Nice video... You should really consider using water or, better, machine oil for the routing process at the end... Those fiberglass particles are very bad for your lungs and the worst of it is you won't find out you have it for 20 years... If you put water or oil on the board first, that dust will just turn into a mud instead of particulate that gets in the air and into your respiratory system. Awesome video!
Hey Please can you sell complete kits for the non 3d printed parts? the shipping will cost a lot if buying parts from so many producers and it is not efficient
Wouldnt it also be a possability to 3d print a kind of footprint of the pcb which you attach then to the mdf to secure that the PCB stays in the same place when you rotate it? Wouldnt even a simple 90 degree angle wold do the trick? Or is there something i miss with this thaught? Just finished printing the parts and now waiting for the hardware to arrive :)
Hi Alex, in this way you do one less tool change. A valid alternative we tought was drill the alignment top side, mill top, mill bottom and then do the rest of the drills (that is what you say with your last question as last step). Also take in account that you need to autolevel also the bottom, and if you do all the drill from the top, autolevel can be quite difficult because of the holes.
Could you guys or gals give me a parts list I couldn’t find any and how much did it cost to make one I got around a total of 1,500$ USD I wanted to build this when I first saw you video great work
Hi, if you want to build The Ant you can start from the latest BOM that is at this link: bitbucket.org/compactpcbmaker/cpcbm/raw/7ebb39c45f0baf7fa6d0a68084695586f59b79d4/mechanics/Total_BOM_Ver_1_0_1.xlsx The mechanical parts of this version and all the rest of material are in the repository linked in the description of this video. Moreover there is a nice community in r/TheANT subreddit and all the previous video in the channel are a guided help to build and use The Ant. Luckily you will only need a fraction of your budget to build it :)
All The Ant machine versions have a camera holder. We suggest you to update the head of your machine with the latest released version, since the camera holder is stronger (see ruclips.net/video/YpQbVpmD7eY/видео.html). To know which camera we use write on the reddit channel (r/TheANT/), and we will answer there.
I have learned a lot from your video, thanks ant team!
Great work gentlemen. I hope you will succeed like Prusa and I will be able to buy the assembly kit soon.
There will be an assembly kit? Where can i read more? I'd love a "everything you can not print" kit
Guys You are just fabulous! My big inspiration, thanks!
Nice video... You should really consider using water or, better, machine oil for the routing process at the end... Those fiberglass particles are very bad for your lungs and the worst of it is you won't find out you have it for 20 years... If you put water or oil on the board first, that dust will just turn into a mud instead of particulate that gets in the air and into your respiratory system. Awesome video!
Hi, you are right, we use mineral oil during the milling phases now. We also found a supplier that has double-sided FR2 (fiberglass-free) boards.
Hey Please can you sell complete kits for the non 3d printed parts? the shipping will cost a lot if buying parts from so many producers and it is not efficient
Wouldnt it also be a possability to 3d print a kind of footprint of the pcb which you attach then to the mdf to secure that the PCB stays in the same place when you rotate it? Wouldnt even a simple 90 degree angle wold do the trick? Or is there something i miss with this thaught? Just finished printing the parts and now waiting for the hardware to arrive :)
Hi, it's possible but take in account that also the mdf respect to the frame has to be aligned after the flip.
HI,
can you make a video about Double Sided PCB without camera setup ?
Can you show how you connect the probe to the spindle? On top, on the bearing?
Check out this video : ruclips.net/video/YpQbVpmD7eY/видео.html
@@TheAntPCBMaker thanks had seen it but had forgotten it ...any news on the o-ring...found a good one?.Btw, thanks for all your efforts
Is there a reason for drilling all the holes as first step on the other /second /bottom side? Why not on top side or as last step on bottom side?
Hi Alex, in this way you do one less tool change. A valid alternative we tought was drill the alignment top side, mill top, mill bottom and then do the rest of the drills (that is what you say with your last question as last step). Also take in account that you need to autolevel also the bottom, and if you do all the drill from the top, autolevel can be quite difficult because of the holes.
@@TheAntPCBMaker makes sense, thanks
Could you guys or gals give me a parts list I couldn’t find any and how much did it cost to make one I got around a total of 1,500$ USD I wanted to build this when I first saw you video great work
Hi, if you want to build The Ant you can start from the latest BOM that is at this link:
bitbucket.org/compactpcbmaker/cpcbm/raw/7ebb39c45f0baf7fa6d0a68084695586f59b79d4/mechanics/Total_BOM_Ver_1_0_1.xlsx
The mechanical parts of this version and all the rest of material are in the repository linked in the description of this video.
Moreover there is a nice community in r/TheANT subreddit and all the previous video in the channel are a guided help to build and use The Ant.
Luckily you will only need a fraction of your budget to build it :)
My Ant has no endoscope camera. Will you release an upgrade guide and part recommendations?
All The Ant machine versions have a camera holder. We suggest you to update the head of your machine with the latest released version, since the camera holder is stronger (see ruclips.net/video/YpQbVpmD7eY/видео.html). To know which camera we use write on the reddit channel (r/TheANT/), and we will answer there.