Awesome! This is easy the cleanest looking DIY CNC I have seen so far. I wanted to add liquid coolant to my CNC to stop plastics from melting, and this design looks like it would make really easy to add that as an option.
Do you think sensorless homing would work on this if equipped with proper stepper motors such as the tmc2209? Are you sure those are MGN12H linear guides? On your thingiverse you wrote MGN15H
Hi, nice maschine. Which cutting bits do you use? Just the cheap amazon 20° .1mm bits or something fancy? And you say you go faster than the like 90mm/min ? How fast?
I've looking for something like this, this past few days. I was considering designing my own router. But this looks great and promising. Definitely subscribed.
Right. They are just providing a nucleo dev board ported version of GRBL. I had an MKS Sbase v1.3 laying around and tried it in the course of troubleshooting the stuttering issue I was having with the nucleo GRBL. However I will be switching back to an ESP32 port of GRBL github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32 . I use flatcam to generate the gcode from the gerber files and bcnc to run the machine.
@@SAILxKamal Yes. However I am recovering from an injury and am stuck in my bed for the next month. I can answer questions but I won't be making videos for a while.
how is the spindle doing? i was wondering if it could hold any preload and if the shaft might loosen (drift down) over time if things come loose. are you using the angular contact bearings the ant team is using?
Not sure about having the electronics under the cutting area with all the small bits of milled copper. You'd have to be super clean before removing the cover.
Frist, really nice work. I´m also playing with the idea of a more robust version of the Ant. But my goal wouldn´t be just to use it for pcb´s. Did anyone know if it would be possible to mill engrave acrlic, wood and maybe sheets of 2-3mm aluminium with the right milling bits?
You could. I have seen other machines do it. I have been trying a small coating of mineral oil to keep the dust down. It works very well. The fr4 dust is nasty stuff. I have been trying the Bakelite fr1 copper clad boards which also work well without the fiberglass dust.
Hey, hope you're stil around :) I'm planning on building this, and was wondering the measures of the 2020 aluminum extrusion, exactly how you built with the electronics below, also, how did you screw the middle aluminum bars to the vertical ones (where you slide the board covering the electronics), thanks!
Hey, i'm also rebuilding this and i'm actually done with the frame assembly and if your questions are still relevant you can contact me and i can send you my BOM and stuff.
@@RuiBarreiros Here you go, im hoping this will prove somewhat helpful to you: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DgXFRTbyET-Vi2sMkK4Ba3m5RzV-158f?usp=sharing
The isolation milling on the test pcb looks perfect, very nice!
Awesome! This is easy the cleanest looking DIY CNC I have seen so far. I wanted to add liquid coolant to my CNC to stop plastics from melting, and this design looks like it would make really easy to add that as an option.
Thank you for you work sir. wish you a fast recovery with the ankle.. love your design..
Do you think sensorless homing would work on this if equipped with proper stepper motors such as the tmc2209? Are you sure those are MGN12H linear guides? On your thingiverse you wrote MGN15H
if i can make a suggestion, buy your stepper motors from stepperonline they are usually cheaper or for the same price you can get higher torque motors
Hi, nice maschine. Which cutting bits do you use? Just the cheap amazon 20° .1mm bits or something fancy?
And you say you go faster than the like 90mm/min ? How fast?
The result is stunning! Waiting for the BOM like other folks.
I've looking for something like this, this past few days. I was considering designing my own router. But this looks great and promising. Definitely subscribed.
What is the rpm speed to milling pcb?
Fantastic ,
Get well soon
We will wait for the files
Thank you!
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Amazing Man
any notable change on the firmware or exactly the same ?
thank you
I had a stuttering issue with the ant firmware and switched to smoothieware temporarily. I will be trying an ESP32 based GRBLboard in the future.
@@Xnaron so basically didnt use any of the software stuff provided by the ant pcb . Other than the bCNC.
Right. They are just providing a nucleo dev board ported version of GRBL. I had an MKS Sbase v1.3 laying around and tried it in the course of troubleshooting the stuttering issue I was having with the nucleo GRBL. However I will be switching back to an ESP32 port of GRBL github.com/bdring/Grbl_Esp32 . I use flatcam to generate the gcode from the gerber files and bcnc to run the machine.
@@Xnaron thank you for the detailed reply , I hope that you find the time to explain this to us in a series of videos here on the channel
Thank again
@@SAILxKamal Yes. However I am recovering from an injury and am stuck in my bed for the next month. I can answer questions but I won't be making videos for a while.
Looking good. Will you share the profiles sizes?
Yes I will. Just sidelined with my broken ankle.
how is the spindle doing? i was wondering if it could hold any preload and if the shaft might loosen (drift down) over time if things come loose. are you using the angular contact bearings the ant team is using?
Yes it is using angular contact bearings. It is surprisingly solid. I don't think it will loosen over time.
I love CoreXY but rods? No way will I ever do rods again so why not rails there as well?
Hi, what's the problem with rods?
@@tinchodias Unsupported rods flex. Supported rods the C block bearing flexes (has a lot of play). Rails + blocks (Like MGN series) is the best.
Not sure about having the electronics under the cutting area with all the small bits of milled copper. You'd have to be super clean before removing the cover.
Hey , Please take a second look on the files , It looks like there are missing pieces
thanks
Some pieces need to be mirrored in the slicer software to get a left and right piece.
Frist, really nice work. I´m also playing with the idea of a more robust version of the Ant. But my goal wouldn´t be just to use it for pcb´s. Did anyone know if it would be possible to mill engrave acrlic, wood and maybe sheets of 2-3mm aluminium with the right milling bits?
Engraving should be fine, but not sure about the milling (aluminium).
I think wood and acrylics could be possible but I have my doubts with aluminum. Also there is only about 11mm of z travel.
Do you think an air nozzle can be added to clear the dust ?
You could. I have seen other machines do it. I have been trying a small coating of mineral oil to keep the dust down. It works very well. The fr4 dust is nasty stuff. I have been trying the Bakelite fr1 copper clad boards which also work well without the fiberglass dust.
Wonderful!!! any chance you share your STLs?
Yes I will be posting on github and thingiverse
www.thingiverse.com/thing:3594535
Hey, hope you're stil around :)
I'm planning on building this, and was wondering the measures of the 2020 aluminum extrusion, exactly how you built with the electronics below, also, how did you screw the middle aluminum bars to the vertical ones (where you slide the board covering the electronics), thanks!
Hey, i'm also rebuilding this and i'm actually done with the frame assembly and if your questions are still relevant you can contact me and i can send you my BOM and stuff.
@@markkovacs4241 hello, thank you very much, I'd like that please!!
@@RuiBarreiros Here you go, im hoping this will prove somewhat helpful to you: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DgXFRTbyET-Vi2sMkK4Ba3m5RzV-158f?usp=sharing
Thank you very much!!!!
No problem sir :)
Which forum or website do you upload these videos on PCB CNC?
I haven't posted on a forum yet. I will update the video description with the location if I do. Thanks.
www.thingiverse.com/thing:3594535
Great job!
FANTASTIC JUST FANTASTIC
Thanks!
Sorry about your ankle
Me too! lol. Thanks.
1) you're a nut.
2) this is awesome!
Hahaha. Thanks Buddy.
Awesome - I want to duplicate