holes as the office chair wheels. They are a significant improvement in quality. The only catch is that they don't provide a lot of resistance to rolling. I am not sure if that would be of benefit or detriment in this application.

[@RotarySMP]

You are thesecond to recommend them. I didn't know about them. I'll see how these ones work out, but it is good to know there are other options. Thanks.

[@StraightLineCycles]

Not too shabby my good man.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks.

[@nicolaspillot5789]

Mudic at 6:00 is awesome. The rest of the video is awesome too !

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello, Happy New Year to you and your family and obviously Nico (I know he reads all the comments)... Another interesting project.... Looking forward to watching all the episodes... Take care Paul,,

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks, you am your family and your side ick as well :) I really, really want this to be a 2 episode trilogy.

[@justinmoritz6543]

6:10, it’s just too bad you don’t own one yourself. If only you made an extensive youtube series about converting a manual lathe to CNC... then you might have one.

[@RotarySMP]

Seemed faster to just whip them up on the manual lathe than to set up the tooling and tool paths. ;/

[@aaroncornforth2638]

Well like AVE says . Grinders and paint make me the welder I ain't ! lol Happy New Year!

[@RotarySMP]

Words of wisdom.

[@mazchen]

Looking forward to seeing the endresult! Hope the base is not too small...

[@RotarySMP]

My shop is pretty small, so the cross arm will also bemich shorter than the FoBa. I have been meaning to un the calc to see if I need an extra mass to counterbalance, but suspect that the column plus counter weight along will suffice.

[@misterbreakit2006]

You know, I totally enjoyed this video, and the Beetles casting one as well. However, I did miss one thing, that being the clickety ratchet-up intro of the CNC mini-lathe series, with the "... or is it polishing a turd" tagline. Keep on trucking. I'm greatly enjoying the content.

[@RotarySMP]

I guess I'll have to tink up a new intro for non-mini lathe content. Thanks for the encouraging feedback.

[@alinioanmoroi1370]

Awsome video...i just can't wait for the next one...!!

[@RotarySMP]

Glad you like it. Plenty more machining to go.

[@nick1bb1]

cracking stuff! looking forward to the next episode :-)

[@RotarySMP]

Me too :)

[@davidcolwill860]

Excellent another project to follow along! BTW I am now taking my first steps in Linux CNC. I tried finding Linox but it isn't available in the UK. Happy new year.

[@RotarySMP]

Linox is special. For expecially bad YT machunists :) Have a good 2021.

[@danielfogli1760]

Regarding that CNC lathe, I know of a guy who's recently finished a CNC lathe build, goes by the name of RotatingSMV, SpinningSUV, something like that, you should take a look, awesome project 😉

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the tip :)

[@vlad516]

Nice video man, keep em coming!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@MrFlyingSquirl]

Definitely interested in seeing the next part. The variety of skills you showed in one video is impressive. Out of curiosity, do you have a video on what camera equipment you use or is there a video you'd recommend?

[@RotarySMP]

I haven't yet, but have been planning to do one. I use Micro four thirds bodies, mostly a Panasonic G81 (G85 or G80 in some countries). They have a really good interface for video, which is important. Before that I used Olympus and the interface, where the card slot is etc were no where near s well thought out.

[@FloweringElbow]

Hey. Nice to watch, thanks. What filler exactly did you use to smooth your pattern, and what was the coating please? Shellac. Sounds like you said 'lacquer', but there are lots of kinds right? I wonder, because I am going to be casting some bits soon, and I basically always have some boobs releasing the pattern from the sand. Well thanks again, Bongo.

[@RotarySMP]

I use automotive body filler I got from the hardware store. Yes you are right. I said laquer, but meant shellac. Sorry about that.

[@FloweringElbow]

@@RotarySMP Ah ha. Yes, now that makes sense with the 'traditional' description. is it 2 part body filler? What's it's set time like? Looking for something that doesn't stink me out/ shorten my life -- the one I tried last was brutal!

[@RotarySMP]

@@FloweringElbow Yeah, two component. It is short. Like it starts getting chunky after about 5 minutes. It stinks as well.

[@FloweringElbow]

@@RotarySMP Yep that's the stuff I'v used. Good to know, thanks - I 'm not fast enough...

