I built a CNC mill because I have no self control
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2023
- I've always wanted a CNC mill, so now I'm building one.
This episode dives head first into the fabrication and machining of my heavy-duty DIY CNC milling machine, with a splash of paint at the end.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/NotAnEngineer 
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Life changing video!
I'm gushing
Aussie makers unite!
agreed
Now this channel is on a watchlist too :D
@@NoEngineerHere Snakebite?
I was flabbergasted when I realized this was a new channel, the quality is amazing! Looking forward to future videos about the machine
They're on their way! 📈
I feel like I'm getting in on the ground floor of something 😂
I was disappointed when I found out that I couldn’t binge 😂
Great stuff. Looking forward to watch more
Same here! Good job on that first video!
Can't wait for the next one!
Same here
reminds you that DIY doesnt have to look like DIY. you built something everybody wants to build.
The power of a shiny coat of paint should never be underestimated
@@NoEngineerHere Grinder and paint make me the welder i aint!
@@NoEngineerHerehere in the states and probably elsewhere is a proverb "grinder and paint makes the Fabber you ain't"
The limitation of DIY is only at getting order from other
@@NoEngineerHereOr over-overestimated. My dad always said "the power of a shiny coat of paint should never be under or over-estimated. If you're going to estimate be precise about it. Otherwise why bother?" He took guesswork very seriously
Hey everyone, I'm delirious. Part two is out now!
Never in a million years did I expect to get this kind of response. Just wanna say I'm here to stay; this is just the beginning!
WONDERFUL
Hey I haven’t been watching your channel for very long so I don’t know your core audience but I feel like a “making a cnc with a cnc” video would be very amusing and help people without your tools or machining ability rent out a cnc to build their own cnc.
Next video is "I repaired the rear springs in my partners car" right? aha great video dude
Awesome to see more Australian makers in the scene, can’t wait to see it up and running. Just be sure to use the CNC Mill to build another, smaller, CNC Mill!
Way ahead of you
Why not use the cnc mill to build, wait for it....
A CNC Lathe 😮
no no, you've got it all wrong. you use the first mill to build a *larger* CNC
@@friendlysnoworb6091 people like you are going to save the world one day. It’s your washing machine box thinking that makes my shoebox thinking obsolete.
its ghost gun time
If this compliment from a non-machinist even matters: This is a promising inaugural video, and I am looking forward to more. Subscribed, and greetings from Germany. 👍
Absolutely it matters! I'm a non-machinist myself!
@@NoEngineerHerewell thats somewhat hard to believe! 😂 greetings from another german!
And they say that the algorithm is flawed but here is a brilliant new channel - top of my recommendations! Totally identifiable and with more than a little of the This Old Tony about it - the next in the series is eagerly awaited!
I made sure to sacrifice a collection of endmills to appease the machining gods before uploading; the algorithm is feeble before their might.
A likening to ToT is the highest praise I could hope for! He's really set the bar.
I would suggest that it's a wonderful yet original Australian blend of TOT and Inheritance machining. As someone else above mentioned, feels as though I'm getting in on the ground floor of something special.
12 years as a machinist and this is inspiring. To see how you adapt and overcome to get to job done, well done sir.
Nice build- but more importantly your style of narration and the layout of the video was great.
Really looking forward to more of this build and any vids you publish 👍
Ah thanks man! I'm stoked! There's absolutely more on the way.
I am an engineer, and I sure as hell couldn’t do this. Absolutely fantastic and looking forward to more.
As a machinist i applaud your skills as a hobbiest and creator. this is a perfect example of what you can get done through shier will.
I never thought I would be able to put together a 3d printer but now that I have I am hella confident I can build a light duty CNC for thin aluminum and wood considering all the free software that runs on PC with cheap CNC Boards options. The stepper drivers for NEMA 23s are steep price since you have to get one for each motor :( .
The narration, satire, and quality of content is awesome. Subscribed. You should be proud of this content.
This video is great. Really polished, feels like you have done this for a long time already. I really like your style of edit and humour this far. Longing for more. 👍🏽🙂
I'm a virgin, I swear! Hopefully things just get better. See you next time!
