I built a CNC Plasma Cutting Table from Scrap!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

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[@Hackbridge1963]

I just signed up for your Patreon 😁

[@cornnatron3030]

instead of the grbl which is nice for what it does but has drawbacks i would suggest trying to get a PoKeys57CNC which would came in way more handy especially when you start to extent the capabilities like routing and dust extraction and stuff. edit: just saying this cause went through the whole path of grbl>usb/lpt card>pokey and it would have saved me lots of headaches , fails and faults and money cause of memory issues and cheap parts if i went pokey direct.

[@jameszietsman5518]

Gerolf, now you gonna make money. My wife would never allow me hold parts that long! (scrap ) Fireworks friend. Well done.

[@Coincidence_Theorist]

Views. ..13,777…. And its 2:22pm.

[@carola7893]

I love the fact you are using a Lenovo IBM think pad! I had one that had had windows 98 or NT... We upgraded them to Windows XP for a while

[@NotJustBikes]

Seeing that plasma CNC cut a perfect circle was so satisfying. Nice work!

[@raven_dev]

Funny seeing you here!

[@My_Op]

NotJustBikes Jumpscare

[@robusthedgehog]

Dude... you are 100% unfassbar. 😂 I mean you ain't scared of any kind of work. Building your own F**N CNC table from scrap and printed parts 😂 You're nothing short of a legend.

[@jheetman]

That's another thing I don't get, I make excellent money as an industrial maintenance technician and this guy blows me out of the water.

[@faridsafazadeh1137]

OMG. You are one of the kind! from the first episode of your clips until now you always amazed me! It is unbelivable how extremely talented you are in different fields!! from micro electronics to the huge heavy welding and machining projects!! I wish I was a millioner and I could buy a huge workshop for you with any kind of machinery based on your order. But sadly I can just admire you! and enjoying a lot and learning as much as I can afford from your clips. God Bless You.

[@wolfgangbalu1253]

Thank you for your nice words- I agree to your statements. Sy English is not my mother language.

[@usa-ev]

He'd hate that! 😂

[@thess2463]

He's not one of a kind he's a dying breed, the best of us.

[@sebastian-ic1mz]

I think ,that he knows everything about engineering

[@RetifsGarage]

I think he is an inspiration for all of us, start a project and develop your competences, learning by doing, even with failure you learn more than by doing nothing ! I agree, he is great, but the curiosity is a driver and the will to do, to make, to experiment ! That’s a powerful drive !

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Looks like you employ the same build philosophy as my Grandfather - "If you don't know how strong it needs to be, just build it 10 x stronger and it should be fine" Great projects!

[@TheCoffeehound]

Yup, that is the same philosophy my dad and grandfather used to follow. Overbuild it, and you don't have to worry about rebuilding it in a year or two. Just make sure you have it in the right place when you build, since moving it might just be... difficult.

[@OrinFinch]

My grandfather and uncle both use similar logic. Over build it as practice for bigger projects

[@daveruble5150]

Alone in my office, with a knot in my throat, I applauded your first circle. Well done, Sir.

[@peterw2845]

For years, I’ve observed your genius in design and manufacturing, and it never fails to humble me. Your delightfully dry sense of humor consistently brings a smile to my face.

[@samiklaa3445]

I love how you are constantly upgrading your workshop from stuff that would otherwise end up in a landfill or melted

[@slovaPL]

It's a shame such content doesn't sell well. I'm a digital marketer at an industrial company (pipe manufacturer) and it's not easy to find competent creators and influencers in DIY niche. On the other hand, trying to grow online may consume more time than actual projects. I follow you since I don't know when and you always deliver the best content.

[@MrCirqueMaudlin]

i know i have watched every scrapyard video you have done and as some one from Texas .... i think my favorite part was your take on a Texas accent love it! the knowledge i have gained from your videos is priceless and cant thank you enough!

[@musthavechannel5262]

Such a modest guy.

[@PCFixer]

The shell of the HUGE, awesome CNC Table looks like it could survive a nuclear bomb being dropped on it; those MASSIVE steel girders are BEASTS! This is amazing!

[@Jimmy___]

What a great project. Not only the CNC plasma table but upgrading the workshop. I aspire to have a CNC plasma table of my own one day

[@adc604]

Wish the scrap yards in my area would allow 'foraging', I can only imagine the treasures that just get trucked off to the smelter. Great work on the CNC build.

