Machining TITAN'S Titanium Lion

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[@mahtoosacks]

The tooling resolution on that is just amazing. Unbelievable how far modern cnc has come. Just because you have the tools, though, doesn't mean that you can just instantly do this either. The knowledge of the equipment, and the programmers behind it truly are world class.

[@magicalthinkingcommu]

I'm an aspiring machinist. This video captures the excitement I see every day at the shop. My life has LITERALLY transformed in 3 years since being introduced to this new world. Love and support from Arizona.

[@tubbytimmy8287]

I bet the program weighs more than the part.

[@pakman422]

Any Fanuc control would have rolled over and died if it had jist a little taste of that program. Luckily Haas controls come with plenty of memory.

[@survivalisme88]

Jacob S. When using Fanuc Controls it literally seems like a 1000 lines just to drill one hole lol. I’d love to see if Heidenhain controls could do that.

[@DeanoTheSaxman]

Machine memory in the new TNC640 Heidenhain is ... RAM memory: 4 GB Program memory: SSDR approx. 32 GB HDR approx. 160 GB I've personally downloaded prog's of over 100,000 blocks ... and only takes second's to download from USB ... You can always do the download "old school" and drip feed the prog's using either RS232 or Ethernet or even USB ...

[@DeanoTheSaxman]

No tape ... just a huge USB memory stick ... !

[@vrdengineering5204]

@@pakman422 spoken like a true haas fanboy.

[@BROUSBLADES]

most people will never know how difficult that is to do

[@jackpicton6979]

I imagine that the hardest part was the CAD work

[@wethenorth3695]

I'm learning basic 3d grooves and surfacing toolpaths on an old mastercam v9 and it's very challenging, never mind the whole 5th axis part haha a lot of time goes into those programs

[@fortxuzopozopi3692]

No, the CAM work is more dificult, in the PC the tools are magical but i the machine...

[@nilsEKH]

And those who know this, will shake the head in cause of this insane Masterpiece which take such a long time!

[@brickos8164]

I' BEEN WORKING IN NUMERICAL CONTROL FOR TWENTY YEARS, SO I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS...!!!

[@TomWinspear]

Love the contrast between the lion and the base on the final shot. It throws you off at first because you'd think you might want a beautifully shaped polished base - but with it left like that, it's a fantastic display of the before and after. Mastery

[@gabewrsewell]

Definitely. And it's something that can't really be replicated by casting or moulds. You know by seeing that base that they did it the hard way

[@alexanderpierzchala1615]

Was looking for this comment. Spot-on analysis

[@jetleeisabeast]

bow long did it take

[@danward1070]

Even the cinematography of this video is Titanium.

[@Ernthir]

XD

[@michelangelo3286]

I work at little Caesar's and this video helped me fold pizza boxes 10x faster! Thanks Titan!

[@wheelitzr2]

For anybody that's wondering that roughly $5,000 in titanium, $2,000-$3,000 worth of carbide tooling and if it was a customer probably $3000 worth of machine time so that lion head is worth $10,000+! That's pretty bad ass especially when you figure an aluminum one would still cost $5,000 if you walked into a cnc machine shop and said "I want one of these please".

[@TITANSofCNC]

Nice Guess on everything... Machine time was much longer though. Probably a good 7 days straight machining... it’s big and I ran multiple finish, semi finish passes... .005 step over on final. Long long cycle times...

[@Hirudin]

@@TITANSofCNC Totally worth it!

[@tykempster]

just go for the challenge! and go broke haha

[@sunside79334]

the rough material was likely a bit more, somewhere above 8000 dollars i'd assume. titanium is quite expensive...

[@danwilkinson6784]

@@TITANSofCNC how long did that take to program

[@ChrisB89071]

I'll clean your machine out if I get to keep the scrap.

[@TITANSofCNC]

I used to have a parrot named “ChipMoney”

[@moeyyoussef774]

Everyone wishes they had that scrap

[@pirreli5]

@@TITANSofCNC how much is the scrap worth?, how much was the stock? love to know!

[@christophergrim9925]

You would be surprised a lot of scrap yards will hardly give you any money for 6AL4V titanium chips because of how flammable the chips are. A couple places around me won't even take them because the chips pose too much of a liability.

