CNC Basecamp Ep002: Joinery with a CNC

[@DebHeadworth]

Wow! You're a great teacher -- concise, clear, calm. Thank you!

[@OpaOmaHorst]

Thanks Chris, always great to listen to your explanations! I am building the CNC machine and did made it a bit bigger. As an alternative for the two lead screws you are suggesting for the x-axis, you could use a thicker ball screw. My x-axis screw diameter is 25mm (1”), so twice the size as your lead screw; the y-axis is 20mm, the z-axis 16mm. Screw lengths: x-axis: 1650mm (org 58”-1473mm), Y-axis: 1000mm (org 36”-914mm) and z-axis: 400mm (org 15 5/8”-397mm). Hope this is helpful for other builders :-).

[@daverowe5351]

These CNC Base Camp Videos are great - Love the insights and options to expand your creativity

[@terryhealy7826]

Really opened my eyes to the potential for using joints made on the CNC.

[@robertwilliam1307]

fantastic video. watched probably hundreds of videos like this and this is the best by far!

[@WoodsmithShowandmagazine]

Glad you liked it!

[@norm5785]

Awesome information and project joints

[@lesliefontenelle7224]

Good day, I was quite impressed with this video. I think that I have not been checking you out often enough. Anyway, I am interested to know some more details on the CNC that you are using in this video with info on where to source it. Many thanks

[@DannyZawacki]

This video blew my mind apart with what can be done in terms of joints with a CNC. I definitely will be working to replicate these in my projects going forward. Thanks for the thorough explanation!

[@stormbytes]

If you're interested in making joints learn how to do it properly. What you're seeing here is, at best, a poor imitation of conventional joinery.

[@DannyZawacki]

@@stormbytes what is a good example of conventional joinery using a CNC router? Maybe you could let me know in the next issue of your widely circulated woodworking magazine?

[@hanspijpers2100]

My router exceeds the front of the machine bed, which I use to clamp a piece of wood vertical, so I use the cnc in the end grain for nice crisp clean dovetails. I have seen someone cutting a slot in his bed, to do the same end grain cutting.

[@Devin82m]

This video was great, thanks a lot for the ideas.

[@nwrasch]

What a fantastic video... I learned a ton. Thank you very much for sharing this!

[@boyshock1715]

Thanks a lot Sir 🙏

[@aidaornano]

Excelente explicación para los que estamos empezando gracias 👍🏻

[@literallyfiguratively]

If you could do an in depth look at the blind box joints that would be greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

[@izinyosib821]

Thank you for the video. Would you be able to share the files for each joint? Or could you make a video about the design process?

[@rbwoodwork1890]

Great video! Really like the joints made here. I ended up using chokes on my steppers and router and grounding the chassis to the building ground rod. Haven't had any issues since.

[@mikedtubey]

tremendously informative video!

[@femiolaniran5240]

Great video! Please which application are you using for joinery design and CAM?

[@cek347]

Thank you for these videos.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

On the last joint, why not create a square cut out at the edge. Then you could use a small strip of a different material for the edge. Another idea on the dogbone, is to drill out and plug, with a different wood

[@barrybrown4869]

Do you have any thoughts or videos on making latch joints for joining panels without using screws or glue? Any help or links would be greatly appreciated.

[@SamsWoodCreations]

very interesting!

[@abdulaahmed]

i like your cnc and wonna buy plans but there is only in inches caan u tell me when will be available in metric?

[@resorter66]

Comment first then questions. It,s about time Woodsmith got in to using the cnc that they built. Now question . what software did you use to create the parts in and what software did you use to crate the cut files in and what version is it. Thanks Jeff Peters PS I have been Woodsmith magazine customer for a very long time.

[@timorum]

What it the easiest way to draw/program the fillet joints?

[@PtrOBrn]

Check out Frank Howarth's cnc build. Part of his table drops down so he can do edges... I bet his setup could do tenons without rounding.

[@i679n5]

Yes it would 👍 But through tenon needs it when not located to edge. Also the half bilnd will get rounded corners in at least two places.

[@lupusk9productions]

When I cnc cut plywood it leaves a bunch of frayed crap everywhere, how do I prevent that? i tried making blind joints but .05mm clearance wasn't enough for them to fit together (although it may be due to the frayed crap i didnt clean off very well). I'm using a 1/8 inch bit though not sure if that is also a reason.

[@archades54]

Change direction of cut maybe

[@codarussell7925]

What CNC are you using in this video?

[@francissworkshop7171]

have a question how do you make the tool path for the step joint in vcarve pro

[@fertronica]

hello If you want to get rid of these magnetic interferences without spending money on magnetic suppressors and shielded cables, do the following: plug the cnc control system into a power outlet at least 20 feet from the dust system. That's how I got rid of it Good job and thank you

[@richardbaynes3862]

You can make your fillets and dog bones have less of a gap by using an 1/8" bit versus a 1/4" bit...much cleaner looking

[@richardbaynes3862]

Totally agree...way to large a bit for this type of joinery.

[@maxmorter503]

Dog bone would look neat if the fingers were the reverse and left long

[@MrWoowootila]

Just watched the beginning of the video so far. Why are you trying to make to make traditional joints without the proper tool change and position change. For example you could cut out each drawer with the cnc and then reposition the drawers 90 degrees with a taper bit to cut the dovetails. The other way would be to make a cnc type dovetail that does not have corners like the letter T with rounded corners.

[@tjteck]

CNCs removes a person’s craftsmanship. I will never use a Cnc in woodworking.

[@TheMikeNan]

If you are not interested in CNC because it is to automated, well then you probably need to stop using your table saw too, ha

[@jtcmlt1]

@@TheMikeNan well, it is automated because someone created a design on a computer, then crated the tool paths, then converted to cnc codes. People like Tj Tech should understand that you need a lot of knowledge and creativity to automate your work and, even then, you have to do some of the work by hand. Tools are meant to help you push the limits that you had before those tools existed. Cheers