@@dougkelly8956 I live in Finland, I chose the fast delivery with UPS . i got it home in 9 days ( there was some delays on the way). I had to pay import fees ( taxes) in Finland
@@dougkelly8956 I ordered a v1 back in January and received to address in Louisiana in late Feb no additional al issues or taxes aside from what paid to aliexpress. Just now assembling due to business complications but assembly all going smoothly so far
Very nice walk-through on the assembly of the QueenAnt machine. What size/sku# are the ball screw bearings in the end plates? I haven’t been able to find that info on their website.
Very good instructions adding to the Yuyoung instructions. I picked up some errors however. At 4:51 you have the screws in your parts needed mixed up. The six screws should be the flathead and the four the socket head. The socket heads are round head screws. I believe you made the same error in the other sections mounting the plates to the ball screws. I reconciled this issue referencing the Yuyoung video, but I did search quite a while for the wrong screw. Beyond that, good work. Too bad Yuyoung couldn't provide a drawing and good parts list.
Hi, I'm thinking of buying one of the 2 cnc's yuyong or bulk man, do you have any comparaison of the 2 ? any advice to make a choice between this to vendors ? I'm thinking of a 1500x1500 cmc Thank you
Hi, I do enjoy your video, but it's mainly assembling. I wanted to know what is your thought in comparison between the bulk man 3-D CNC to the current one that you are assembling? I.e. component quality? Lead screw thickness in quality? I do appreciate your honest opinion. Thank you.
This video is great! I'm starting my build now (it's been sitting in my office for 5 months now...) I'm pretty confident about mechanical assembly, but not sure how to do the wiring. I, too, have DDCS offline controller. Will you be doing additional video about electronics assembly? I sure hope so...
Man I am looking hard at this to upgrade a lead 1515..... One of the things I do not know, is if closed loop steppers will work with the black box? Or do I need a wholly different motion control?
Great video! Thanks to your video, I was able to finish the mechanical assembly! It does seem like there's one step missing from the video, which is connecting Y-Axis C-Beams and bottom 2040 beams with 90 degree angle brackets. And also assembling the four cover plates. Do you recommend not assembling these? Now, I'm hopelessly lost on wiring all these together. Any idea when the next video will be updated? : )
the mail problem with this nice machine is the gantry... it will easily flew under load, to make a test just put a dial indicator on the spindle and try to flew the z axis pulling and pushing the z stepper motor, you will notice huge deflection that will make the cut poor and chatter under load. I have a queenbee pro and i plan to replace the entire gantry to avoid this problem, if you have a better idea just give a shot ;)
Yeah, the QueenAnt V2 (specifically V2, V1 used a single c-beam I think) is much different than any other c-beam machine I know of. They double up the c-beams to create a boxed 80x80 extrusion, and then fill the center with an additional 40x40. Still not the best possible approach compared to industrial machines, but significantly better than other similar extrusion-based offerings.
Has any one started on the Queen Ant V2 with the new modified X beam? I just started putting mine together today , looks like everything is here and was packed very well.
As Im building my QueenAnt CNC I have noticed that the ball screws are tight and when im turning the screws by hand while squaring the machine they feel really tight, is this normal?? I think they were tight also before I installed them
Hi. It seems you have mounted some of the four square lock nuts in the reverse way. The machined part (the not black ring) should be toward the ball bearing, not toward the motor coupler.
I plan to pull the trigger but didn't see wiring diagram between the DDCS3.1 and the closed loop steppers. specifically, dual X stepper motor synced. how did you connect yours?
I'm just finishing my assembly. I'm struggling with the axial clearance that the angular contact bearing have. If i mount the steper without Solving that clearance i Will have about 1 mm of backlash on each Axis. Please your coments and advise. Thanks
@@IllDoItMyself yes my friend. Even with square nuts tighten. Other models you have assembled have a radial and thrust bearing and in this way they Dont have axial movement at all
QueenAnt vs QueenBee pro. The QueenAnt has balls screws. Also the option for closed loop steppers so its my current Choice. Compared to the Queenbee Ultra, I have not had hands on experience with the ultra yet so I can't really say. I am very impressed with this one tho.
