Presentation of my 5 axis CNC mill project where I answer some of the most common questions. More pictures to this project on my Instagram: / fabianbrock8
“I built this little 5 axis CNC machine... I have no professional background in engineering or CNC machine.” Absolutely incredible mate. New subscriber ✌🏻
nothing tells me more of an excellent engineer than when he shows his faults and how he plans on correcting them. we never get it right the first time.
Thank you for sharing tis video. There is not many DIY projects out there that have such a good mechanical design as you have built. I'm a senior mechanical engineer working on a DIY CNC machine too. I'm building a 3-axis machine that I later can expand with one or two more axis. My focus is on mechanical rigidity, precision and a large work volume in relation to outer dimensions. My project has been resting for some time but now you have inspired me to continue. Looking forward to see more from you!
WOW. I built my own 3 Axis a while back. That was already a challenge. 5 Axis was always in the back of my mind, but seeing your machine is frankly quite intimidating ;). Outstanding work!
5 axis will have much more outcome accuracy problems and errors, how much will you expect ? How much is it when machine comes back to 3 axis normal use
@@ray-charc3131 I don't know yet what to expect. A lot of it also depends on patience during alignment. And yes with 5 axis this process is lot more complicated. I will do a video about the assembly and alignment process with the results in accuracy.
@@fabianbrock since you do not operate a business and you built it as a project why not share parts list, detailed process, wiring guide and knowledge you gained from is genuis build This is a genuine question?
@@FirstLast-tx3yj I will do this later on. First I want to finish the machine to see if it works as expected. I don't want to put out a version now that might not work.
I like the fact that the machine scares you, thought I was the only one... 🤣🤣 It's really an impressive build! Congratulations. Subscribed and waiting to see it cutting shiny stuff 😁
I'm in the proccess of designing a slighly smaller cnc and a video about the cast granite epoxy frame would be great. This is the best home built 5th axis cnc I've seen yet.
Thanks for sharing video... I can see many good design features. You should be proud of your work. I really would love to see you continue with a second and third versions,... You have talent mate..
I’ve always had a dream to build a scaled down clone of a Hermle 5-axis, thank you for letting me see it in reality! I think with your excellent design and component decisions you will have an amazingly capable machine for years to come! Thank you for sharing anything you learned along the way (good and bad!).
Very nice! @6:25 Many machines don't bother with leadscrew supports on the Z axis so you can probably just live without the colliding bearing block. Again, what a great job 👍👍
Thank you. That's right, the Sorotecs for example don't have one. To be honest it is quite handy tobhave this piece of steel at the end of the z axis to put a magnetic indicator stand on the otherwise aluminum part. Fixing the clearence is no big deal.
Sencillamente increíble. Hago mecanizados esporádicos en maquinaria manual. Pero definitivamente me apasionan los avances. Y tu presentación me permite seguir soñando con algún dia hacerlo posible. Muchas gracias desde Ecuador.
Oh my God!.. I was dreaming about such a 5 axis cnc... and you have already built that in real life... Great work!.. my best wishes and congratulations to you, friend!..
I built a 4 axis machine from scratch 10 years ago, my advice is to use way covers and ballscrew covers, also route grease lines where needed for lubrication. Also think about chips, they will fly everywhere and strong coolant is worth every bit of effort. Mine uses strong mist blast, and that doesn't really cut it in many situations.
Looking forward to any update ^^. More in depth info is also welcome. I'm currently finishing a 3 axis cnc with the idea to make parts to convert it to 5 axis.
There were quite some questions in the comments, maybe I make a video about the design details etc. Soon I will also be able to continue the build. I wish you success for your cnc build. Is it shared somewhere public?
Dear Sir, For a person with no mechanical engineering background as you said; to have built something as complex as 3 axis machine would have been quite a feat but to build a 5 axis machine instead is all the more remarkable. The mistakes which you highlighted are quite frankly really minor when one considers how far you've gone thus far. My curiosity lies in the material used to construct it ( what's painted in white???) If said machine is by your reckoning in the vicinity of 400 kg; it's pretty much the scale of an industrial tool rather than a hobby machine. I think you've excelled yourself & ought to be very proud of your achievement. It's exceedingly complex & very well built. It would be most interesting to see one of your project coming to fruition of this marvel. Very well done. Kind regards.