[@cnoxey6898]

Have you ever thought about buying a Tig? There are quite affordable ones out there (~250€, only DC of corse) which are perfectly fine for small stuff. Ive bought one myself three years ago for St, but mainly VA, and loved it ever since.

[@RotarySMP]

This one is a TIG/Plasma/Stick, but I never get around to buying Argon and learning to use it :(

[@cliveclapham6451]

Dooh l'm just off to part two👍👍👍

[@RotarySMP]

Enjoy.

[@ollysworkshop]

Hi, you've just added yet another project to my currently unachievable list, thanks! Can I suggest you check out the learning to cast series on SWDWEEB channel. Should answer some of your questions about gating etc. When I saw how you were gating the plates, I thought bi-film. That's where two fronts of molten metal meet and there's an imperfection through the casting where the oxide layers meet. By having two gates you may get two bi-film imperfections. It looks like it's not an issue though for this. I've enjoyed your series on the CNC lathe, but I like this too! Thanks for making this, I'm off to watch episode 2!

[@RotarySMP]

That plate castnig was really a bad bit of moulding. The flask was too small, and the gating was rubbish. I like SWDWEEB channel too.

[@ollysworkshop]

@@RotarySMP are the flasks Julian HG's modular design?

[@RotarySMP]

@@ollysworkshop No that was much older design I made years ago.

[@davidfarmer]

The ultimate setup is to have camera mounts pre placed in your shop, at some point I plan on doing some videos and that will be my setup, It makes shooting super easy since your camera angles are preset for all of the machines.

[@RotarySMP]

That might work in theory, and help for many shots, but in practice, I have probably done dozens, if not hundreds of similar but a bit different angles. I am tempted to add some nato rail above the lathe and to the mill, as there are some pretty common shots there.

[@davidfarmer]

@@RotarySMP True, but at least with the fixed mounts you can put them in spots that are repetitive and hard to get the bipod setup.

[@RotarySMP]

@@davidfarmer You are right. I need to bite the bullet, and drill a couple holes inte Maho to mount nato rail for this.

[@SidneyCritic]

My high school German makes me think it's "dog washer" - lol -.

[@RotarySMP]

:)

[@nikboeh1]

I did the cutting deeper than the insert height multiple times on the German industrial mills. You barely notice it, even if the mill is 70mm in diameter and cutting steel. But what is even "funnier" is when you want to part of a tall workpiece with a slitting saw but the SK30 dogs do more cutting than the saw because the arbor is too short. In most cases you won't notice that either until you are left with a 10x10mm step in the top of your (almost) finished part.

[@RotarySMP]

.I would have filled my diaper if that happened :)

[@marcingolab6227]

No joke, the first time I used a slitting saw to cut off about 30mm of cast iron on my Maho I put the blade on backwards (!), the machine just moved the setup and broke the bolt inside the toolholder before I stopped it. Fortunately, and most importantly, the saw was intact and replacing that bolt cost about 2 euros, I was back to cutting the next day. The spindle torque, the oversized motors (well, the reductions on the motors), suffice to say we're not in the 6040 CNC zone any more...

[@marcingolab6227]

@@RotarySMP BTW Mark, if you're machining castings often, don't be afraid to take deeper cuts when facing the material. Since there can be sand near the top, you'll wear out your inserts faster by skimming with multiple passes than taking one deeper cut and finishing up with a lighter one (even a spring pass). So long as the setup is rigid enough, this has proven to be a good tactic for me when milling cast iron (I was using an 80mm facemill at 2 mm DoC and it worked better than several light passes, with carbide inserts going at 600 mm/min; at least in the material I had the impurities could go as deep as 3 mm). When testing the waters on these things it's better to do some ops "manually" rather than in auto mode, both to get a feel for how things work in that setup and also because you can stop when things go awry and readjust without trashing the workpiece or your tools. Though I'll freely admit I'm no expert, I picked up those tips from guys who are :)

[@RotarySMP]

@@marcingolab6227 Thanks for that input. I'l use that in future.

[@piccilos]

You know, my band saw is about 3degrees off too, I'm going to just start calling it a pattern making saw 😂

[@RotarySMP]

Good call-

[@othoapproto9603]

Nice job, I made a floor camera stand 7 years ago based on the Manfrotto out of plywood. Yes, easier than a tripod but still not ideal. The true answer to a shop camera stand is to build an X, Y, Z gantry from the ceiling. But with scissors Z mechanism instead of a solid pole. IMO

[@RotarySMP]

That would be cool, but this is a low ceiling basement with various heating pipes, drains etc below the ceiling. Such a ceiling based solution is not possible here.

