My First 3D Carving - Upgraded 3018 CNC
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In this video I share with you my experience doing my first ever 3D relief carving. I import the 3D relief into fusion 360, create a pocket clearing and a parallel tool path, and then export the tool path from Fusion 360 to Grbl.
For such a budget machine at standard settings, the results achieved surpassed my expectations. I think there is a lot of promise for this little 3018 CNC router.
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that's fantastic, I got the same machine last week as a gift so all I've done is carve or etch, this looks like the next fun thing so I've subscribed and got notifications on. looking forward to the software vids
Plz give the details about the drill bits used for carving. As I’m new to cnc ,it might be helpful for my projects.
You should be using end mills not drill bits.
Please read my comment i went into great detail about bits that ive learned from my first year of working with a 3018. hope it helps
instead of the cheapo bits they come with try a Yonico 6.5 degree downcut ball mill. its about 25 bucks but the finish will be much better. I am one year into my experimenting with a 3018 and with the limitations of the machines structure the best improvement you can do is buy real bits. if you buy a 10 pack for $10 you threw away $10 the finish will suck and you probably went through 2 of the crappy bits to get it close to good. wood needs a downcut or compression bit to get clean edges. with these machines you will never get proper chip load so always buy bits with 1 or at maximum 2 flutes. chipload is important if you are producing saw dust you are overheating and dulling the bit. larger chips take the heat away from the bit. best way to tell what your machine can do is setup a piece of preffered material to work with and run a test pattern of straight lines. change the feeds and speeds on each run. its weird but youll find out with a good bit when you speed up the feed rates quite a bit it gets to a place where it cuts like butter then will get back to chatter. this is particularly noticeable in acrylic. too slow you melt plastic to the bit too fast you snap the bit but in between there and theres a fast beautiful cut with a mirror edge that needs little to no cleanup. I have tried many different bits and prefer Yonico and Amana. Amana bits are the cream of the crop and just about the most expensive out there but well worth the money. I also like to use 1/4 inch shank bits that taper to the work size where a 1/32 " bit will be fragile a 1/4" shank that tapers to 1/32 for a half inch is alot stronger.
Thank you
Hello. I think this is one of the answers i"m looking for.
Can i add one more question? Can we carve brass to make ba branding iron with these bits and this machine ? I just bought the machine..
Sorry but i have contradict. 2D and 3D Adaptive are the much more gentle strategy to clear as much material as possible. I only use them on my default 3018 pro.
All you have to do is set the "Optimal Load, Maximum Roughing Stepdown and Fine Stepdown" at the "Passes" tab to an apropiet value and fusion will calculate pathes with an constant load.
A constant load is much more gentle for the endmil and the spindle / machine, then constantly changing loads.
Wow! I've been working with the free version of Easel as well as Carbide Create. I need to learn 360 it seems. I have been intimidated by the learning curve, but you make it look not as hard as I thought it would be.
Great explanations here ... thank you ....... more details on how the different toolpaths were created would be good.
Excellent explanation. Looks like one of these little $200 machines is a great way to dip your toe into CNC. The new ones don't make the Z extension very easy, however, since they've moved away from the extrusion construction for the gantry.
Got my machine coming today cant wait to get stuck in
Nice job 👍😊
Just watched this video of carving relief's tried fusion but can't get to grips with the manufacturing side of it , use it all the time for designing and drawing things up to 3D print. But for carving on my 3018 woodpecker cnc I use Vetric aspire it's great for all your carvings you might want to try it.
Nice video my friend. Thumps up from Germany 🇩🇪
Could you please explain how you downloaded file from turbo squid and then uploaded it to fusion360? I am having problems so would appreciate it. Just learning fusion360 so the more steps you can explain the better I can follow.
