CNC Surface Mapping... ON EARTH!

[@DavidGuyton]

I didn't see a single wizard in this video. Not even an elf.

[@eddiezebeast]

It's hidden inside the Maho

[@jamesmarks8099]

I found a troll though!! 😂😂

[@DavidGuyton]

@@jamesmarks8099 haha

[@gildedbear5355]

Well, of course not. This Old Tony never shows his face.

[@jutde]

@@gildedbear5355 except for that one time. But we don't talk about that.

[@Racingisgood]

I was having withdrawal symptoms waiting for another video from you! Missed you dude!

[@LBulletDodger]

Hey tony i ca see you read a bunch of the comments, im an electrical engineer and i grew up in an electromechanical engineering environment and lent me tell you, oh boy does your content scratch my itch! you are god damn amazing and im glad i found your channel. with love from israel =)

[@mattsnyder4754]

0% chance I’m ever gonna use this. But dang I loved this video.

[@michaelnoyes4817]

Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@TimothyHall13]

Christmas early! Thanks Tony!

[@davidschouten4097]

Speaking of wood videos: whatever happened to that video of you making a stock for an air gun?

[@RoboCNCnl]

So now this is where you plan the next video and show us the inside of the probe..? :P

[@ebrahimajam9299]

So awesome 👏

[@GuyonaMoose]

that dead tree carcass sure grew up a square

[@vollickplaysgames]

Thank you for the nice long fade to black after the hammerhead... i needed those few seconds to recover my sanity. I fucking love these videos so much. and i know what your thinking..but.. sorry i'm destined to be single forever, plus, i'm really not your type, or my type, but im stuck in here.. behind these eyes, using this dumb brain and stupid face. where was i going with this?

[@JC-ms2rz]

123 people got up grumpy today and the first thing they did was watch this video.

[@dimitar4y]

Ah, I see. You want to checker your grandfather's shotgun's stock, but if you do that in this reality, you will have issues; so you are making a tutorial for the clueless tony in another universe, so you can then yoink the finished checkered stock without the consequences of doing it in this world.

[@EdiCNC]

Bom trabalho

[@lonnywilcox445]

Sacre bleu! Another video next week! Be still my heart. Actually, don't be still heart, I have a reason to live another week!

[@jonmccormick6805]

I'm still subscribed!

[@fastx1914]

Finally! Someone has figured out a way to use the warped wood being sold at Home Depot!

[@150flyer4]

I think they’re sold out of that as well. I wonder if warped wood sits in a shipping container for months on end, comes out straight??

[@PsiQ]

...It's not warped, it has a surface map integrated, it's a feature !

[@assassinlexx1993]

You still need a loan officer approval to buy more then one 2x4 .

[@joejoemyo]

This one got me. LOL!

[@Xenronnify]

That made me laugh way harder than it should've 🤣🤣

[@Adventure_Van_Upgrades]

So pleased to see some fresh machine work videos coming from T.O.T HQ , man we've missed you !

[@sheriina1925]

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[@DitchWizardry]

Tony, your idea for the map -> invert -> cut inversion -> stick together process at the end makes me think you could machine some *ridiculous* halves of geometrically complex billets for the damascus/forge-welding guys to then twist and fold. I don't know *what* geometry you'd want to stick together, yet (with a lot less work than it takes to make those 'mind-bendingly close' EDM clearances), but I'm really excited thinking about novel steel-also-steel-but-different composite structures you could make, then acid-etch (or CNC-TIG braze some aluminum bronze filler onto, too, for gold-colored parts?). I dunno, I need a few years to build the 'too small for a building permit' shop in my parents' yard and work my way up to any of that, so I'm hoping for some instant-er gratification.

[@Arachnos27]

I see new TOT videos I click, that would be cool to see.

[@grimmcreole44]

the trick to get to the electronic dance music clearance sale so precisely lays in knowing what you want, and factoring in the time to pick it out just before the stock runs out

[@birdwave]

@@grimmcreole44 ok I'll help with the clearance sale and you help with whatever the hell anyone else said

[@floorpizza8074]

@@grimmcreole44 "the trick to get to the electronic dance music clearance sale so precisely lays in knowing what you want..." That's exactly what an AI would say. Go away. It's not your time to rule the earth... yet.

