Nicely Done!!! I love that you make things relatively simple to understand, but at the same time the complex problem solving shines through. Love your Stuff Brother !
Great idea attaching it to your existing table Bob! Saves even more space. Thanks for linking over to my table video. Having the option to fold it up really comes in handy.
i have been stuck on a project for a while now, and your video has shown me how to fix it! although i dont have an x carve, the process' you have shown will be useful for me, thanks bob!
Cool idea! I saw the video of Steve Carmichael recently and it was interesting too! I have a small shop too! So your videos will come out handy! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome solution Bob! Mine's on it's way, and I still have no clue where I'm putting it. This might be a good solution for me as well, thanks for a great option!
I watch all your videos, but got to re-watch this one with new purpose :) I need a solution for this beast. I thought bigger would be better until I started trying to fit it into the shop. Thanks for your video and the link to +Steve Carmichael video. Both great options. Just need to decide which. Trying to avoid shortening the Y Axis. Homemade CNC 20"x40". btw... your SEO is working great. Got multiple links to your website (rather than RUclips directly) when searching for X-Carve solutions, upgrades and mods. I was getting a bit depressed seeing all of the X-Carve negatives lately. Re-watching some positive videos and discovering some new ones is making me feel a lot better and motivating me to complete this weekend. Working X-Carve will be my Christmas Present to myself
Instead of saw blades and so on, I would store any tools that only relate to the CNC machine on the wall behind it. You only need those when the machine is in operating position, but you might need saw blades and the like even when you have no plan to use the machine for a particular project.
Great solution Bob. My only storage problem it that I have not bought one yet :) Hopefully that will be a Christmas present.this year. I have a ton a projects designed for it.
Nice idea, Bob! I am currently planning to create a fold up wall mount in slightly different way. There will be a video on my channel after I got my x-carve in a few weeks. Cheers, Daniel.
This seems to be the way to go with these things.. unless u have the room for it of course. ;) & I like the idea that u still have a work table after folding it up..
Good timing Bob, am struggling to come up with proper dimensions for a fold down table for mine and this will help. All that "stuff" (z-axis and gantry) do you know about how high that is off the bottom of the wast board? CAD drawings seem to be about 13".
Nice setup on this fold sown table. I have an older shapeoko 1000x1000mm machine. It at my bigger shop far from my house. I have been considering moving it to my house and putting it in my garage as I would use it more. But the size is the issue... currently, it sits on a 48"x48" roll around shop table. Just too big for my small garage. I think this solution would work well for me!
I would try "car engine hood gas risers" (pardon my English) to make it independent from the strap holding it up and thus make the workbench movable nice vid!
Great set up. That's sure is inspiring. Are we going to get a CNC project? Do u recommend a hobbyist like me get a CNC machine? What do u enjoy making on the CNC?
Hi Bob, I am Brazilian and I love your work .. why u not do things for gamers? The audience of gamers is quite large, you can make chairs, tables for PC, bookcases; I would be very interested in PC tables.
This may be a dumb question, I don't have one but am very interested in getting one. However, like you I don't have the room in my shop. But i was wondering, if axis are controlled by belts on motors and the wood is secured to the waste board, shouldn't this be able to operate in the raised position? That would make a world of difference in the possibility of fitting one in my shop. I'm unclear if that is what your demonstrating here, I thought it was just storage when not in use.
No, I just slide it to the wall side before lifting it. If I forget it doesn't slam hard because of the belts so I have plenty of time to set it back down and place it correctly.
After everyone got shapeokos last year I spent some of my tax return on a kit. It's still sitting in the box 4 months later because I've been too darn busy. So that's my suggestion for making a cnc not take up much room, don't put the damn thing together! :D
I love your ideas that is so cool , but I have a questions for you , I'm in the process to open a comic book shop and I'm in a pickle with the magazine display rack, originally the company the sells the fixture quote me a price but now the can't honor the price base in the shipping is going to be $4600 just for shipping so can you give me any ideas how to make a comic book display ?
Did you consider mounting the X-Carve to the wall (with offsets) instead of the table, so that in case you need to move the table for some reason you can? Also, I noticed in your video as you're making your counter-sunk holes in the wasteboard that it has quite a bit of flex towards the middle. Did you have problems with the depth of your cuts before this project and if so, did mounting those strips under the wasteboard help with that? I'm asking because my X-Carve seems to have a similar issue with a non-flat wasteboard adn I was thinking of killing 2 birds with one stone.