So using 2 40x80 extrusions would be better than using the c beams with the 40x40 inside? I wonder if it could be switched over to do so or would the bolt pattern on the end plates not be correct? Genuinely curious
Sorry I was thinking you were referring to the newer version 2 of this machine. I forget this vid is on the V1. Have you seen V2? It’s to pieces of c beam with a 40x40 slide inside in between the two.
I received my QueenAnt Pro 1000*1500 V2 yesterday so its good to warmup with this build video :)
Did you get it shipped to the US? If so, any issues/problems or additional brokerage/import fees?
@@dougkelly8956 I live in Finland, I chose the fast delivery with UPS . i got it home in 9 days ( there was some delays on the way). I had to pay import fees ( taxes) in Finland
@@dougkelly8956 I ordered a v1 back in January and received to address in Louisiana in late Feb no additional al issues or taxes aside from what paid to aliexpress. Just now assembling due to business complications but assembly all going smoothly so far
This this instructional video still work ok for v2?
Just wondering how far off the next video is?
Very nice walk-through on the assembly of the QueenAnt machine. What size/sku# are the ball screw bearings in the end plates? I haven’t been able to find that info on their website.
Very good instructions adding to the Yuyoung instructions. I picked up some errors however. At 4:51 you have the screws in your parts needed mixed up. The six screws should be the flathead and the four the socket head. The socket heads are round head screws. I believe you made the same error in the other sections mounting the plates to the ball screws. I reconciled this issue referencing the Yuyoung video, but I did search quite a while for the wrong screw. Beyond that, good work. Too bad Yuyoung couldn't provide a drawing and good parts list.
Hi,
I'm thinking of buying one of the 2 cnc's yuyong or bulk man, do you have any comparaison of the 2 ?
any advice to make a choice between this to vendors ? I'm thinking of a 1500x1500 cmc
Thank you
I've enjoyed your videos. Any update on how the QueenAnt Pro is working for you?
Hi, I do enjoy your video, but it's mainly assembling. I wanted to know what is your thought in comparison between the bulk man 3-D CNC to the current one that you are assembling? I.e. component quality? Lead screw thickness in quality? I do appreciate your honest opinion. Thank you.
I love this channel.
This video is great! I'm starting my build now (it's been sitting in my office for 5 months now...)
I'm pretty confident about mechanical assembly, but not sure how to do the wiring. I, too, have DDCS offline controller.
Will you be doing additional video about electronics assembly? I sure hope so...
Oops, never mind. Didn't know that you mentioned the next video at the end. Looking forward to it!
Thanks great video. I got the basic version and just need to cut plywood do you think is really need it to migrate to Queen ant
No
Man is such a pleasure to watch your video.
Are you going to make for the wiring with DDCS too?
Good day, thank you for video!!!
Can you say what fluid you use for cleening ballbearing?
Isopropyl alcohol.
@@IllDoItMyself big thanks. Your guide is best what i see. Best regards!!!
Nice video, thanks. Is it still the V1 version ?
Yes. This is v1
Man I am looking hard at this to upgrade a lead 1515..... One of the things I do not know, is if closed loop steppers will work with the black box? Or do I need a wholly different motion control?
Yes you can use closed loop steppers but probably not servos. The e stop just needs to be connected to tha alarm pins on the driver's.
Great video! Thanks to your video, I was able to finish the mechanical assembly!
It does seem like there's one step missing from the video, which is connecting Y-Axis C-Beams and bottom 2040 beams with 90 degree angle brackets. And also assembling the four cover plates. Do you recommend not assembling these?