[@M1LAD81]

I have to say Gerolf, you don't give yourself the credit you deserve! You have many skills and knowledge that most of us viewers would desire very much. Keep it up and I look forward to the next installment of this project.

[@nicholashacking381]

I'm impressed, as ever. 25 years ago (when I was younger and probably stronger than now) I built a gantry out of old RSJs. It's about 9' tall and 10' wide and it makes a fantastic engine hoist for working on old Landrovers. Getting those steel beams into place with nothing more than muscle, an engine crane and a Hi-Lift jack was hard work. And a bit worrying at times. If I'd known about KZbin then, I could have recorded it. I didn't have a plasma cutter, so I used oxy-acetylene. Nor was TIG affordable for hobbyists, so I used stick and MIG. It's still in my garage and I still use it. Seeing you work on your steel beams brought the memories flooding back....

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi, your talents are endless. From elctromechanical construction to the production of the explanatory videos, all so professionally done, given that your native language is not English, perfect by the way. I like the way you translate the German parts and labels to English for us , great addition to the productions. Many thanks from Nr Liverpool UK.

[@Airforce1Gunny]

Love the scrap yard episodes, Keep them coming.

[@Jaceun]

Your videos and repairs are such a bright spot and guiding light in our disposable world. I love to see everything you work on get repaired and saved from the scrapyards. Keep up your mission, I hope more see your message every day.

[@johnkay1336]

Erstaunliche Technik, my mother was German and my father Polish. I'm a retired electronics engineer, I enjoy and look forward to your adventures in Vorsprung durch Technik.

[@abdelkaderelbachir3817]

I think little John would love to visit that scrap yard galvanized steel and bolts everywhere

[@percival23]

I have to say, that Plasma table is the most useful & impressive build yet.

[@zumbazumba1]

Plastic house gutters work great for pipe cleaning with citric acid .If you need custom shape you can dig a hole in the ground and put nylon sheets in it to act as a pool.

[@derdackel]

The Prusa Mk3 is a proven 3D printer design. Made in EU, almost all parts are either available off-the-shelf or as STL files to print yourself. It's not quick and at this point lacks some shiny, modern featues, but it is incredibly reliable and easy to maintain. As 3D printer's go, this is probably as sustainable a machine as you can get.

[@Coincidence_Theorist]

How much is it? Id like to get a 3d printer. One that’s big enough to be useful for most things.

[@derdackel]

@@Coincidence_Theorist The MK3 and it's revisions, the MK3S and MK3S+ are set for end of life. After all it's a design from 2015 and hafve been superseded by the Mk4. You can buy that one from Prusa directly. As enthusiasts and print farms are slowly replacing their old MK3s, you might be able to score a used MK3 for cheap. I've seen them going a good chunk below 400€ on ebay. Thing is, unlike many other printers from that era, Prusa is still supporting these and even still occasionally issuing firmware updates.

[@CallumFaulds1]

Too bad the same can't be said of my Anet A8 (Prusa clone). The damn thing broke once a week for 2 months before I finally got it printing reliably. I had to replace bearings, the extruder nozzle, install custom firmware, resolder the Micro SD card reader and so on. Still, it worked well for 2 years before again throwing a thermal error. I think it's time for an upgrade.

[@stime6472]

It always amazes me the things that people take to the scrap yard. It is just such a waste and our ancestors would have killed to have some of the things that end up there. Great job!!!

[@GeorgeWMays]

Outstanding...! This is so cool to watch. I saw "part two" before seeing this episode. So this video really filled in the blanks for me. This really took a ton of patience and foresight. Your work is extremely impressive, educational, and entertaining. Thank you very much . I'm sure that I speak for everyone when I express appreciation. I'm looking forward to what's next....

[@haraldclark6206]

Brilliant work taking scrap and making it useful, and then making it interesting to watch!

[@xahidhasan6090]

I love this guy. First of all he is reusing the stuff. I feel so anxious when I see people throwing all these stuff, which means they are also going for a new one. But here this guy saves some and I think we need more people like him. If I had the opportunity I would love to do something similar to this. Secondly he is daam good at what he does. Finally the quality of the videos are very high. I also like the fact that his contents are very straightforward in nature.

