Ultra light VORON 0.1 X-Beam
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Voron 0.2 Gantry-Editions are available now.
Big thanks to @fail_fast for testing the X-Beams!
See it in a working Printer: • #FLSUNSpeedBoatRace 24:27
Link to his build video: • Video
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Having read a bunch of the comments, all telling you what you should do, using machines you don't have, from materials you can't get, I have a simple solution. Mount it on a polished hardwood base, and keep it as a piece of sculpture. It is a beautiful thing!
Thanks for your video.
Thanks! Currently V0.1 and V0.2 are in a small glass show case.
Ich finde deine Präsentation ist dir gut gelungen, da es sehr viele Bilder hatte und somit anschaulich war.
Du hast flüssig gesprochen und ich fande alles gut.
Danke, bekomm ich jetzt n sternchen ins Heft?
Danke für dein tolles Feedback, gutes Feedback mit vielen guten Aspekten. Dein Feedback war top! Weiter so, gerne auch nächstes Mal mit guten Feedback, merci fürs Feedback. LG M
Ja vielen Dank, man merkt Du hast Dir mühe gegeben bei dem Aufsatz. Ich finde das toll und ja, weiter so!
It looks like the beams for rock concerts ....but as a theater tech I can say there's a reason why....it's the strongest and lightest way to make vary strong structures ...good job it looks so clean
thanks :)
The answer is triangles are strong.
@@GusCraft460 There's also this cool oldschool film on the rectangular beam profile, "Strength of Structural Shapes: Angles, Channels and Beams": th-cam.com/video/8Ob2tVP5miE/w-d-xo.html
These structure are real marvels of engineering, yet so humble.
Or a crane
I’m here because the yt algorithm figured out I want to 3D model a rock concert stage…
Wow! This is not the type of video I normally see, but I'm glad it was recommended. Super impressed that you accomplished this under the circumstances! The design is incredible and I'm floored you got it down to such a light weight!
Glad to hear that you enjoyed it even if it is not your type of content :)
Edit: The stock X-Beam is ≈ 43 grams.
Edit 2: Sorry for the Ads, currently the button to disable them is missing for me :/
I will make sure to swear in the next video, so that TH-cam will not put Ads in front my Videos whiteout my consent ;)
Edit 3 (07.June.2022) :
Wow, I really don’t know why YT recommends this video to so many people. I thought all the geeks who are interested have seen it after 5k views, now its at 183k !
This allowed me to apply for the TH-cam Partner Program. If i get approved to it, I probably leave the ads activated on this Video & here is why:
-The intended audience for this video had to “endure” the ads, so it seems fair that everyone else gets served ads too (on this video at least).
-Benefit for the community. 50% of the revenue will go to subsidise the first 50-100 beams (still working on setting that up with a CNC shop nearby). This way every interested (future) Voron0 owner can get one for a good price.
-faster progress with the CNC. The other 50% of the revenue will go towards the new CNC machine which I will build and document on this channel. On this CNC I will machine other Voron X-Beams in the future…
I hope that is okay and makes a bit sense :)
One Question though: Why don't just use the linear rail and only manufacture attachments left and right?
Hmm, have to test how stiff the linear rail itself is.. I could imagine that the small mgn7 rail would flex too much…
Nice work! A few thoughts: 1) A triangular profile would make more sense if you are only using a single rail. 2) Magnesium. 3) As someone who's building their own CNC, I wouldn't give up on the Nomad so quickly. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush...
@@at0mic282 Exactly my thought. But who doesn't love some nice over-engimeering? :D
Thanks! Yeah triangular would be a great choice, but i am a bit lazy… for a triangular beam i would have to redesign the mounts and 4 treads right on the edge of the profile ;)
Magnesium sounds awesome, sadly my favourite material shop does not have that.
Don’t worry, i won’t discard the Nomad, it is my first machine and my baby ;)
This is a high-end spaceship component. Great job.
Thanks! :)
the issue is not only stiffness when building a structure for machining... the issue is also its ability to resist and dampen vibrations. This is why older Cast Iron mills and lathes are prized. The trick is to find a balance between the two. Cast Iron is known for its ability to absorb vibration and the very reason some of the most accurate CNC machines still use it as part of the underlying structure with modern linear rails and ball screws. There is even a few custom lathes made with granite at its core (search YT)
And a granite CNC is just what I will build ;) The Videos form @Piotr Fox Wysocki are a great starting point....
