Intro to 5-Axis Machining on the PocketNC v2 - Project  

I've been waiting for this video since I saw you won the Pocket NC! Too cool! Thanks for sharing!

Not to many things keep me glued to the screen, but this video did. For me now, 3D will do. One day though, when I am ready to venture into this magical “5” world, what I learned here will be catalyst. Thank you sincerely.

Thanks for sharing your learning experience. I’m looking forward to more videos on 5-axis projects and learnings!

You always are doing things which blow my mind, Brother! Congrats on your new machine!

Great video, thank you! It's way way over my head currently! I thought I'd grasp it more with my use of a 4 axis machine, but this shows me I have a lot to learn!

Can't wait to finally see some high-quality 5-axis project videos using this machine! I've been waiting since the V1 but so few people have your video background and machining enthusiasm. Something about the industrial machine footage out there just feels too abstract as a hobbyist.

Looking forward to see what projects you do! I have had my eye on the Pocket CNC and was disappointed in the lack of tutorials out there

Best digital fabrication content on RU-vid. Eagerly awaiting next video!

Great video Winston. I have not read through the whole Pocket NC PDF library and it looks like there is some good stuff there after all. Will add finishing the tutorial to my weekend reading list.

I love text-based tutorials (or at least, document-based). No need to wait for the presenter in a video to get to the point, easy to go back and re-read something. Videos help, of course, but docs are great!

Thanks for sharing. This looks like a really cool hobby machine. I'm truly surprised you found a way to post 5-axis tool paths from Fusion 360. I worked with that program for two years and never achieved good 2-axis tool paths for my lathe. And that was after I asked over a dozen "experts" for paid help. It's good to see someone making progress with the simplest tools. Keep up the great videos!

Really good video! Good set of goals going in, and you did a good job hitting them with the video.

Very interesting but I can only imagine how hard it is to teach yourself 5 axis cad work with few video tutorials. Thanks for sharing and keep the videos flowing. Jim

Pretty skookum video Winston, you made it look easy, but I know how hard it is. I still want a 4th axis but never do I want the headaches of a 5-axis machine (again). I am eagerly waiting for your homemade turbo for the Subaru....

Great to see a tool like that not in a demo mode. I have an X-Carve but a 5 axis would make what little hair I have left fall out. Plus a bit to pricey for my liking. But truly thanks for sharing, it’s much appreciated.

I've had my eye on that since v1 was on Kickstarter, but I just couldn't justify the cost, or the need. It's pretty cool that you won one Winston. I look forward to you upping your game with it.

Thanks for the tutorial. Keep them coming. Looking to get one myself soon.

Looking forward to more on this new one. Looks interesting

Very good video! Interesting, info packed, and concise!

You “won” it? Outstanding!!! :)

:) ive got 9 more parts i have too get for my cnc router, really excited! Love your videos, always amazing info. Thank you

I have a v1 pocketNC and was one of the backers of their kickstarter for it. A bit of advice that I have learned the hard way: Don't over think the work holding. Just use the painter's tape + CA glue trick for most of your work. If you are not familiar with it, there is a really good tutorial on it on NYCNC youtube channel. The tl;dr is that you apply painters tape to the stock and then also to a waste plate. After cleaning the tape with IPA, you apply CA glue to the painter's tape and then stick the stock to the waste plate. This provides surprisingly good holding strength. So far it has not failed me in milling blocks of aluminum on my PocketNC. Though do be leary of how tall your stock it, I have not run into problems yet, but it seems like really tall stock would be a failure point for this method on a 5 axis CNC. The bottom line is that the pocketNC just does not generate that much force on the stock. I guess that is an upside of work with such a small unit.

Very interesting! Looking forward to seeing what you make with this machine. I know little about 5-axes and the best that I know I have not needed it... but I look forward to learning where it's useful. As others have already mentioned, the mill seems at first glance expensive compared to traditional 3 axis or even 4 axis CNC mill.

Super interesting!

Excellent intro to 5-axis and this machine!

