Making Billet Aluminum Parts with a Desktop Laser.!! ( xTool P2 55 watt Co2 laser Cutter )
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Making Billet Aluminum Parts with a Desk Top Laser
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Dude I don't think you realize just how close you came to losing a finger or getting degloved. That was a seriously dangerous use of the router table.
Aircraft homebuilders have been cutting out stacked up ribs like that for many decades.
I think he may have been talking about wearing gloves while cutting out the piece. All he had to do was touch the glove with the router bit and he would have had a real bad day. I know a guy who lost a couple of digits when his glove got caught by a router bit. If the tool spins, don't wear gloves. If you get nicked by a spinning blade, you loose some hide. Let it catch that glove and you loose a finger or two.
@@krisknowlton5935I've not watched this video yet but I do agree about the glove situation. I never wear gloves with things that move round and round EXCEPT for a grinder.
@@willhall7777 Will, I've seen it too many times. Guys wearing gloves around spinning cutters. Oops, lost a finger or thumb. My hands used to feel like leather and as tough.(I say used to because I am old and don't work so hard anymore .) Guys today must think their hands need to stay soft like a girl's hands.
@@krisknowlton5935 we all live and learn. Some learn the hard way. I personally have learned most things in life the hard way.
Your young, male, confident, and probably still at that feeling indestructible stage, 40 years ago I was to, but 40 years of using Chems like Acetone, with no gloves, no respirators has me paying the price now. It's never to late to add a few things to your work flow so you stop absorbing dangerous chems through your eyes, lungs and skin.
Cant wait to see you run that boat.
Appreciate it sir. I definitely need that reminder 😎 I'm 33 so only 7 years behind you. Thanks for watching 👊
Preach! I just started using a respirator for all the grinding. Got tired of tasting pennies all the time
This process is NOT safe. You do great work, and got very lucky. Don't do this again. There are a ton of videos of very skilled machinists losing fingers this way. If you want to do this, figure out a way to get your hands way away from that router table. It had nothing to do with your skill, the machine just sucks people into it faster than they can react.
Thank you so much..u just gave me a very good idea. Using the laser cut out as templates ❤. I don’t have to go CNCs on my CF parts.
Aluminium on a sketchy router table was already an iffy idea to put on the internet (but honestly I’ve probably done worse) but man, take the gloves off. Gloves on a router table isn’t an example anybody should be setting.
Other than that, I can appreciate the ingenuity.
I didn't mind the gloves nearly as much as how close you let hour fingers get to the cutter bit. Holy cow! I felt physical sickness inside. You should take the time to rig some kind of clamp or something so you can still hold the part steady while keeping your flesh three inches or so away from the cutter.
I can guarantee that if you did that the way you did it long enough, you WILL lose a finger or two. Not worth it. Take the time to rig a SAFE way to hold it.
Fairly certain you spelled chaos incorrectly on purpose...well done.
That's his story and he best be sticking to it... LOL!
Very nice! I learned a new technique today! I wonder what other thing got pushed out of my brain to make room? 🤔 hopefully nothing vital
Like when I learned how to make beer and forgot how to drive.
Your video is exactly what I was looking for. I’m making a tool jig out of 1/2” 6061. I just made a prototype with my Xtool P2 out of doubled up 1/4” MDF. I’ll be able to make template easily now too. Were you using just regular wood router bits? I didn’t know about the laser paint and just ordered some. I’m excited about adding my logo to the jig. Thank you!
Why would I buy a expense laser to make a wood template, rough cut the aluminum piece, fasten the wood template to the aluminum then route it out on a router? After all the I still need to drill and tap. I would just cut the aluminum with a band saw, belt sand edges and drill press holes. NOW if the laser will cut through the aluminum you would have something there.
Gloves will drag you in to a cutter, and continue to drag you in. You don’t want to be called stumpy
Wow, that thing costs over € 6000, very expensive for an individual...
Agreed this machine is definitely geared towards a small business.
You can get a langmuir cnc mill with extras for that price
Very nice informational video, very nice laser. I like the explainations when things don’t go as expected (most channels don't do that). Thank you for your videos. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for watching
Nice! upgrading to Milwaukee 😏
Awesome video like always brother! That laser definitely looks like it will be a nice addition to the shop good luck with it!
Thanks for the support 🙏👊😎
What software did you use for your modeling, dimensions?
Fusion 360.
I was thinking about just using the laser to mark out the metal and then use a manual mill to do the actual machine. Your way is cleaner. Cool video
Thank you for this. I have been looking for other applications to apply my 55w CO laser in besides the typical crafting and woodworking. I would like to find my niche in Fabrication, thats the direction I would like to go with mine. This demonstration was perfect.
Great work mate. 😊
For $7k they can keep it, and its chaos, not chaose.....🤦♂
Good job. I use a wood router for routing aluminum also. Works pretty good.
are those just wood bits?
Yep then plywood to use as router templates
Makes amazing template.. cannot cut the actual metals.
Question about primeweld mig 180.... Do you know of a compatible spool gun that will work with the 180? I'm searching and searching cause i use the spool gun full time and i can't keep it working without it malfunctioning ever 20 minutes of use. Maybe after 15 minutes. Not solid non stop super long welds for that long but about 1 inch long welds for 15-20 minutes. The motor starts acting sluggish and stopping, sluggish then stopping. I've had primeweld for about 3 years and I've been trying to find a solution to this problem from the start. They've sent me a total of about 5 spool guns and they all do the same thing. I still really like the primeweld machines but the spool gun is sadly trash. I wished it was something I'm doing wrong but after three years of research and watching videos and tons of reading I've concluded it's the spool gun.
Agreed there. Spool gun is not the greatest. That's why everybody has asked me to do a school again video and I haven't yet because it's not a great spool gun . I thought I heard a whisper if they are in the process of designing a more robust one. But I haven't seen anybody use a different brand yet
Pretty cool machine and nice way to use it in the shop. But, um, did you intentionally spell CHAOS wrong?
Maybe 🤔😎
I had no clue you could router aluminum! awesome!
Thanks for the tips there. Very helpful.
One more question about your laser cutter... Will it cut ⅛" aluminum?
No, unfortunately it won't cut any metal. Just wood and acrylic. It will engrave on steel and stainless though does not engrave on aluminum unless it's a chemical engravating
Very interesting guidance
Go ahead and polish those pieces and then get them clear anodized. Baby needs a little bling! 😁
That could look cool 😎
Spellcheck failed you.
Love this dudes channel
What rpm did you cut at?
Check the sds on that spray. One we had was mad cancerous
The spray glue?
Click bait.
1:16 Sorry sir, but that's a slice of pizza!
LOL right never design things when you are hungry.
Great video once again brother , oh yeah, you spelled chaos wrong.. lol
Thanks for the support brother you got to do something to get people to comment right?😎
@@amcustomfab true story lol … slick way to build those billet handles.. I have a friend who has routered aluminum to custom built intake manifolds for years. Even after watching him, people still argue it cannot be done! You’ve got me thinking about all the possibilities for a laser here now…
Tell about the grinder tuned into a belt sander please!!
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Actually here's the playlist for the hole series of that build.
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Somebody needs an MR1
LOL they're about the same price
Chaos has no 'e' at the end.
But in the nature of causing chaos it does 🤪😎