Aaron, that's is just brilliant. there are not many videos that were are going to hear, " how frigging sweet is that " , "frigging stoked" and "got my hand off it." you are a true australia Legend. So great to see someone that excited about a machine. looks great, will be good to see it producing some chips in the future.
brandtAU ha ha ha, thanks mate. Did you like the joke about the noisy compressor and the family on Prozac (antidepressants). It was so hard to contain my enthusiasm lmao 😂 cheers mate and thanks for support 👍
Hi Aaron, great to see another skyfire machine come to life. It is amazing how much machine you get for the money. The smile on your face says it all, enjoy!!
G'day John. To bloody right mate. I'm smiling like a fat kid looking through the Bain-marie at KFC lmao ;-). My tooling arrives this week, so hopefully I can take some test cuts real soon. Cheers Aaron.
G’day Paul, thanks for noticing mate. As I reflect over my years since the little CNC router, converted CNC, SkyfireCNC and Syil x7 I most certainly have. The steepest learning curve and professional growth was with the Haas Machines back in 2012-2017. Cheers buddy 🍻
I am glad your machine arrived and you love it. I paid Defeng $2700 for machine parts 3 years ago. He did not send the parts and he will not return my emails. I gave up long ago. I am not the only one that did not receive their paid orders .
Hello Greg. I'm very sorry to hear this mate. Please note that I'm not sponsered by Skyfire or Defeng in anyway shape or form. I make these videos for my own and subscribers enjoyment. Thankfully my order for $17K usd arrived safely to my house in Melbourne Australia. However, I purchase the machine via the Alibaba website and I used their trade assurance program to carry out the transaction. I realise that this wasn't 100% safe, but what is these days? Sincerely, Aaron.
Hi Aaron thanks for the reply. Yes, I know you are not sponsored you just found a mill that looked good for a good price. I placed a order when Defeng when first started up, he promised a lot but did not deliver. I am a Pattern Maker in Qld Australia and i was converting my old Wadkin Pattern Makers mill to CNC . I paid him for all the electronics, spindle and spindle motor. The parts never arrived and he would not return my emails. Some one contacted him on my behalf about 6 months ago, he said he would deliver but still nothing. I wish you all the best with your new Mill, have fun and make lots of chips. Make lots of videos. Cheers Greg
As a former panel shop owner If you remotely mount the air filter outside the house via a long hose, you will reduce the noise by 50% on your air compressor
Azza really glad that you received a machine that met your expectations! it looks bloody awesome... and wicked video. Definitely going to come check it out next weekend!!!
cruddCNC G'day Luke. Thanks man I really appreciate your feedback. I got a tad excited in this one though. Might have a wet dream or two over that Auto Tool Changer though lmao 😂
You need a silent air compressor made from an old air conditioner scroll compressor like a Copland SC series mounted on a air receiver tank. Got 2 of them in my workshop for spray mist coolant. About as loud as a fridge running. Can't wait until you make something!
Hey mate, yeah I would have bought a Chicago Air oil-less / silent compressor but no one in Melbourne sells them. The store that sells these are in Sydney and I was too impatient to wait. Once I get some more funds coming in I’ll get one. Until then the old girl will have to do :-(
Never mind YOUR. enthusiasm mate....now you've got me hooked .😂Sending off a 'quotation request' to Skyfire right now.....I can't wait for your next instalment.Great work Aaron...RegardsRobert
Hi Robert, yes bud I get a little excited at times. I've actually got a "PI" following my wife around as I think she is planning to divorse me because of mylove for this machine (joke ha ha ha). Great work regarding the qoute. I contacted Defeng from Skyifre directly, but I actually did the purchase through Alibaba using their trade assurance program. This was the advice I got from my lawyer regarding doing transations with China. To be honest, I have found Defeng and SkyfireCNC to be honest and everything they said they were going to do they did. Hope this helps you mate? Cheers, Aaron.
