Plywood Drag Chain? Yes! How I Made It
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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Making a wooden drag chain with a CNC for a CNC. I used 1/4" plywood from the crate the CNC was shipped in to make the parts.
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I’ve built 2 wood CNC machines. The first one was built by inspiration from studying how other people built theirs and the second was a Dave Gatton (edited) design which I bought from him. I used my first CNC to cut out much of Dave’s machine. With wood, the major problem is maintaining accuracy. Wood, even plywood, moves with temperature and humidity and screws loosen allowing movement. Never owning a CNC made of metal, the problem may be universal. However, having said all that, I am happy with the results. I did spend around $1000 on all the hardware and plywood, though. Dave’s design uses acme thread lead screws; three required, so not cheep. Stepper motors, motor controllers, power supply, wiring, v-grooved bearings, screws, and various other metal hardware, it all adds up. I did have an old computer and the software was free. A great learning experience. With you knowledge of wood, you might be able to improve the accuracy issues. If you don’t know Dave, Google him. He has a website and RUclips channel.
@@billstoner5559 it's Dave Gatton, in case anyone else is confused by all the results for Dave Gannon the vocalist.
@@nefariousyawn sorry about the miss spelling. I get too much help from my spell checker. 😩😖😉. I fixed it. Thanks for the find, Tucker.
There is already a "mostly wood" cnc. a
Actually two that I know of.... Bob's CNC and Dave Gatton aka Gatton CNC.
The wooden drag chain TOTALLY makes that CNC look like it belongs in your shop. I'm excited to see what you'll do with that machine. For the record, I saw absolutely no safety violations in this video. LOL!
Oh, I edited out all of the graphic scenes of blood, guts and gore for the PG audience :)
I have a feeling your shop projects are about to get a whole lot cooler.
John plus CNC = unstoppable!
Looks great John. I have a tiny CNC and everyone that owns one 3D prints a track for their cable management. Seeing what you did gives me more confidence to try this myself.
Starting my cnc router business in my garage. Started simple with signs and 2d stuff. now making full size 3d deer, bison, moose, and bear mounts.
Very cool. The e-chains we use at work are ridiculously expensive and are almost always delivered to us missing a critical part that is not available for several weeks. Nice job.
Igus I'm guessing?
Totally unnecessary in plywood but for the same token, strangely satisfying! Absolutely loved it
"Looks pretty neat"... and probably the only one in the World!
Thanks Brendan :)
I think that's quite a few steps above "pretty neat"!
I love how you've used wood in your shop wherever you can. The pull chain is genius.
Awesome job John. Always pick projects that you can learn from. It’s fun to do the projects that you can bust out that you’re familiar with. But I find it more enjoyable to try to learn something. Congratulations again on the 1 million. You’ve earned it John. I still have your firsti build it.ca T-shirt. Make On
best looking drag chain design ever in my opinion. Well done :)
Thanks for sharing. Suspect your probably right that a lot of folks won’t need one but as you said good way to gain experience with the machine and gain confidence with that.
Was worth it. I think it looks really cool. And like you said.. you learned a ton doing it.
Such a cool project! And great to see it done with your usual care/precision. Yes, not a project everyone watching will make. But fascinating, informative and inspiring nevertheless. Like you, I like to do many things myself, even if solutions are available off the shelf. There are so many reasons: it’s fun; there’s all the useful learning; you wind up with a uniquely personal solution of your own. Great video.
I especially like the point where cutting the straight parts were not the best job for the CNC. When I first got my CNC, I fell a little into the mindset of everything started to look like a CNC project.
Wow what a complicated project. Shows us just what can be accomplished. Thanks for posting
Great job John. Ambitious to do two sided cnc as an early project. Kudos to you. It looks cool.
Great job John, this registers a full ten on my coolness scale. I have seen these on the tiniest and largest of scales over my career, and I like this one the best. Cheers!
You should cover up all the aluminum with wood veneer to match the rest of your shop.
Nice chain. Thanks John
What great video to watch a quiet Sunday morning
I admire your patience in doing all those No4’s up!
Pretty awesome! All I thought was who could possibly give this a thumbs down?
I don't think I've ever seen a wooden drag chain before. Very cool!
Nice work John. Thanks for sharing.
Turn out looking pretty cool
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Great results and its really great to see you adding a CNC router to your toolkit!
Seriously love what you do John. What an inventive and fitting way to use scrap wood in your shop.
Nice project, with fantastic result.... thanks for sharing.
"Pretty neat??"..it looks amazing!!
Nice to see two bit different approach on cable chains from two makers that I like to follow. You and Marius Hornberger. Keep it up!
Literally,,, I’m speechless at your skill and ability..incredible and entertaining to what also. I imagine that took hours and hours hours. What amazing engineering, incredible 👍
That chain looks really cool :D One of the very early prints I made on my 3D printer was similar to this. Cheers, and thanks for sharing.
I 3D printed one for my 3D printer, it looks clean and neat
I tried this in the past and wasn't successful. Nice to see someone pull it off.. and make it look good.
I think that it is a GREAT project - your time was worth way more than the $20, but as you said - learning process, and that is priceless. We all have to practice to make perfect, and why NOT make your shop something special along the way.
Pretty neat, the wood is a great look!