[@three6ohchris]

You lost me at "Tony," but I trust you because your name is Felix... And I think that most people named Felix are trustworthy. Right? So anyway, whatever you said, I'm really excited for. Yeah!

[@johnnyryall1400]

As a 30+ yr commercial painting contractor, I couldn’t be less concerned about CNC surface mapping..... I’m still gonna watch this whole video.... more than once.

[@godspi4609]

Same..I'm in scaffolding and I have no business near a CNC...but like you said here all the same

[@billstrahan4791]

Of course! Other videos you ask "Does this content matter to me?" These, you ask "Does This Old Tony matter to me?" And the answer is YES. Yes he does.

[@godspi4609]

@@billstrahan4791 just can't quit em

[@davekavanagh7599]

Carpenter here 🤣🤣🤣

[@wirekat]

I tried to quit but couldn't

[@mymechanics]

Brilliant video as always!

[@djamelhamdia134]

Hello there!

[@JamesLee-sw6ss]

Tony’s video is great, however, I’m gonna need you to make new one :)

[@koronakorona1588]

we are waiting on yours videos too🙂

[@Dysiode]

Always love to see the youtube makers coming together to chat in the comments of each other's videos :)

[@MrGofarkyself]

I watched the videos too many times…. I make a new one.

[@RG-bd5qt]

At first I thought he was using a clapper, but then I realized he’s working on a flamenco interface. Soon he’ll be able to write g code with nothing but castanets and a pair of tap shoes.

[@edwardhugus2772]

@RG • 51 Would a long line of G Code be called a G String? I can hear the copyright lawyers screaming already......

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

@@edwardhugus2772 I dunno, but each of these probed points are probably called G Spots.

[@MikelNaUsaCom]

careful there, we don't want to get into string theory... =D

[@edwardhugus2772]

@@wtfiswiththosehandles and, yes they would be. 🤗

[@edwardhugus2772]

@@MikelNaUsaCom I'm afraid it's a bit too late now... that horse has already left the barn.

[@richardwhitfield1078]

Hammerhead. Best delayed laugh I've had in while. Took a couple of secs to sink in.

[@Bbeaucha88]

Does anyone else wonder if This Old Tony was ever That Young Anthony? My leading theory is that he fell out of a tree fully grown asking people if they wanted to hear him talk about his CNC router. Like a dwarf from LoTR.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Was he also born with those stumpy finger nails? I've always wondered about those. Is he a black belt karate expert who uses those fingers as deadly weapons, for instance. Does he nibble away at his finger nails while worrying what to put in his next video? I think we should be told.

[@OvertravelX]

I haven’t seen Anthony Michael Hall in a while…

[@AMRosa10]

TOT actually broke the Spacetime Continuum. What you were unaware of is that the person that appears in these videos as TOTs son in this multiverse is actually TYT trapped in this dimension.

[@spudpud-T67]

Judging from those hairy knuckles he's actually a hobbit.

[@headcheesefry]

@@AMRosa10 The whole "I'm my own grandpa" thing was portraid in an episode of a cartoon called Futurama. I believe the episode won an emmy.

[@torbjornahman]

Coooool! Looking at the first shot of the shark I thought, wait a minute that is not a flat surface... Next - mapping surfaces with laser scanning!

[@tjtwig1226]

Good to see you in the comments. You're videos rock Torbjörn.

[@cameronflack2254]

Same, i was trying to figure out if he just set the cut depth more shallow over the higher surface. Im glad i know the truth now, but wizardy is cool too

[@Kruglord]

I've had the same thought! A properly calibrated triangulation laser scanner could scan the whole surface is seconds, and very reasonably get sub-mm precision. If you used an time-of-flight setup, you'd probably be able to get nano-meter precision, but that would get very expensive, haha

[@TheStuffMade]

I frequently do CNC circuit board engraving and have been using a similar technique for many years, but since the circuit boards are conductive and copper is relatively soft it doesn't need a special probe, instead the probing relies on the engraving bit making contact with the copper surface to form an electrical connection to let the software know the bit is touching the surface. Mapping the surface is essential for good results as the engraving depth is only 50um in order to make very fine traces. Cheers, Jake

[@ketturi]

I was about to comment the same thing. Without probing and surface mapping, even slight unevenness in copper clad or in mounting would results big variations in the width of engraved tracks. This trick also works with other non-conductive materials, if you glue thin copper/aluminium tape over the surface. Just remember to connect the probe cable to the part, once I forgot to do that and CNC machine happily turned circuit board into punch card😅.