Syil machines are epoxy granite core.
I saw someone do stress tests on different materials. They found that aluminum struts, supported by epoxy/granite casting approached cast iron in stability and vibration damping. Good to know. They used charts!
Yeah but what’s real dope When you learn about things like electro-chemical machining which almost anyone with a tub of water and cheap 12 volt dc power supply can use in their bathtub to produce highly accurate metal components with the type of tolerances required which until now have only been capable on the use of industrial equipment which most individuals wouldn’t have had the access to or an understanding of how to use.
With ecm you can take a piece of metal and transform its shape into a new one for some benefit that would be possible with nothing more needed to do so than water and electricity and patience.
That means precision manufacturing capability is becoming an available tool in the general public which will only foster revolutionary inventions that wouldn’t have come to exist if the industrial sector had the benefit of precision manufacturing all to themselves
That's a really nice beam. I question the need for the weight savings but as a machine designer I can appreciate it's aesthetic and engineering. Nice job.
Thanks, every second counts while printing the speedboat-race challenge, so every gram saved brings an advantage :)
Take for example the moving axis on a CNC machine, where a structure needs to support a linear bearing. That needs to be light so that the motors which control the movement don’t have to overcome a lot of inertia.
At 20Gs of acceleration the reduction of 5grams is helps remove 100gram force of load on the servos/steppers
@@brandonsmoot4056 Is it even possible for a stepper to develop 20Gs or are you just throwing out a number? Seems a little unrealistic to me. 20G is 196m/sec sq. Think abour that for a minute.
5G maybe but 20? I doubt it.
@@jamescrud this is about 145m/s^2 so my ball park number is actually pretty accurate especially for a even higher speed print.
th-cam.com/video/JdVZZ4i2dS8/w-d-xo.html
That beam is a work of art. I would have it on my desk just as show piece.
If you are interested, they are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
Ohh. That's a proper tiny rig. Great to see. thanks for going all the way to Do it right.
Buckminster Fuller invented these. They were called space frames. Now envision one whose struts are in turn made of the same configuration, and go down. Fractal!
That would be nolife at its best ^^
congrats on getting into hackaday! I hope you do more youtube content because I think you have the skills and creativity. I like this video style. Good fortune in the future
Thanks for letting me know! :D
My god theese look amazing, I only got into 3d printing less than a year ago when I bought my ender 5. Then discovered the voron project and have been ruminating the idea of building one at some point. Theese beams you made would make such an incredible kit.
Thanks! :)
If you are interested, they are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
The one thing that jumps out at me is that the zig-zags on two sides sharing an edge don't seem to have the same pitch. Commercial square truss is made such that it is made without a point ending in an unsupported beam segment. I assume this is to prevent buckling, but would also translate into a stiffness issue.
Commenting also for the engagement metric, so please ignore this probably being a redundant statement.
Yes the side with M2 Threads has a different spacing because of the hole spacing in the linear rail :/ Will try to improve it in the next version.
@@premiumbasics There's a mod for the V0.1 carriage to allow using MGN9 rails, just because its author hates M2 screws with passion and wanted to use M3 hardware.
Always nice to know someone I could order some of those from for various craft projects. Subscribed!
thanks :)
Super cool idea. I love the idea of custom machined truss for our moving structural parts. Looking forward to your future CNC upgrade and the production of these.
Thanks! It will be a long and interesting journey to my new CNC :)
Nice job. Delicate and not easy to produce. The part is beautiful.
Thanks :)
Looks great...One day you will look back at this project standing in front of your very own 5axis machine...and smile...:)
thanks! I hope so, in my imagination i can see it already standing in front of me :D
@@premiumbasics It's amazing how quickly these moments can come about sometimes. Man, I could have some real fun with a 5 axis CNC (after many hours of learning to not break it lol).
I would just like to say thanks for the awesome x axis beam. I'll be sure to post some video of it being included in my build! Part is incredibly light and I'm glad it ships in a heavy duty protective tube to protect it.
Thank you :)
Really cool. It would be interesting if you load the beam with e.g. 5 kg and measure the deflection, and compare the deflection with carbon fiber and 80/20. Low weight is great, but rigidity is important, too.
Really Nice CNC Work
Impressive if only for how awesome it looks. Nice job on the CNC work!
I want to thank you for the amazing information you provide to your viewers. This is fascinating material. I appreciate all of your efforts. Many thanks!