Another great video Aaron giving a great insight into these machines, Doesn't it look fantastic. I placed an order with Defeng last week for a SVM2-VMC and having your video verifying what I already thought is extremely helpful. Can't wait to see you cut some metal with it. Thanks for taking the time to tell of your experience. Hanging out for the next video. Phil.
Phil Hartley Hey Phil, what Tha? You placed an order? Holy cow that's freaking awesome mate, congratulations. I'm really excited for you. My only regret was that I should have bought the SVM2 instead of the SVM1, but I can always use the Haas SMM2 at work if I need a bigger work envelope 👍
Thanks Aaron, Yes I bought a 4th axis from Defeng last year and the quality of manufacture was exellent. He was helpful and honest with that and a subsequent order for a larger 8" version which we run on our larger machine at work.
Phil Hartley Oh yeah, I remember now as you told me that in a previous comment. Yes I was very nervous about importing directly from China so I used Alibaba.com and their trade assurance protection. I agree, I have found Defeng and the Yantai machinery company honest and excellent to deal with. Can't wait to see your machine on video 😉
Thanks man, yeah I've got another 2 videos planned for this week (fingers crossed). One video will be testing cutting and the other will be a Q&A sytle. Stay tuned for more goodness :-) Cheers, Aaron.
Hey Eric. Thank you very much. I can't believe how much interest my SkyfireCNC machine has generated. Hopefully my cutting tools will arrive very soon. Cheers, Aaron.
Damn, that's a great looking machine!!!! Looking forward to seeing chips and hearing what you think about it a few months from now. Congrats Aaron!!! You deserve it! :)
Hey Mike. Thanks very much mate. I can't wait to get my tooling in her and start ripping some chips. I have spoken to some SkyfireCNC owners and they have minor problems here and there, but so have many other "low end cnc machine" users wink wink ;-). Hope the family are well mate. If you're speaking to James Greene tell him I said hi. Wating to see him back on RU-vid. Cheers, Aaron.
Can't wait to get your tooling in her.....? Expecting home run on your first date, eh?! ;) Yep.....I here minor issues are common with a lot of machines out there. lol Some more than other. :( Family is well! Thanks! I hope your's is too. :) James just messaged me on facebook messenger. I'll let him know. :)
G'day me ol mate. Thanks for coming over home today to check out the machine. It's always good to catch up with you and Barbara. Glad you were impressed with my little SkyfireCNC baby. I'll have to get you back again to help me clock in the twin vice set up. We could do a video on it for you channel too ;-)
Hi David, thanks so much. Hey, it's great to from you mate. Hey I watching Diresta last night and he gave you a shout out. I say your sticker come up and I shouted at my Tele, "hey i know that bloke" lol Cheers Aaron.
Hey man, thanks for the Sub. I subsribed to you also last week (I think?). Hopefully my upcoming videos will give this little CNC machine the justics she deserves ;-)
That's a pretty nice looking machine Aaron! Great to see you got it all wired up, I'm very interested to see how it performs, looks like it's quite capable!
Hey Jeff, thanks so much mate. I'm really excite to have this SkyfireCNC sitting in my garage. Can't wait to start cutting chips and testing her out for real. Cheers, Aaron.
great looking! I especially like the worklights, and looks like you could add more LED strips if you wanted down the line. I also like that it has a dedicated control...really there's no substitute for hard buttons. go cut some chips!!
Hi Andrew. Yeah I'm really stocked to have this machine. Granted that she "aint" no Haas, but it's a big step up from my converted manual machine that I had at home. Cheers, Aaron ;-)
Hey man and thank you. Yes you are corect. This Adtech controller is based around or off Fanuc. I think the G&M codes are identical. I've only ever used Haas, but that is fanuc based too. Cheers, Aaron.
Hi Brett, thanks mate I frigging happy with this machine. Can't wait to put some tooling in her, mount the vice and start hogging. For sure mate, I should organise a RU-vid meet up for people to come and see my little baby. Cheers, Aaron.