[@ricardoadamson8024]

What qualifications are required to get a job within this industry etc

[@davidcornwell9517]

Your such a badass titan I’m a fairly new cnc machinist in southern California and I love everything your about man definitely an inspiration god bless you

[@typeoneable]

That tool clearance on the finish pas inside the mouth is BOOM!

[@Andrewlang90]

typeoneable I thought that was the wildest part. Never mind the stick out, the surface finish passing by the teeth, my hand would have been hovering on the E Stop or feed hold, and it would have been at 5% lol

[@typeoneable]

I would do the same thing too lol

[@theblueberryBULLET]

automatic gouge and collision checking ftw

[@HoldenMachining]

"Lets rise to greatness together" my favorite quote from this video!

[@macmcmillen6282]

Way beyond cool! Can't begin to imagine how much Fusion 360 it took to design that lion. Simply amazing.

[@ThatDudeTrent1]

I don’t know how to feel right now. That was insane video editing just for a CNC machine. I’m impressed

[@ooj686]

What you guys were able to create was truly beautiful and astonishing. Mad props! I've been a Machinist for 10+ years & still searching for the opportunity to create masterpieces like you guys... oil & gas production runs get old!

[@8ktv]

6:00 me at the dentist.

[@Rezmason]

I want to see the bill they sent to this lion 🦁💸

[@jackswegel7422]

@@Enviousttv ahahahahahahahah

[@TylerMarsh43]

DynamicOperations i mean, you dont?

[@Cheese_1337]

cnc dentist lmao

[@Wintergatan]

Sweet

[@Bohrit0]

Your machine is better 😉

[@RChero1010]

Hey, funny seeing you here! I've been keeping up with your channel since the success of the first marble machine and I must say, I am anxious to see (and hear) the result of all this work but it only makes me happier to see you and the team doing it *right* this time. I'm a student of mechanical engineering and it is interesting to see you learning from your team and all sorts of youtubers that I also enjoy watching. Keep up the work, Martin! If you do see this comment, I would love to see a video in the future on how you come up with music for the marble machine. This will probably evolve as you actually work with the completed machine, but it isn't like a guitar or a keyboard where you can play some notes and chords and see what comes of it. Is it a more theory-based approach? Cheers from Ohio, USA!

[@HDHMD]

The new Starmachine.

[@dhupee]

every machines are always nice is their way, yours too man

[@Barnaby_Jones]

Funny seeing you here

[@onlydab5655]

Had to sign up to comment. Titan, you never cease to amaze! I'm newer to the industry and live in the Cleveland area. Do you do shop tours or teach in person? I'm definitely looking to get to that next level. Just had 2 back surgeries and looking to learn while off work. Thank you for being a blessing to so many!

[@joemccarthy1991]

That is hands down by far one of the most incredible things I have seen in my life!!! What an amazing piece of work!

[@TonyB_X]

I work in a manufacturing company that runs machines 24hrs a day. I personally don't run them, I just load the metal billets in a Okuma and then bring them over to a Mori Seiki to be finished. I've been here for almost a year and even working 12 hrs a day I'm still astonished that a solid piece of steel goes in and comes out into whatever shape possible. I've learned a lot and I believe this is something I truly want to be doing for the rest of my life.

[@jonathanshorty]

I watch your channel law and I just had a few questions about some of your machines I wanna know how accurate they get on the small side thousands of a inch do you have anything like that that you could show us on the upcoming video

[@AlumiTube]

that it so cool...

[@diogoqueres8407]

This video express all struggle, love, proud and the motivation on our role at shop floor. It help to keep inside us the desire to be the best in a CNC machine daily. This is art, the modern art! Long life to the Titans of CNC! BOOM from Brazil!

[@jimi02468]

"When you see bigger challenges and bigger obstacles, walk up to them because even if you fail, what you learn in the process will allow you grow to new heights." I like this quote.

[@gredangeo]

I think one of the best parts is realizing that Fusion 360 is what produced this code. That software is underestimated. Way better than expensive stuff like Mastercam and such.

[@Ozziepeck11]

gredangeo fusion 360 generated GCODE which is then interpreted by the CNC mill, which is many more times complex. The cnc machine did all the hard work.

[@gredangeo]

@@Ozziepeck11 Yes but, in the end the machine can't run anything without good code. Different software makes different kinds of code. Which could be efficient or not efficient, depending on what the Post Processor is doing.