Thank you. The frame is made out of a mineral casting with a thin Aluminum sheet metal housing. I have a post on my Instagram where I show this in more detail. Maybe I include it in the next video.
Impressive build! :) . I went to the videos section and noticed it's been a while. I hope you're still able to work on this and look forward to more :) .
Awesome project! Would be interesting to learn more about part sourcing (Mesa cards in Europe, industrial components, spindle, etc) and the casting process of the main body. Looking forward to the first chips! 👏
Thank you, I bought the cards already a year ago where you could just buy them. Simpler times back then. The Spindle I found on ebay, I absolutely don't have that kind of money to buy this one new. On my Instagram I have a post about the casting. I did not tok a lot of videos during the build process of the machine, only some pictures.
@@fabianbrock Thanks for the reply! Maybe some more questions (for a later video): What's your professional background (you mentioned it's not in machining/engineering) and how do you go about acquiring the required knowledge? Did you do any FEA simulations or trusted the Hermle design (square-cube law implications for scaling)? Did you consider noise/vibration dampening/decoupling in the design of the machine or its enclosure? Will you be able to run it with other people/neighbors present? How will you implement cooling/flooding?
I did a quick simulation in Fusion. Turns out the long z axis is of course the weakness, the rest dies not matter at all compared to this. But mainly I relied on the Hermle design. Another important part was not exceeding 100kg per part so I can carry it in the first floor. I can give more details on the design considerations in a future video.
@@fabianbrock weight is a huge issue if you don't live in the ground floor or have a small garage or you're renting the apartment, I've been designing my components to be max 200kg's so that 4 huge german guys can carry it upstairs or downstairs, 50kg per person seems reasonable. I hav to say though, the thin walls on your design make me really anxious. are the glass scales from china?
Best design I’ve ever seen diy. Do you use harmonic gear on 5th axis (C axis) ? Back lash ? What do you recommend gear that has no backlash or most little ?
Wow, gratuliere! Diese CNC mill ist ja der Hammer. - Du bist im Video die „Bescheidenheit“ in Person, voller Respekt. Kanal abonniert, da will ich dran bleiben und danke für‘s Teilen. 🙂
To say no experience in engineering. What the design and knowledge just appeared one night. Thank you god. ha ha. Dude you can't just guess all this. Tried to weld and found you could so made the table. Anyway I do like it just wish I could see it milling.
Haha, didn't mean no experience, just no professional background. Of course this was not the first time tinkering around in the garage. Soon I can continue working on it and then hopefully make the first chips.
Awesome machine! Does it have some sort of built in way for spindle tramming? like set screws or something? Or maybe this can be compensated by 4th and 5th axes? how does this work? thank you!
You can't really compensate Spindle tram with the 4th and 5th axes. The Spindle needs to be aligned to the Z axes so the rotary once don't help here. However, they make the table alignment with the Y axis a lot easier. For now I have this standard aluminum casting import spindle mount and tramming needs to done with an indicator and a soft hammer.
Any chance you will make a writeup or post the Build Of Material for the machine? I think there are a ton of good design points that others might be interested in building off of the design. (Like myself :) )
Superb work Fabian, I built a Mach 3 powered lathe ten years ago, time has moved on and now I am going to dispose of the stepper drives and fit servos. I have subscribed to your channel, my best wishes to you.
Fantastic work; congratulations! Looking forward to more videos soon! Could I ask which make and model of compressor you have? (As seen on the bottom right at 0:45 into the video.) Many thanks.
Thank you. You can find these types under "silent compressor" There are a lot of different sellers but they all look the same. Might come from the same chinese factory.
That is a super cool machine! Well done! I would love to have a compact machine like that. I guess you have access to proper machines to make all of these parts?