Mike Bryan My problem with the wall mount would be where my studs are and making a structure strong enough to hold the weight of the entire machine (not sure how to really explain that). I personally haven't noticed the flex when cutting, but reinforcing it from below would definitely help it not be an issue.
Bob, have you had any issues with accuracy over time storing it like this? do find that it requires a lot of recalibration? Just wondering because Tyler G (DIYTyler) recently had an issue and I was curious as to whether or not it might have to do with the way it was stored.
Cool, good to hear, I'm wondering if it has anything to do with orientation of it, I believe his flips up on a different axis than yours, anyway thanks for the info and all that you do!
Hi bro thanks for your tutorials. I have lent a lot from you God bless you. I have single problem. The problem is that I need the pocket hole maker I have been roaming looking for it ebay doesn't ship to Ghana. How can you asist me get 1. Thank
Hi Bob, I would like to create the same table for my 1m2 X Carve, but I am a bit concerned about possible stresses an strains on the machine its self when it is vertical. I see the question has been asked earlier on, but after all this time, I was wondering if you have noticed any detrimental effects on the X Carve? Regards Andrew
A friend of mine called the Inventables and they said not much testing has been done on storing the system on its side. This is a few months ago. Have you heard anything or had any problems with needing to adjust the x-carve.
Hmm... You should hang it flat on the wall on some sort of lazy susan system that would spin it so that it always would be moving horizontal... yeah.... that's the ticket. #JimmyDirestaThoughts
***** I guess technically you could ount anything where the spindle goes, you'd just have to make a mount for it. Did you look through the forums at inventables.com ?
Nicely Done!!!
I love that you make things relatively simple to understand, but at the same time the complex problem solving shines through.
Love your Stuff Brother !
Thanks man!
Great solution for your shop, Bob. And I really liked that you mentioned Carmichael's solution. He did a great job on that table, too.
Great idea attaching it to your existing table Bob! Saves even more space. Thanks for linking over to my table video. Having the option to fold it up really comes in handy.
+Steve Carmichael Thanks for your video Steve. Both solutions are great and I need to decide how I'm going to do it.
i have been stuck on a project for a while now, and your video has shown me how to fix it! although i dont have an x carve, the process' you have shown will be useful for me, thanks bob!
That's awesome to hear Jesse! Thank you!
Mr. Clagget....you are AWESOME!! Great job my friend!
Easy solution that solves a real issue... and only needed a few tools. Love it!
Nice solution Bob
Sweet idea with the hose clamp,
Cool idea! I saw the video of Steve Carmichael recently and it was interesting too! I have a small shop too! So your videos will come out handy! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome solution Bob! Mine's on it's way, and I still have no clue where I'm putting it. This might be a good solution for me as well, thanks for a great option!
I entertained the french cleat idea but ended up bailing on it. I like your approach better.
Thats a great idea on how to make the most of a small space Bob.
Great build! You always think of the best ideas. I always look forward for the net episode
Great build! You always think of the best ideas I'm looking forward to the next episode
Looks like that will work great in your shop. Nicely done Bob!
Well done Bob. You have all of the cool projects. Douglas.
Nice use of the space you have!
Great idea. Now if I only had an X-Carve...
Truth be told, I love watching these videos. It's like better made "How its made" episodes. Keep up the good work!
I watch all your videos, but got to re-watch this one with new purpose :) I need a solution for this beast. I thought bigger would be better until I started trying to fit it into the shop. Thanks for your video and the link to +Steve Carmichael video. Both great options. Just need to decide which. Trying to avoid shortening the Y Axis. Homemade CNC 20"x40".
btw... your SEO is working great. Got multiple links to your website (rather than RUclips directly) when searching for X-Carve solutions, upgrades and mods. I was getting a bit depressed seeing all of the X-Carve negatives lately. Re-watching some positive videos and discovering some new ones is making me feel a lot better and motivating me to complete this weekend. Working X-Carve will be my Christmas Present to myself
Instead of saw blades and so on, I would store any tools that only relate to the CNC machine on the wall behind it. You only need those when the machine is in operating position, but you might need saw blades and the like even when you have no plan to use the machine for a particular project.
Good call!
Great solution Bob. My only storage problem it that I have not bought one yet :) Hopefully that will be a Christmas present.this year. I have a ton a projects designed for it.
I'd put it on lift cables, so when it was running it would raise up out of the way until it was finished
Nice idea! Now consider making a pulley system to lift everything up so you can make the workshop into a mancave one day a week.
