Thanks for posting your videos. I also appreciate the English versions since my French comprehension is pretty poor. I completely sympathize with your modifications. I’ve built four different kinds of CNC machines now. I always find something to change or experiment with. The latest one, a PrintNC, is really stiff. It is much better for the kind of CNC work I do, as well as for any aluminum or brass work I want to do. It’s a pretty easy build but needs some printing as well as lots of drilling and tapping. Cheers/Salute
Thank you, I can rely on your comment. I'm waiting for Pierre, a machinist friend, to make me some parts to make a totally new CNC. It won't be like no other CNC I ever lay my eyes on, but I'm waiting for more than 6 months now... I bought a 1990 CMM removed all the measuring element and I will use the rest of the XYZ of this machine to make my future CNC. Everything moves on air, and the top is a 7" thick pieces of granite. I can't wait t to share this will everybody.
In fact it's my best improvement yet I LOVE it. The rest I'm not so sure .... I'll make another CNC from scratch keeping the spindle, the motors, the electronics and probably the base. It all depends on what you really want. I bought my spindle on ebay just try searching there "cnc water cooled spindle" you'll end up with the one I bought a 1.5Kw 110V spindle with ER11 collet. But another one could catch your eye, maybe as smaller spindle or a bigger one. Good luck. I'm so glad I changed my palm router for this spindle, after 9 months I never has 1 second of trouble ( with the spindle), I'm not used to that, I was changing the brushes each month on my router up until they gave up for one reason or the other, mostly premature heating of one of the bearings
@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker thanks for the quick reaction. i will look into one of those haha. you make it look very simple, but knowing myself, i'll probably make it very hard hah.
Here is a link to the company that makes the aluminum extrusions that your CNC is made from. You can get larger, more ridged rails from them for when you rebuild it again so that it will be less flexible! You can see it bouncing and flexing in the video, not good for precision CNC carving to be sure!!! 8020.net/?SID=5r1ma8oiq2e3dbnrhvmk7ok5c7
it's a super simple one that I bought on AliExpress for a couple of $ it's sold for vending machine and things like that. I'm not to worried about it's accuracy ,I just want to know if they're water going through my spindle
Alain, it sometimes amazes me how you always manage to McGiver your way through just to get it to work and then manage to go back and iron all the kinks. I do not think a lot of viewers appreciate the the level of technical expertise you have with electronics as you must admit a transformation such as you have done to your Franken-router. I noticed that you conspicuously left out the cost of this project as I would hazard a quest you likely have three or four times the original price of your unit since you have had it. How much more Z height did you gain?
Thank you. And sorry for the late response we were at the cottage off the grid, it was great t :) this end up to be quite expensive I must admit. but even with out saying the price it's quite obvious. And it's a bit for that reason I did this video. CNC sellers make you believe that you can get around with a simple cheap palm router, maybe for some it can be done if you only use your CNC for cutting, but for carving like I mostly do it won't do, 3 routers in 12 month burned in my shop, this one, hopefully, will be better.... At least it's always cool even after 20 hours of carving. You're so right I never mention that I raised the whole thing by 89mm just over 3"
Thanks for posting your videos. I also appreciate the English versions since my French comprehension is pretty poor. I completely sympathize with your modifications. I’ve built four different kinds of CNC machines now. I always find something to change or experiment with. The latest one, a PrintNC, is really stiff. It is much better for the kind of CNC work I do, as well as for any aluminum or brass work I want to do. It’s a pretty easy build but needs some printing as well as lots of drilling and tapping. Cheers/Salute
Thank you, I can rely on your comment. I'm waiting for Pierre, a machinist friend, to make me some parts to make a totally new CNC. It won't be like no other CNC I ever lay my eyes on, but I'm waiting for more than 6 months now... I bought a 1990 CMM removed all the measuring element and I will use the rest of the XYZ of this machine to make my future CNC. Everything moves on air, and the top is a 7" thick pieces of granite. I can't wait t to share this will everybody.
beau travaille beaucoup de patience
Congratulations!
For such a fine thread I would use cast iron nuts. If I can make a suggestion though , look into ball screw rods.
Nice to see your doing better.
I check ball screw rod, it was a bit expensive but knowing myself,I might just put some in the future who knows ????
do you have a link for the spindle?
In fact it's my best improvement yet I LOVE it. The rest I'm not so sure .... I'll make another CNC from scratch keeping the spindle, the motors, the electronics and probably the base.
It all depends on what you really want. I bought my spindle on ebay just try searching there "cnc water cooled spindle" you'll end up with the one I bought a 1.5Kw 110V spindle with ER11 collet. But another one could catch your eye, maybe as smaller spindle or a bigger one.
Good luck.
I'm so glad I changed my palm router for this spindle, after 9 months I never has 1 second of trouble ( with the spindle), I'm not used to that, I was changing the brushes each month on my router up until they gave up for one reason or the other, mostly premature heating of one of the bearings
@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker thanks for the quick reaction. i will look into one of those haha. you make it look very simple, but knowing myself, i'll probably make it very hard hah.
Here is a link to the company that makes the aluminum extrusions that your CNC is made from. You can get larger, more ridged rails from them for when you rebuild it again so that it will be less flexible! You can see it bouncing and flexing in the video, not good for precision CNC carving to be sure!!! 8020.net/?SID=5r1ma8oiq2e3dbnrhvmk7ok5c7
Thank you very much. I'll keep this in mind and especially the link.
@@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker une place au Québec pour ce type d'extrusion (St-Bruno-de-Montarville): katim.biz/2017/fr/accueil.php#accueil?lang=fr
Je ne savais pas que ça pouvais se trouver aussi près d'ici... Merci
What water sensor did you use?
it's a super simple one that I bought on AliExpress for a couple of $ it's sold for vending machine and things like that. I'm not to worried about it's accuracy ,I just want to know if they're water going through my spindle
Alain Vaillancourt
Ok thanks.
Alain, it sometimes amazes me how you always manage to McGiver your way through just to get it to work and then manage to go back and iron all the kinks. I do not think a lot of viewers appreciate the the level of technical expertise you have with electronics as you must admit a transformation such as you have done to your Franken-router. I noticed that you conspicuously left out the cost of this project as I would hazard a quest you likely have three or four times the original price of your unit since you have had it. How much more Z height did you gain?
Thank you. And sorry for the late response we were at the cottage off the grid, it was great t :)
this end up to be quite expensive I must admit. but even with out saying the price it's quite obvious. And it's a bit for that reason I did this video. CNC sellers make you believe that you can get around with a simple cheap palm router, maybe for some it can be done if you only use your CNC for cutting, but for carving like I mostly do it won't do, 3 routers in 12 month burned in my shop, this one, hopefully, will be better.... At least it's always cool even after 20 hours of carving.
You're so right I never mention that I raised the whole thing by 89mm just over 3"
Putting that spindle in an x carve is akin to putting a Ferrari engine in a rusty pontiac.. :0 )
LOL, super good analogy :))