I’m an Englishman. Love the accent in the narration. Just found you as I am at the research phase for a hobby machine which will allow me to escape “The Wife” as I am now retired I need to escape…….really need to escape. Washing up dishes is not my thing ! Lol.
You know, I have heard that the old southern drawl is only separated a few degrees from an English accent due to colonization back in the day by English settlers and it has evolved into what we have today. So there is obviously a kinship there. ;) And yes, I can relate to the 'Escape". My shop is where I turn the world off, (mostly) and find a bit of peace. Good luck in your endeavors and thank you so much for watching! Cheers!
I started using the pvc and mdf when I saw how well they worked for you in the past. I have found it to be the best hold-down approach to almost all the projects I've been doing since. Good stuff. Thanks.
I wouldn’t call it cheapskate. That’s the spoil board I use. I find it effective. I use double masking tape and CA glue when using upcut bits. Easy to resurface and use.
Cheapskate for sure but smart. youve clearly displayed wisdom in the trial and error of clamping. It looks like the perfered method. Im sold. Thank your for saving me years of headache and recalculating. I think im going to x those off the list and use that money to buy bits instead.
I noticed your spoil board design in some of your other videos and wondered what the planning behind it was, and then stumbled on this video and now all of my questions have been answered. I now plan to steal shamelessly! Great ideas and great video. I’m now a huge fan. Keep up the great work!!
I just use MDF same as your secondary waste board. I screw all my work pieces to the MDF. I have been through all the clamps and two sided tape. Amazing how many screw holes it will take. Last's a long time. I do not care about pretty. MDF is cheap. Thanks for video.
Screwing down the work is indeed the absolute best method, IMHO. But most of the stuff that I need to secure down is at least 1 to 2 inches thick, and sometimes thicker. And I usually have it cut down to the final dimensions already when cutting it and I don't want to damage it with screws or screw holes, so this has been my best option up until now. Thank you for watching!!
Gerat vid. I am just getting started. Thanks for sharing your experience. I will be using this waste board, minus the vertical, for now LOL. Also love the idea of a second board for cut throughs. Enjoy
I've been using double-sided tape and t-track and I think that it's time that I tried this method. I have some good tape solutions but t-track seems like one simple mistake away from a broken bit and this is a whole lot faster than tape.
flipping outstanding,,,,, going to add dogholes to mine as well,,,, love your inlay videos as well. ,,,,, I have the Elite Journeyman as well,,, just starting what feed and speed did you run your surfacing bit at??? mine burnt a little last time,,,,, thanks for your great videos.
Very nice video, thank you. :) Now, you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need to make a video covering all the upgrades you did to your CNC. I checked your channel and did not see anything. Guessing it is a Onefinity, right? I have the Onefinity and see some upgrades you have that could be useful.
@@RonKillian Thank you! Did you see my very first video? I talked about all the additions that I did. If it doesn't answer your questions, let me know and I'll put it on my to-do list. Thank you for watching!!
Thank you! I use regular 3/4" PVC pipe. I have found that depending on the manufacturer, PVC pipe can have different OD measurements. Not by much, but enough to where they can be too loose or too tight in the hole you have cut, so I recommend that you measure the OD of the pipe that you have bought to make sure you get a snug fit. With that, and to answer your question, I cut my dog holes at 0.80 inches. It's not too tight to where they are difficult to push in, but not too loose that they don't hold a good edge when I press something up against them. I can push mine in, but i need pliers to pull them out, (but still very easy to remove) and I consider that perfect. Thank you for watching!
It's incredibly easy to make your own. First, measure the diameter of the PVC pipe that you have, and then create a series of circles that are that size, and put them into a pattern that you like. The pattern I settled on had the circles a little less than 3 inches apart. Thank you for watching!
Genius! I've got a Longmill MK2.5 48x30. I've tried them all, the T-tracks, threaded inserts, T-nuts and I'm not happy with any of it. I will be stealing every bit of your design, including the removable part for my Vortex 4th axis. I'm interested in seeing how you made the vertical insert. Do you have a video about that?
Steal away, and good luck with it! Unfortunately no, I don't have a video specifically for that. It was actually very easy to make. Admittedly, I shamelessly copied the design from a guy who sells the plans on Etsy, but I did buy the plans from his Etsy store and then make what I wanted. I didn't use his cutting files, but I did reverse engineer it to work with my setup and I used his plans as a template. Here is a link to it, if you're interested. www.etsy.com/listing/1172990836/vertical-mounting-table-fixture-for-cnc
@@MandSWoodworks Thanks for the link. I'll have to modify it as well. I plan on putting it on the x-axis like you did, but I'll have to move it farther to the right, since I have drawers under the left side of the table. I'm not entirely sure if I want to go through the trouble to make it. I use my table saw and router table to do those types of joinery. Anyway, I'll download the file, just in case I change my mind, which I tend to do on a regular basis.
@@ronhansen7717 In all honesty, I've only used it on a project a couple of times since I built it, but it did come in handy. It's one of those things that you don't really need, but it's cool to have. I've played around with circle joints, dove tails and the like and it's actually fun. Good luck!
I'm running one of the cheapo Chinese spindles, but I haven't had any trouble out of it in 3 years. It's the Hy Huanyang 2.2kw Spindle and VFD. I don't judge Onefinity. They started out just selling the hardware of the machine. What little they do endorse these days is due to pressure from the public. I think it's smart from a business perspective. They keep the overhead low and they only have one piece to support. And due to the design of it, it keeps it somewhat modular and you can add whatever you want to it, and not be limited by what they provide. Thank you for watching!!
I have no complaints. The hardware combined with the Masso controller is a fine marriage. I think for the specs and the price you can't get any better.
Hi Tracy, Sorry, no. I actually made this on the fly. Drawing up a waste board is incredibly easy to do, and is a great first project for you to take on. Use your CAD software to create bunch of circles in a pattern that you desire, and cut them on your waste board. The Dog Hole pattern I chose has the holes right at 3 1/8 inches apart from each other. I use 3/4 inch PVC and the brand that I bought, the OD of the pipe was 0.8 inches, so that is the size that I cut my dog holes. I hope that this helps. Thank you for watching!