Thank You! :)
Just ordered one, looking forward to receiving it
Thank you! Hope you like it :)
I must say this is beautiful work.
Thanks! :)
With this, along with belted Z-axis and mini stealthburner, it looks like the V 0.2 is coming !!
Except that vorons are principally designed around common off the shelf easy to source parts not bespoke customs ones, unfortunately for this masterpiece . Makes for a very nice modification though.
I wouldn't be so pessimistic. If the files for the CNC router become open source, manufacturers can produce beams like this and we could see LDO Motors or Formbot sell them as an upgrade.
Amazing project, I love It.
Thanks :)
Vert cool design & good work with tenacity for the execution & nice explanation
thanks! :)
Working with big CNCs on daily basis, I know very well how hard/time consuming/nerves wrecking it is to make something like that.
Kudos for this!
Thanks! :)
This makes me want to try and make one on my mill. Beautiful design!
Thanks, you can do that this design is available on my website (in the description) :)
This looks really cool! No idea why it was recommended to me, but pretty impressive machining for the mill you're using, very nice work. If you need any help with machining small batches in the meantime let me know, I have a small shop with a Haas VF2, and do prototypes and the like for my own designs, but do the occasional small run of stuff for people as well and this would be a fun project. But I understand wanting to DIY so good luck in any case.
Thanks for Your offer and good wishes :) I don’t know either why this video gets recommended to so many people. It was originally intended for a small circle of 3D printer modders :D
@@premiumbasics I'm here for the gun channels, but this is fascinating and as a steel fabricator it is great to see "the big stuff" in micro versions! Good luck and maybe consider spray cooling, made mine cheap for my mini mill.
This is very cool, thanks and congrats! Subscribed
Thanks! :)
Impressive. Thank you 🙏
Thanks :)
thats such a beautiful work!
Thanks! :)
Watching you run the bearing block back and forth without the rubber stoppers at the end significantly raised my blood pressure lol. You got so close to the end one time!
One day I will make a compilation of close calls for you xD
@@premiumbasics 😂 Gonna give me a heart attack.
Even though it took a long time, but you have achieved something great. Grats.
I also need one for my voron 0.1 Great job
They are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
very nice work !! love it
Thanks! Love your builds, they are so clean and amazing! :D
Change your milling strategy, full penetration spiral entry .8 dia of tool, .01 radial engagement per pass, and climb mill. Predrill the corners possibly increase speed as well.
Good idea to pre-drill the corners! :D Thanks :)
Also spiral entry can be helped by drilling the center point of the spiral will prevent material jacking. Use self centering tip type drill and cobalt works best for aluminum. Don't go with feeds and speeds from machinery's handbook though. Co drills work good on 6k+ rpm range.
Wow this is amazing!
Thanks Deven! :D
Side note its looks awesome too! Good luck!
Thanks!
Looks good keep going 👍👍
Excellent work!
thanks ;)
I am a machinist, try using a spray bottle filled with kerosene, sprayed onto the surface you are machining, it does not need a constant flow, it will lubricate and stop the cutter form building up aluminium on the tool.
Thanks for the suggestion :)
i keep coming back to stare at this little beam
Thanks! :D Do you own a Voron 0 printer?
@@premiumbasics no :D
:D you might also like this video then:
th-cam.com/video/43fgxFqoA7c/w-d-xo.html
Awesome work!
Thanks! :)
Would love to try this on one of my V0.1's Nice job!
Thanks :) Turns out this version has a small flaw (linear rail is 2-3mm to far left). Will notify You after I have made some improved ones.
@@premiumbasics Sounds good. Currently building my second 0.1, and after that building a 2.4r2. Love the look of that rail. Getting it on live streams would be great marketing for you!
Great! I need to build a bigger Voron too some time in the Future. Agreed, it would be great marketing, but great marketing does not help if I can’t produce them on a bigger scale ;)
Very neat!
For your roughing pass I would recommend trying to cut the full depth in a single pass. You will likely need to cut a small entry pocket with the same pass depths you are using here, but after that you can probably just do the full thickness. And using such small radii on the corners is likely unnecessary, I don't think you gain much from it.
Thanks for the advice :)
For a profiling operation like this, the cutting force is directly proportional to the depth of the step. If you have a machine with limited stiffness, then reducing the step depth is necessary to prevent chatter.