[@CallumFaulds1]

It must be beyond rewarding to put so much time and effort in to making something and then watching said thing appear before your eyes! Brilliant work!

[@cfmschaffer]

Long time Viewer of the channel here, simply amazed at the scope and weight of this project! Every time one of your videos comes online it's an automatic must watch! Keep up being awesome, take my donation 👍

[@RinoaL]

I love the way you maintain your tools to a high standard. I highly doubt you will leave your tools in a mess like many are found in. You taking the care to restore your tools makes it easier for their next owner. I do believe power tools and such won't get overly outdated after a certain point.

[@usa-ev]

Nice coming of age videos for your channel! Will be interesting to see the butterfly you deserve, but I'll sure miss that wise old caterpillar.

[@Lindsay1050]

Its a pleasure to watch you make good tools out of another mans scrap. Keep up,the good work.

[@teresaharmon4405]

You are a genius and a work horse!!!! If the apocalypses happens I hope you are near by. I hold my own on fixing things rather than buy a new one but you are way above what I do. Love the content (all of it). Keep up the great work!!!!

[@sabaubogdan6997]

In my opinion Cranktown City gets the award for diy plasma cnc machines. His besides that it's vertical, built from junk and on a budge has magnets. Miraculously it works. Joke's aside I think he's a good reference for advices for the electronics and software part of things.

[@Sven_Dongle]

I know he turns them off when passing over but I dont think he skips them in the cut. I wonder how long they last with plasma spall hitting them.

[@AileTheAlien]

I'm taking your examples one tiny step at a time. My cheap angle grinder had small pebbles and possibly a bit of cold-welding in the main bolt, that held the grinding discs. After a hammer and WD-40 failed to do the trick, I left it in the freezer for an hour while I had breakfast and mowed the lawn. Easy - afterwards, I was able to rescue my tool! 🙂

[@roberto9666]

You are an engineering polymath! Across so many fields of design and construction- electronics, welding, arduino. Not to mention being a fantastic video producer and fluent in a second language. Inspirational stuff. Please keep up the great work.

[@nathantron]

This is incredible man, these things are super precise and you're able to pull it off all with reclaimed hardware. Amazing.

[@mattfink9317]

This is one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@albertapeet]

I must admit, I struggle with the electronics repairs you do but I love the fabrication and bringing old discarded tools and equipment back to life. As a retired welder who had my own plasma table and cutting business for several years , this is very interesting to me.

[@jakehelgoth9540]

Outstanding! Glad to see a culmination of your previous projects has led to this!

[@vickslab4608]

looking forward to it. best channel needed for the apocalypse.

[@stevehall4548]

Outstanding build. Prayers for your surgery.

[@i_am_terom4810]

Heck yea ! I was waiting for this video since you declared your plans to make your plasma cutter cnc !

[@Bluuplanet]

Regarding the really long ball screw, when turned fast with the ball nut close to the end, the screw can develop a wobble like a jump-rope. The best way to eliminate that problem is to have the motor turn the nut rather than the screw!

[@projectblackjack]

You're one of my favorite channels. Your amazing video about building a plasma table has always been a pipe dream for me. Maybe one day.

[@wise_guy4230]

Congratulations on the new equipment you've been able to build. Big steps forward to be certain! And yes, a metal saw will likely be an improvement to your life. Good sized band saw, with a coolant feed, should serve you well.

[@worstuserever]

I'm sure volunteering a little labour is a bargain in return for knowing someone with such fantastic skill, and the opportunity to learn from you would be priceless. I'd gladly be the devoted Igor to your Frankenstein! 😄

[@noimagination99]

Great to see all of your past projects and acquisitions coming together! Nice video with a great story. I could say too much more about how much I like this and your other videos, but I'll restrain myself. 😁 At 26:26 - THAT bench is going nowhere, it could support the world! It is kind of sad seeing the old bench dismantled, but it's so good to know the parts will be reused! Thanks for another enjoyable, relaxing video!

[@MonkeyUnit]

25:00 I have judged your "regional" American accent and have found it to be perfectly acceptable. Good job!

[@pete3897]

I recently built a similar machine, also built on GRBL. I think the one think I still really need, like yourself, is a torch height controller.