[@othoapproto9603]

@@RotarySMP Yeah, it would take the right shop to pull off the design.

[@smallcnclathes]

I came to look at the $10,000 studio camera! Seriously though is there a video on the gear you use to make your videos, it looks interesting

[@RotarySMP]

I'll hopefully be finished next week, so you can see the whole stand.

[@smallcnclathes]

@@RotarySMP with your gear discussed?

[@RotarySMP]

@@smallcnclathes Sorry, I guess it is scattered though my other videos. But you are right, a shop tour video will need to be done. The only dedicated ones so far are the Maho: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonak4WenNZkpck ...and the foundry. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4bVkodnrZl0qqc

[@RotarySMP]

Oops, I just noticed you weren't asking about videos of the tools, you were asking about my video gear itself. Sorry That video is also something I have on the to do list as well. Basically three cameras: A cam. Panasonic G81, with some added junk for longer battery life. This does 90%. B cam, Olympus EM10. (rarely used) C cam, Olympus EP7. Crash cam, used for all the nasty stuff, like painting, grinding, gets mountedin the machines. A GoPro would be better. Lens: I use mostly an Olympus 25mm normal. three Canon primes (28/50/85) also get a fair bit of use with a speed booster adapter. A cheap panasonic kit zoom is the sacrificial lens for the crash cam. Audio Rode wireless mic go for most audio. This is on the A cam. A Sony dictaphone I picked up used. Plus a cheap lavallier mic. This is for voice over and audio for the B/C cams, and gets synced during editing. Tripod A couple of lengths of Nato rail get G-Clamped where ever I need to find a shot, and I have a long and a short magic arm to connect to cameras. Everything is either Nato rail, or Arca Swiss mount to be quick. I have a little LED light which goes in the hot shoe. This made a huge difference in quality of video. Editing is done in Da Vinci Resolve.

[@smallcnclathes]

RotarySMP I spent around $80 on two led lights and the difference is amazing. Using f10 instead of f5.6 on close ups gives so much more depth of field. Before the lights, something in focus at 20 dia was blurred by the time I got to the centre of the part!

[@AttilaAsztalos]

3:50 Wait, is that... is that a MiterAngleGrinder...? Nice!

[@RotarySMP]

Yeah. Bit bulky, but a great hand tool.

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good video..thanks for your time

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks you for yours. Happy New Years.

[@hansbrix2495]

Sorry I may have missed this in the video, but is there a reason why you didn’t simply but 10 or 12mm aluminum plate??? I’m really curious. It seems like you’re in DE and Al tooling plate should be widely available there. Some of the Bauhaus locations even have an impressive supply of metal stock based on what I saw where I was on a trip there. I just saw this video recommended to me and will subscribe

[@RotarySMP]

Welcome. There was Covid lock down, so everything was closed. I knew I was casting that day, so it only took a half hour to whip up that pattern and shellac it. The ALuminium melt happed at the end of the pour, and took little extta effort. Later in the project I did order some more 10mm plate online and it took nearly 2 weeks to arrive.

[@TomChame]

Very neat project, well done. What will you do with the 9995€ you saved by making it?

[@RotarySMP]

Oh.... good point. I have to inform the finance minister that i need more machines.

[@syntetyczny]

superb one.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks.

[@steverobb5360]

Great video, love the content.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@antonwhittle415]

...and I think to myself, what a wonderful weld.

[@RotarySMP]

Hi Anton, Thanks. You know you are a suckful welder when you react with surprise to a decent weld :)

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@RotarySMP I always like it when it looks like stacks of coins, and not bubble gum and popcorn. But I don't get enough practice lately...

[@RotarySMP]

@@jeffreyyoung4104 I never got good enough to appreciate stack of coins. I like it when it looks like a nice round fillet.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@RotarySMP I also enjoy having a round filet most of the time. One reason for not having a stack of coins is not having the right rod for the job, which in my case is usually why!

[@howesinc]

What did you say about maho???... Great video! Keep me coming!

[@RotarySMP]

The MAHO is the milling machine. A Maho MH 400E which I converted to LinuxCNC.

[@MakarovFox]

nice cast

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks.