If your machine can handle it, I think the best solution is as mentioned. I would pre-drill an entry hole for the end mill to start in. A lot of times a helix entry can generate unpleasant vibrations that really punish the tool. Make sure you take advantage of the chip thinning or peel milling toolpaths that modern CAM software can generate, they can help push the feedrates very fast.
@@fastindy Quite true, that's a pretty fiddly job and I have never worked with something that has so little material supporting it.
I do find that ramp cutting in aluminium is highly dependent on the rake of the end cut of the endmill, if your tool is fairly flat-cut (for durability in steel) then it exerts much more force on the workpiece and gums up more easily in a ramp cut. I kinda like single flute cutters for this reason, they have the most rake you can get, on both the end and side, but do require fairly long ramps or wide helixes. But for optimal cutting speed you should use more flutes while still trying to maximise rake. I think the ideal for soft-ish aluminium is 3 flutes with high rake and no face cut on the end (very pointy), except for tiny tools (
Hey Sam, you are rather wrong about the small radii. Having a radius on the part reduces stress risers and adds huge amounts of mechanical strength to the beam which would be lost in sharp corners (think arch vs box)
@@premiumbasics yeah remember to predrill 20% or more bigger than the tool you are inserting so it doesn't catch the walls and can evacuate chips
you earned yourself a subscriber. thanks.
thanks! :)
I have no idea what this is for but the engineer in me couldn’t resist. It looks really slick.
Thanks! It is for a Voron0 printer, to get even more speed out of it ;)
(Example video of a Voron0):
th-cam.com/video/a6XRs-g6ngw/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful piece of work. I would love to replace alum extrusions on my printer with those
Thanks! will add another comment here if they are available :)
They are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
Now that's more like it.
Nice mate!
Thanks :)
Such a cool design and build, if this could be purchased I would love to get one!
Thanks! Will comment here if they are available :)
They are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
Check out some peristaltic pumps to use to flow coolant. Some are DC motors, others are stepper motor driven. A small orifice sprinkler spray nozzle can be mounted alongside the vacuum nozzle or on the spindle. I like your work!
Thanks for the advice, will decide on a pump later on in my CNC project :)
Очень нужная структура 👍👍👍
Спасибо :D
for cooling secure the aluminium tubing within a coolant bath
Would also be a option, but coolant will splash everywhere :P
This is great, now make one for the 500mm Ratrig V-Core 3.
Would do it immediately if i had already built my CNC :D
Your result is great and it took you a lot of work. For anyone who wants to improve on their machine by reducing weight. Just drill a bunch of holes in a aluminum beam or use carbon fiber, it will be 1000x less hassle.
Drilling holes would work too, but it is 1000x less fun :P
@@premiumbasics This depends on the definition of "fun" xD
I was expecting an ultra bright beam of light.
Nice!
Thanks :)
we've come so far
There is always something more extreme to do… ;)
I wonder if a kerosene (OMS) mist nozzle would help with the small mills? High quality odorless mineral spirits (OMS) is practically odorless and the consumption is pretty low. It won't clear the chips as well as flood but it might help.
That type of structure could be used in satellites, robots and drones.That`s what i thought it was for at first. Never occurred that it would be for printers.
whoa
Issit mirror and magnifying glass to keep bouncing off each other then shoots at the end? The movement is to create level of heat? Maybe a cheap laser pointer? Increasing a laser's strength?
Would make a great quadcopter frame!
Only if You plan to never crash it ;)
How much weight savings do you get from making the inner corners sharper? Or is there another reason to do it?
I don’t know, went simply for the tightest corners i could make with my endmills :)
What for are you milling the inner part of the triangles?
Te reduce weight
Very cool great channel
thanks :)
@@premiumbasics i know you can make money and so on. But try to do open source stuff too this helps you get ideas feedback honestly. And them keep some other stuff not open source.
Could you use a v shaped chamfer mill to make it all one operation (no tool changes)? You can use the straight portion of the flute for roughing out the pockets, and the V portion to finish the edges.
I think this would work if were no inner corners who need a 1mm end-mill to clean them up..
@@premiumbasics if you don't have a sidewall in those corners, the V could possibly do that part as well.
What about the linear slide that bolts on to it? isn't it kind of thick, chunky and heavy?
Yeah, its pretty heavy… But some people bolt even bigger ones to the X-Beam to reduce play…
It took some googling to find out what this part was for...
