QueenBee PRO CNC Router Build Part 5: Final touches and Thoughts

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This is the final Episode Of the QueenBee PRO CNC router build and in it I share most of the final steps to finish the machine. I also plan a bit for the future. If you look further down in the description you will find links to most of parts I used for this project If you are looking into building your own CNC I hope these might be of help.
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Till next time.

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Комментарии : 54

@KeckerErt 2 года назад

Finally a decent engineer working with European standards, your videos are REALLY helpful

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

I'm glad to hear that, and that is one of my goals. Since there is so much misinformation and bad practices floating around out there.

@fatbob2944 2 года назад

You tell it how it is

@graveurgraveur2691 3 года назад

Looking foward to the ball screw upgrades. All the best!

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Thanks, I'm also looking forward to it.

@Levisgil47 3 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering Will it be enough space to stick a ballscrew at the actual place of the leadscrew?

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I'm not sure about the 16mm ballscrew but the 12mm should fit. I have a 12mm on my 3d printer I took some measurements from and it should fit.

@Levisgil47 3 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering That's a great news! that was my main concern when I ordered the Queenbee Blk.. I've just finished the table and I'm about to install it. Thanks for you great videos... :)

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Thanks, great to hear that you like them.

@magnuslito8542 3 года назад

Love your videos. I am making the same machine here in Norway. Some of your videos have helped me a lot!

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Det är kul att höra att de varit till hjälp, det var därför jag gjorde dem. Hope you can read Swedish 😁.

@magnuslito8542 3 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering Svensk går bra :) Fint du tar opp de samme problemene som jeg hadde. Blant annet med drag chain. Det vises ikke i de videoene som er sponset av bulkman :( Kommer du til å lage en video som viser oppsett/bruk av estlcam? Eventuelt parameter i GRBL Firmware?

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Jag har funderat på att göra en video om ESTL, men programmet har redan så bra dokumentation att jag inte riktigt har bestämt mig än. Du kan köra med GRBL på arduinon men enklast är att ladda ner ESTL's egna firmware. Du ställer in alla parametrar i ESTL Controller, steg/mm, acceleration, In och Outputs etc, sedan laddar du ner firmwaren direkt från inställningsfönstret. Sedan är det bara att köra, väldigt enkelt, speciellt om man inte hållt på med sådant här innan.

@KangaBear99 2 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering I just ordered the same machine after watching your Videos. I was worried about the programming however your comments above have given me confidence. Thank you for the videos. They are brilliant.

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

Glad to hear it! I have more videos planned for when life gets less hectic.

@josephbrowne1115 2 года назад

Great video

@MrAce4000 3 года назад

You should check out the Masso controller. That’s what I’m using and it’s awesome

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

It is actually funny you mention that because I checked out the masso yesterday, never heard of it before that. It seems great but way pricier than I would like.

@FloweringElbow4SuperNerds 3 года назад

Hey there, Thanks for sharing, it's always interesting to hear about experiences with other machines. We have been making a 1.2 x 2.4m router, that we hope to cut aluminium, for a very long time... Anyway, nice to see how this machine is going - and I really enjoyed seeing some of the close-up details. Thanks again, Bongo.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Glad to hear that you liked it. I'm planning a lot more content with the machine in the future so keep watching.

@eact17 3 года назад

Thanks. Really helpful!

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I'm glad to hear it!

@truegritbulldog 3 года назад

Really good video. I was looking hard at the queenbee pro 1515... I bailed when the controller was 40 days back ordered. I did go with the openbuilds 1515 that I am just starting to build. Not sure I made the right choice, but it seems so far to be decent. I've taken a few short vids of the build. I'm going to keep watching your progress on this and check out the previous vids you did. Thanks for sharing, well done!

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Thanks, glad to hear it.

@52thephotoshop 2 года назад

The screws are actully fine the motors are the weakpoint I switched to integrated servos and it's a night and day difference. Can easily job the machine around at 15000mm/min

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

My screws were definitely not fine, but I'm happy you were more lucky than I was. But you can't really compare servos to steppers, that's like comparing apples and oranges. Like, of course they will work better, faster, and be more reliable. That's what they are built for, the torque curves between steppers and servos are completely different.

@ologramuruguay3083 2 года назад

15000? Wow. What motors are you using?

@timothyreyes5392 3 года назад

Thank you for the videos! I cant wait for my kit and am very glad I'm from asia hehehe shipping by boat is just around 65$ I cant imagine myself paying 500$ for shipping hahaha way out of my budget.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I know, it's a lot! What's really crazy is that all in all I still saved around 500-600$ compared to buying a similar machine here in Europe.

