First Time Using a CNC Failed. Can I Make Money with a CNC?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- Can you make money woodworking with a CNC in a garage workshop?
I have a theory I want to try and prove with this CNC video series. If a CNC can help make money woodworking, it would be like having an extra employee in the woodworking shop. Adding a CNC to the wood shop is something I have wanted to do for a long time. I appreciate Carbide 3D for sending me the Shapeoko 4 XXL to try out and see if I can produce woodworking projects that sell with a CNC.
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Shapeoko Set Up
2:22 First CNC Project
3:52 Second CNC Project Attempt
6:30 First Few CNC Projects
7:13 CNC Power Tip - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Matt congratulations. I have had a CNC for about 5 years. The best tip I can give you is that it's cheaper to buy used furniture for solid wood. I usually buy tables for a decent price and cut them up into smaller pieces for signs. The wood is also dry as can be. Less chance of it warping after you run it on the CNC.
Thanks for the tips!
Love the enthusiasm! Totally relate! When I get a new tool and I make something cool. Exciting!
Thanks for the info, Happy New Year!
I really enjoy how you post videos of yourself learning different woodworking techniques or tools. I haven't really see other people do that on TH-cam. You do great work.
Thank you
Thank you brother for the video. Looking forward to the next ones! Greetings from Ontario.
God bless you!
Thanks for launching this series. When my new shop is built in a month and a bit, I might want to follow in your footsteps and have something make me money while I'm working on something else too. Keep learning so I can learn from you!
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OK.. Ive had my Shapeoko XXL pro for a little over a week and Ive learned a lot but these have a steep learning curve . I love what it can do . Keep the videos coming. great stuff.
We’ve had our Shapeoko Pro XXL for a couple of months now and have learned a lot. I can totally relate to your enthusiasm and joy with the success of your canary wood tray. My two teenage boys and I run Rich Boy Flags and we plan to use the CNC to up our game, produce additional products and create additional sales. We love your channel and appreciate what you and the wife are doing! Keep it up and God bless.
Thank you Scott!
Bought my Shapeoko last yr and just got it assembled about 2 months ago. Been a challenge but love working with it.
Great thing to see you make such progress! I've been loving your videos with the new editing and effects. They're funny! Thank you
Thank you
Amazing. Impressive demonstration! Well done.
Thank you very much!
Beautiful piece of wood. Good luck with it, Matt.
Your editing and video quality keeps getting better💪💪 so cool to have a cnc machine!
Thanks 👍
Congratulations!!! Can't wait to see what else you come up with...
Thank you!! 😊
Great Video! Looking forward to all of your future content!!
Thanks so much!
I did and I bought the Pro XXL. Now I’m waiting for your series, so I can learn how to use this big dog!
You've come a long way, brother!
I a huge fan/supporter of Carbide 3D and Shapeoko. I upgraded to the Shapeoko Pro the day it launched from a totally upgraded Shapeoko 3. The new generation of the Shapeoko 4 and Pro is a company listing to their customers.
Thanks for the tip of using a level and a table saw to act like a jointer. I made my first stove top noodle today and I was very well pleased with the way it turned out, thanks again.
Awesome
Great video. I’m just starting on my cnc journey.
Have fun!
I got my shapeoko xxl thnx to this video
Just got a Snapmaker 2.0 the other week and starting to dip into the CNC world. Plus, maybe more general woodworking after watching some of your other vids.
You ABSOLUTELY can, I bought a Chinese 6040 several years ago, (of course had to rebuild the control system and Bed on it) probably had $3000 total in it, But a good accurate machine now. I have been cutting aluminum Plates with it for couple years now for a customer, made over $30,000 last year alone, Setting up 2 more 6090s now to cut wood products in near future, CNC is a GAME CHANGER in your Biz.
Wow. That is amazing! Would love to know more about that.
Congrats, same here, I would love to know more about what your all doing.
That's the way to make instructional videos... slam, smack, bang, in the fire... and great camera angles and focus on the jobs... living the process, just watching your videos! no hype, no BS, take that mofo! I will soon receive my machine... I can't wait.