[@tjtwig1226]

Holy mackerel!

[@Hunter271828]

@TheStuffMade, I used your videos to learn how to do PCB engraving! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this TOT video.

[@TheStuffMade]

@@Hunter271828 Always good to hear the videos were useful. Cheers, Jake

[@masterofnone]

How can I be so sure I will never use this in my life time but still enjoy this video more than any other commercial content created during last 30 years? Happy new year TOT!

[@grimki11er]

I just want to say when my favorite youtubers put something new, I rarely watch it immediately. ThisoldTony is the exception! great content and very entertaining. Also I started 3d printing recently and I have to say that Tony actually helped me in unconventional ways. You helped me developed my designing mind and helped me approach certain issues in a new often easier way. so thanks! and keep up the good work!

[@gabewhisen3446]

Wow he actually liked a comment that was not from a collab account cudos grim you have the silver keyboard

[@grimki11er]

@@gabewhisen3446 hahah thanks! I spoke from the heart! I actually suffered 3 big losses this year like Tony and i know encouragements like this help eliviate the pain a little.

[@JacobProbasco]

Agreed. ThisOldTony is like a Christmas chocolate. Rich, velvety, and gone too soon!

[@Gigator]

I 100% concur with your first sentence. ToT is the only "bell" I have activated, because with him I want to watch the video as soon as possible. Others, even some of my oldest and dearest channels, I can wait a few days until I have some breathing room to enjoy the video at my own pace. But with ToT, I know I will watch it a second and third time to really let the humor and information sink in deep. I think I've watched half his videos three times, a quarter even more and many I'm only partially interested at least one or twice.

[@martinfisker7438]

Myths say that every time you skip a ToT video, an innocent thread tap breaks

[@scottsolar5884]

The legend is real.

[@sheriina1925]

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[@nerfherder4284]

Well, we can't have that!

[@daveys]

It may or may not be true, but I don’t dare to try and find out.

[@Self_Evident]

Actually, every time you even _think_ of a tap, an innocent tap breaks, and you just lost the tap game...

[@JamesLee-sw6ss]

So now the question, can you then export your surface map from Mach 4 into solid works, so now you have a 3D scanner? :)

[@SianaGearz]

The surface map file that it outputs is pretty much CSV format, as far as i can gather, very easy to parse. I could whip up a tool to convert it to a mesh really quickly if someone gave me an authoritative example file.

[@ukp42]

Perfect timing, just about to have my dinner, here in Scotland. Something to watch, and eat my curried haggis supper. So I'll say, great video 5* before watch it in a minute and expect to be entertained.

[@sheriina1925]

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[@snarknado6430]

You only did this for top comment, ya shill. Also if you really are a scot, why such good English?

[@angrydwarfjewellery255]

Same , jus London location

[@Tuonico87]

Same but italy

[@grumpyone5963]

Stole my comment. Who doesn’t like a great TOT video over dinner. Such interesting content. 🇬🇧

[@_P0tat07_]

Personally, I don’t mind at all if Tony pumps out a few wood videos. I’ll watch em all!

[@andersjjensen]

If he takes up crocheting I'll still watch. I don't give a rat's ass about what he does... as long as he narrates it! :P

[@humphreybumblecuck5151]

His machinist friends will nutcheck him

[@SianaGearz]

I wood watch them as well.

[@peterw1534]

"I was walking backwards real slow and everything, even staring at it the whole time, I couldn't have been more cautious" LOL been there before. Especially the slowly walking backwards while staring at it and blindly groping behind you for a tool or whatever. As SOON as you're too far away to save it, or look away for a sec, it drops. No matter what. Gotta love that!

[@marsgizmo]

Love this surface mapping! With each video of yours, I feel I'm being pulled closer and closer towards CNC.. ..not the same, but I'm still dreaming to implement a good solution for non-planar 3D Printing, using 3 axis... 😌

[@chaos.corner]

There's a video or two out there with non-planar 3d printing. You'll always be constrained by head geometry. What are you thinking you'd like to do?

[@markkalsbeek5883]

@@chaos.corner make the head swivel over 2 axis :p

[@al4x5]

@@markkalsbeek5883 That would be 5 axis then

[@JNCressey]

here's an idea: imagine a bubblegram, but the medium can fall away, and the "bubbles" become solid like a sintering 3d printer.

