Hi Chris, great machine design and great answers to the questions! I totally thought the yellow 'plates' were metal as well, cool to hear that the plywood holds up in your guitar making process 🙂 I thought I'd let you know of a machine that I've designed as well called the LongMill which is also a GRBL-based machine, 30x30x4.5 inch cutting area, which we sell as a kit and design and ship out of Canada. I know you mention that price is always an issue with machines like these which puts them out of reach for many who want to try out CNC, so I'm glad that yourself and others contribute as well so people can keep their options open 👍
Most informative . Thanks for the break down . I love the CNC machine for it's accuracy & how it makes every guitar the same down the the thousandths ... It's a great tool !!! Personally I choose to make guitars by hand because I love working with the wood hands on , but that CNC is Awesome !!!
Hi Chris, I'm assembling the electronics of your CNC design and I just want to make sure I get grounding right. Should both grounding busses( power supply and Arduino) be bonded to the enclosure? I'm asking because in your plan the Arduino grounding bus, in particular, seems to be installed on some sort of insulator.
Hi Chris, I am thinking of purchasing your CNC machine plans. Did you ever get around to designing and testing your dust collection system? If not, are you still planning to do it? I would love to purchase that as well.
I never made a useful dust shoe for this machine. I was going to add a commercially made dust shoe, but I got the X-Carve Pro machine before I could pull the trigger.
@@OldSilkRoad I never tried one, so I don't know. There are a lot of them out there. You would need to find one that fits the router. One thing to be aware of is that for carving guitar necks and bodies, dust shoes often don't work because of the amount of vertical movement needed to carve through a deep wood. I only use mine for shallow operations like fretboards or anything with less than about an inch in total cut depth.
Hi Chris, I see on your older videos you used to have an x-carve cnc - what made you change from that cnc to want to build your own? How does your new custom compare to the old x-carve? Thanks for the awesome videos!
Could you make a step by step video for newbies that never have had dealings with CNC, like from start to finish how to program the machine to build a neck and body?
Hey Chris. Two questions: 1. Is that a full size or palm size router? 2. Do you ever have any trouble with dust and debris getting into your lead screws or guide rails?
It's a DeWalt 611 trim router. The screws and guide rails are solid so dust can't get into them. It does land on them, however, but that has no effect on their movement.
@@HighlineGuitars I just wondered if the dust ever got into the bearing blocks or into the threads of the lead screw nuts. It would seem like that could gum things up, if it did.
I make guitars. Not CNC machines. Sourcing the parts for one machine is no problem. Sourcing parts every day for multiple kits would be an unholy nightmare.
Hello again, Chris! I just purchased your CNC machine plans (and a few others :) ) a couple of weeks ago. After listening to this FAQ, I am almost tempted to give aluminum parts a try. As you suggested, aluminum will work better with ball screws instead of acme lead screws. The one question I have regarding that is: I understand that owing to their low-friction characteristics, ball screws don't come to a dead stop like lead screws do, but require additional braking mechanisms. Is that correct? Will your design need to be modified, or will the current anti-backlash and other bearings work? Thanks!
Ball screws will come to a dead stop if they're connected to stepper motors. The use of ball screws with my CNC router will require a significant redesign since they use totally different bearings and anti-backlash nuts.
Yes he said plywood. Check out this other video on how this machine was constructed around 3 mins ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lpdEoYhNFoc.html