Nice idea, Bob! I am currently planning to create a fold up wall mount in slightly different way. There will be a video on my channel after I got my x-carve in a few weeks. Cheers, Daniel.
This seems to be the way to go with these things.. unless u have the room for it of course. ;) & I like the idea that u still have a work table after folding it up..
Great plan!
Pretty cool!
Great video once again you always entertain me and really build my schema. You inspire me to build very much!
OMG he is wearing a Goog Mythical Morning shirt!!! That made me love this video like 15 times more
love the good mythical morning T-shirt 👕
Thanks for this awesome idea! I have my x-carve on the way and will definitely be doing this. Love your videos too man!
Thanks so much Derek!
You should do a series where you take suggestions from comments and make them
Genius.
Your good mythical morning t shirt. Love them and you
Great project, clean, simple idea executed well.
Really nice video work and production of the video.
Thanks!
You deserve way more subscribers than what you have. Keep up the good work, man, and I wish you the best.
Thank you!
That one is great.
Nice work
Good timing Bob, am struggling to come up with proper dimensions for a fold down table for mine and this will help. All that "stuff" (z-axis and gantry) do you know about how high that is off the bottom of the wast board? CAD drawings seem to be about 13".
Yeah 13-14 if I remember correctly.
Thanks for the great video
Wow very cool build. Love your videos :)
Dude you're awesome love all the videos
Nice setup on this fold sown table. I have an older shapeoko 1000x1000mm machine. It at my bigger shop far from my house. I have been considering moving it to my house and putting it in my garage as I would use it more. But the size is the issue... currently, it sits on a 48"x48" roll around shop table. Just too big for my small garage. I think this solution would work well for me!
I still think Jimmy wins for most creative idea for this one!
Joe Thompson Definitely :)
Looks good
Hey Bob i love your videos, keep it up
Thanks Alex!
Another awesome video. Well done :)
Thanks!!
i love your vids keep it up
Great solution. I'm still torn between the x-carve and shapeoko 3 though.....
Hey Bob when is the live stream starting, we are waiting it would be a great feature
I love your gmm shirt I like it too
awesome, keep up making cool stuff
I would try "car engine hood gas risers" (pardon my English) to make it independent from the strap holding it up and thus make the workbench movable
nice vid!
Damn. this is pretty awesome.
Great for me, I don'd have a shop... Nor do I have this. I know how you feel!
Can you make a video when you make a phone case. Love your videos
"Bob and i like to make stuff" :) You should add a few seconds to the beginning so youtube won't cut it off.
Awesome videos as always!
Really great 'stuff'.
you do realy good things keep on
Thank you!
Needing a place for your large X-Carve is a nice problem to have.
Great set up. That's sure is inspiring. Are we going to get a CNC project? Do u recommend a hobbyist like me get a CNC machine? What do u enjoy making on the CNC?
this is great! :D keep up the good job!
Bob the builder!!!
Would love to see more arduino content! Maybe a micro controller series? Love the channel!
Adrian Ruth Thanks! Yeah, I'm working on more of it. it's just hard to get to everything that I want to make :)
I Like To Make Stuff It would be awesome to see something using a stepper motor! Maybe a track system around the shop!
Now that you have had it for some time, would you get the same machine or would rather have a smaller one? Douglas
+RetroWeld Definitely the larger!
Thanks Bob.
Keep doing stuff 👍
You should make a tablet-stand type thing
What else can you hide?
dead bodies
Hi Bob, I am Brazilian and I love your work .. why u not do things for gamers?
The audience of gamers is quite large, you can make chairs, tables for PC, bookcases; I would be very interested in PC tables.
This may be a dumb question, I don't have one but am very interested in getting one. However, like you I don't have the room in my shop. But i was wondering, if axis are controlled by belts on motors and the wood is secured to the waste board, shouldn't this be able to operate in the raised position? That would make a world of difference in the possibility of fitting one in my shop. I'm unclear if that is what your demonstrating here, I thought it was just storage when not in use.
Nice
Do you need to support or park the gantry/spindle in any way?
No, I just slide it to the wall side before lifting it. If I forget it doesn't slam hard because of the belts so I have plenty of time to set it back down and place it correctly.
After everyone got shapeokos last year I spent some of my tax return on a kit. It's still sitting in the box 4 months later because I've been too darn busy.