[@TheMNWolf]

Some 3D printers have this technology too. Both of mine probe the surface of the print bed before they start. One uses an induction sensor and one uses a physical probe. They're also set up to zero out the surface as the print height increases.

[@ErrorTH]

i did want to mod my printer (ultimaker spinoff) into probe scanner but had very hard time finding good guides on it

[@eideticex]

I use manual mapping on mine. Initially I used manual mesh mapping, which is a measure the points then your good to go... until you clean your machine or nudge it and change the geometry in subtle ways we can't even see with our human eyes. Moved on to billinear mesh leveling which allows me to specify a z-offset and tilt to adjust it when things change. Pro-tip do not use a 10x10 grid, that's 100 points you will have to measure multiple times to get it honed in, stick to something more sane like a 3x3 unless you really need that level of accuracy.

[@tolga1cool]

You mean Bltouch?

[@Icefumy]

@@ErrorTH Best way would be buying the antclabs bltouch, and making your own custom firmware using marlin or something, if you can code a little.

[@Sembazuru]

I was going to mention that until I saw your post, so I'll just expand on it here. ;-) In the 3D printing community this technique is normally called "mesh bed leveling". There are various methods of probing the bed surface. All current Prusa printers and some others use inductive sensing to find a metal underlayer of the print surface (and thus require a z-level offset to account for the thickness of any surface layers/treatments on the metal). Others use a BL Touch (or similar) mechanical probe. And the newly announced, but not available yet, Prusa XL printer uses a strain gauge in the hot-end assembly to touch the surface with the nozzle to probe (there may be other printers that do this, but I'm unaware of them). Several of the 3D printer firmware families (I know Marlin does, I suspect Klipper does but don't know for sure, not sure about the other firmware families) have the mesh leveling built in and use gcodes like G29 or G80 to initiate the probing routine. Often the way the 3D printer firmware applies the surface probing is they use the full value of the mesh to the first layer, and slowly over the next few layers decrease the effect of the surface mesh z adjustment until it isn't applied anymore.

[@802Garage]

On the negative 9th day of Christmas This Old Tony gave to me... A wood block surface mapped using CNC!

[@syskonenS]

Checking what year it is was perfect! The fact that we're two weeks away from 2022 when it still feels like 2019 boggles the mind! p.s. I definitely wouldn't be against another christmas story episode :) one of my favourites.

[@pompeymonkey3271]

We do this in astrophotography too. :) The calibration is done using "flat frames" that capture the non-even illumination of the field due to optical limitations.

[@lwizzit]

Yeah, or the appropriately named ‘bias frames’. Where do you stand on darks?

[@w4shep]

Sounds really cool and pretty easy. I mean, it's not rocket science... um… never mind.

[@ewaldauer395]

We do this in microscopy too! You want to generate a mosaic image of high-res images of a larger sample, and all have them in focus, even if the specimen holder, the specimen itself and the coverslip aren't flat? Surface mapping ftw!

[@pompeymonkey3271]

@@lwizzit Bias and darks are more about system noise than contour mapping, so I deliberately stated flats. Darks are essential for correcting hot or cold pixels, while bias is more about finding the pedestal (or "DC" component, if you like) of the read out values. I'm just about to change from a CCD to a CMOS sensor, so I guess I'll be challenging my own mindset on those! ...

[@Whytho2000]

This is so cool! As an engineer, I was able to do a similar thing in my job. I took a 3D model of a computer board, and took the surface heights of all the components to make a negative, with over sized holes. That negative would contact all the parts of the board while avoiding the delicate components. Then you can put weights on top of the board to ensure the board is contacting the entire surface when gluing to a heat sink.

[@jima1135]

I can't begin to explain how excited I am to be notified you just uploaded! Thank you!!

[@sheriina1925]

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[@nbprotocol5406]

Use the tool itself as a stop. command it to the position you want and stop the block against it.

