Everything you need to know, to build your own CHEAP DIY CNC, the COMPLETE BUILT WITH PLANS!!!!! 

This is most underrated video ever… deserves 100x likes then 2.9k

Extremely valuable build information. You show what works and what doesn't. We'll done and apreciated!

This is a very good explanation of how to build your own CNC machine i'm going to make mine and want to make it out of steel like you did, great video man.

Thanks Viny, I am about to build a cnc router and could not decide on the size of the stepper motors. I guess bigger is better. A bit of an overkill cannot harm the machine.👍🇿🇦🇦🇺🇬🇪🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

Very well done. My CNC will be much smaller with Nema 17s, it should be good for my small garage hobby shop. Very helpful and clear info.

Great video and build. I purchased a Langmuir CNC but this is still awesome content!

Excellent video, very well explanation and editing too. Thanks from argentina!

The best explanation i ever watched

Great video. Thank you

Fantastic video! Love the humor and the easy to understand information!

at first I thought this was going to be another European build, but that accent is Francophone Canadien isnt it? the Mastercraft toolbox confirms this. subscribing. hello from BC

Excellent , excellent video. I’ve watched a lot of cnc build videos and yours has way more practical information and the production quality is great. Funny as all get out. Loved the peach butt.

Excellent Video! Thankyou! I also make these and it’s good to see how other people do it. You also could actually use one 24V power supply for all your stepper motor drivers.

Great Tutorial. Great step by step instructions. And funny too, LOL! SUBSCRIBED!

Thank you , exelent video and aspecialy Thanks for drawing !!! Nice job, gold hands !

Great video, thank you for posting it

Outstanding!! Thank you for your time!

I use a belt as a my rack and penion. Works super well

thankyou sir... i appreciate your work and effort.

With those big motors, you could gear up the acme rod with gear boxes or gt belts and pulleys

Great video. Thanks for making.

Excellent video .hats off

well done, congrats!

Plans in imperial measurements make me cry at night.

Thanks Viny great video, keep it up

You have a very nice machine there, and I believe that the accuracy may be improved using micro-stepping… Does your axis controller support micro-stepping?

Excellent vide, thanks for sharing!

Very helpful thanks for sharing

Nice video. Thank you for your generosity to give freely what you learned. It saves others time and expense of researching on their own. I hope you will make more videos. Zed? What happened to Z?

Nice job. Thank you very very much.

Thanks for sharing

Also, I think the encoder ticks per rotation can be adjusted. Ive had encoder issue before, (bottle inspection machine on a high speed conveyor) where the number of encoder ticks was too low, so I grabbed a higher resolution encoder. After doing this I had to set the divider value for the encoder such that the number of pockets is divisable; in this case, it would be steps per rotation by encoder ticks per rotation. I hope this does not confuse the situation, because it may just ba a matter of using controller with microstep feature. Warning: I’m new to CNC machines, and havent even built one yet, I’m just thinking about problems Ive had with similar machines, with similar parts.

May I suggest upgrading to this new offline controller it will soon replace Mach 3 and 4. SMC5-5-N-N offline controller. Everything all in one unit.

Really nice job. You could also use it as a big 3D printer

Hello Vinny, my name is Vic and I have a situation that I hope you can help me with. I have a friend that moved away and left his 5x10 foot woodworking CNC machine in my shop for storage. It’s been 2 years since I heard anything from him and has not responded to any form of communication with me about possibly coming to pick it up. I have the computers and the table. It is fully functional and assembled. What he did not leave here with me was the control box or operating system to run it with. I know the video I just watched is 3 years old and I would like to know what I would need to buy to get this machine to run again, since it looks like I just inherited it for keeps. Please let me know what I need to buy and if any newer more modern and user friendly components are available. I have never used a cnc but I’m also a woodworker and would love to step up my crafting potential. Thank you so much. Vic

Loving your videos @VinyB57. Would you ever consider doing some videos on how you designed your projects in SolidWorks?

