Lucent Part 2 | Machining the Aluminium Structure | Building an INSANE Modded PC

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In this episode we tackle the bulk of the casemod, the solid aluminium framework! Lots of beefy cutting in this one, these components make up a large percentage of the casemod's internal layout, as well as supporting the acrylic portions we cut in Part 1.
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Комментарии : 43

@rackhir100 3 месяца назад

Thanks to your builds I started playing with fusion and inventor. After a while I bought a fiber laser and my business exploded. Amazing video as always man, thanks!

@bartman2395 2 месяца назад

hahaha Im just taking part in fusion course from udemy because of makirole's videos, same like you. Custom distro and custom motherboard tray here I come (triple 280rad sub 20l sff meshroom mod:). Just for fun though.

@nathanvanniekerk8718 3 месяца назад

Love the datron in action! I see the time to master it has been well worth it! Love to see how the content has evolved 🎉

@makingtolearn 3 месяца назад

Beautiful design and execution. Everything from the chamfering, tool paths, and floor finishes is chef's kiss.

@DrKartoffel 3 месяца назад

I'm so happy to finaly see you make case mods again, your mods at Bittech used to be my favourite! This one seems evene more crazy, I love it! You even inspired me to do my own case mod :)

@danielcounterman6520 3 месяца назад

Would love to see some tutorials like you used to do! You have some of the finest cnc material on youtube keep up the great work and good to see you back!

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

I will be doing some updated fusion tutorials at some point as the old bit-tech ones are a little outdated now.

@jrmichel1975 3 месяца назад

Hey Alex! What kind of RPMs are you running on these cuts? Can you talk a bit about the bits you use for cutting aluminum? I built a PrintNC and I'm right in the middle of determining feeds, speeds and the best bits to use. You should also tell us about how your business is going overall. I hope you know many of us old time viewers are rooting for your success! 🙂

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

Generally I run 24-35krpm, although it’ll depend on the tool and cutting job at hand too. For the roughing work I often use Dreanique’s 3F DLC coated endmills, then I come back to finish with the Datrons. Since the Datron 4-in-1s are fairly expensive, I try to keep them for slotting jobs, finishing or smaller operations so that they stay sharp for as long as possible.

@jrmichel1975 3 месяца назад

@@PraetexDesign I run 24Krpm max on my spindle, but I just adjust my feeds accordingly to get the best chip load. The 4-in-1s are awesome and I love the finishing passes I can achieve with them! However, I use them for roughing as well and I really do want to spare them so I'll definitely look into DLC coated endmills for roughing. Thanks for the feedback! The shop looks great BTW - I think a updated tour might be in order when you can spare the time. 😀

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

@@jrmichel1975 Next video will be a shop update vlog. What you’re seeing in this vid is a year old, so a fair few things have changed, albeit mostly clutter 🥲 Part 3 of Lucent will catch up with current dates so will be nice and relevant, got a lot still to do though for that.

@jrmichel1975 3 месяца назад

@@PraetexDesign Looking forward to it! 👍

@JCustom 3 месяца назад

That buttery milling action #jelly

@marccretten 3 месяца назад

This CNC is a God send

@abood_alzbidyE92 3 месяца назад

You are awesome, i can’t wait for you finish 🥺

@yamuiemata 3 месяца назад

Bloody beautiful pieces of aluminum 🤩

@bowhunter7450 3 месяца назад

Just a small machining tip, i have had very good luck with running the dynamic roughing toolpath with both climb and conventional milling as a zig zag motion, it usually is best with a roughing mill like you are already using, but seems to be highly effective :)

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

I do that in acrylic, but I’ve found in aluminium it ends up slower as I can’t take the same cut in conventional. This is only a 3kW spindle so it’s taking a lot of that up already.

@bowhunter7450 3 месяца назад

@@PraetexDesign makes sense, that is really not a lot of power, but seems like it has very high rpm's though :)

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

@@bowhunter7450 Yeah it does well, fantastic for small tooling and plastic work.

@aarondcmedia9585 3 месяца назад

Magnificent. Almost a shame to blast the finished plates given how clean the surface finish is. Appreciated your explanation for why it's necessary. Looking forward to seeing the complete rig finished.

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

Interestingly I may not actually need to blast it prior to anodising. Since that bit was filmed, I've cut and anodised a bunch of different parts so have more experience. Anything destined to be ano'd black looks considerably better if just done raw. Lighter parts definitely look better blasted though, I'm going to be figuring out the final colour combos as I cut the remaining bits and then commit to a theme for it all.

@aarondcmedia9585 3 месяца назад

@@PraetexDesign excellent!

@TyMe23 3 месяца назад

Sooooo Shiny!! 😍😍

@luckgrip252 3 месяца назад

And the CAM is being done on Fusion 360? Your programs look so smooth and controlled. There are some things I should figure out to make some certain surfaces smoother looking while looking at how your machine is doing the tool-paths. I'm working in a CNC machining trade mainly as a operator, but occasionally I have to make programs for the jobs and I love that process more than I do the actual making because the setups have already become repetitive.

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

Yup CAM is all Fusion. I tend to break the paths up a lot and add supporting geometry etc to help get things how I want them to be. Oftentimes the default paths do a lot of funky things that result in some very sub-optimal features.

@mouli570 3 месяца назад

Ooo, time to grab some snacks!

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

I’ve got plenty of chips here if you need more!

@Garrett1974 3 месяца назад

Vapor blasted and then anodized.... matte black by any chance? 😍

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

I gave it a try on some heatsinks shortly after filming this section, it looks interesting but honestly I think it’s a little bit too matte if anything 😅 The surface ends up looking a bit powdery, vs the pleasant sheen that raw black has.

@flikflak24 3 месяца назад

would love seeing my code running on that machine

@marcusrauch4223 3 месяца назад

How are these work pieces retained? Are they suctioned on with a vacuum work table?

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

@@marcusrauch4223 Yup, all vacuum for these ones

@EvanLaulom 3 месяца назад

Looks beautiful man! I have a question: how do you get the measurements for the IO panel for example? Do you mesure by hand? Also are all the 3D files findable on internet or you make them from scratch? Thank you very much :)

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

In this case I 3D scanned it using my Hexagon Absolute Arm, the originally deadline for these bits meant I couldn’t really film that part :/ If you want to do it yourself though, it’s perfectly doable with some calipers. You can check alignment using a print out or better, a quick 3D print if you have one.

@EvanLaulom 3 месяца назад

@@PraetexDesign You're amazing thank you for your answer! You have our support!!

@Sulphur_67 3 месяца назад

don’t really like how the motherboard ports are cut straight into the metal instead of having a hole for the io shield, but that’s about it

@sundaynobody 3 месяца назад

what type of facing end mill did you use in the beginning?

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

@@sundaynobody That’s the Datron 20mm Monoblock

@MotoMishka85 3 месяца назад

Can you please give speeds and feeds for the operations?

@PraetexDesign 3 месяца назад

I will be doing that for future ASMR pieces, these sorts of scenes have too many different paths going in a short space of time though, it becomes really messy on the screen.