[@SebbyG86]

I use a manual method of this on the cnc at work. we have some dodgy plastic that comes in sheets of 2440mm x 1220mm and i machine both sides to make tops and bottoms for speaker cabinets. this plastic is recycled and has a surface that fluctuates up and down up to 3mm, nightmare to get countersinks to be flush with the surface, so, i probe (this probe can only do z check) every location i have to put a countersink in. what i do is every time the probe touches off i pass the z value to a variable, my machine they are E### and just increment the number by 1 for every new location, then when i go to countersink i just call the offset for that location. The software i use doesnt have the ability to do surface mapping, the machine is 30 years old. and this was the only way i could do it efficiently and fast. the machine has a cassette drive and floppy disk lol. Wish i could use fusion and mach. Im trying to blag my boss to give me and the team fusion, and he said yes but hes dragging his feet on it lol. As for mach i dont think we can convert the machines OS. its too old. Thanks for the excellent vid as always. love you T.O.T.

[@monad_tcp]

yeah, inverse perspective transformation would be hard to do without a PDP11 to do the complex multiplications used in linear algebra (lots of matrices), you couldn't do the derivative analogically (unless you wanted to build a Babbage's analytical engine yourself). better stick with modern digital electronics. I don't understand any of this about gcode, but I do understand the mathematics because I write computing graphics software for 3D point cloud reconstruction. its just a world matrix transformation of the gcode points into the surface mapped, we are literally warping the world space.

[@monad_tcp]

you are basically doing a lerp, a linear interpolation of the 2 points (current, aka offset, and the recovered), that kinda works. nice trick.

[@SebbyG86]

​ @Luiz Felipe thats really interesting, i didnt think of it as a matrix. did a bit of stuff on matrices at uni when i was studying computer games software development. thanks for that inciteful reply

[@JordyValentine]

These always impress me watching them lightly move around, I feel like if I wrote the code it would just slam full speed into the work piece

[@windyhillfoundry5940]

Glad to see cmm scan technology applied to cnc now. Now if my customers who send me one half of a broken casting would get this my world would greatly improve. They could scan the actual half, increase for shrinkage and invert for the missing side to send a solid complete pattern

[@slartythecyclops4643]

TOT the Bob Ross of material shaping (mainly metal), humourous yet informative & very relaxing! (happy accident? Who knows) Just know I missed him while he was off air & really glad he's back :-)

[@guytech7310]

ToT: Which wizard did you use for the surface mapping? Was it Gandolf, Merlin, Dumbledore? How how did you summon the wizard? --Thanks!

[@austin5060]

15 minute break at the factory and a 14 minute video. Perfect!

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

"Hey Raul, get back on the line! And what are you grinning about?" 😂

[@josefkeitell6946]

I've always wondered how to do subscribe mapping. Now I know. BTW Congrats on 1M subscribers. Imagine that, I guess it works.

[@redKnight1992]

can you still *do* the introductory ted talk, eventually? :)

[@sheriina1925]

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[@stevensexton5801]

LOL, I'd to see that one too. "How I became This Old Tony", would start out with him crawling on the floor picking up metal chips and eating them.

[@MrKotBonifacy]

He did, methinks... at his 100K subs video... : ) Time flies when you're having fun, eh?

[@redKnight1992]

@@MrKotBonifacy I literally just watched this video when I got the notification for this one :) Personally, I‘d love to see a feature film length video of ToT just rambling about… Let’s see what the 1M sub special will eventually look like!

[@maxmendel7411]

This is just like auto-bed leveling on a 3d printer. Awesome stuff Tony!

[@Wheatley101]

Cool. It's like the BLTouch probe on my 3d printer.

[@vincei4252]

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, Tony. Here's to a way better 2022! [edit] That hammer head joke! There are baby hammerheads everywhere hammering on the boat of the guy that should have bought a bigger boat because of that joke.

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[@timbeard871]

OMG! I just got the hammerhead joke. More caffeine.

[@EdgePrecision]

It seems like if you had inaccuracies in your machine you could compensate with the mapping. That is if you could probe it to a accurate surface. Lets say a surface plate. Or can you map in other than the XY with the Z say in the XZ with the Y axis or the YZ with the X axis. Or lets even blow your mind and do a rotary map. Can Mach do any of that (I don't and never have used Mach anything).

[@Badjujubee]

This is exactly what we are doing over on the FDM side with Marlin. We can build a full map of the topology of the build surface and then compensate it. Also makes it very easy if your still running a Thinner non MIC6 tool plate bed to adjust the preloads on the bed to minimize distortion after heatup.

[@xpndblhero5170]

I've been waiting for someone to explain this to me in a way I can partially understand and nod my head like I know what you are talking about.... Thanks a lot ToT, I'm so much smarter than I was before I watched this video.