Now Winston is the DeFacto - Font of All 5 axis CNC knowledge on RU-vid. DeskProto V7 seems a good tool for 4 & 5 axis machining, a lot less scary than Fusion 360

Thanks for sharing, I subscribed because I'm looking forward to hearing more about your experiences in 5d milling. In Chicago, there's a sculpture called "Cloud Gate", AKA The Bean... you could mostly mill that.

Well put together video, very helpful considering I am a newbie and no cnc background and was looking at taking the plunge on this 5 axis unit. I will hold off for now. Thank you

OH! WOW! NICE WORK BRO!

Always something interesting. Happy Birthday (Yesterday).

Nice video, very interesting !

Great video and great information; thank you!

Many thanks! Video is so good you earned a new subscriber.

I actually had to search for this video. I've been a subscriber for a long time. But haven't seen any videos from you in a while.

I think I’ll give myself a full year of designing with Fusion 360 and making projects on my Shapeoko before making any jumps to 5 axis. It hurts my brain just thinking about it. It was fun hanging out at WBC last week with you. I hope you’ve recovered from the trip.

This is amazing, thanks!

Great overview video, thank you

Cool little machine!

Winston, Titans of CNC Academy is starting to roll out their 5-Axis learning series. Would be interesting you see your experiences working through those parts on the PNC.

At 4:35, you mentioned that the E-stop light never blinked. I have the same PocketNC machine and am encountering the same problem. If you don't mind sharing, how did you get the machine to work? For me, the blue lights around the Beagleboard turn on and then after a while, turn off. Let me know if I can provide any clarifications.

If i was to start my adventure with cnc(I want to make parts for rc model cars) would this machine be good assuming i can lock A and B axis and use it as 3 axis while learning and later down the road maybe use additional possibilities?

So if I want to get into machining do you recommend I start with CNC (obviously 3-axis) Or should I get a lathe and work with that? I’ve used a lathe for wood many times but only once for metal. Any tips? Thanks

Ok, this toy looks cool. I will get one for myself soon.

Great video.

When i have the money ... i will buy it, just to look at it working. Sweet little thing.

Nice work!!! I see and I hear alot of shit on RU-vid, but this is really interesting and well done project. Very good for school students. Well done.

Came here to see a banana being machined pretty disappointed

Wish me luck... going to build a similar five axis machine from scratch to get started with cnc

hi very good job . what do you think about this pocket NC ? versus other cheaper like Chinese 6040 with 5 axis ?

What kinds of things could this be used to make? Thanks for the video Winston!

Thank you for taking the information .. It is possible to clarify about shipping to Iraq and the place to sell. ???Is it possible to work the iron pieces ???

Do you think it is possible to reshapen end mills with this machine? I sharp my end mills using end mill grinder, the flutes and the rest of end mills but it is not a fun job. I know there are people out there that just replace them with new one but where I am operating, the cost of shipping is 5 times more then the cost of end mill itself.

What type of machine would you use to make Model A carburetor parts? Choke levers and such

Me: Sees banana on a CNC Also me: There we go again. Steins Gate 2020

Just subscribed. Interested in your PocketNC journey.

Great, thanks!

I see in the background that you've been using a Makita Trim Router on the Probably 3 axis CNC table. I just bought one myself however am yet to make the new mounting bracket. How has your experience with Makita been so far?? Earlier I was using one of those Chinese 400w quiet cut spindle which had quite a run out and burnt out fairly quickly the moment I started using 6mm end mills. When machining wood, whats the max diameter of tool you think the Makita can handle comfortably?? Can it run one of those 20 to 30 mm surfacing tools if take a 1 mm pass??

Don't you just love having new tools and having no idea how to use them? 😂. I was like this when I bought my 3D printer and I learned so much in such a short space of time

Cool machine but man... It's pretty small. Not sure what you could make on it? Maybe chess pieces or something. Probably a good purchase for anyone who wants to learn 5 axis though.

I was hoping to also see a banana at the CNC - it would be the first time- but nice machine.