Good luck! Look forward to the new videos. Seriously been looking at getting one for awhile now. Just haven't been able to pull the trigget.
Thank you
Great vedio! Thanks
Love my caddy!!! Thanks again. It’s on my new desk at work. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
awesome 👊
This is a great video series I didn’t even know I needed. Thanks 731 very encouraging! Please do these videos sooner than 4-6 weeks!
Thank you
Hope to see more cnc videos. I have my own arriving next week. I have Subscribed mate. ;)
Thank Thank
Looks like a lot of fun. I almost bought a shaper hand held. Lots of up front money. I didn't because of the programming. If I could find a way to program easy might reconsider.
very nice thank you
Thank you
im about to get a cnc machine myself, glad you made the big step, good luck with it.
thanks
Great video!
Thanks!
Does Skillshare have a video course on how to hide a $2,500 CNC purchase from your wife? Asking for a friend.
😂. That may be a good course idea to pitch to them lol
2500.00 can easily reclaim later
.when more products made and go on sales!😁
They pay for the machine when you agree to be their billboard
@@romanderby7864 negative. Not even close.
@@731Woodworks lol I know I’m just playin
Will be watching from Boerne, TX to monitor progress.
Thank you
When you do the videos on the CNC, can you show us the behind the laptop scene so we may learn how it all works? I appreciate ya, God Bless
Thank you. I’ll try to include that as well
Great video. I got my CNC in April, annnnnd… it paid for itself. 😳 It’s a GREAT tool. Your point about working on other stuff while your CNC is carving is right on the money.
Would love to know what types of items are selling for you. If you want to share, send me an email 731woodworks@gmail.com
Good stuff Matt!
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video! looking forward to the other CNC videos, could you perhaps also show what you are doing on the laptop? no in detail just an overview of what you do to make it work :)
Thank you for the suggestion
Waiting for my 4xxl now.....cant wait to play with it
awesome
Good for you man, I guess that by now you are real pro using that machine. When do you come down here to Costa Rica to show me how to use it?
That thing is sweet. I can't wait to see more. Have your thought about doing the inside first? That way when you cut out the outside, you don't have to worry about it moving. Just an idea. Love the video.
Yeah that would work much better. If I knew how to tell it to do that lol. Still learning.
What I do for mine is set it up as 2 separate projects: one to hollow out the insides, a second to cut it loose from the material. I find this works well because I can use a bigger bit, usually, to hollow out and then swap to a smaller bit for the cutout. I use Easel Pro, so it's super easy to make the complete project in one file, make a copy of that file, and then delete the cut you don't need from the two files.
@@731Woodworks Play with Carbide Create and Carbide Motion. Create allows you to move the tool paths around each other for this issue. Also make sure that you save, save save as you design.
Just found your videos and have subscribed. A little tip, instead of double sided tape.. the masking tape and ca glue trick works great! Put masking tape down on the work surface and on the back of the work piece. CA glue on the top of one and activator on the other, place them together. No slip and no glue residue from the double sided tape. Keep the videos coming, we're only limited by our imagination!
I think you have changed my life, and my wifes business. God Bless.
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Hey man, over the last several months I've been doing/learning some CNC stuff myself (Shapeoko XXL). A few thing's I've learned that has seemed to help is add a secondary waste board so you don't cut through the original, and surface/flatten your waste board so it is registered to your router. Also the flatter the material the better results you will have!
Thanks!
Nice to see someone else using some Odie’s Oil. Recently bought some (oil, butter, dark oil, solvent and cleaner) myself. All of them are great! Thinking about getting some more of the dark stuff though.
I love that Odie’s
Try using painter's tape and super glue/accelerator as work holding it's the best stock holding method when clamps cant be used.
You need to scoot over to Andy Birds place and get a shootout going- He plays serious with shapeoko and is right up your alley- lets see you guys have a challenge and tips tricks fails and straighten out the learning curve! LOVE IT- great content thanks for posting your journey!
thank you
My Onefinity is being delivered in about 5 days. Never used a CNC before. I'm excited. Great video.
