yeah I pretty sure anything with metal gear in the URL has been taken , doesn't look like you play video games so you wouldn't know anything about that , or you do and you made a cheeky joke , like how I'm making one on your channel name sounding like a porn site ,
This is THE most efficient video I have EVER seen! Your shop practices are efficient. Your "what if there's a snag" scenarios are efficient. Your editing is efficient. Video & audio is excellent quality. I'm impressed. You give me something to aspire to. Thank you.
I love watching these videos, I'm new to woodworks and its awesome seeing someone who can make such elegant mechanisms from scratch like this. Keep up the great work
I was sitting here tonight investigating CNC, $$$$, then I had a thought, I had seen a movie years ago and it was set to the 1700s time period. They used a gizmo to counterfeit a signature and after a few minutes googling I had the name " pantograph ". After watching a router pantograph video, I watch yours, This is way cool, thanks for sharing!
+John Heisz it should works just fine, but I'd probably try to do some cutting next to a running Shapeoko first to see how well the electronics handle that
I'm a HUGE Mathias fan. I'm also right in the middle of building my CNC. The day I see a video come out that says "building a CNC router part 1" from Mathias, I will be the happiest person in the world. I think he would end up with the nicest machine. I wish he wasn't so against building one for some reason.
TH-cam.. Ha! I should have figured someone has already done this. Matthias, what a great video! I was actually looking up pantographs for the very purpose of adapting one for my plasma cutter. I just never figured on seeing this done and relayed on such a professional level as you have done here. Bravo.
Wow Matthias, as always I am impressed with your intelligence, creativity & completion of the projects you share with the world. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really liked the reamer trick with the pivot pin materiel, the micro switch to control the plasma cutter & of course the possibilities for shapes to be made with such a machine WITHOUT said machine being computer numeric controlled. Not that I dislike cnc machines what so ever.
Hey Matthias, I've been watching your vids since you made a ukulele! I've never done any of your projects, why would I? I've built houses and all sorts of things when I was young, but I just love seeing your techniques and your problem solving! You have a very creative mind and dynamic thinking and practical skills. It;s great. Thank you.
Hey Matthias! Love your videos. I work on a CNC plasma cutter at my school and I wanted to let you know that those beads come off very easily with a chisel. Just clamp down the gear and pluck away! Keep up the great work!
My son and I built a CNC plasma cutter last summer. He is running a HyperTherm 45. The speed setting to get minimal dross is critical. Each material thickness has to have a different feed speed. We have most thicknesses up to 1/4" figured out. We have played around with 3/8" and 1/2" a little. I am sure that with practice, you can figure out the appropriate speeds. All of the wood working machines are cool. I wish I had them. I did build my own house and accumulated a few wood working tools, but my oldest son became a welder/fitter, so now my shop is filled with mostly metal working tools.
As a thought, I wonder if you could use a metal plate under the pattern and the metal follower to complete your control circuit. It would give you more control when drawing pretty pictures. Follower up, no cutting, follower down, cutting.
ok guys i'm a woodworker but watch my cnc do the woodworking for me,matthias everybody is now having their cnc do the woodworking for them, its like saying i'm a good runner whatch my racing car run. you allways do good woodworking videos i'm glad ,keep it up
That"s pretty cool bro! the one suggestion I'd offer is: affixing a piece of thin sheet metal to the bottom of the mount that holds the torch will save the wood over time. Great work and thanks for all you do!
Great idea and a great experiment. Now we know what kind of results to expect. If you can live with deburring the cuts then this is a good option for the guy who has plasma but no plasma cam. It is hard to beat the computer at cutting things. Thanks for the video.
hola matthias soy de argentina soy carpintero y me gustan un montón tus maquinas ya me e hecho un par de tus maquinas lo ultimo q ise fue el elevador del Reuter gracias por tus vídeos un abrazo
I knew, at the moment I had the idea of watching a video of how to build the simplest plasma-router ever, that I HAVE TO VISIT YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your plasma cutter pantograph has actually a great advantage over other CNC cutter setup by having a wooden construction that doesn't conduct electricity. One could even consider combining CNC with your setup, because the high voltage from the cutter could fry the electronics on a aluminium frame.
That slag should be very easy to remove with a hammer. It's very brittle, and you can chip it off. There are even hammers made specifically for this purpose.
Great idea, usual blistering execution. The only thing, I know you have the electronics skills to do a real CNC, while I have held off for years because I don't. The prices on parts are getting pretty low with the Tiny G board. I guess the other reason I stand back is I need 4x8 for the boats I build, which is a heck of a machine. I think it is possible, if possibly silly to do linear slides in wood. Sometimes when a router is running wooden slides move smoothly just due to the vibration. Or maybe compressed air. I think a person who really knew how to do structure in wood could save a ton on some of the stuff 80/20 is used for. That stuff doesn't haul it's weight in the average build mostly just functioning as an alignment guide on units that are often structurally overbuilt with impacts on cost and weight.