[@ramzisabra9235]

​@@Ozziepeck11The G-Code and however the CNC machine handled it is nothing in terms of code complexity. You need the generating software to be able to manage the 3D structure of the part being machined with enough precision without using insane amounts of storage, memory, or processing power. That software needs to be able to derive toolpaths with sufficiently high accuracy while avoiding collisions or other mechanical failures. It's nothing to sneeze at ...

[@williamweber2686]

THEN YOU SIR DO NOT KNOW MASTER CAM VERY WELL! ONE THING THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED WAS THE RUN TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE,FUSION IS GOOD,BUT M/C DOMINATES CYCLE TIME,AS WELL AS 85% OF THE MARKET. FUSION IS A DESIGNERS CAD-CAM. I HAVE BOTH,MOST OF THE TIME MASTER CAM IS USED NOT FUSION. HERE'S MY EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MY COMMENT. [e-mail]

[@hiteshpandya7953]

@@williamweber2686 I agree...you are right.

[@The_Real_Chris]

Would love to see the fusion 360 tutorial for designing this part.

[@Master-G7012]

I'm a French machining student and I love to watch this video again and again... And this year my school bought a 5axis dmg Mori cmx 50... I think it's my moment 😉

[@jmtx.]

This thing is crazy awesomeness! You guys left me speechless.

[@destro513]

I have been watching your videos for 3 hours. You sold me. I am a toolmaker in manual and will be diving into cnc in my downtime. I have over half an MET degree and can't wait to get back in school after Christmas and get my hands on fusion360 and nx software. Damn man. Doped up on these videos

[@TITANSofCNC]

Instead of school, save up for a Mill for your garage... Tormachs start at $5K and then teach yourself for free using my academy.titansofcnc.com

[@JohnBlaze505]

Amazing work! You guys should do one of the Greek Titan Atlas, holding up the Earth. That would be dope

[@mithunmanog5620]

the perfection on this gave me goosebumps.....

[@arthurtabuchi7760]

Hello Titan , That was just mind blowing Outstanding !!!! I wish I could get seasoned to advance my skills . Thanks for sharing !!

[@jump_art4527]

diameter of the titanium piece 9.5 inch = 0.2413 metre surface of the base : 0,2413²×π⁄4 = 0.046m² length 17 inch = 0.4318 metre total volume 0.046*0.4318 = 0.020m³ the density of Ti/6Al/4V (cast) is 4.43*10³ kg/m³ so the weith must be 0.020*4.43*10³ = 88.6 kg(194lbs) but you claim that the titaniam piece weith 218 lbs(98.9kg) so how can you explain that 22 lbs difference (10.3kg)? and for the curious this piece cost approximately 1770€ (1 910$) of pure material

[@taylordoleman8787]

I’m sorry but this should be banned... no porn is allowed on KZbin, it says it in the guide lines. Jokes aside, FairPlay to the programmer👌👌, beautiful piece of work!!

[@GurniHallek]

7:08 That feeling when you just wanted to watch some precise machine working, but got an inspirational speech as a bonus. And damn good one, with all that build up.

[@craigsunderland6404]

Oh my... This was beautiful. I was looking for DIY builds to make simple things at home but Titan keeps popping up. Had no choice, couldn't 'not' watch this video. You Titan are inspirational and it's fantastic to see a team at the very top of their game. I'm intrigued by your academy course, so I guess I know what i'll be studying next!

[@DeanoTheSaxman]

Titan .. Amazing !!! I bet the amount of code to do all that was horrendous ... and the time would also be as much ... Amazing !!!

[@praveenkumar-wi3ej]

Co ordination of all 5 axis is so tough to execute, hats off to technology and you

[@Cheese_1337]

@@rwbmal 🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓

[@adamkrause7845]

YES FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS EPIC!!!

[@hughhouse136]

Amazing work...! A mathematical / mechanical precision dance. The multi-axis movements are phenomenal!

[@mself3538]

That Was Epic

[@Thepriest39]

Yes what was the run time and how many lines of code. Must be an insane amount.

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Thepriest39 7 days....

[@oghenemarho5694]

Titan of CNC always taking stuff to the next level. Mad stuff !!