Hi rely good explanation, on how you did this carving, could you please do a vid on how you adapted feeds and speed for the 300w/500w spindle, just I'm finding it the biggest grey area, that know one has explained. Thank you for all you help couple of you films have been a god send thank you( what is you name )
Hi, I'm Asher. Uh. I got that CNC now. I got it after watching your videos, but now I have a great dilemma. I cannot figure out the computer side of things. I'm a teenager deeply interested in this stuff. I would much appreciate it if you make a video about the CAM side of Fusion 360. as a note I do have some experience in the design workspace of Fusion. Or Maybe you can just direct me to a good video about CAM, but I couldn't find one. Also I cannot see how you can use a v carve bit with a parallel cut in Fusion.
Thanks, Awaiting your video or reply.
Hi, I use Vectric Cut 3D and V Carve and export G Codes to Mach 3 to a Taig CNC Mill. I'm looking at a 3018CNC and was quite impressed by your 3D Carving on this machine.
I assume you just export the G Codes from fusion 360, do you open the G Code directly in the GRBL software and run from there?
When you say upgraded 3018, what did you upgrade please, I have a standard 3018 can I do this on that
Check back through my other 3018 videos, I documented the entire process 😁
what were your stepover settings for finish pass
Oh man how long did it take you? I have the base 3018 and man it takes forever. Even simple designs can take 2-3 hours. I've been wondering if it's worth upgrading or just start saving for a better mill. Also I find that the second half gets more rough because the clamps start to loosen so I drilled a board to the base and just screw things to it instead of using the clamps they provide.
Thanks for your nice video.
Can you explain how the model is scaled in fusion 360?
It's easy to scale in fusion. Just hit 'S' on your keyboard for Search in the Design workspace and then search for Scale, Select your body then Scale it accordingly.
hope this helps
My 3018 has the same upgrades to include the 3rd rail Z support. I’m just starting to get it carving and engraving and so far it’s pretty amazing for a small machine. I’m doing some research into possibly using ball screws instead of the stock jack screws mainly to increase the precision for small letter engraving. Any thoughts on that? I know what I have invested so far could have gone into a higher end machine right from the start but I love to tinker with these. Your videos have been great for ideas. I personally enjoy watching them very much. 👍🏼
got a question! how did you imported to fusion 360?
I mean, the only way I can do that is importing a Mesh or OBJ, than you can convert it into a solid, but I can't get this annoying triangles away. your component looks clean! how did you do that?
You have to convert it, I'll make a video about this soon because I've been asked a few times!
Thank you mister nice beard, I will try it 👍👍
PLEASE MAKE OR DIRECT US TO A GOOD VIDEO ABOUT CAM
(because I cannot find one)
How long did the carve take, especially the finish pass?
Around 2 hours for both cuts! But it depends what feeds/speeds you use
I don't know how the h-ll you did this. The only TurboSquid Swan files I could find were,.fbx and .c4d, neither of which does Fusion 360 support, so it is impossible to import the design.
nice vieo but boost sount bit more on max it is a bit low volume
thanks for the feedback, I have improved this in my most recent videos
@@thehardwareguy can you share grbl 1.1f $$ speed settings on pro model no upgrades ? i updated to 1.1f and lost all and these on grbl are too fast ,thanks
Hello . is it possible to export the gcode of a similar sculpture with easel software?
no
easel is really 2d carving. one trick i did was find an image for a true relief and convert it to an svg file. the svg file will allow it to be in a few different heights due to layers created with the tone differences but it really looks bad. 3d relief work needs a 3d gcode generator.
Well yes and no. You can import gcode that's from fusion 360 into easel than use easel as the grbl controller/export it but you can't write complicated 3D stl gcode with easle.
I never tried carving,maybe I have to?
It’s good fun, but does requires a lot of patience!
@@thehardwareguy Valóban az már kezdek kiborulni 3018 PRO + teljesen kezdő vagyok :(
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Hi bro can you please make a video for this 3d design showing the tool settings for end mill and v mill calculations for depth,, and feed rates,,
Just watched the video, and am a little disappointed. You showed WHAT you did, not HOW you did it... Such as HOW did you set up the 2 different paths (roughing, and finishing). Your video shows potential, but its not usable. One of the things NOONE shows is HOW to change the bit, and get it set at the same level as the first one.
thanks for the feedback. I will make a detailed video about the process in the near future