[@Alex-xh1zi]

Building your own CNC is the ultimate challenge for a maker/engineer and to do it almost exclusively from scrap is ^chef kiss^

[@alexrains1893]

This has been my favourite video so far, I wait for the rest of the series patiently.

[@magnuse123]

Faaaak mate, you got that shit locked down!! I hardly ever take the time to write something after watching a video but you more than deserve a big compliment. Love the way you work, explain and entertain. Big hug and lots of love from the Hollands ;P

[@69mercurycyclone44]

Very impressive! Your ability to transform an idea into working machines is an amazing skill. You are going places!

[@dirkwalther2354]

Sie haben wiklich tolle Fähigkeiten! Ich konnte schon viel von Ihnen lernen. Vielen Dank dafür und einen schönen Sonntag Ihnen! :)

[@unshanks]

So glad I found your channel, you inspire me so much. Finally have the means to make a donation, so I did just that. Keep them coming, love what you do.

[@markpoulsen6429]

Great stuff, love the scrapyard supply chain! I'm doing something similar, and decided on using a CNCDrive ethernet control and breakout board set, along with their software. USB is too unstable with the plasma EMI, ethernet looks to be a much more robust comm setup. Cheers from California!

[@billgolcher2537]

I love your videos I simply love these cnc manufacture projects your awesome

[@mrMacGoover]

I wish I had someone like you that is into building things out of steel for a friend, I would like to find more friends that do welding as a hobby or would be interested in starting a business.

[@Ferruccio001]

@15:40 I'm like, a sure, the guy is German. Mate, it's engineering at it's finest. I'm amazed.

[@JanTuts]

How about 25:00 ? :D

[@latemcire8387]

You could make a temporary trough for removing rust on long items using a tarp and some lumber

[@HenryKamp]

This is literally so exciting, some of the most exciting videos yet. Things are rough in LA right now (for film industry at least) but as soon as we're back to work I hope to get on the patreon bandwagon to throw some support your way. Very inspiring stuff.

[@T0tenkampf]

Good to see the old Metabo. I wasn't aware of the brand before seeing the episode and now I look for them. They make the best grinder for cutting metal imo.

[@zachsiebers5742]

I wish I had 1/10th of your engineering and fabrication skills

[@derekbryant6137]

This episode has convinced me that I need to go all in with a TIG welder seeing what you have done with it here has just convinced that it is something I need in my workshop you've also convinced me that I need to learn more about electronics and how CNC programming works I use tig welders all the time when I'm at work but I never thought I needed one in my home you see I use them all the time to weld stainless steel but seeing what you have done here with carbon steel that's impressive

[@Edman_79]

Wow man, I'm out of superlatives :D You're unbelievable! I bow to you so much, I'm starting to spread on the ground!

[@twocvbloke]

CNC is such an amazing tool to see in operation, but, seeing people building their own CNC machines is even more fascinating, one I recommend watching is "New Yorkshire Workshop", where he built an overly-engineered (and rather expensive, but, erm, let's ignore that!) CNC out of big wood parts, as well watching his other vids on the many machines that he put together over the years, really good channel... :D

[@stevecarter529]

Heavy engineering company. Used to leave steel plate, outside in the rain. It was called weathering and helped to get the mill scale of.

[@alexeiouspenski5302]

Wow incredible!!! I am just amazed how it all comes together. But it’s not magic - it’s engineering!!!

[@pringineer1027]

Awesome video as always, however if I might make a suggestion: get some belt tensioning mechanism in there because the belts will inevitably stretch a little bit and your movements will get sloppy. You also want them to be all at the same tension and rather tight to reduce backlash

[@Hackbridge1963]

I love your videos! When I see you've posted a new one, I literally stop watching others to see yours 😁🇬🇧. Now I have to make sure I'm supporting you on Patreon 👍🏾

[@knickebien1966]

26:22 One of these guests is looking pretty darn good!

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Wow! Your shop is really going to have advanced capabilities!

[@pbartmess]

It must be so satisfying to use all the materials and skills you've accumulated over the years! That giant cnc table will be a great workbench. It is very inspiring to watch this work.

[@WalterWittMakes]

Duude, you should try and rig up some kind of sandblaster for all the rust you have to keep cleaning. the concept of them is super simple, so I bet you could make one from scrap easy.