[@emanuelbusetta8805]

A Great video From a Great Man, no more words to say!! You inspired me to start my new business in the CNC world...

[@T0BBi94]

3:45 How it feels when Im at the dentist

[@hubertqueen1541]

Did you ever put it on a CMM to see if it came out perfect?

[@mantistoboggan7347]

that would be interesting to see

[@wethenorth3695]

Absolutely stunning technology and what a work of art this is.

[@timstohs8792]

Shit this look amazing i love it✌👍♥️🦁

[@sachie123]

That is insane.....and here i am struggling with 2d parts.

[@wethenorth3695]

Hahaha I hear ya brother

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

It probably isnt your job, isnt it?

[@kahlahlstar]

This man has inspired me beyond any other to be more aggressive, more creative, more of an excellent machinists.

[@simplyshare7039]

Thanks dear titan sir.. The only place where science meets art.. every video soooo beautifully crafted sooo that anybody will love the trade.. Thanks sir.. your work will inspire the present & generations coming ahead👍👍

[@residentJ3553]

Now that all the stressful simultaneous 5-axis tool path and clearances are done and fine tuned... time to make this as cost efficient as possible as fast as possible for the best price with close tolerances ;)

[@moonryder203]

Oh good lord please bless this man for he has made me wet my pants! Holy mother of God man! I just got home from work now you made me want to go back and machine some shit! Lol!!!! Wow man! A to the freaking mazing! BOOM!!!

[@TITANSofCNC]

Dying Laughing... Ha :-) Thanks Brother

[@francisvalenzuela4900]

Titan of CNC is a "KING" Like a Lion King 👑

[@averycaron5462]

this is incredible. the machining inside the mouth and around the teeth was especially mind blowing.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

I made one just like that with my sears router.

[@TITANSofCNC]

AHHHH... Dave's got Jokes ;-)

[@user-hx1jw4br7s]

5:59 YA - garghlglrrgalgrll - ME - glrrllglrgaghgr - ROAR! - grargarhllgrlgarl

[@vintyprod]

poor lion got waterboarded LMAO

[@carlosr6547]

Definitely one of theBEST engineering channels on youtube, simply amazing everything you do!!!

[@dagaroth8830]

I started machining in 2014. This is mind blowingly impressive and motivating.

[@rashesthippo]

So what was the total run time?

[@markusschlegel4680]

and how many steps?

[@MarioOoGuitar]

@@markusschlegel4680 I think ~ 900 k. Just Titan knows the true

[@Chris-yy7qc]

How much was the price of that big a... titanium billet? :D

[@survivalisme88]

Titan replied to someone else’s comment. He said it took 7 days worth of machining. I know from experience that in order to achieve a finish like his, you need to have a very fine step over and requires multiple passes.

[@bradley3549]

What's amazing to me is that even with all the time and such a fine step over, there are still places missed where that .375 ball endmill couldn't reach down into. Probably shouldn't use a .250 for roughing and a .375 for finishing on a part with concave features. Of course, probably would have added hours and hours!

[@rubendeath6]

Name of the song that starts at 6:58?? Anyone??

[@FaultyMusic]

Kick lee - a city's call

[@rubendeath6]

@@FaultyMusic thank you.

[@luisl2778]

@@FaultyMusic what about the 4:55 one

[@derbacksteinbacker4942]

The editing is as awsome as the machining!! Thats easily one of my favourite machining videos, it shows the whole process, raw material, fixturing, programming, tools, the machining strategy’s and the finished part… just an awsome video! That’s a video you can show to people who have no clue of machining and they get an idea of how complicated it can get and what it takes to machine parts of that complexity. Awsome Job!!!

[@abelwondafrash]

This is just waaaay too good! The art, the machining, the video editing, concept, shots, music, -- everything 👌 You're amazing

[@elii__.1232]

What does a machine like this costs? Millions?

[@TITANSofCNC]

$180K

[@j5jackson878]

I can do without the cheezy "lets rise to greatness" theatrics and dramatization. That being said, very impressive machine. Well made video. Awesome end product!

[@fincrazydragon]

That was awesome! Hats off to the engineers who designed that machine, and to the machinists capable of actually using it.

[@dtvrivera79]

I’m 18 and work in a cnc shop and have only been learning for 3 months and operate old mori seiki machines but it’s very fun and to know this exists excites me for my future in machining and makes me wanna learn more

[@xdygmnyrdf]

I think, the most difficult thing was to make a 3d model of this lion.