Now that I know this is from my 3d printing rabbit hole, I can calmly banish it from my mind... I can't even get my Vyper to print anything good, I'm certainly not going to waste even more time on this :D.
You are not wasting more time on 3D printing in general? Would be a mistake in my opinion ;)
I haven’t even built the v0 yet but already planning to include this haha. Can see see a full build with it?
Thanks! There is no complete build out yet, @Fail Fast! will probably finish the first build with it in the next livestream he makes. Make sure to check him out :)
Nice, now take my money
Thanks, it will be available very soon. ;)
They are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
If you started with triangular tubing instead of square you could save a few grams. would also let you make the 3d printed ends that connect to the Y axis a bit lighter
Yes, but i am too lazy to redesign the mounts for the X-Beam ;)
I wonder about a rather more brutal approach. Triangles of intersecting holes, and a simple jig to hold the part as you power through it with a drill press.
Nice idea, let me know if You make one :)
These look incredible, I really really like the look of this.
Would it be possible to slightly adjust the design so that they could be made in longer lengths and maybe trimmed to the needed size at certain intervals?
I'd love to buy some when they go on sale :)
Interesting idea!
They are now available, check the description of my new video ;)
Milling that on a Nomad was brave.
Hey there. Cool stuff.
One minor point: the links in the description are a bit confusing. I guess the "See it in Action" video shows a printer made using the beam? And then the "Livestream" link is the one showing the testing... I was expecting the latter for the former, so, maybe there's a different way to word things to make that more clear?
Thanks for pointing that out, will take a look at it :)
@@premiumbasics cool; thanks. :)
What forces you use for do the finite element analysis?
I did not do the FE analysis, @Fail Fast! did it for me. He used his toolhead of 100grams at 500k acceleration. His result: Deflection 20 microns and a minimum safety factor of 8 before it yields.
(Remember this is for V0.1)
@@premiumbasics thank u!!
Very nice work! But why didn't you take a CF square tube and machined it?
Thanks! Milling it out from CF would result in short fibres at the thin struts & not hold well..
One dent...
How much do all those mounting screws weigh? Did you consider adhesive tape like VHB?
I don’t know how much the screws weigh… And VHB tape to mount a linear rail at these accelerations seems like a bad idea (to me).
Hey brother. Im am a machinist. You don't need flood cooling for this job. For next to no cost compressed air will provide all the cooling you need for this job. And for about $20 you can add a mister to your machine. 😉
Thanks for the Advice! Will consider it, if i have to machine a bunch more on that machine ;)
Can you mill the cf tube into a similar shape to make an even lighter version?
Probably, but then you cut the fibers and it will "crumble" away... If you wanted to make one out of CF you have to use long fibers and make this shape with complex process. The YT Channel "Easy Composites Ltd " has some great videos about CF
I wonder what the result would be of putting the CF tube through the same treatment as the metal tube. Since the fibers are not oriented with this sort of operation in mind, might have to make your own using a mandrel, fourth-axis turntable, and hook a pre-preg CF spool up to a CNC to get the fibers running in an appropriate crosshatch pattern... but I bet you could get it down to 10 grams, which is an incredibly time consuming way to shave a few extra grams.
simply invent a process to fabricate carbon fiber beams with arbitrary holes and the fibers oriented around them.
Search for isotruss!
@@gnarpoholic It's a cool technology, but difficult to shrink down to the scale that the OP is working with.
@Premiumbasics Experiment with air cooling your CNC! I have a low noise compressor with a 4 liter air tank and a flex nozzle blowing at the end mill. Occasionally the compressor turns on to build pressure again during milling jobs. Very efficient !
Note; Earlier I tried fluid cooling in different ways, but it always is very messy and limits the view on you cutter. I don't like it..
Thanks for the suggestion :)
Seems like cooling with denatured ethanol seems like the best way to go for aluminum and high speed machining. Leaves no or very little residues, no mess, and is very beneficial for cutting aluminum.
Look at for example how Datron does it, their machines and endmills can reach crazy speeds and get fantastic surface finish. The run a lot of small single flute endmills at ~40K RPM on the small machines :)
Do you think the process can be applied to carbon fiber square tube for even more mass reduction?
No, the fibers will be too short after milling and crumble i think…
have you weighted the bolts?
i c a potential to reduce the number of the bolts by leaving more aluminum material on the face with threads
no i did not weigh them yet… i recommend using all screws to ensure even distribution of the forces..