So that's my suggestion for making a cnc not take up much room, don't put the damn thing together! :D
Can you tell me if this caused any issues with the machine calibration / squareness over time?
GMM shirt! :o
First love the video keep it up
did you make your own CNC or find the sketchs on the internet and if you have the sketchs can you post it somewhere.
I see you like Good Mythical Morning!
I love your ideas that is so cool , but I have a questions for you , I'm in the process to open a comic book shop and I'm in a pickle with the magazine display rack, originally the company the sells the fixture quote me a price but now the can't honor the price base in the shipping is going to be $4600 just for shipping so can you give me any ideas how to make a comic book display ?
What 3d printer would you recommend for making a smartwatch
I’m just finding this video. I wonder how it held up over time? I’m getting an x-carve and I’m looking for options like this
Did you consider mounting the X-Carve to the wall (with offsets) instead of the table, so that in case you need to move the table for some reason you can?
Also, I noticed in your video as you're making your counter-sunk holes in the wasteboard that it has quite a bit of flex towards the middle. Did you have problems with the depth of your cuts before this project and if so, did mounting those strips under the wasteboard help with that? I'm asking because my X-Carve seems to have a similar issue with a non-flat wasteboard adn I was thinking of killing 2 birds with one stone.
Mike Bryan My problem with the wall mount would be where my studs are and making a structure strong enough to hold the weight of the entire machine (not sure how to really explain that).
I personally haven't noticed the flex when cutting, but reinforcing it from below would definitely help it not be an issue.
Bob, have you had any issues with accuracy over time storing it like this? do find that it requires a lot of recalibration? Just wondering because Tyler G (DIYTyler) recently had an issue and I was curious as to whether or not it might have to do with the way it was stored.
I kind of figured that I would eventually, but I haven't so far. It's been great!
Cool, good to hear, I'm wondering if it has anything to do with orientation of it, I believe his flips up on a different axis than yours, anyway thanks for the info and all that you do!
Can you please make a video for a hammock stand?
Hi bro thanks for your tutorials. I have lent a lot from you God bless you. I have single problem. The problem is that I need the pocket hole maker I have been roaming looking for it ebay doesn't ship to Ghana. How can you asist me get 1. Thank
way better than putting it on the wall or hoisting it up to the ceiling!
blaze806 Yeah, but how cool would it have been to lower it from the ceiling !? :) (totally impractical, but fun)
I Like To Make Stuff After listening to your podcast i was hoping it would happen!
Hash that's something I would do
Hi Bob, I would like to create the same table for my 1m2 X Carve, but I am a bit concerned about possible stresses an strains on the machine its self when it is vertical. I see the question has been asked earlier on, but after all this time, I was wondering if you have noticed any detrimental effects on the X Carve? Regards Andrew
I've moved since this, but it was on that wall for well over a year and I never saw any issues caused by it at all.
Thanks for the quick response👍
What are you going to do with your 500x500 machine? interested in selling it?
A friend of mine called the Inventables and they said not much testing has been done on storing the system on its side. This is a few months ago. Have you heard anything or had any problems with needing to adjust the x-carve.
Not yet, but if it becomes and issue I'll definitely do an update video about it.
any updates so far? it's been a while since you made this video... just wondered how it has held up
Hmm... You should hang it flat on the wall on some sort of lazy susan system that would spin it so that it always would be moving horizontal... yeah.... that's the ticket. #JimmyDirestaThoughts
Can u make a wooden belt or make a tv stand
How much costs this machine
What size is that machine? 1000mm x 1000mm or is it larger?
It is the 1000mm size.
So it wasnt a majestic bald eagle perch,it was for holding tge folding xcarve up!
Hahaha. SO close :)
Hey Bob,
Now that you've upgraded to this new CNC machine, would you be interested in selling one of your smaller ones?
Leo Costa Unfortunately no. I gave the ShapeOko2 away to a friend, and I'm keeping the small X-Carve to take with me to events like Maker Faire.
Do you know of any used CNC machines that need a good home?
I want one of these so badly I can taste it, but I can't seem to find any information if the x carve well accept a laser for cutting as well.
***** I guess technically you could ount anything where the spindle goes, you'd just have to make a mount for it. Did you look through the forums at inventables.com ?
I Like To Make Stuff thanks for the direction. Most importantly thanks for all the videos you make and the inspiration you share.
what are the dimentions of your shop
About 12x20
Can you make a bike trailer
Hi im 13 and i want to build stuff but My family cant afford A real house What do i do?