[@EngineeringSpareTime]

Only way is to explain this on a piece of mahagony :D

[@notsonominal]

tried this on super janky chinese router to do pcb milling ages ago - weirdly accurate! thanks for another great video!

[@jlucasound]

A Hammer Head on a Hammer Head. Wha-Wha-Wha- Whaaa~a~a~a. (Muted Trumpet). We missed You. I missed You. Glad You're (Your) Back...is still Vertical.

[@FoxtwoPC]

As an engineer/physicist new to CNC and basically unaware of precision and leveling I fixed all my alignment problems with a 3D printed a version of the Raith? I think? multi-axis probe...That tool with a raspberry pi + 1000+ lines of code (in bash script bc python is the worst) to map, analyze and change gcode, and drive my machine basically gave me the ability to make features with 100ish micron precision/repeatability in acrylic/PC...Then I got a resin printer and my mill has been gathering dust...Again ToT hits on a subject so close to my heart :)

[@josephnorton1996]

When you said "Thanks for watchin'", I was expecting to hear some squeaky clamps.... anyone else get this?

[@fabianherrera5427]

love wood videos wish you would do more woodworking tbh .. its really cool to see a machinists perspective to woodworking

[@lambofwrath95]

I nearly rolled my eyes when you explained the intro engraving. Not gunna lie, I loved that joke, and would totally do that to my hammers if I was able to God I love the dad jokes!

[@chickenmonger123]

That intro. I hate it. And I upvoted ask soon as I saw it. What’s wrong with me? I seem to love grimacing at bad jokes I failed to see coming.

[@johnlawler1626]

28 years machining and I never knew this was possible, Great Video thanks for sharing mate 👍

[@DrDime_]

You breaking the probe the first day made me laugh 😂 my current job is basically running a machine shop solo with a few machines and they have a nice haas mill with a sweet probe that I have yet to break but his day will come😇

[@ALTheFoxBlackthorn]

This video was perfect for me. I have been curious about how to do this for awhile (surface mapping) to engrave some components. I just didn't know where to start looking to get more info. Now armed with the correct terminology I can find out more. Plus I was dying when you said "It turns out I'm the reason I can't have nice things" Hope that probe tip replacement works out and thanks for another awesome video. It always brightens my day when I see a new video pop up in the notifications.

[@schorpio]

Despite the machine's efforts, Tony still refuses to acknowledge her preferred units of measurement. She varies at the hundredths of a millimetre, he reads it as thousandths of an inch. Sad, really.

[@drivenba]

This principal would be awesome to use for something like a low-cost router build where big machinery/expensive operations aren't available (like flattening the gantry face on TOT's first router build). Spend some time with an indicator manually creating your own surface map of the tubing installed/loaded and have the software make it perfectly flat for you.

[@bretonkyle]

This is basically how auto-leveling 3d print beds work. It probes the bed and applies that mesh to the gcode to move in parallel to it.

[@Goondonkofficial]

Never considered this, pretty cool to see how it works. -future mechanical engineer

[@isaactrockman4417]

Same same

[@ChimeraActual]

When I first saw your tittle I wondered how you would integrate lidar with CNC, or the other way around... So enjoyable watching your vids!

[@pole120]

I'm so pleased to have you back lately. Thank you for your videos, they are always top notch.

[@randallsimonsen1907]

Tony has a lack of imagination? I will wait for the lazer cutting attatchment for the mill......patiently.

[@JETHO321]

I'm a gunsmith, all manual machining. I dont even know how to turn on a cnc machine but still love these videos just because it's TOT.

[@karatos]

Yeah, same here. I have run CNC machines in the past but I am mostly stuck with manual machines without even DRO. Still pretty pleased with stuff we can turn out though. I machined a custom railed PCC receiver a few years back, it had about a foot of 1913 rail on top. I cut every single one on the wheels. Jog .375, cross, jog .019, return, jog .375, cross, jog .019, return, for 31 individual slots. Came out clean and to spec.

[@JETHO321]

@@karatos I don't have the luxury of a dro on either of my two lathes or my mill. But I damn sure set indicators all over lol.

[@MainelyMoto207]

Don't feel bad, a few of us at work have broken of the ruby tip of the probe. I kept my Ruby as a prize. Lol

[@derwhalfisch]

'hammerhead'. I was entirely convinced it would be 'subscribe' *oh. i see.

