Set up your CNC for Vertical Cutting: New vertical stand design and intricate 3D carves in CAMLab
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- In this video, Chris shows off how you can mount your CNC vertically with his stand-alone stand design as well as what sort of performance the LongMill will bring in this orientation. He also goes through how to set up a relief-style carving project in CAMLab, and finally reflects on the things to watch out for if you are considering a vertical CNC setup.
The stand design shown in this video can be found here for download (includes both 3D models and a part drawing): cad.onshape.com/documents/07e...
Or in a .zip folder here: sienci.com/wp-content/uploads...
Original, vertical cutting blog post: sienci.com/2019/04/05/can-the...
Credit to cyenyee on Thingiverse for his model of the 'Ultra swole Pikachu': www.thingiverse.com/thing:392...
If you'd like to see what other things our community of CNC users is up to, check out both our Facebook group and web forum!
FB: / mill.one
Forum: forum.sienci.com/ 
Наука
**One very important thing I failed to mention in this video is that the two EEPROM setting I changed were $111=3000 and $1=255. This slows down the maximum feed rate on the Y-axis to ensure that I don't lose steps even on a longer job and also tells the motors to hold their position as long as power is being supplied to the machine. If you don't set $1 to 255 then your machine may be heavy enough to overcome the mechanical advantage of the lead screws and will slowly 'fall' downwards, losing whatever position it was originally in.
I want to let you all know that I'm going to be re-uploading this video into two distinct ones: one for the vertical stand and the other as a CAMLab relief tutorial, just to make things a little easier. I've already uploaded the stand-only version here: ruclips.net/video/RvqRedvB-aE/видео.html
And will post the link to the CAMLab-only version once it's done
-Chris
The EEPROM update is key- I am (soon to be was) having that issue. The machine would sag between set-ups. I will update these settings once the current process is complete.
Thank you for your transparency!
The open honest way you address the learning curve for all is appreciated.
Best
J
These work great for removing the grain fuzzies without sanding off detail: Scotch-Brite Greener Clean non-scratch scrub pad.
Really space saving
In machining, your set up is considered a Horizontal CNC. The spindle tells you the orientation. Horizontal is parallel to the horizon.
Very true Ronnie, I've done a lot of work myself on manual vertical mills over the years 👍
Can I set this up vertically & make the “floor plane” an imported CAD file and add my own depth? [on most softwares?]
Hey there, depending on the type of CAM software you use, you can typically reorient and change the origin/starting position of the cut based on the model.
Hi Chris, dumb question but my bit is showing top center on my picture. How do i change it to center of the picture.
There are two toggles to set the bit location, 'origin center' and 'origin top'. If the origin isn't center then it'll be in the front corner, and if it's not at the top then it'll be at the bottom. Try to toggle these options to get the bit to where you want it. Let me know if that clears things up
And another question. I get the roughing pass saved and when i try to save the relief pass it keeps telling me "aw snap!! Page crashes and other page loading errors. I've tried in Google chrome and firefox browser. I've been trying all day to cut this. Also i tried toojust cut the roughing pass and it's cutting way above my board. I just wanted to cut one 3d thing out today lol
To make things easy, I'd recommend checking the 'origin top' setting and unchecking the 'origin center' setting, this way you can just use your touch probe on the corner of your stock and that will get everything located properly for you
@@TheUsernamechris Thank you i will give that a try some things are a bit frustrating when this is all new but im not a quitter lol i will plug away until i get it
Thanks Chris. Can we get an .stl or Cad file of the LongMill itself to use it in a design of our own setups?
You should be able to right-click any of the elements in the Onshape doc and export them as an STL for your own use. By tomorrow I'll also post a .zip file which contains the model and the drawing of the stand and its individual parts 👍
The original Onshape editable document as well as a .zip of all the STLs and the drawing can now be found in the video description
I keep having issues exporting the relief cut, the webpage keeps crashing. Any idea how to fix?
In the past I've seen that the page can crash when the files are too large, so I'd suspect that's the problem you're having. CAMLab can typically process files comfortably up to 100MB but past that the files become very large to handle, manipulate, and generate gcode for.
- Chris