@@fabianbrock I'm curious what kind of positional accuracy and repeatability you are able to achieve. I hadn't thought of using glass DRO scales in my design.
Any chance you might do some mini tutorial on your granite mixing/forming technique? Is it painted over afterwards? Not many good video resources on epoxy granite mixing. Yours is so clean!
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“I built this little 5 axis CNC machine... I have no professional background in engineering or CNC machine.” Absolutely incredible mate. New subscriber ✌🏻
Thank you
@@fabianbrock more than welcome
Would have been easier to just say “I am a genius”. Lol
@@timshort3220 right?? Hahah!
nothing tells me more of an excellent engineer than when he shows his faults and how he plans on correcting them. we never get it right the first time.
Thank you, yes it is always somewhat of an iterative process.
"this *little* 5 axis CNC for my office..." - Absolute chunker. Nice build.
Thanks
You are a master, and your lack of experience or degrees don’t matter when you are able to build something like this. Amazing
Thanks
this is one of best diy cnc ever made
Thank you
Thank you for sharing tis video. There is not many DIY projects out there that have such a good mechanical design as you have built. I'm a senior mechanical engineer working on a DIY CNC machine too. I'm building a 3-axis machine that I later can expand with one or two more axis. My focus is on mechanical rigidity, precision and a large work volume in relation to outer dimensions. My project has been resting for some time but now you have inspired me to continue. Looking forward to see more from you!
Thank you, in case you share your work somewhere online let me know. It sounds interesting.
WOW. I built my own 3 Axis a while back. That was already a challenge. 5 Axis was always in the back of my mind, but seeing your machine is frankly quite intimidating ;). Outstanding work!
Thank you
5 axis will have much more outcome accuracy problems and errors, how much will you expect ? How much is it when machine comes back to 3 axis normal use
@@ray-charc3131 I don't know yet what to expect. A lot of it also depends on patience during alignment. And yes with 5 axis this process is lot more complicated. I will do a video about the assembly and alignment process with the results in accuracy.
@@fabianbrock since you do not operate a business and you built it as a project why not share parts list, detailed process, wiring guide and knowledge you gained from is genuis build
This is a genuine question?
@@FirstLast-tx3yj I will do this later on. First I want to finish the machine to see if it works as expected. I don't want to put out a version now that might not work.
Fantastic project! Looks really good!
Thank you.
Fantastic work, excited to watch your progress!
Thank you
Very good product
Very nice built. Rather impressive I'd say. Congratulations!
Thank you
I love what you are doing. Very very interesting machine. Keep creating content and posting it.
Thank you
Can't wait to see some milling on this machine, great work man
Thank you, I am also looking forward to the forst chips.
Great build - thanks for sharing! Some further informations are highly appreciated!
Thanks, anything specific you are interested in?
Was für eine beeindruckende Maschine! Geniale Arbeit! Ich bin sehr gespannt auf weitere Videos!
Dankeschön
Fantastic build well done.
Thank you
I like the fact that the machine scares you, thought I was the only one... 🤣🤣
It's really an impressive build! Congratulations.
Subscribed and waiting to see it cutting shiny stuff 😁
😁 Thank you
Super impressive, looking forward to the future videos as well 👍
Thank you
I'm in the proccess of designing a slighly smaller cnc and a video about the cast granite epoxy frame would be great. This is the best home built 5th axis cnc I've seen yet.
Thank you, I will give some comments about this in the next video.
Thanks for sharing video... I can see many good design features. You should be proud of your work. I really would love to see you continue with a second and third versions,... You have talent mate..
Thank you
This is amazing... keep up the good work
Thank you
Amazing. I can't wait to see the machine in action.
Thanks, me too 😀
Great build! Thanks for sharing
Thank you
What a nice build. BRAVO m8👌
Thank you
Fantastic job!
Thank you
Bro this is awesome, I thought I was alright when I built a 3d printer but this is inspiring well done
Thank you
Very cool build!
Thank you
This is amazing work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
Very cool stuff!