[@steptool1]

Very cool!!

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks.

[@gordon6029]

Love your content!

[@RotarySMP]

Appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

[@hedning003]

at 5:30 i was like "wait,what the heck r u doing?? "

[@RotarySMP]

I think I should get a new chuck for the Boley. This one is ancient and the jaws are probably coned out.

[@hedning003]

@@RotarySMP still a big drill to go whit after a centerdrill-making it in stages spares both machine and drillbits ;-)

[@RotarySMP]

@@hedning003 Yep. Although it was only a 10mm drill.

[@hedning003]

@@RotarySMP oh..camera fooled me,looked like a 20mm or something similar :-)

[@RotarySMP]

@@hedning003 Still should not have loosened. That chuck is worn out.

[@ronevans4772]

i grind my welds too! Then i realize i missed the mark and weld again. I grind again too!

[@RotarySMP]

That is something I really like about welding, you can screw up, grind weld grind, and the result can look like you did it right first time :)

[@jameshisself9324]

People that say "you don't grind welds" are welders who are all about welding and think any project should show their awesome welds. I think a more refined approach is "I don't want you to know it was ever welded in the first place".

[@RotarySMP]

Hi James, I see it like that as well. I know the stack of dimes is the gold standard for welding, but I like the look of a nice rounded blended transition more, even if I need the grinder to achieve it.

[@paulwomack5866]

How did that 'kin HUGE Maho end up in a home shop?! There must be a gear story behind this! (being OCD, I checked your entire video upload set for clues in the titles, but found nothing)

[@RotarySMP]

I just wanted a CNC mill, and thought about converting an RF-45 but this came up in Passau for €2500, with a dead Phillips, 432, so I bought it and converted it to LinuxCNC. I did all that before I got into making YT videos, but did a summary vid here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonak4WenNZkpck

[@RotarySMP]

the 400 is the baby of the Maho line.

[@paulwomack5866]

@@RotarySMP It's a big baby!

[@RotarySMP]

@@paulwomack5866 :)

[@tomaberisha5688]

Very nice, indeed. Greetings from tommylight.

[@RotarySMP]

Hi Toma. Welcome. Thanks for all your LinuCNC support.

[@handjobsforthehomeless]

Man that looks scary :) Good work with the rest of the build, looking forward to your next video

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks. I lot more milling still to go.

[@andresgodinho]

One question: When you took the casting off the Maho after you did all the milling and drilling, did it remain flat or did it developed a bow in them?

[@RotarySMP]

I didn't check, as I didn't want to know the answer :( For this job it will work fine.

[@andresgodinho]

@@RotarySMP i didn't really wanted to know either hehehe

[@КонстантинКучер-щ5м]

Nice, but it would be better, if you close a bottom end of the stand before paint job. I think, that wall of the tube is not rigid enough to get forces from a legs.

[@RotarySMP]

Guess we will see. The loads in service are pretty low, and it is 3mm wall. I can always close it up if it is an issue.

[@arvidhjort]

This was a great video! I absolutely love this kind of stuff. I wanted to ask what software you're editing with? I'm finding it difficult to edit video in a "fast" way. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! Kind regards, Arvid Hjort, student at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology.

[@RotarySMP]

I use Da Vinci Resolve. Man if you can find a fast way to edit, let me know. It takes me about 8 hours to edit a video like this. Nearly every saturday.

[@arvidhjort]

@@RotarySMP I'm using HD movie maker and its pretty fast if you have a planned out layout of the video but otherwise its unusable because theirs no undue button... Another question. Why 5 legs and not three? 3 points defines the plane an thus you wont get any wobble. It wouldn't matter if three legs have a smaller reach than five since you can weigh down the central beam with something really dense like lead. Just seal the bottom of the central beam and pour in some molten lead which would result in a low center of mass an therefore a steady setup. You could even bolt weights between the legs to make center of mass pretty much a couple decimeters above the ground making it almost impossible to tip over unless you put it on 40 degree incline. That's my take on the matter at least! Love to hear your thoughts as well.

[@RotarySMP]

@@arvidhjort My floor is very uneven, so more wheels gives a smoother ride, even if not all are always on the ground. With the uneven tiles, three wheels would mean a lot of jerking and whiping of the camera. I could never edit without an Undo function. My times lines end up pretty complicated with up to three layers fo video and graphics and 3 of audio. Da Vinci is a profesional software, free for home users. Steep learning curve but excellent. You need a counter weight to balance the vertical slide, but no further weight will be added. The only incline I have in near the garage door, so the CofG doenst need to be that low.