Will you please upload a video about programming on 5 axis?

Link to where to buy?...also how is it for small parts, as in , to cut watch parts?

Thanks bro, could you get together pocket nc videos in your channel :) it’s hard to find good instructions like that. I’m waiting for more.

I subscribed long ago, and I have "Liked" this video, BUT... I had to really struggle not to press the "Dislike" button out of pure envy! :o) Looking forward to more videos on this magic little machine, from the man who knows how to present it properly. Thank you.

Pocket NC V2 from 4,900.00 Also "Repeatability: +/-0.002 in at 0% load"

When you consider that a 3 axis CNC bench top mill can cost you 6 to 10 grand...... a 5 axis one at about 4 grand is getting on the wish list fast.

Ha, Pucker factor, I felt it at 5:11.

PocketNC v2 where can you buy and for how much?

If I sent you some dog bone files for a 1/6 scale RC Trophy truck, would give the 5axis a try?

Wow this was awesome! Have you tried to do human teeth? Like a set of dentures?

Tres cool!

At 14 seconds in I went to the link for this. $5000 --------hahahahahahahahahahaha

Want one can't afford one but a great desire for one sigh. More videos please some others who have one don't do anymore videos and I'm interested in its long term usability . There's the engine block that they did as a demo on V1 you could redo that as a project?

Any links to the tutorials you used would be helpful

esse cnc tem capacidade de usinar aço 1020 e 1045 ? ou só aluminio e madeira ?

Can we cut metal material with this machine ?

I am curious about the belt system on the rotational axes. It looked like a weird solution to me since they are usually done with worm gears for stiffnes. Can you wiggle the rotating tables at all by hand? Also - great vid, subscribed!

hello, somebody can tell me the maximum volume of a piece that this machine can made? because I want to buy one, and please can "pocket nc" team tell me if can send it to mexico

Belive it or not I had a dream I got one like this

Does this have the torque required to carve hard rock? That means that the machine must be able to withstand constant water.

What is the maximum link you can work with the pocket nc v2-50 cost?

is it suitable for sculpture designing engraving on iron up to 2mm raised form

Banana for scale? - Cay

Can this V2 work on metals and aluminum or just wood and plastic?

Hello sir good morning I am Roshan how much price in This CNC 5 axis machine and which marital works in this CNC machine

I don't see a practical use for the pocket nc. The nema 34 stepper motor it uses as the drive for the spindle is barely capable of turning steel but with that much tool stick out and the weaker a and b/c axis motors, plus the small work holding and work volume of the table itself, I can't even begin to imagine what this thing would be useful for. This isn't to say it's not a very interesting machine; because it is, but faced with a choice to buy this or a cheap 3 axis cnc router or even a second 3 axis cnc router if I already owned one, I would always choose the 3 axis machine no matter how many of them I had. I suspect most people given that same choice would probably do the same. I did say *most*. XD Great vodeo nonetheless!

Why didn't you mill something that only a 5 axis mill could do?

what would you recommend for someones first cnc?

This is just for someone who likes to troubleshoot problems. I work in automation with Motoman and Yaskawa 7 axis robots ... You don't need to learn CAD .. You need to be able to program the robotics . totally different.

What are your feelings about rigidity of this machine? Is this a hobbiest tool, I have seen the demo of it machining aluminum but do you think you would feel comfortable machining small stainless steel parts with it? I am concerned about chatter working with harder materials, titanium, 304 sst etc.

Why won't you go with the 5axismaker?

They should take one step back and make a 3 axis mill using the same materials, spindle, electronics etc as the 5 axis one. I understand their isn't an affordable 3 axis mill that can cut hard metals.

I made one of those but i programmed it manually with G-code. And it was only 4 axis.

$5000 for a 5.5x2.5 inch work space? I cant stop laughing. 5 axis or not that is robbery.

I want one !!!!!!! : )

WOW !

Please tell the accuracy of the machine 👏

the hacksmith should get this

Dear sir ... how can I order this

It's a lot of technology just to curve bananas!