Pretty damn cool project..... great as you say, to hone your skills.
Also.... I love the way you embrace the reduce, re-use & recycle ethos.
Too many RUclips channels with tonnes of money and sponsorships and a warehouse sized workshop full of tens of thousands in equipment! !!!!!
Not realistic to those of us with similar setups to yours.
Keep up the amazing work and don't let the trolling b@$tards get you down.
Much love and respect from the Emerald Isle ✌✌✌✌✌✌
Definitely looks really cool
thank's for the video, it's give me idea to make my own drag chain with acrylic leftover that i have.
That looks awesome. So much nicer than plastic.
You are a genius, hi John. 👍
That is seriously cool.
Excelente proyecto muy bien desarrollado y mejor ejecutado , una guía flexible para los cables magnífica , el CNC ayuda mucho , gracias por compartir tanta creatividad y conocimientos , un saludo cordial y por supuesto un gran like desde Narón , Galicia ( España) 🤓 😜
Great project John
It has a very cool factor.
It's looks really cool. I did exactly the same thing when I first got my 3D printer.
Looks as good as any of the energy chains I used to work with as a Yaskawa robot technician. Nice job.
Nice work John 👍
Very cool. A great learning project for cnc
Awesome! Looks and works great!
I love it! Had no idea you were into CNC stuff but I'm not complaining.
Fantastic work, John! Really well done! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Yes it is. And very cool! 😎
That's really cool, great skill building project.
Nice job John. Seems like you are having fun customizing your machine :)
Looks Fab John, can't wait to see you do a few more projects with it
Very interesting. The knowledge you gained alone is worth doing the project.
Looks awesome 😎 Love it! Time to tell the wife what I'm buying next!
Someday I will have time to go down the hobby CNC/3D Printer road, and I will definitely be doing this. Neat project, John.
Just what I need for my laser machine. I don't like the circular spiral cable management that came with the laser, always returns back funny and keeps coming in between laser module and stop switch. I think I might just use the laser itself to make the Drag chain. Would be a cool project to record and post on RUclips for sure!
Looking pretty neat is an understatement John, this chain link is great !!!
It looks 'Super cool'. Worth the effort. Well done John. 😉
The work that into that is very impressive industrial design level
What a fantastic project, looks great! Keep up the wonderful videos!
Yes it was John, yes it was. Loved evers minuten of it
What a great idea, John. The only requirement - is to find a high quality plywood, which won't chip on the edges, as the work is fairly small-scale.
Cool project. Very cool.
That’s pretty cool I think it looks better than the plastic ones I might go ahead and give it a shot myself and design one for me thanks for the video it was pretty cool the watch
Really cool John! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Looks great
Great John. You can use what you learned on this project for your new 3-D printer when you get it. 🤣👍
Well done
Looks amazing!! Great concept. Well done 👍
I don’t understand why a person would not like this. You have to start with something. Just buying what is needed isn’t the correct choice, always. Nice job.
Most excellent work, John!
Great idea for a project to get practice using a cnc machine
Very cool. Thanks!
Looks good. Thanks for sharing.
Nice work!
Looks great 👍
That was a great learning project. Well done.
Hi John, waiting tp see your wooden CNC build. I‘ve built one recently and it works great even though it uses DIY linear guides made with ballbearings oriented at 90degrees running on POM rods.
Well. I guess I have to do one too now.. Since mine is broken.. Thanks for the idea 😉 greetings From Swizerland..
Nice one, John. Looks great.
Very cool and like you said a great learning project for sure.
Pretty neat, the wood is a great look! 👍😊
Great idea sir
No way. While you're learning how to make a drag chain with a CNC so you can apply those skills on other projects, other people are spending most of their free time arguing on social media. That's crazy. Crazy is also buying a CNC kit and leaving it on a shelf in a box for 4 years, like me, because I'm intimidated by it lol. I probably shouldn't be.
Couldn't agree more on the real crazies out there :)
I'm in the same situation here in Brazil. I build myself a router like John's one, but a little bigger Mine mesearus 1200x1500mm. Since 2019 I don't firme UP that thing.
There’s no better way to learn how to ride a bike than to get on it. Time to open the box, friend.
Dont think, Jump!
He should be designing artisanal wooden death threats to send to those he disagrees with online
I'm waiting to see the wooden diesel engine.
Hmmm, that would make a new definition for a combustion engine...doh!
Looks sharp. Great build.
Cool project. I think if I were going to build one, to glue them together, I would cut a couple parallel dados in a 2 x 4 just wide enough to drop the link sides into and the same distance apart as the finished chain. Then the bottoms could have all been glued in and clamped with one long caul.
cool project!
Nice, also add spreader links/fingers between cables to keep them from snagging.
1:41 sanding is a method of getting rid of the furries that I hadn't considered. Sounds promising.
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I make something on my CNC, then sit in my chair at my desk and sand off the furries as I watch stupid internet stuff, lol.
That is just Awesome 👍
If it was crazy to make it, then I must be _really_ crazy for being so impressed by how cool it looks (let alone wanting one for myself!)
Great looking drag chain John, one of a kind for sure. It’s really a shame you gonna have to do it over ! So you can put the vacuum hose in it🤣 . Really nice website article again, really neat solution you had to sand to pins further down. Simple but effective.