[@LannyDAllen]

Sorry I missed this. You’re my favorite German!

[@matrix54190]

Mec, tu as encore fait du superbe boulot🫵👍🏼👍🏼. J'adore regarder tes vidéos et tes inventions🤩.

[@RickRolling-tc7vb]

Great to see some projects coming together. Impressed with your plasma table, just fantastic! Always envy your mad skills in all sorts of things, and your willingness to get stuck in and do the hard work, what ever it takes. Thank you, and well done.

[@MissyBeeeee]

Deprag, I know that company. Drove by it many times. I grew up close to it. Nice seeing them here

[@sprint955st]

You should have far more subscribers than you have. Great channel. I've just subscribed to your Patreon. Better than TV. Here, I get to watch exactly what I want to see. And learn a bit of German as well, because it turns out my English pronunciations of German brand names bears no resemblance whatsoever to how they are supposed to sound.

[@GustavBrogren]

Good work! A MIG welder would really speed up your welding process. I guess you already know that. We all know that KZbin loves TIG, but for this project, I really would have chosen a MIG. Can't remember if you have repaired one yet. It would be a nice Repairthon episode. I have also seen people attaching a MIG to a CNC table, kind of making a MIG "engraver" or embosser if you would like.

[@jan-agelundman5435]

What a wonderful project! This will give you so many more opportunities to make parts in the future! I still can't help feeling envious over how fabulous your nearby scrapyards are, I can only Dreams of finding stuff that you are able to find... Keep up the good work! 👍

[@spud4242]

been watching you for a long time. thought it was about time i joined Patreon to help you out.. i am enjoying seeing the new CNC episode. My first full time job was as a CNC programmer in 1982! we had to write the g-code by hand on a teletype terminal to producw a punched tape . the Laser CNC only read these punched tapes. it wasnt until 1984 that we got an Apple IIe so we could program in a text file and then print the tape. things are so much easier now!

[@HildebrandGlossop]

Absolutely massive undertaking. Fantastic content. Thank you so much for continuing to make these videos and share them with us!

[@TheUntamed101]

Hey dude. That is an extremely cool couple of setups you're working on. Thank you for sharing. I cannot afford to support you, but I can give you enouragement. Please continue to be this awesome dude that shares your projects and knowledge with the world. You have enriched my life.

[@Scott_C]

Judging by the issues you had moving the those huge beams, it seems like your next project with linear actuation and motors should be a a bridge crane you can move around the shop.

[@johnmccanntruth]

You’ve really outdone yourself. These are going to be great. I can’t wait to see the next parts…

[@BensWorkshop]

Well done. Impressive work making a plasma table.

[@ledhunters]

For future projects, for cleaning rust from long parts you could use poly tubing roll, its like a nylon garbage bag but infinite lenght or at least 50-100 meters long, hope you understand what am I talking about, they use that to transport live fish from truck-tank to river/pond etc. Just get the one that is maybe 20-30 cm in diameter, close one end, put the metal beams inside and pour water with that acid you used. You will need a bit more water than what you used in this video but you can do all long metal parts at once.

[@henrymach]

The thing that usually suffers the most from EMF interference in a CNC are the limit switches. Make sure you use them in normally closed mode (if you intend to install them at all)

[@Michael-x9j7b]

This is why I watch your stuff 😀😃😄

[@johnerdis5094]

This is absolutely magic! It's all coming together nicely

[@wayneikola2650]

Of all the really cool things you've ever done, this is the coolest! Thank you so much!

[@HsMals3n]

Diesen past-Akopalypse erfinder .,. Mann! Ich bin impressed!🎉 ❤

[@SimonHollandfilms]

brilliant....i want a cnc plasma table....after seeing yours.... it might be possible....inspired

[@mechatronicsroboticsadditi4625]

25:02 , l wasn't expecting to hear from Ave😮😮😮😅

[@bickhofe]

❤the 4 Digit PLZ on the folding ruler.

[@homemadetools]

Nice work. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎

[@billgeorge7804]

Simply brilliant. An E-book of your builds and repairs might be a project in the background? Thank you for such an eclectic menu of incredible builds. $20 sent by PayPal, sorry it isn’t much I’m a pensioner, but your videos give loads of inspiration and pleasure to the viewers