I cant find any good walkthroughs for the actual torck connection to the mach3 or 4

Hey Viny ! I assume by your accent your french canadian, which i also am. In case im wrong ill keep on with the english. Anyway, im interested in building my own cnc waterjet cutter as i need excessive precision on the cut itself. Ive been surfing thru a lot of CNC videos but it just keeps on shuffeling the pot in my head.. would you be able to break down the control system more precisly ? You went over the diagram but it seems fairly complicated the way mach talks to the breaker board and all

Thank you for all your efforts and generosity, It's helping a lot. May I ask you if you can share the solidworks file please? If no I can understand. Thank you.

Thanks Vinny. I hope you are getting paid on views because I have watched this several times now. Are you using an everlast plasma? (That is what I'm going with so hopefully firing the torch is easy) I thought I saw a green box. Do you think the 12" spacing between the rails on the gantey/x axis is necessary for stability? I'm modifying your plans to use steel I have on hand and will likely run less spacing. What strength springs did you use to hold the pinion gears to the rack? does it matter?? Side note it looks like some of the links are out of date or better deals are available. If I'm buying anyways I'd love to use an affiliate link. Thanks again for the content.

ideal power have 90V but normal home diy used 36-60V no matter what motor have, motors have important only max ampere my many factory i has build cnc old bridgeport has used 45V and 5A nema 24 or 34 motors. each axis need own power better than one big power.

Large precision gantry cnc use rack and pinion also

Have you tried multi threaded acme rod? Should give you more speed and the same accuracy as regular acme lead screw.

GREAT VIDEO - it is slightly misleading to call it a DIY machine - what you have developed is . . . a Professional-Level, Multi-Purpose CNC Machine ---- this is normally beyond the scope of a DIY machine! Thanks for the very helpful insights

how do I get paper drawings of the controller box and wiring connections for a build of the CNC and a plasma all in one for 48" x 96" table

Great video. Please link to the pdf

I have try to build one but couldn’t get rid of plasma arc screw up the control signal, there’s any trick you did to over come it? High voltage arc is really good for make stepper motor go nuts

Thanks a lot for sharing your design...

What of breakout board do you use in this build. Also how do you get the plasma arc to start from the computer?

Great CNC project Viny...what was your $$ investment on parts and materials?

Hi mate, what size belts are you using?

Hi I am clearly being very blunt but can t seem to find the link to the drawings, great video, want to build one, have ordered the nema 34s! can you point me in right direction for drawings please

I need 1/2 size of yours. How much is total parts cost? ( disability income).

What is the software you used to edit this video, please. Thanks from Viet Nam

thanks my friend, you are a hero and grateful for your help to mankind...i would like to have your email am trying to develop a 130cm by 300cm cnc and would need your help...thanks again

old table computer were have paraller port need first, cost 20-30$ then instal linux cnc software and can run. paraller port need cable and breakout board cost 10$ then need ewery axle and motor own stepper driver board, signal need, step,dir,enaple and limit switch, stepper motors best have nema 34 or biggest but nema 23 have minimium motors to mill, plasma can use nema 17 and 3D printer etc, laser, but mill need more power torgue motors, optimal BEST motors have closed loop nema 43 stepper motors whit own drivers, then need only ball screws and linear rails can start build frame. ready.

11:27 I saw what you did there

If the motion control software on your PC screws up then you are using a lousy OS and motion control program. Better known as Windows and Mach 3. My LinuxCNC never skips a beat because Linux.

brealout normal need 5volt drivers need 24V or better 36V to drivers, drivers need be more than stepper motors ampere, if max ampere have motor 4,5A driver need be 5A model. power to drivers need add big can capasitor about bottle size 10 000uf or more.no weak and lose steps,mach3 found FREE to torrent, but linux cnc FREE have lot better, windows computer have lot problem because windows not handle good interrups. linux cnc have better sure realtime controller. windows not have.

I haven't watched the video yet but I am noticing that all of the DIY builds demands all sorts of exotic tools to build and by exotic I mean tools most people do not have and are expensive unto themselves and/or demand proper training to use. Simple device that only requires simple tools to make would be a winner.

Doesn't Look like you Included the Price of MACH 3 Software in your breakdown. So just add $200 for MACH 4.

Please send me software dittel to work

Hi I am very interested cnc please my help you sir

Is this a music video. Lol

woodprix has very useful plans with all details I need

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