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Hello Philippe! Thanks for watching and following along. We don't have project files available just yet, but when we do they will be available on the YetiTool MakeIt Space website. We will work on getting this done over the course of the year.

The total cutting and runtime on the machine was about 58 minutes. Time to clean and assemble varies as you can imagine. The finger joint and tenon and mortise features straight from the CNC does make assembly a breeze for these designs.

We drew them up in CAD and got them locally cut by a laser cutter

Thanks for watching along! You are right that using any supports will inevitably transfer the imperfections to the machining plane. We did try to be careful and used structural timber that we measured along the length for thickness until we were happy we were within a tolerance (less than a mm). With the Smartbench, it is important to set the Upper X Beam firmly on the support material, so any flex it may have simply rides along the surface of the material. SmartBench is an incredibly versatile machine, but it does have limitations. This being one of them with its unique design. Like all things, there is always a work around, and after we machined this we had very consistent results.

Thanks for watching! You aren't the first person to suggest the sound track is less than desirable. We will have a stern word with our media person!

G'day Ryan. Thanks for your kind words and support! We appreciate that you enjoyed the video. If there are any build or project videos you would like to see us do, let us know!

Thanks for following along! The SmartBench is perfectly suited to a small cabinet shop. If you are cutting carcasses more than anything else, we suggest using a smaller bit such as a 1/8" compression, which you can run at a faster cutting feed rate of 4-6m/min at 4mm DOC. If a more industrial machine is needed, then it's as simple as that. For those that aren't ready to commit to a larger, more expensive machine; the SmartBench CNC is an excellent choice for those too intimidated to take the plunge in to CNC. We have plenty of customers using the SmartBench for cabinetry. What is right for them, isn't right for everyone!

As we have a simple method for work holding on a CNC like the SmartBench CNC, there would be no way to hold down the table top accurately enough to route the slot all the way around the edge of the piece. For what its worth with a tool change and setup, it's just as easy to use a slot cutter in a handheld trim router. We have to make the best use of all the tools available to us!

Thanks for watching along. The aim for these tutorials are to run through the basics of utilising certain features within VCarve Pro. You can find out more in depth information regarding the box gadget here; gadgets.vectric.com/v11/box_creator A positive number will increase the allowance, making the gaps between joints larger, a negative allowance will shrink this, making the gaps smaller. Hopefully this helps!

It is an absolutely brilliant machine. The degree of accuracy you get on the SmatBench CNC machine, and the fact that it can be packed away and setup in minutes is incredible.

Depends on what type of fabric. Standard fabrics like cotton, etc. won't work well as they will just shift and move instead of cutting. Anything with some weight to it such as leather, heavyweight canvas, cork, etc will cut no problem with the drag knife attachment.

Accuracy in the collets is very important. If the tool isn't concentric, that is when you get severe feedback and vibrations through the tool and in to the machine, which will drastically effect cut quality and finish. You'll find precision collets in machining and metal working are extremely expensive, exactly for this reason! A lot of high feed rate millers will choose to use shrink fit collets instead.

There sure is, right next to the espresso button.

Thanks for the feedback, we must have had some errors with the upload. We will get on to fixing that.

G'day Shaun, thanks for watching the video. We used a 1/8" single flute cutter from Carbitool. The product code is TSP 04 S. Highly polished cutting surface and relief surface makes it a very high performing tool bit.

@@YetiToolAustralasia Thank you.

G'day Bernie, thanks for watching! The carvings took roughly 1h20mins for both of them. The speed is determined more or less by the line spacing you choose in the Photo VCarve option in Vectric.

G'day Darren, thanks for following along. We wen't pretty conservative on this project. 500mm/min feed speed, 16,000 RPM spindle speed, and a DOC of 1mm

Thanks for watching! The drag knife comes in several different offset options. The tip of the blade is offset from the centreline of the holder and will dictate you minimum inside radius on corners. This in turn also dictates the thickness you can cut. The version we used in this video has an offset of 3mm, and we cut 4mm leather suing this one no problem. The downside is the tightest corner you can cut is 3mm. You can cut anything down to thin vinyl with this offset, but you can't do sharp inside corners for instance. We carry drag knives with 1.5mm, 3mm and 4.5mm offset to cover anything from thin to thick. The 4.5mm version would tackle 6mm leather I suspect, going by our results with the 3.5mm. We also have an adjustable version which covers all these ranges and uses a standard Stanley knife blade. You can see more here; www.yetitool.com.au/product-category/tooling/drag-knife/ I hope this helps!

It was good fun! Our first time doing a project with epoxy too, it can be very unforgiving. Once you sand that top layer back, its an incredibly satisfying feeling however!

Thanks for following along. Hopefully it gave you some inspiration for your own project. We thoroughly enjoyed doing this project ourselves from start to finish.

Thanks for watching our videos. I replied to your other comment, but just in case you don't get it. The X and Y axis use a rack and pinion setup, not belts.

Thanks for watching our videos! The X and Y axis are a rack and pinion system, not belts. Good strength and rigidity, and most importantly easier to calibrate in the future.

Hey bud, google 'Sketch Chair'. It is a Java based software package for creating 'spliced' furniture for CNC.

G'day Hans, thanks for watching along! I'm glad you were captivated enough to watch despite your distaste in the music selection. Perhaps a silent viewing might be more to your taste, I can't promise I won't keep my terrible taste in music in future videos!

Music was a nice touch mate! Each to their own.

i liked the music

That's what we were thinking

Too right, repetitive and irritating. Some voiceover would have been much better

I'll keep in mind for future videos! For the meantime, you may have to just enjoy in sufferable silence for all past videos.

Hey Bud, I have seen some people dabble with a vac bed on the talk group on Facebook. Parts are held in place with tabs and if you are set up with a little trimmer with a flush bit, they are no issue to deal with at all. If you are cutting larger cabinet parts, you can even get away with no tabs. The upper X Beam on the Yeti SmartBench comes down on to your material, and can help to clamp down and keep larger pieces on place enough for them to not move during the final pass. The Euro hinges were indeed cut in the same program as the rest of the cabinet, it may have just not been visible in the video, so definitely achievable.

G'day Adam, thanks for watching. Are you referring to the entire build time, or purely just the CNC cutting time? The parts were cut from 1.5 sheets of formply and the tool paths took all up around 3 hours. Significant amount of time was spent routing the pockets for the drill bit draw and storage draws.

You can cut whatever you design. This was designed in Fusion360, so if I wanted to design different doors, ti would be an easy thing to do as you aren't limited to any constraints. The freedom to design also makes it a challenge, as cabinet software might be better if you are looking to do just cabinets. This type of software can be very costly however and it is not something we have experience with.

Can I use any software with this cnc ? Also how long did it take to cut this project ?

@@jamesclinton1555 You can sue anything that has the ability to output tool paths as either .NC or .GCODE files. We generally recommend Vectric Software for generating tool paths as it is easy to learn and use. The whole cabinet took about 2.5 hours to cut.

@@YetiToolAustralasia Just for that cabinet just the cut tool 2.5 Hours?

G'day John, thanks for watching! The part used on the edge of the table top is 'Plastic T-Molding'. You will commonly find it sold by arcade cabinet parts suppliers!