@@NoEngineerHere i think you are definitely A TOT subscriber. No machinist is a machinist (on YT) if you don't watch TOT's videos 😂
thats the reason why im subscribed him :D normaly i dont subscribe. im waiting for more interesting content! :D
The age old question "What are you going to use it for?", machinists know the real answer: to build parts and fixtures for the machine itself.
all the way down
Well, I've got a new obsession to watch every video of. This was amazing!
"What are you going to use it for?" - that's... that's not the point though.
absolutely bonkers that you dont have more videos already, by the quality of your editing and narration i was expecting to binge like 100 episodes of you making random stuff
This guy may not be an engineer (just like me), but he knows damn well how to fall down a rabbit hole. Thanks for sharing with us, great project, great video! subbed
Keep up the good work ! Another self made man from Australia, big respect for you guys
Thanks for watching! Not quite self-made yet, but we're well on the way!
At first I thought this was the UK but THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE CNCs!!!
There's a great Machining channel BlondiHacks that goes over a lot of the basics, and they had a comment that led me to subscribe. They said "And now we deburr, because that's what separates us from the animals".
Your version of being reminded of your fleshy, animal insides is also valid.
Man , your my spirit animal . A little depression , ocd , unnecessary percision , no make up hair styling for video. liked subscribed .
This is awesome stuff! I ventured into building my own CNC from the ground up when I studied. This requires an enormous amount of planning and actual building. Kudos!
I'm way too stoked about this! Killer skills in fab, design, framing, design Yada Yada, looking forward to seeing more! Also I do need to throw this out there, but go invest in some more lighting, a lot of these shots were pretty dark, and at least in my experience, it's way easier to build stuff with good lighting. Regardless really happy you made this!
Thanks mate! And I agree on the lights. It's all been a massive learning experience!
@@NoEngineerHere it was dark bro!
Good on you! I see many wonderful adventures to come. All the best from Victoria, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 and Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲
OMG the title wins my subscription. Indeed the allure of semimagical automation of a hobby tool was irresistible.
Dude for the first video of your channel, you've done really really great! Love your humor and personallity. it just works in this kind of content. cheers mate ;)
Thankyou for saying so! More to come.
This machine looks decent! I love the fact that you use steel rather than aluminium. And yes, I instantly subscribed to your channel, because I wanna see more!!!!
1 video. 2 weeks. and almost 20k subs. Bravo good sir.
I shall be proud knowing I was here at sub 20k, and I look forward to your future endeavors.
Cant believe this is a first post! Insane video and insane project looking forward to seeing what comes next!!!
Bloody awesome job dude, especially with the difficulty of finding the equipment and parts in Australia that seem to be common place everywhere else
Being told to "just pick up an Bridgeport for 50 cents" has become a recurring nightmare of mine
Great content! As others have already said, your humour and pacing is spot on. Not to mention your craftsmanship.
If I were, and I am, to suggest one thing it would be to balance the lighting a bit more. Some shots were a bit too ... romantic to really convey the structure and work being done.
Its Victoria, they dont have light there that is reserved for the nice states.
Hi from QLD 😎
Thanks for putting this together mate, I literally lie awake at night staring at the entrance to the rabbit hole of building my own cnc mill. I can't let it go even though I know where it's going to take me.
Love it!! Not much of this sort of stuff coming from Australia, so this is sweet. Good that we have a few maker youtubers here.
I cried a little at "finding metrology equipment in Australia is about as hard as finding metrology equipment in Australia"
Truer words have never been spoken. 😭
Just going to have to make your metrology equipment. Yes it can be done. The 3 plate method will get you excellent reference surfaces, and you can go from there.
love this video, also the dry humor. this just proves that videos can be entertaining without someone talking really loud and overmotivated to somehow keep the viewers attention. Keep up the good work.
The title was so relatable it knocked me out and when I came to I was subscribed and the video was already playing.
one of the most accurate videos on this topic, especially the last question :D
Thankyou! There's definitely not enough "she'll be 'right, mate" on machinist RUclips. Glad you enjoyed!