Congrats
Hey bud, look into the elliptical style clamps. They clamp on the sides of the board into a solid end stop that you setup. I have several for my xcarve, and it has saved me bits and hold downs using them. I am currently awaiting an upgrade and we will be back up and milling by the end of the month hopefully. Congrats on your new journey, also will have to share my son and I's new mallets after we finish them.
Can you go over what dust collection you use for the Shapeoko...Thank you
One little power tip as well is to use painters tape on the table and the bottom of the work and then CA glue them together. after I found this out I stopped buying expensive double sided tape. Hold amazingly well as you can guesstimate where small cutouts will be and make sure that area has lots of glue, thus holding them from shooting across the shop.
Nice! Making me think of getting one myself...
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@@731Woodworks Do you think if you would ever go larger than 36" or 48" wide material? Thinking of using it for table tops as well
New to your channel (sorry I am late haha)......could you please make more videos on the CNC wood projects? Awesome video.
Instead of double sided tape, use blue painters tape. Tape the tape down to the spoil board then tape the exact same pattern on your workpiece. Then put super glue between the prices of tape. Hold like crazy and cleans up super easy.
CNC machines are an awesome investment. If you have the space for one, it will definitely make up for the cost of the machine. Great video!
Thank you
Personalized inlay cutting boards sell really well, should give them a shot with the CNC.
The process is so much faster and easier
Love the video and of course I want one!! Need to start making some of your furniture ideas so I can buy one. I was wondering why you picked this brand and model? There are so many to choose from. Thanks for your feedback.
Carbide was the only one who agreed to send me a CNC to use for the series.
Have you tried spray adhesive... idk if it would gum up your sander after you pull it off the cnc. Just a thought.
you are the man bro !!! my lasers are fun but im jelly
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great stuff, I hope even though its an older video, how did you figure out rates & speed?
I’m still learning and usually don’t have a clue lol. Andy Bird Builds has a lot of CNC content
Nice!
Thanks!
Just received my machine this week. Did you have to make a table to set it on? I'm trying to see how big the table should be.
Hey! I am thinking of purchasing a Shapeoko 4XXL. I've been on the fence due to noise level. Would it be too loud for a townhome garage? Would I be likely to get noise complaints due to this machine?
Congratulations and yes you will make money -
I purchased a Shapeoko 3 XL last January. Finally put it together in March and posted a video of it performing the "Hello World" G Code on my Facebook page and have been making money ever since. Requests were coming in faster than I could handle. After a month I purchased the XL to XXL upgrade package. My initial Shapeoko investment was paid off by September.
Awesome 👏
We all have those moments! We're human love your videos. You have inspired me to build a few projects myself. Thank you sir!
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Don't know if anyone recommended it or not but CA glue and blue paintets tape is the best clamp system I gave used on my X-carve and I no longer use tabs. Plenty of videos if you want to look into it. Love the content, cant wait to see where you take this..
Thank you
Agreed. I use those all the time. Works great.
Power Tip I've learned.... If you can make an X,Y axis corner positioner out of some scrap/MDF and counter sink some screws into your spoil-board. You now have a perfect square reference for mass producing whatever. Plus is can act as a side holding clamp too for one side.
Yes! I need to do that for sure
+1, take it one step further and align this corner stop with one of the rapid position presets in Carbide Motion. That way you have a repeatable automatic xy zero. I have my corner stop screwed down, but plan to make an indexed bracket that drops in on the zero just when I need it.
I just run a 90 vee bit around the edges before cutting out (my way of creating chamfer).
Not sure if anyone else is looking get a planer but the dewalt 735x is on sale on Amazon for 499 right now
"Starting to sound like Biden here" 😂😂😂 love it! Thanks for the laugh
Glad you enjoyed
I died laughing when he said that. 100% unexpected and it made it even funnier
congrats. Keep crunching numbers and letting us know. It's a great resource of your tools and makes great content since a lot of wood work stuff is not quantitative right away for payback etc. Also that 2 hours with wire chasing, now the machine can buy that back =). It would be cool for all us following for you to share weekly sales P/L remaining debt for that 2500, and we can get excited real time with something your trying to figure out. Food for thought. The once monthly may get lost in the shuffle or at least be forgotten about, until the next month comes up.
lol
Fisher's shop has a cool cnc flip table u should check out
Thank you
Man about time you got a CNC. Its a learning curve but looks like you are on your way. Power tip, carve the inside or outline first then do the outside or cutout so it doesnt move
Thank you
Lucky lucky man
I have discovered that whenever anything in my life becomes “unglued”, it’s almost always a disaster. Great work!