+Matthias Wandel i see it as a way of doing quick geometric shapes and copying templates roughed out on the bandsaw. but you could also quickly make reinforcing parts for your wooden projects (corners etc) with some simple templates even cutting the screw holes (or plug weld holes). id be excited if i had just created that. last note bathe your steel sheet in white vinegar over night to remove all the rust and scale.
Matthias Wandel I think there is some great potential for these metal gears out of some thicker stock. Would be really cool to try some metal dovetails? See how precise this setup can be!
Mathias, the slag on the back gets removed by hammering. Slide a hammer or the edge of the metal, and it pops off without grinding. Don't bother trying to limit it, it's a non-issue. It pops right off with a hammer leaving clean edges. If you go WAY too slow, you can get molten metal mixed in with the slag, which does not come off like the slag alone does. Focus on the top cut side and the cut quality and don't worry about the slag. A stick-welding chipping hammer laid flat pops it right off. It looks like the tip distance is a bit high, which is why you have slag on the top of the plate.
+Denis Lipatnikov i am loving the pedantic comments. Both of you knew exactly what I meant, who cares if it is not terminology specific, i don't otherwise i would have said 1:1 scale, which i am fully aware of as a term but i am also conscious that lots of people, especially in the youtube comment sections likely aren't.
Jared Reabow I try to not make a habit of correcting people in comments, however when someone else tries to correct someone and fails, then it is just too hard to resist ;)
+Jared Reabow (Jazza) I was thinking if the cutter was on the other end of the pantograph, the small movements on the template would equate to faster movements on the cutter end...
If you press the release lever on the gun for the construction adhesive it relieves the pressure on the cartridge and stops it from oozing out when you are not using it.
Thanks brother I also thought when I saw doplicator from.but double runway form I think better because it makes something smaller than your form but it is your own invention thank you.
Neat use for a pantograph. Now you need another website for metalgears :).
Steelgears.ca
yeah I pretty sure anything with metal gear in the URL has been taken , doesn't look like you play video games so you wouldn't know anything about that , or you do and you made a cheeky joke , like how I'm making one on your channel name sounding like a porn site ,
+fackingpos metalgears.ca is available, but I was joking.
+RimstarOrg A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR.
+fackingpos never had a comment make me almost throw up with laughter. thanks
Very cool project Matthias. As usual, you blow my mind with your ability to make shop-built precision machinery with such creativity and engineering.
This is THE most efficient video I have EVER seen! Your shop practices are efficient. Your "what if there's a snag" scenarios are efficient. Your editing is efficient. Video & audio is excellent quality. I'm impressed. You give me something to aspire to. Thank you.
So refreshing to see this level of competence vs some goober with a hand-held camera.
I Googled pantograph for plasma cutter... I am so not surprise to find a video with Matthias making one. Amazing guy.
dude the tools that you create are so awesome. you got mad skills my friend. this is a awesome one!! much love
Matthias, you are incredible! Ive never seen anyone with as many talents. Your parents must be awfully proud of you!
Matthias I have to say. After watching a 2 of your videos, I am thoroughly impressed with your talent and skill.
I love watching these videos, I'm new to woodworks and its awesome seeing someone who can make such elegant mechanisms from scratch like this. Keep up the great work
I was sitting here tonight investigating CNC, $$$$, then I had a thought, I had seen a movie years ago and it was set to the 1700s time period. They used a gizmo to counterfeit a signature and after a few minutes googling I had the name " pantograph ". After watching a router pantograph video, I watch yours, This is way cool, thanks for sharing!
VERY interesting project!
I've been thinking about clamping my plasma to my Shapeoko, and actually getting some use out of it (for a change).
+John Heisz it should works just fine, but I'd probably try to do some cutting next to a running Shapeoko first to see how well the electronics handle that
+Lasse Langwadt Christensen I think the same. I would be careful putting them together.
Things that are cool as hell:
1. This thing
2. Probably other stuff, maybe
+Brad2Penske Hell has nothing on this in the coolness department.
Double Dare Fan what about the last circle
also parkour and dupstep
I found your channel about a week ago. You always amaze me! You are great at what you do. I'm glad you get all this support from us
I'm a HUGE Mathias fan. I'm also right in the middle of building my CNC. The day I see a video come out that says "building a CNC router part 1" from Mathias, I will be the happiest person in the world. I think he would end up with the nicest machine. I wish he wasn't so against building one for some reason.
dang dude, I could never imagine plasma cutting something this fine, bravo!
TH-cam.. Ha! I should have figured someone has already done this.
Matthias, what a great video! I was actually looking up pantographs for the very purpose of adapting one for my plasma cutter. I just never figured on seeing this done and relayed on such a professional level as you have done here. Bravo.
Wow Matthias, as always I am impressed with your intelligence, creativity & completion of the projects you share with the world. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I really liked the reamer trick with the pivot pin materiel, the micro switch to control the plasma cutter & of course the possibilities for shapes to be made with such a machine WITHOUT said machine being computer numeric controlled. Not that I dislike cnc machines what so ever.
I have tried for forty plus years that get my shop to look as good as yours!!! Finn job young man!!!