You are living every engineer’s dream of using machines to build a machine that makes more machines.
Love the dry humor. The CNC thingy is cool too
The sarcastic outlook and the DIY inspired solutions got you another sub. Looking forward to the continuation of this video series!
Thankyou! Won't be long now ⏳
Welcome to RUclips, i look forward to seeing more. Great first video. Cheers J
Ah that means heaps. Your video on converting a cheapo laser engraver into a plasma cutter was the round-about inception of this project. Opened my eyes to the accessibility of CNC. Thanks for dropping in!
@@NoEngineerHere thank you for watching my vids too. I'm chuffed it's helped you. Your mill looks amazing and I'm jealous of the kit you already have. Machining isn't my strength at all though. I'm really interested in what products you build with yours. All the very best. Cheers J
That is a champ of a significant other to even entertain the idea of letting you put that big heavy machine in their small car
Easily one of the best DIY projects I've seen. I'm just opening the door into hobbiest machining as an early retired ex soldier. You are real proof that qualifications are not needed, and that natural talent still rules the industries. Keep up the great work. From qld.
This type of build is a dream come true if money and everything else that's needed would been available. But since it's not this is the next best thing. Keep 'em coming!
Great project and build.
Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share it..
This is what I want my life to be. You are so inspiring for someone who works around these tools I love it. Keep the videos comin man
This looks great. That coat was a surprise.
The car handled the milling machine like a champ!
It makes you wonder how few tools you really need to build an entire metalworking workshop of your own, power tools included. In the blacksmithing world pretty much this is the spirit: start with an anvil, hammer, forge and iron bars. First thing you'll do is a pair of tongs, then another, then you make another hammer and so on.
As a prospecting hobbyist I find building the machinery you'll use significantly more interesting than trying to find ideas of what you could make with all the tools.
I really think tool and machine building is its own hobby, and a self replicating one at that. "Think of the tools I can make with these new tools, and the tools that these tools build, I can use to build more tools!"
@@NoEngineerHere You just put the Industrial Revolution in a nutshell.
Sir, I want to commend you on your presentation skills, especially your economy with words. Combined with your calm delivery, i found a great deal of humor in this video about a topic nearly as exciting to me as whatever it is I'm ignoring on the popular video. May fortune find you, and rabbit holes be ever worthwhile!
thats why i create. to escape the mundane. !! much love borther from another mother. Thank you for your creative spark and dedication that you bring to your work!!
Beautiful work! This is an incredibly strong opening video. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next. Thank you for sharing!
I love finding Aussies building things, and hearing them gripe about the lack of -stuff- here.
Amazing video!
Nice, good and entertaining video and amazing quality for being your first upload. We will watch your career with great interest.
Cheers to that! I'm psyched you're all here
Add this to the list of comedic engineering channels that popped out of nowhere with a fully developed professional video
So glad RUclips suggested this for me! Instant subscribe, I love the deadpan delivery, and what an awesome build!
Love this content. As someone who is also not an engineer but likes to build stuff, I’m really looking forward to seeing more
Legendary first video! I'm glad you decided to start a channel and I'll be following 😁👍
Nice I'm excited to see more. And I like your design style. Simple, solid.
My dad has built CNCs just like this for decades. Fun to watch someone else do it too!
Beautiful (Aussie) introduction. Great video.
New favorite channel. Old dudes run machining tube and I'm just a young welder but your living my dream (nightmare?). I just want to build anything. Big ole sub. Keep em pumping and ill be here.
You are absolute maniac! I am stunned with this build of yours. Cannot wait for more videos!
Excellent content! I need part 2 !
"If it looks like a engineer, swims like a engineer, and quacks like a engineer, then it probably is a engineer!."