How hard was it to learn how to program the cnc I got a buddy that got a big one that does 4x8 sheets and he’s never used it was thinking if it is easy to learn I could help him get it up and running
It’s not “easy” but it’s not hard either. Of course I still haven’t learned enough to say I’m proficient at it either
I know it’s off subject. But can you tell me the paint number of the sherwin Williams white paint you use so often?
6112 Biscuit
@@731Woodworks thanks! You guys are awesome! Thousands of subscribers and you still find time to answer questions.
Wood you recommend getting the compact router that they offer to go with the shapeoko or upgraded
I had one of theirs fail. They replaced the other one no questions asked. I do think it was my fault on the failure. I ran it at full speed the entire time and more than once I programmed the CNC wrong and it plugged into the aluminum bed under the MDF waste board. Which I think actually burned up the router. I've got a Makita on standby now just in case but the replacement has worked great with no issues.
How long did the canary take to cut? If you had a process down, roughly how many do you think you could produce in a 8 hr day?? Awesome video.
Thank you. It took about an hour but it was going very slow. I could raise the speed a lot from where it was set in software. I think I could knock out 10 or 12 easily.
Could you do a video using a cheaper made cnc machine like one that costs less than $300 off ebay or Amazon?
Right on Matt! Love the mistakes....Shows you're human!
Guess you're soon going to run out of room in your garage...Guess you'll need to start trying to find ways to muti-stack tables/tools/etc.
Love the videos! Thank you! 👊
Great video. Can you use a router mat instead of double sided tape?
maybe, not sure
Did you do some investigating on machines before you got this one or through a sponsor. I would like to get one and not sure which to go with
I reached out to several. Carbide3D was the only one willing to send me one to use. I did look into several. Laguna makes a good one but much more expensive.
@@731Woodworks I'm watching a video from their web site and I'm thinking this is the one to go with
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I just told my wife to be that when I sell my Squarebody Chevy I want to take some of the money and buy a CNC Router. No one around here has one and I think it would make me a good addition to how I make my living.
Awesome!
How green was the solid timber you used and would that dish bend over time in bathroom
It was dry. I don't think it would
you probably have heard by now. alot of people use painters tape and ca glue
The only issue I see with that CNC is how much room it takes up in your garage shop. You may have to take over the dining room table for the CNC so you have your shop space back.
I like how you think! lol
Ok, please know that this comment is not criticizing but have to ask, is this woodworking or programming or both? I learn something every single video so thanks for everything teacher!
I'd be interested in a follow-up video in 6 and 12 months. Would be interesting to see some more long term durability/profitability.
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Is this CNC a good machine for beginners?
Welcome to the addiction! There's nowhere to go from here but down a rabbit hole lol
I use Amazon for my bits, the prices aren't horrible for what you use them for (straight cut router bits, ball mills) I'll kick you a message for other places to find patterns for programs.
Nice work!!
Thank you
Rabbit Hole couldn't describe it any better.
that happened tp me too. I forgot to put my X Limit switch
How loud is it? And #2…how long did it take to mill the tray? Nice work!
It's fairly loud. I wear hearing protection while it's running. Took about an hour for the tray, but I could probably speed it up
Coupla' questions for ya - (Went to the website to check it out, like you suggested)...
1 - The Shapeoko4 comes with:
Peculiar how you got a CNC in your shop before a router table. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great deal, and you’ll probably get more done with that than a router table. I will definitely look forward to seeing what you do with it.
Can you make a wooden fishing reel video
Not sure I'll do that one lol.
Opinions on CNC vs Laser engraver? Or do they even compare?
I've never used a laser engraver. They look really cool. You can actually attach a laser to this CNC
I just recently bought a Shapeoko as well, where have you found is the best place for CNC file sharing?
Not really. I’ve seen several on Etsy
Carbide 3d has a file sharing.