Thank you
Wow!!! Congratulations 👏👏👏
Thank you
Very impressive 5 axis CNC. Looking forward to seeing you make some chips. Congratulations!!!
Thanks, me too.
I’ve always had a dream to build a scaled down clone of a Hermle 5-axis, thank you for letting me see it in reality!
I think with your excellent design and component decisions you will have an amazingly capable machine for years to come!
Thank you for sharing anything you learned along the way (good and bad!).
Thank you Eric
Very nice! @6:25 Many machines don't bother with leadscrew supports on the Z axis so you can probably just live without the colliding bearing block. Again, what a great job 👍👍
Thank you. That's right, the Sorotecs for example don't have one. To be honest it is quite handy tobhave this piece of steel at the end of the z axis to put a magnetic indicator stand on the otherwise aluminum part. Fixing the clearence is no big deal.
I loved this machine the moment I saw a picture of it somewhere! Definitely want to see more.
Thank you, I will show more of it.
@@fabianbrock Thank you Fabian! I'm curious to know how you're controlling it from the software side. Have you got access to some nice CAM?
@@machsuper unfortunately not. I am currently using fusion 360 but the free version does not have 5 axis.
@@fabianbrock 5 axis CAM desperately needs a liberating revolution right now.
@@machsuper Facts, with I could forward ten years when RTCP is a tab on every cnc software
Awesome project!
Thank you
Very nice machine. I work on 5 axis CNC machines for a living and I am very impressed with your work. Outstanding!!
Thank you, nice to hear that from a professional.
Sencillamente increíble. Hago mecanizados esporádicos en maquinaria manual. Pero definitivamente me apasionan los avances. Y tu presentación me permite seguir soñando con algún dia hacerlo posible. Muchas gracias desde Ecuador.
Thank you very much and greetings to ecuador.
Beautiful machine! 👍
Thank you, and I like the Gaston comics too.
very nice, a build series of this would've been very awesome
Thanks, first I planned doing this but very quickly learned that this takes a lot of time. And I rather have the machine 🙂
Germans are born with an engineering degree, good job!
Haha, thank you.
Beautiful machine!!!!
Thank you
Oh my God!.. I was dreaming about such a 5 axis cnc... and you have already built that in real life... Great work!.. my best wishes and congratulations to you, friend!..
Thank you.
Looks great!
Thank you
Well done. Very cool
Thank you
Awsome, you do not ave any degree, but you deserve one just for making this machine. I know a lot of engineering not capable of doing this.
Thank you.
Now u need an enclosure , to keep all chips inside .
Nice tool , and i think was a looot of work .
Wish u the best .
Thank you
inspiring work sir !
Thank you
Such a clean build that tilting table looks like it would be hard to build
Thank you
I built a 4 axis machine from scratch 10 years ago, my advice is to use way covers and ballscrew covers, also route grease lines where needed for lubrication. Also think about chips, they will fly everywhere and strong coolant is worth every bit of effort. Mine uses strong mist blast, and that doesn't really cut it in many situations.
Way covers are already planned in CAD.
Extremely impressive! Earned my sub. I wanna see it mill something.
Thanks, me too.
Very impressive!
Thank you
Great design.
Thank you.
Love it! Looking forward to more of the same. Subbed here! I personally would like longer videos with actual build work.
Thank you
Very nice. (And good choice of controller ;-)
Thank you
Super Arbeit. Vielen dank für das Video.
Dankeschön
Looking forward to any update ^^. More in depth info is also welcome. I'm currently finishing a 3 axis cnc with the idea to make parts to convert it to 5 axis.
There were quite some questions in the comments, maybe I make a video about the design details etc. Soon I will also be able to continue the build.
I wish you success for your cnc build. Is it shared somewhere public?
@@fabianbrock Good question ^^. I've been meaning to share to give something back but never got to it. I should make work of it now 😅
Very cool! You're a rock star!
Thank you
@@fabianbrock spelled "You're" wrong it was late. That said SICK build.
Very nice!