[@JoshuaNicoll]

Oh dear lord I forgot how fun it was seeing a new TOT video and taking a break from what I'm doing to watch it, man we missed you. It's good to be back on speaking grounds Tony

[@sarahjrandomnumbers]

I don't mind wood videos. After all, wood is just metal, but made with a different material! 😁

[@alxklgn364]

Try running the engraving twice ;) most of the burrs will disappear.

[@ericptaylor10]

Tony if all your tools are clap activated how do you keep them all from turning on when you clap?

[@charleslittle458]

Your comments section is the best. Ave, A near tie. But no French Canadians on yours.......

[@ceecrb1]

Great! now you can cnc engrave her name onto the wife's "battery operated friend".

[@serge.crispino418]

New sub. here - you are a very clever man that has excellent communication skills on this topic - look forward to all of your future videos and binge watching the previous. Best Wishes from Australia.

[@andersjjensen]

You end up coming back for the endless stream of dry dad jokes and funny little skits. I found him because he did a collab with Wintergatan (mechanical instrument building channel) and not because I have an interest in machining... you just get hooked so fast on his ever witty narration :P

[@LarrysMachineShop]

Indeed , So happy Tony is back, We all missed you man! Awesome Video !!!

[@squidgymop1]

I could think of countless applications for this...but just not right now

[@meirbookatz8304]

Tony try surface mapping your hand and then transfer that to a piece of steel to make a cool little model.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

I think you missed the most important application of this - It provides a whole new way for people to photocopy their butts.

[@TesserId]

So, you get a mating surface? Oh, the pun-sibilities.

[@grottyboots]

Love your videos! It's amazing to see what can be done with modern hobbyist-level CNCs. I did similar "map the surface" projects using Fanuc CNCs and Renishaw probes. The most complex mapped large pipes (up to 20m [787"], 2m diameter) so we could machine features accurately. 2-3 hours of probleing, hundreds of data points, all done in Fanuc macro language and PLC. My best probe story... a careless operator cracked the glass body on a TS-27R probe. Still worked, accuracy wasn't noticeably affected, with a replacement probe a few weeks delivery. But the humidity (this was in India) would seep inside the body, condense on the inside surface of the glass, and could eventually cause problems with the electronics. So I had someone provide a condom; poked a hole in the tip, rolled that sucker on, problem solved! We used that probe for at least 6 months, replacing it every few weeks as required. I tell this story anytime I see a probing videos. So this may be a repeat. Cheers!

[@chrisleech1565]

G Code Ripper is a Python based software ,...will map the uneven surface of your material using a simple micro switch. Not a plugin or gadget to be used with Mach3/4 and so why I have not bothered with it. But it will re-write your G Code before you open it inside Mach

[@barmetler]

Well there is another reason why you would want the wireless version: If you accidentally turn on the spindle :P

[@SteveBrecht]

Blue Probe... drove one of those for many years and loved that car into a rusty forlorn high mileage heap. Was moved a little to see one immortalized into your video. Excuse me while I go wipe away some fond memory sniffles.

[@cohenestep7962]

You said ‘surface mapping’. I was so sure you were going to say magic.

[@alexgonzalez2338]

This long hiatus was the transformation into this old woodworker, I think.

[@wright.boy_]

I made a cart with a pair of linear gauges facing each other to accomplish this same curved surface mapping on drum cymbals, but the pair of gauges means I get thickness too. The cymbal tracks with a linear scale so I can re build the point cloud. Works like a charm!

[@JouanOne]

So glad you are back in action TOT. Missed you a bunch!

[@DustyFixes]

That surface mapping looks a lot like a CNC Pogo stick.

[@goldeneaglearbor614]

Sorry I'm late my T.O.T shirt was in the dryer but I think a video on inlays and even trying the technique mentioned at the end of the video would be pretty interesting.

[@bowieinc]

You should surface map the engraved “subscribe” then set that as your regular Z that way every part you make will show it for subliminal marketing purposes. :) great video

[@piconano]

Look ma...The funny talking hands are back!

[@Kalenth]

Was I the only one wanting to see some diamond checker pattern on that hammer handle?

[@jamesshelton308]

This is something I have seen in 3D printers that allow it to work with slightly warped or unlevel print beds. I always wondered why that didn't seem to exist for cnc machining. Turns out it does! Thanks for the vid.