[@arvidhjort]

@@RotarySMP Hi man! I tried out Da Vinci and edited a short music video featuring ACDC Thunderstruck and oh my god! It so much better than HD Movie Maker. Feels like I evolved from an extremely dumb monkey that doesn't even know how to look backwards to a slightly smarter one. Cheers! For reference that video is just 30 seconds long but almost 2 hours to make so I got to work on my editing. If you wanna check it out (I'm showing off one of my laser machine builds) you can find it at my Instagram highlights called "Builds" at instagram.com/arvidhjort_/. Again thank you for the tip! Da Vinci is just perfect for my needs so far.

[@RotarySMP]

I am not on Instagram or Facebook, so I cant see your video. Da Vinci takes a fair bit of practice. I have been using it for about a year, and my workflow is still developing. There are a lot of good how to videos on YT. You really need to learn to use and customise hot keys to make an efficient workflow.

[@zanpekosak2383]

I was wondering...what is that white stick you used for marking your steel? My first guess was chaulk till I saw how clean the markings were. ..

[@RotarySMP]

Just blackboard chalk. Thanks for watching.

[@zanpekosak2383]

Huh...interesting. I guess hot holled steel gunks it up to fast than...I gotta start cleaning metal 😅. Thanks for the reply.

[@RotarySMP]

@@zanpekosak2383 I had wiped down those tubes before I started marking them out.

[@RobB_VK6ES]

Ha you are in the same position as me. Spoiled by real machine tools so now no time for the enthusiast models. A expensive vise :) I think I got the underwater part but missed the second part.

[@RotarySMP]

That cheap chinese one is also asking to become a scraping project. Or a boat anchor.

[@maximiliankrug1011]

instantly subscribed!!!

[@RotarySMP]

Welcome. I hope you enjoy the back catalog as well.

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

Yes, I like your content!

[@RotarySMP]

I appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

[@heathledger4506]

Why the hell did you cast the aluminium parts instead of ordering pre-cut plates from a metal trader? Because you can do it? Seems like getting a bit crazy at that point... But nice work! Keep going!

[@RotarySMP]

Because of Covid lock down, the metal trader is not open till the 18th Jan at the earliest. I have enough 10mm Alloy plate for all the other parts (just). Since I was casting George anyway kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYW1hWqDmJyWpsU Making that pattern took only about a half hour, and doing a pot of aluminium at the end of the casting session was also quick.

[@heathledger4506]

@@RotarySMP Okay, then it makes sense. At first, I thought you were casting just for this two parts ;) The metal trader in Germany are open at least for the industrial use. So in case I need some material, i can ask my boss to add something to his usual orders he makes.

[@RotarySMP]

@@heathledger4506 Most of those companies are not interested in private / hobby customers. Fix Metal here in Vienna will do postal orders this week, but i wanted to be already working on this stuff. I would like to finish this project this week.

[@JulienBaut]

Just discovered your channel. And I am seeing many german things, but you sound like a native english speaker. So you may explain this to me? :D

[@RotarySMP]

A kiwi in Vienna. Welcome.

[@JulienBaut]

@@RotarySMP Well this makes sense! Thanks for your answer :-)

[@paulwomack5866]

Reminder: put your bandsaw back to square. Now.

[@RotarySMP]

Did it straight after that cut.

[@piotrr5439]

lets weld and cast metal (because 3d prints are too much work) :D

[@RotarySMP]

Bad chooice of words. I really dont think it makes sense to connect two small aluminium tubes with 300 hours of 3D printing. The column should be heavy. The cross beam is simple 80/20 profile. The rest is overkill on my part :)

[@shammient]

Just leave the inserts out next time. The machine doesn't seem to care that much 😂

[@RotarySMP]

Good point. Would save me $10 on ALiexpress.

[@MakarovFox]

yes, i agree, i work in the filming business and tripods are very annoying some times

[@RotarySMP]

I keep kicking or knocking them. Very annoying.

[@MakarovFox]

@@RotarySMP yep

[@partscience]

Also add motors to control it in 4 Axis... using Arduino Uno CNC Shield... you may get very well featured product for shooting any type of shots!!!