Thank you
best idea broo
Thanks
I LOVE IT!!!😍
Thank you
Dear Sir,
For a person with no mechanical engineering background as you said; to have built something as complex as 3 axis machine would have been quite a feat but to build a 5 axis machine instead is all the more remarkable. The mistakes which you highlighted are quite frankly really minor when one considers how far you've gone thus far. My curiosity lies in the material used to construct it ( what's painted in white???) If said machine is by your reckoning in the vicinity of 400 kg; it's pretty much the scale of an industrial tool rather than a hobby machine. I think you've excelled yourself & ought to be very proud of your achievement. It's exceedingly complex & very well built. It would be most interesting to see one of your project coming to fruition of this marvel. Very well done. Kind regards.
Thank you. The frame is made out of a mineral casting with a thin Aluminum sheet metal housing. I have a post on my Instagram where I show this in more detail. Maybe I include it in the next video.
❤최고입니다
실력이 대단 하시네요
감사합니다
(hope google translated that correctly)
Impressive build! :) . I went to the videos section and noticed it's been a while. I hope you're still able to work on this and look forward to more :) .
Thank you, yes I had some other projects ongoing but soon I will continue with the machine.
Awesome! I hope you will detail your linuxcnc hardware and software configuration!
Thank you, I can share these once it is finished.
@@fabianbrock I'm looking forward to it!
Awesome project! Would be interesting to learn more about part sourcing (Mesa cards in Europe, industrial components, spindle, etc) and the casting process of the main body. Looking forward to the first chips! 👏
Thank you, I bought the cards already a year ago where you could just buy them. Simpler times back then. The Spindle I found on ebay, I absolutely don't have that kind of money to buy this one new.
On my Instagram I have a post about the casting. I did not tok a lot of videos during the build process of the machine, only some pictures.
@@fabianbrock Thanks for the reply! Maybe some more questions (for a later video):
What's your professional background (you mentioned it's not in machining/engineering) and how do you go about acquiring the required knowledge?
Did you do any FEA simulations or trusted the Hermle design (square-cube law implications for scaling)?
Did you consider noise/vibration dampening/decoupling in the design of the machine or its enclosure? Will you be able to run it with other people/neighbors present?
How will you implement cooling/flooding?
I did a quick simulation in Fusion. Turns out the long z axis is of course the weakness, the rest dies not matter at all compared to this. But mainly I relied on the Hermle design. Another important part was not exceeding 100kg per part so I can carry it in the first floor. I can give more details on the design considerations in a future video.
@@fabianbrock weight is a huge issue if you don't live in the ground floor or have a small garage or you're renting the apartment, I've been designing my components to be max 200kg's so that 4 huge german guys can carry it upstairs or downstairs, 50kg per person seems reasonable. I hav to say though, the thin walls on your design make me really anxious. are the glass scales from china?
@@jonjon3829 yes, the glass scales are from Ditron.
Amazing!
Thank you
Wow awesome!
Thank you
sweet machine it will be interesting to see what it can do
Thanks
Sehr cool! Gratulation!!
Dankeschön
Awesome!
Thank you.
your neighbours will love you 😊
Only one living below, but that's the landlord so better not annoy them to much.
Those servos are beautiful, impressive build!
Thank you
@@fabianbrock sind die servos gebraucht?
@@kingkasma4660 The 750W AC servos are new and the harmonic drive servos are used.
Nice build.
Thank you.
Congratulations 👏 🙂 👍
Thank you
Impressive!
Thank you
Nice machine friend
Thank you
Just a hobby ! Very good!
Thank you
Awesome!!!!!
Thank you
Best design I’ve ever seen diy.
Do you use harmonic gear on 5th axis (C axis) ?
Back lash ?
What do you recommend gear that has no backlash or most little ?
Thank you, yes on the 4th and the 5th axis I use Harmonic drives. These are the FHA-32B and FHA-25B respectively.
My deep respect!
Thanks
Looking forward to the machining videos! Looks epic.