Nice work mate next year is the year for me and a svm2 I think. You look as happy as a kid on Xmas. Enjoy it! P.s where's the chips! Cheers nyatiblades
Hey James, great to hear from you man. Love your work on Instagram mate. You're making some real nice knives up there on the Sunny Gold Coast. Yeah I love this SkyfireCNC. I'm ginning from ear to ear ;-)
Very curious to see if they sealed yours well. Another you tuber with a Skyfire had more leaks than a sifter. I've been wanting to pull the trigger on the same machine for awhile now but not enough reviews yet. Very interested in seeing and hearing your reviews. I've been watching them for over a year but no really good reviews yet. Hopefully yours will make the difference.
Hello and thank you for watching. Yes watched the same video by Greedseed and aim to seal mine with silicon before running the coolant pump. So far I'm very happy with the quality of the machine and it's operartions. Although I haven't started to cut anything yet, I intend to do so very soon. Hopefully my videos will give the machine justice. Cheers, Aaron.
PPSAaron, I went back to every Skyfire vid I could find last night 😄One thing struck me on all of the demo vids, particularly those showing heavy cuts on steel.Maybe the 'stick-out' with the collet system is a bit too much, and maybe some of the work holding was a bit how's-ya-father.... but I noticed quite a bit of noise/chatter coming through.I'll be interested to see some heavy cutting when you get into testing mode 😄
Hi Robert. Yes I have to agree with you there. I think these videos sound so terrible because of the machining strategy used by the operator. I know that on my industrial controller it has built in CAM programming, which is what I think they used. These are generic “old school” machining strategies. Plus they are machining steel on their machines and not aluminium. Even I look good at machining aluminium ha ha ha. I purposely bought my machine for aluminium work and I will be CAD-CAM'ing everything in Autodesk Fusion 360 ;-)
Thanks for that Aaron. I've started using Fusion 360 ( free version) for design on my model steam locos, so would also follow through with the CAM route via Fusion. Looking forward to seeing your saga unfold . Great content mate.... and a refreshing 'Aussie' style 😄
Thanks Robert. I'll do my best to keep up the exciting content lol. Hey, have you uploaded any content showing your model steam locos? I'll check out your channel now. Cheers
Hey Micheal, thanks mate. Yeah Jacinta is a little pocket rocket. Great young lass who really knows her stuff. Plus she can fit in the man hole where I can't lol. Luckily you live so far away from me, or I'd have you around doing the wiring ha ha ha. Cheers mate, Aaron.
Keen to hear more about accuracy and reliability. Would also be interested to hear your thoughts on budget tooling - there are Chinese BT30 holders for a third of the Western price, but how does the runout compare? etc
Usually the tool balancing is an issue with cheaper holders. If you don't exceed 7000-8000 RPM then the negative effects are drastically reduced. Of course the holders could be great, just no way to really know ahead of time...
You mentioned that your happy to have the BT tooling and do away with the straight shank type. What issues did you have with the straight type? Is that the same shank that the Tormach uses?
CNC Gold Coast Hey mate. Yeah I was using the Chinese version of the TTS tooling. It would pull out when taking heavy cuts. Even after I'd swung on the drawbar.
That's OK Robert. DDP means door to door all frieght, insurance, taxes and tarrifs paid. DDU means door to door taxes and tarrifs unpaid. Please do your research before purchasing. Check in with customs in your country and find out the amount of tax they will charge you. If you opt for DDP you pay up front to the Skyfire. I did all this through Alibaba with Defeng and the Yantai Weifeng Machinery Company. Cheers, Aaron
Anytime Robert. I just uploaded a new video last night showing the machines first cuts. Oh, if you get 5 minutes take a look at my friends page on Facebook. It's called Alphington Industries and he is into making steam engines. He's just bought a huge aerospace DMG/Mori CNC machine. I think you'll like it. Lionel (tool & die maker) is an expat living in Vietnam. Cheers, Aaron.