Pretty damn wicked build man! ^^
Eugene Stoner was once asked in one of the interviews - why the third reich had so many outstanding mechanical engineers. He said that the reason is, that they started to pick talented machinists, and giving them opportunities to make what they wanted to make. He also said, that ability for visualization of mechanisms, and "feeling" physical materials in your mind, and organizing everything in your mind is an inherent talent some people have, and in different amount, and some simply don't. And that most people who finished engineering schools in USA, and had no such talent, simply sucked, no matter how well they could crunch numbers ( and they mostly crunched numbers at universities ). Solving simplest engineering problems was either a tremendous mental strain for them, or impossible.
Something along the lines that per 10 graduates, one was decent, and per 100, one was good.
You either can make something, and it works, and it works well, and is safely operating. Or you don't.
Some talentless engineers get extremely butthurt when a machinist without a degree comes in, and wipes the floor with them. Their ego can't take it. They resent them because, they themselves spent so much time in education, for practically nothing.
If someone can think up something in a better way than me, all I get is excited. Because I can see how it's done, and improve my thinking. It's fun.
Certainly engineered the shit out of those lumps of metal! Subbed and my first notification bell, here’s to firsts, can’t wait for your second! Thanks for the immensely entertaining vid!
Holy crow, what a channel. I started vocational school for machining 2 months ago, and your videos helped me better understand how milling machines work.
I am also very intrigued about whatever issue you mentioned you were having with your lathe in your newest video. I’d love to see you troubleshoot that.
& I’m totally showing this video to my shop instructor. New favorite channel.
I need much much more!!!! The humor is spot on and the project is amazing!!!
Time, planning, hours of preparation, materials, electronics. We all have been down this road, but this is huge undertaking. I can only imagine in Australia the cost is double! Can wait to see it running!
Awesome work man! I'm looking forward to seeing this machine in action once its completed. Thanks for sharing!
this channel just popped up out of nowhere with an absolute banger. don't know what type of content you're planning to make in the future but either way i'm here for it!
This is going on my "Mind candy", "Funny" AND "Badass engineering" playlists!
Nice great job! Thanks for sharing your story... please continue.
Things like this are what makes RUclips great. Thank you.
Outstanding effort
What a brilliant find this channel is. Can’t wait for more content! Thanks for sharing.
Looks amazing, well done!
And the snarky comments throughout was funny keep up the good work!
That's a solid edit of a solid build. Thanks for sharing!
That ‘good enough’ mic reading hits home lmao , awesome build dude, can’t wait for the ‘fun’ electronics part !
In future I can easily say that I’ve subscribed from the beginning of your journey. I love the humor you’ve, keep doing, what you are doing, with that narrative. Measurements and reading texts are great idea. It’s unique from what I’ve seen before. Enjoy the journey.
Hell yes! I love that I'm still one of the early ones to sub :). Exactly the kind of content we need here, if you keep going you'll reach a million in like 14 months
Beautiful video.
This is a great video, this is the first time I’m seeing your channel but I look forward to seeing more
I'm an engineering student and I'm so glad I just found your channel. Love everything about it😂
Alright. I'm hooked in. Looking forward to part 2.
Looking forward for next chapter
Man, you are a rare talent. My best friend was a prodigy and boy do you remind me of him 😂 love your videos!
Congrats on a such fab video for your first of the channel. Well done. Love your sense of humour. From a fellow Aussie.
Yes. The algorithm has creeply suggested something very close to what I've been wanting to do lately. Thank you engineer man.
Love the quality mate, couldn’t believe this is an inaugural video!
Awesome video and much respect for the skill and effort you put in it! Best of luck!
This is the beginning of a banger channel, I can feel it.
Absolutely insane. Looking forward to seeing what you make next!
Mate that's awesome.
Great to see you here! You definitely helped inspire the leap to RUclips.
Thrilled! Fantastic video mate. Can’t wait for next time 🙏🏻
Yes I think there are many more who will see this and want to see more. Excellent video!
Amazing work!
Enjoyed this thoroughly
First YT video and came bustin right outta the gate! And I AM AN ENGINEER!
Here's and Engineer's 👍for your future endeavors
I'm surprised at the number of people complaining about lighting. Looked visible to me. Thanks dude, great video
I've shared this video with my tradie mates. It means that they get to watch something cool while also thinking higher of me for actually finding this.
Looking forward to your future work.