Thank you, I am also looking forward to machining 😀
Wow, gratuliere! Diese CNC mill ist ja der Hammer. - Du bist im Video die „Bescheidenheit“ in Person, voller Respekt. Kanal abonniert, da will ich dran bleiben und danke für‘s Teilen. 🙂
Dankeschön
Very nice
Thank you
To say no experience in engineering. What the design and knowledge just appeared one night. Thank you god. ha ha. Dude you can't just guess all this. Tried to weld and found you could so made the table. Anyway I do like it just wish I could see it milling.
Haha, didn't mean no experience, just no professional background. Of course this was not the first time tinkering around in the garage. Soon I can continue working on it and then hopefully make the first chips.
Awesome machine! Does it have some sort of built in way for spindle tramming? like set screws or something? Or maybe this can be compensated by 4th and 5th axes? how does this work? thank you!
You can't really compensate Spindle tram with the 4th and 5th axes. The Spindle needs to be aligned to the Z axes so the rotary once don't help here. However, they make the table alignment with the Y axis a lot easier. For now I have this standard aluminum casting import spindle mount and tramming needs to done with an indicator and a soft hammer.
Any chance you will make a writeup or post the Build Of Material for the machine? I think there are a ton of good design points that others might be interested in building off of the design. (Like myself :) )
Yes I could do this, just need to find a suitable place for it. But maybe I'll wait until it is machining in case some adjustments are needed.
@@fabianbrock I would also love to have a written documention of how this masterpiece was build an from what
@@leoraab5683 I have a little bit on my Instagram, maybe I will write up more. I would need to figure out a suitable place for something like that.
Superb work Fabian, I built a Mach 3 powered lathe ten years ago, time has moved on and now I am going to dispose of the stepper drives and fit servos. I have subscribed to your channel, my best wishes to you.
Thank you, good luck with the upgrade.
I did as you did but cnc milling machine, now it is servo steppers and runs in LinuxCnc
Fantastic work; congratulations! Looking forward to more videos soon!
Could I ask which make and model of compressor you have? (As seen on the bottom right at 0:45 into the video.) Many thanks.
Thank you. You can find these types under "silent compressor" There are a lot of different sellers but they all look the same. Might come from the same chinese factory.
That is a super cool machine! Well done! I would love to have a compact machine like that. I guess you have access to proper machines to make all of these parts?
Thank you Max. Proper is debatable, I have an import mill and lathe.
Impressive.
Thank you
@@fabianbrock I'm curious what kind of positional accuracy and repeatability you are able to achieve. I hadn't thought of using glass DRO scales in my design.
@@warrenmusselman9173 I'll test this in future, the mill is not yet finished enough for this test.
Awesome build! Looking forward to some more videos.
Would love to copy your design, you haven't kept a topic on the German cnc forum by any chance?
Thank you, currently it is only here and on Instagram. I am sometimes on the german speaking "CNC, Späne und Chaos" Discord.
absolut beeindruckt! :)
Dankeschön
Great 👍
Thanks
very impressive 👍👍👍 I noticed that you have 5 drivers while you have 4 motors!
Thanks, the 5h driver is for the toolchanger. It is not yet build but the motor is shown shortly in the video.
Super!
Thanks
Schickes Spielzeug, gerne mehr dazu
LG
Dankeschön
Excellent machine well done! Did you really do all that building in your flat? And what tools did you use to do the build?
Thank you. No the building was done mainly in my parents garage some kilometers away from my flat. I have a small 3 axis mill and minilathe there.
Any chance you might do some mini tutorial on your granite mixing/forming technique? Is it painted over afterwards?
Not many good video resources on epoxy granite mixing. Yours is so clean!
It is so clean because on the outside there is still the aluminum frame. I'll discuss it in my next video.
Beeindruckend. Quasi eine Hermle C12U 👍👍
Danke. Genau, Hermle war hier das Vorbild. Nur ein wenig kleiner.
Respect!
Thanks
Nice little monster! Can't wait to see it bite on something! ;-)
Thank you, I am also looking forward to the first chips.