I was literally going to buy a tormach tomorrow... quoted, packaged and ready to take the dive.... then you show me this... what the heck man!?!?! how did i not know about this haha!!! Thanks in advance for showing this off!!!! I have a few questions about the machine. 1.) Servos or Steppers? 2.) 4th/5th axis support? 3.) Spindle HP? 4.) Is that REAL TOOLING?!?!? O_o 5.) how much was is? 6.) Overall weight? 7.) do you have any experience with tormach, and would you recommend this over a tormach or the otherway around?
Hey buddy how are you? Thanks for watching my video. Yeah, I'm very impressed with the SkyfireCNC. Skyfire make three sizes 0, 1 & 2 which are all very similar to the Tormach's (440, 770, 1100). Now mine is the SVM-1VMC. It has an industrial controller (not linux or PC) and it runs servos all round not steppers. The machine is single phase with a "real" BT30 servo spindle (3HP / 8000rpm). Being a servo spindle it can ridgid tap. My machine has a 5 axis controller and is roughly weighs 650kg. It cost me just over $17K usd delivered (DDP) with all tooling and 2 x machine vice. Contact Defeng at Skyfire as he can custom make a machine to suit your budget and requirements. Hope this helps? Cheers, Aaron.
Hi Ryan, it suppose it really depends on what you want to do with a CNC machine. This machine is for small industrial use and is very capable. The closest machine in the market to this is 3 times more expensive. I've played around with hobby machines before and got tired of them. All horses for courses mate. Cheers, Aaron.
Daniele De Biasio Hi, yes I'm very happy with the quality of the machine. I bought it single phase 240vac and it is approx 22amps max current draw and it's internally protected for that. It was the electrician discretion to run the 32amo circuit;-)
Aaron, great video. Looking forward to more reviews. A couple questions, if I may. Did you have to spend much time getting the machine cleaned up before powering up? Are you going to check tram before use or have you already? Many thanks. Jay
Hi Jay, thank you for watching and commenting on my video. I have not cleaned the machined this is exactly how she came out of the box underneath the protective wrapping. Build quality is very good and I have checked some bolts and nuts and they were tight. Haven't checked for tram yet, but that is a very idea to do so. Might get me old mate Peter (machining tips & tricks with Peter Pilbeam) to run his dial over it. Cheers, Aaron.
Hey buddy, would you believe I only glanced at it yesterday? For real mate! I just pushed buttons until I made her work. I'll send you the programming manual if that's ok, and catch up with you via FB messenger ;-)
TONBRICKS Hey mate. Thank you I'm very happy with it so far. I imported this directly from Skyfirecnc China. Landed & delivered (DDP) in Australia with Vice and tooling approx $22K. Purchased through Alibaba.com
DCTTeacher1 shit, that is a few biscuits. Been keeping an eye on the skyfire for a while, might looking into a cheaper version, or the wife might kill me. What did you do with the converted mill? Current converting a Hm46 to cnc, what a headache. Anyway been enjoying ya vids over the past years, good work. Are you planning on making a business from the skyfire?
Hi Paul, they are stating that it is also 2.2kw. However I know from machining that the Syil has more power than the Skyfire did. Here is the link au.syil.com/small-cnc-mill
Hi Manny, yes I did some test cutting in timber only yesterday. My good friends from over at CADPRO (Scott Moyse) made a post processor for the Adtech controller. So far so good ;-). I'll upload some test cutting footage this week hopefully. Cheers, Aaron
Hello and thanks for watching. I have made a video that answers most of these questions. Here is the link to that video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aQ5tmf0vXzo.html I suggest not wasting your money on this brand of machine. I now own a Syil X7 and it much bigger and better. Regards, Aaron
You can buy a dentist to use the air pump, very quiet but very small. I bought two 30L oil-free silent pump, than the dentist to noisy, but the sound can be accepted. Your air pump is the most unbearable, especially in enclosed space. Good video!
Adam Postans Hi Adam I bought this machine back in 2017 and paid $22,000 for it. I have since sold the machine and I’m now using a Syil X7 CNC machine. Check out my channel and you’ll see some videos of the Syil in action 🍻