@@premiumbasics the distribution is still a question of weigh efficiency: all bolts and all bodies work towards the distribution -- which configuration works with less weight?
@@premiumbasics at first glance, i would put the threaded bulges on intersections of struts. could you imagine the rail creates a load orthogonal to a strut to which it is fastened? -- seems obvious? am i wrong?
I wonder, how well it will keep its form when in a heated chamber?
The chamber of my Voron0 does not get over 60°C so it should not be a problem…
One question I have, when you do FEA analysis to see if it is rigid enough, what performance metrics are you looking for? deflections less than 0.1mm at the max accelerations and speeds that are desired? A modal analysis that has certain characteristics?
I designed the V0.1 X-Beam and sent a .step file to @Fail Fast! who did a FEA analysis on it. I don’t know how to do a FEA analysis myself…
What cnc machine do you have? can i have a link to buy it?
It is a modded machine and can’t be bought in this configuration…
Part could probably be made quite cheaply on a tube laser cutter. Then only some edge cleaning and tapping needs to be done afterwards. Nice design BTW 👍
Thanks, if I had a tube laser cutter i would do it :)
Was wondering what the stiffness of the slide rail is on it's own. Couldn't you just make end brackets for the slide rail and save all the trouble?
Not sure if it's important on v0.1, termo expansion ratio of CF is very close to steel and as a result combination cf+rail doesn't bend as much in closed chamber. I wander if similar litening technique would work for CF beam on 300mm v2.4
I think termal expansion is neglectable on a V0.1…
Milling it out from CF would result in short
fibres at the thin struts & not hold well..
Can the linear rail be used as a structural element? (I'm thinking engines in motorcycles and racing cars)
I am not sure if i can follow Your question :/
@@premiumbasics I think I should have used the term 'stressed member' - ie the linear rail provides a fair bit of strength/stiffness that the X beam then does not have to. I guess you'd have to do the finite element analysis with the rail included?
Great work. i subbed :)
Thanks :)
Do you need a screw in every hole in the rail ? Have yoyu calculated this?
No, i have not calculated it but would suggest putting in a screw in every hole…
Right on ! ! ! ! That looks cool. I wonder, if you send one of the finished machined X-BEAM out to get re-anodized, and then, send one out to get heat treated, and then one out to get heat treated then re-anodized, and did a strength comparison to see if the rigidity per cost would be worth it in a structural stress test all compared to the square tube (pre-machined)... That would be exciting to see the battle of the X-BEAMS. Then to run the testing a bit further into a nutty measure of craziness, run them through a whole spectrum of harmonic and resonate frequency battles.. Perhaps, maybe some graphs might show if vibrations and harmonics might start to magnify the longer the machined X-BEAMS are... Based on the idea, of being less weight, for faster more accurate control of the steppers start and stopping action.. But then, there could be a feed back from the harmonics? I don't know, but it would be interesting to see a battle of these examples on graph or some real world testing.. And, for all I know, may not show anything at all, and completely wasted your time as the variables are all but unmeasurable as compared to the base starting point. Good luck,
Haha, Thanks for the Idea, if i have too much time left, i will do all of it ;) Will do some basic harmonic testing after i made some longer ones…
Very good ideas.
You should go for a "mister" on your new CNC. I started with coolant but it's messy, the mister uses far less coolant and still lubricates and clears swarf...much better all around.
Does it also clear the nasty small chips?
Maybe i install both xD
@@premiumbasics I am squeezing the compressed air out through a welding nozzle tip so I found it's a more concentrated/focused blast of air at the tool then when I used those flexible vertebrate lines. Plus less compressed air usage (less noise), and less swarf flying off into my keyboard and all over every nearby surface! The swarf still clears, it just doesnt fly. The mister vaporizes the coolant in with the air so you get cooling (think going out on a windy day wet) and you get lubrication of the tool bit.
@@premiumbasics (Details) The plumbing is a bit tricky, the incoming air supply is split, one way goes straight to the mixing head (w/ welding nozzle), the other goes to the sealed container of coolant fluid and provides a pressure to push the liquid up into the mixing head. The split going to the coolant container has to be regulated down to 12-20PSI or you could blow it apart...I also have a 30PSI safety valve there just in case. There are diagrams and threads on cnczone to explain in more detail. It's not hard to make and worth it!