Now, I'm hopelessly lost on wiring all these together. Any idea when the next video will be updated? : )
Very good video. 👌 When it will come out. the video of electronics?
the mail problem with this nice machine is the gantry... it will easily flew under load, to make a test just put a dial indicator on the spindle and try to flew the z axis pulling and pushing the z stepper motor, you will notice huge deflection that will make the cut poor and chatter under load. I have a queenbee pro and i plan to replace the entire gantry to avoid this problem, if you have a better idea just give a shot ;)
The new version greatly improves that. Video coming soon :)
@@IllDoItMyself let me know once you´ll upload !
Yeah, the QueenAnt V2 (specifically V2, V1 used a single c-beam I think) is much different than any other c-beam machine I know of. They double up the c-beams to create a boxed 80x80 extrusion, and then fill the center with an additional 40x40. Still not the best possible approach compared to industrial machines, but significantly better than other similar extrusion-based offerings.
I have a QueenBee PRO, do you think upgrading to this machine is worth it?
Has any one started on the Queen Ant V2 with the new modified X beam? I just started putting mine together today , looks like everything is here and was packed very well.
As Im building my QueenAnt CNC I have noticed that the ball screws are tight and when im turning the
screws by hand while squaring the machine they feel really tight, is this normal?? I think they were tight also before I installed them
Hi. It seems you have mounted some of the four square lock nuts in the reverse way. The machined part (the not black ring) should be toward the ball bearing, not toward the motor coupler.
Great timing... been chcking this kit for a while. Any thoughts making a video that review the performance of this machine?
Hey Izak! Yes I plan to get some videos done around the performance. Some testing last night I was able to get Axis moving at around 9000mm/min.
I plan to pull the trigger but didn't see wiring diagram between the DDCS3.1 and the closed loop steppers. specifically, dual X stepper motor synced. how did you connect yours?
@@MrIzaks Why they do not provide such diagram.
This is also what stoped me.
Wait, I come here looking for information on the queen bee pro. Is this from the same company? It looks just like a queen bee, but is a queen ant?
Excellent video with some helpful tips to keep things nice and straight. You called a Queenbee Pro at the end of the video. Haha an honest mistake.
oh no! Thanks for pointing that out
whats the difference between this QueenAnt and the QueenBee Pro from bulkman?
queenant or queenbee?
What is the thickness of bearing spacer blocks?
Hi, is it safe to use lithium based grease on these linear bearings?
Rather than having to fill in the voids with extra extrusion, why not simply make it one solid extrusion piece?
I'm just finishing my assembly. I'm struggling with the axial clearance that the angular contact bearing have. If i mount the steper without Solving that clearance i Will have about 1 mm of backlash on each Axis. Please your coments and advise. Thanks
Hi Johnny. Interesting even with the square nut installed?
@@IllDoItMyself yes my friend. Even with square nuts tighten. Other models you have assembled have a radial and thrust bearing and in this way they Dont have axial movement at all
@@johnnyquintero1130 post a video of the play. There is no play in mine. this kit doesn't use the trust bearing.
Which one would you prefer, QueenAnt Pro or QueenBee Pro?
Thanks
QueenAnt vs QueenBee pro. The QueenAnt has balls screws. Also the option for closed loop steppers so its my current Choice. Compared to the Queenbee Ultra, I have not had hands on experience with the ultra yet so I can't really say. I am very impressed with this one tho.
They probably have tons of cbeams in stock . Else they would have got a proper 40x80 extrusions instead of shoving a 20x40 inside the cbeam.
So using 2 40x80 extrusions would be better than using the c beams with the 40x40 inside? I wonder if it could be switched over to do so or would the bolt pattern on the end plates not be correct? Genuinely curious
@@thedude6650 just one 40x80
Sorry I was thinking you were referring to the newer version 2 of this machine. I forget this vid is on the V1. Have you seen V2? It’s to pieces of c beam with a 40x40 slide inside in between the two.
They didn't send you the updated version that has 2 cbeams on the x axis.
Yeah the time to build film edit means this has been updated since. I will see if I can get my hands on the change and put something together!
@@IllDoItMyself Hope They Will send you The v2 upgrade kit with The 4040 inside the two cbeams
Hay que ver su máxima velocidad en mdf
They have limitted selection in controllers.