[@RotarySMP]

Yeah, a motorised slider would be pretty cool.

[@kingASMalban]

How is it that you have a NZ accent but German paint thinner and alcohol (brenn spiritus)?

[@RotarySMP]

Emmigration. I live in Vienna.

[@jasonruch3529]

I just love everything machining!

[@RotarySMP]

It is a fun hobby. Lucky I don't have to make money with it. I'd starve.

[@TiMechOfficial]

I work daily with this machine at our company.... but with the old philipps 432 controller ... That sucks! If i see how you work with the new linux cnc i would love to upgrade the machine but naaaaah company dont want to upgrade -.-

[@RotarySMP]

I always heard good things about the Phillips 432, but never got to use one. I did a video summarising that upgrade here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonak4WenNZkpck If you PM me your email address on Practical machinist (same user name) I can send you my retrofit notes. An industrial electrician could probably have it converted with only 3-4 days down time. The biggest upgrade is full 3D profiling. Maybe that can be the argument to sell it to your boss :) My Maho/Phillips was only 2.5D as built. Also being able to run files of unlimited length without RS-232 drip feed. I used the Gmoccpy touch screen interface which is really nice and user friendly.

[@bobapthorpe]

OMG, my teeth were painfully clenched from 21:55 to 23:10...

[@RotarySMP]

Imagine how it was for me :/

[@torpedan]

I was less clenched teeth and more I bet that made a noise.

[@AdrianTechWizard]

You can work stuff out with blackboard chalk now...

[@RotarySMP]

Yep, and it should always be close by.

[@pringineer1027]

I am so confused by the absolute kiwi accent but all the german products... :D digging the video tho

[@RotarySMP]

Glad you are enjoying it. We kiwi's are everywhere.

[@pringineer1027]

@@RotarySMP if you ever end up needed some 3d printed parts feel free to hit me up (i suppose you live somewhere around germany)

[@RotarySMP]

@@pringineer1027 THanks for the offer. I have a 3D printer which is based on the Mendel90 design, so I can print about 200x180x300mm parts. What do you use?

[@ninjaed13]

Would it not have been quicker to use the mill to make a protractor then just bandsaw those cuts...

[@RotarySMP]

Good idea. Probably would have been :)

[@andypughtube]

You need one of these: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293801281089 (Though the same tool comes up on Aldi and Lidl from time to time rather more cheaply) I bought one from Aldi for about £160. But knowing now how useful it is I would say that it is easily worth the normal price. I made a vertical table for it (which gets plenty of use) and a video of making the table. Also: For the vertical slide: I came up with a design using PTFE buttons running on steel box, and it works nicely. (See my motorcycle lift video)

[@RotarySMP]

Good point, although if I could get around to reparing the Do-All gearbox, it could also cut steel.

[@ryebis]

CNC mill = expensive bandsaw ?

[@RotarySMP]

If your only tool is a hammer ... everything looks like a nail :)

[@partscience]

Use putin in corners to fill, finish irregulars and then paint on it

[@RotarySMP]

I am pretty happy with most of the corner welds Since they are now matt black, no one will ever look at them again anyway. Thanks for watching.

[@partscience]

Yes they're not easily noticeable at any colour bcz in small corners at bottom not a big issue

[@randyhager2054]

LOCK-DOWN???? I thought the Austrian Government had better sense then that! Oh well what can you do?? MAHO is a beast machine.....in size and capability too. My little Grizzly G0704 mill will get CNC in the near future. Then the steep learning curve will come in trying to come to grips with CAD software.

[@RotarySMP]

Enjoy it. CNC conversion is a steep learning curve but there are so many generous helpful people out there to assist us.

[@randyhager2054]

@@RotarySMP I'm gonna need all the help I can get. My old brain doesn't like to learn new stuff with a lot of challenges.

[@RotarySMP]

@@randyhager2054 You just have to break the big project into small manageable ones. Eat the elephant :)

[@darkcircles3]

You probably could have done with a Grip Kit with adjustable gas riser like from GFM: www.g-f-m.net/grip-kit. They make them with hand crank as well: www.g-f-m.net/bazookas HTH. Good vids... Thanks for bringing us along.

[@RotarySMP]

Thanks for the feedback. That Grip-kit loos nice, but expensive.