lovely machining vid:) I use sony camera, but using M or manual mode with set "shutter speed, aperture and ISO" fixed will keep the video set with fixed setting. keep up the good work. happy new year!
The wood machining reminds me of the german idiom "shooting sparrows with cannons";) Came out awesome and i love your explanations along the way, but what actually is it?? An ashtray?
Cheers! Yes - I think you’re right. I’m recording in aperture priority and somebody suggested I need to stay in manual - to lock the exposure and ISO as well. Thanks!
Nice work buddy - those things look amazing. Would have liked to see a few more beauty shots of the finished product at the end. Love the detail of the process and settings every step of the way
Thanks buddy! Agree w/ you completely. Should have spent a little more time getting some "glamour shorts" after it was finished. Thanks for the advice & happy new year! All the best to you and the fam. Looking forward to more of your content.
Love the video. From what I've heard, you should be careful cutting wood on a machine like this. When the tree is growing, it pulls up minerals from the ground that get deposited in the wood. When you cut the wood, the dust can be abrasive and ruin your machine ways. Thought I'd mention it.
That's interesting - I haven't heard that one before. Well - I'll be the one to "torture test" the machine as much as possible & will make sure to share if something comes of it! Thanks for sharing & happy new year!
Great to see another vid from you! What you are doing here is impressive, learning how to do this isn't easy. I also use Solidworks with built in CAM. Where/what post processor are you are you using for the acorn control? I'm almost ready to build my machine but I'm on the fence with software. I've been using SW for ~25 years and would like to use the CAM thats built in but need to be able for it to work with what ever controller I pick. Thank you for all of the vids you have posted.
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate you. I'm using the stock/unmodified Centroid post that comes with Fusion360 & HSMWorks & have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. I'm not using solidworks CAM. I'm using HSMWorks, which is a paid (~$70ish USD/month) CAM plugin for solidworks from Autodesk. It's essentially the same under the hood as FusionCAM. I've used FusionCAM in the past & can confirm that both posts (the one in Fusion & the one in HSMWorks) work just fine with the Centroid Acorn. I also know a few people using LinuxCNC & generic posts in Fusion.
I recommend bull nose end miles. We use at work half inch with 4 thou radius. That radius makes them last much longer and also we use them for a lot of 3d tool paths and they look nice
I have been watching sooo many you tube videos on CNC and I just can not work out how you make any money I just priced a 1200 x 2400 x3.0 mm sheat of aluminium and the cost is like $321.00 the cost just knee caped any profit I could make.