[@chip1pan]

Amazing guys. I like the saying at the end. The most important comment I have heard. "If you fail trying you have not failed, you have learned in the process so keep on walking up to it. " So positive. My ex manager once said that if you don't take chances you will not get anywhere. Truth in both statements. 👍👍👍

[@chinawingo]

Great work ... the machining, teaching and inspiring!

[@void3159]

I'm currently in cnc class watching this on break. Wow beautiful work. Wish we had a 5th axis to learn on.

[@schenaboy4282]

that looks incredible, like wtf? this is art!

[@chrishing8491]

That was awesome, I really love to get into CNC Machining

[@ravikiran5567]

Awesome machining. Awesome motivation at the end😀

[@Dydy229]

Boom ! Thank you for this amazing video ! Gorgeous and beautiful job !

[@Rockstar5889]

All of this is so amazing! I start school in January for CNC, Never been more excited for an opportunity.

[@TITANSofCNC]

Check out our FREE academy.titansofcnc.com

[@nicolasfigueroa4429]

idk how you make it so a machining video gets me moved and excited at the same time...

[@gregbryan6373]

Fantastic tooling finish ! Awesome programming. Someone really knows their feeds, speeds and paths. You guys are absolute pro's

[@anmoldadwal7953]

Awesome!! U guys r nailing it.... hats offf...

[@CHICKSTER118]

Titan, you are the Michelangelo of CNC. This is incredible

[@AnilSingh-rn3kx]

Beautiful..love your work.

[@BrandonBurns1985]

Great video!! Great cinematography!! Wow!! Very inspiring!

[@Trancelebration]

Could you tell us how long did it take to program such a complex part ?

[@colefournel5701]

That's insane...can't wait to show the guys at work

[@kazer3082]

Wow that's amazing im just programming from hand on vf4 some squere bits and bobs lol but this is where im goig to i hope so wish me a good luck all the best for You and Your Team Titans

[@LJC32309]

Your production quality is remarkable. You guys are underrated as hell. Subscribed. Fantastic work. From a fellow CNC nerd.

[@himanshurajpal4102]

Great work. Really liked it. I am fan of machines and when you add machine and your brain with code anything can be possible. BE A LION. Good work guys. Really really liked it.

[@ArgentCosmonaut]

I just stepped into a CNC operation position at my fabrication job, and while I was interested in machining from videos on KZbin, there's an ungodly amount of skill, insight and preparation that I didn't realize beforehand. It is quite incredible.

[@abdulmujeeb9489]

This is the best cnc videos i have every watched .period 🔥🔥

[@pitercardenasguillen1793]

Es increíble la capacidad y calidad de mecanizado, el conocimiento que aplican...............como podría aprender o llegar hasta ese nivel soy operador CNC y la verdad me gustaría que pensaran en expandir sus ideales aquí por PERÚ. Saludos esta genial su canal

[@chriswalker3960]

CNC wizard more like, your work is more than magic. Beautiful work

[@TheEvalChicken]

I Love your Videos man! 🤗

[@mrme8419]

Thanks for that... Motivation much needed

[@MrSCOOBY26]

You need to make longer videos lol, love them!!!! Keep up the awsome work 😎😎

[@snowgorilla9789]

Have been in the steel industry for over 40 years and have seen some awsome shit but that absolutely blows me away

[@Nicolasdu5]

Dont know a lot about cnc but the part where it was carving the inside of the mouth was jaw dropping !!

[@Mr.-Midnight]

Outstanding work!

[@DGA2000]

You guys are GENIUSES. I am blown away...

[@swikocki]

When machine things like this do you only use full 5 axis to do the final finishing pass. Are all the roughing stages done in 3+2?

[@TITANSofCNC]

As you can see from this video... 3+2 to rough as it’s always faster and more rigid. Full 5th to finish and rough areas that are hard to reach.

[@specs1422]

I aspire one day to be able to do machine work like this. Just started a couple months ago as a machine operator but now im trying to learn it all! Been reading and studying, cant wait till it all pays off

[@roseband7244]

Hey there, I’m in the same spot right now! Want to talk about what resources we’ve both been using/how your experience has been as a machine operator?