@ClintonCaraway-CNC 3 года назад

I'm glad I found your channel. The series was very interesting. I look forward to the ball screw upgrade That should really improve the overall performance. Plus a complete replacement of the Z-Axis would be a drastic improvement. Possibly one of the Z-slider Z-Axis kits from cnc4newbie with the 80mm spindle mount. It's just a suggestion but I think you might find it real game changer.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it. And also thanks for the tip about the Z axis, I'll definitely check it out!

@bermchasin Год назад

what does he mean about it not being 'real' ball screws?

@CiaranWhelan 3 года назад

Video please on the ballscrew update. I have 16mm ball screws and there is no way to use this size with the cream. Possibly 12mm might work better.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I will definitely make a video about the update when I do it. But I haven't planned the update yet so I can't say for sure when I get around to it.

@andreasbrunnhofer 3 года назад

Aren’t this Aluminium extrusions anodized? Just wondering because you were talking about proper grounding and if these are anodized than that anodizing layer acts as an electric insulator.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

You are correct, it is. But the T-nuts I used have serrations on the back that cuts through the anodisation and makes proper contact. And in other places I used threaded holes for the ground cables and then it is not an issue.

@steveestabrooks941 2 года назад

Thank You for these videos. I am considering on buying this kit but was a little intimidated by the wiring. Your explanation was through. I think i am going to give it a shot after i download the instruction manual. Have you had any problems with your machine so far?

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

I'm happy to hear that you liked it! The only problem I've had was during the assembly with the bad quality of most of the screws. Apart from that it performs flawlessly.

@matiasgoinheix366 2 года назад

Hi, great series. I'm considering buying this kit as I've been using an ultra DIY CNC for the past year and half and I'm tired of fixing problems. How has this one held up after all this time? Would you recommend it? Thanks!

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

It is still going strong, I've had close to no issues in the first year of running it. The only problems I've had have been self inflicted. Today I would go for their "Ultimate Bee" which is basically the same but with ball screws. But I would definitely recommend it.

@matiasgoinheix366 2 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering That's the one I was thinking on getting, thank you very much for the reply!

@jannekalaja 2 года назад

Kul och se att du har byggt ihop en queenbee pro. Är sugen på och köpa en själv. Har du varit nöjd? Har den hållit ihop? Rekommenderar du den? Mvh Janne

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

Ja, överlag är jag nöjd. Den är definitiv prisvärd och kvalitén skulle jag säga är jämförbar med andra portalfräsar av samma konstruktion. Jag anmärkte på ett par saker i filmerna jag gjort men det värsta var nog kvalitén på skruvarna och det är ju trots allt rätt lätt att åtgärda om man vill det. Jag skulle definitivt välja Bulkman igen hellre än dyrare leverantörer, jag kan inte se att det skulle leda till några fördelar. Men jag köpte ingen elektronik från dem så jag har ingen aning om vad de levererar för produkter där

@jannekalaja 2 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering okey härligt och höra. Ska nog pröva. Får jag lite problem så hör jag av mig.😉😀

@OffHoursEngineering 2 года назад

Haha, gör det. Det har andra redan gjort 😄

@Levisgil47 3 года назад

What would be convenient is to install a raspberry pi along with a breakout board. Then commnicate from external monitor via SSH.

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I actually read up on that after your comment a couple of weeks back. And it would be a nice solution. At least if the real-time performance could be improved running linuxcnc on the raspberry pi 4, but I haven't found any info on how stable that is yet. I guess you could use grbl-hal as well, but I would prefer linuxcnc.

@Levisgil47 3 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering Yeh right real time performance is a key + less communication interferance since all is on board. Only wifi comm ssh for monitor remote. There is this guy who made this setup: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qL530kJUmII.html

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Nice, I'll make sure to check it out.

@Flipsighed 3 года назад

Hi, thanks for all the videos. Does any of the Bulkman kits come with ball screws ? If not is there a kit out there that does ?

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

Glad you liked them. I don't think any of bulkmans kits have ballscrews. Of the top of my head the only hobby machine I know of that comes with ballscrews as standard is the Raw Avantic. But that is a semi industrial machine that costs around 4000-5000eur.

@Flipsighed 3 года назад

@@OffHoursEngineering I think the Queenbee is a good starting point for us tinkerers. I can always upgrade items as needed. Maybe eventually move from a router to a spindle and then try an upgrade to ball screws. I emailed Bulkman and they said they might have a kit with ball screws in the future. I also sent Bulkman a link to this video and mentioned the poor screw quality 😉. Keep the videos coming .

@OffHoursEngineering 3 года назад

I agree, it is a good platform if you want to upgrade it in the future. But you don't need to upgrade it as some machines out there. There will be more videos coming, I promise.