Hey Matthias, I've been watching your vids since you made a ukulele! I've never done any of your projects, why would I? I've built houses and all sorts of things when I was young, but I just love seeing your techniques and your problem solving! You have a very creative mind and dynamic thinking and practical skills. It;s great. Thank you.
Hey Matthias! Love your videos. I work on a CNC plasma cutter at my school and I wanted to let you know that those beads come off very easily with a chisel. Just clamp down the gear and pluck away! Keep up the great work!
That's a beautiful piece of craftsmanship!
Like all your homemade tools, that turned out really nice.
It's always a pleasure to watch a brilliant mind at work.
Impressive to say the least! Would be nice to see how it'd perform after correcting the speed and height of the cutter!
+johnnyq90 how is your turbine doing?
You never cease to amaze me. Fantastic.
Using your own saw milled wood must be incredibly satisfying. Especially since you saved it from the chipper!
My son and I built a CNC plasma cutter last summer. He is running a HyperTherm 45. The speed setting to get minimal dross is critical. Each material thickness has to have a different feed speed. We have most thicknesses up to 1/4" figured out. We have played around with 3/8" and 1/2" a little. I am sure that with practice, you can figure out the appropriate speeds. All of the wood working machines are cool. I wish I had them. I did build my own house and accumulated a few wood working tools, but my oldest son became a welder/fitter, so now my shop is filled with mostly metal working tools.
As a thought, I wonder if you could use a metal plate under the pattern and the metal follower to complete your control circuit. It would give you more control when drawing pretty pictures. Follower up, no cutting, follower down, cutting.
Yet once again Matthias amazes us!
I've literally been learning more from you about woodwork than my resistant materials teacher :D
The dumb little smiley face cracked me up. Very interesting project Matthias. I look forward to seeing how you put it to use in the future.
I like that you go straight to the point, no intro and stuffs. Also I'm watching this in 1080p and it feels like 480..
Very cool, love the mix between wood and steel.
Parabéns Sr Wandel, o projeto é muito bem executado. Precisão e qualidade.
Dude, you are the wizard of pantographing.
I am amazed at what you put into this. Remarkable!
I really enjoy watching your videos and I learn a lot with them. thank you!
As always I enjoyed watching and I learned something. Thanks for putting in the effort to make this cideo
I did not know how pantographs worked before this, Nice video!
ok guys i'm a woodworker but watch my cnc do the woodworking for me,matthias everybody is now having their cnc do the woodworking for them, its like saying i'm a good runner whatch my racing car run. you allways do good woodworking videos i'm glad ,keep it up
Matthias thanks for being born, this is really usefull
Awesome build! Really cool stuff
Gears made of metal? Now you are just getting silly.
That"s pretty cool bro! the one suggestion I'd offer is: affixing a piece of thin sheet metal to the bottom of the mount that holds the torch will save the wood over time. Great work and thanks for all you do!
It's the Steelgears Plasmograph!
Amazing work, as usual :) Greets from Maine USA.
You are great at this! My compliments!
eres un máquina ....Felicidades por tus grandes trabajos....un SALUDO
felicidades eres realmente muy muy hábil me has dado muchas ideas y me has ayudado gracias Matías te considero un maestro
Great idea and a great experiment. Now we know what kind of results to expect. If you can live with deburring the cuts then this is a good option for the guy who has plasma but no plasma cam. It is hard to beat the computer at cutting things. Thanks for the video.
Suas criações continuar sendo incríveis. Um dia terei coragem pra recriar algumas
Thanks for the awesome video.
You are a gifted fabricator...and a can put together a very cool video!
Cheers
Strong work. Please keep the vids coming. I know they're a pain to edit, but it's well worth it. Thanks!
A nice build. I wish I could work so quickly, I'd get a lot more done around here!
What a treasure to find your vids on here :) Very fun!
hola matthias soy de argentina soy carpintero y me gustan un montón tus maquinas ya me e hecho un par de tus maquinas lo ultimo q ise fue el elevador del Reuter gracias por tus vídeos un abrazo
You are a genius. Thanks for the video, very entertaining and informative as usual.
That is AWESOME. I wonder how accurate of cuts you can make when duplicating an object with a follower of sorts.
The reamer is a top solution!
Amazing skill.
My dad used to say wood is gold and you sure turn wood into gold :D
Pretty lucky that it's already squared?
Naw, it's just yo godly skillz.
Mama mia!You are a genious sir!Hats of.
I knew, at the moment I had the idea of watching a video of how to build the simplest plasma-router ever, that I HAVE TO VISIT YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy who is a wood machinist.
Sir, your genius amazes me.
The slag chips off very easily with a chisel and a hammer. Especially the larger pieces of slag.
Your plasma cutter pantograph has actually a great advantage over other CNC cutter setup by having a wooden construction that doesn't conduct electricity.
One could even consider combining CNC with your setup, because the high voltage from the cutter could fry the electronics on a aluminium frame.
That slag should be very easy to remove with a hammer. It's very brittle, and you can chip it off. There are even hammers made specifically for this purpose.
I'm convinced you could make anything out of wood, given enough time.
+Alexander Borsi Next project is an artificial heart. I'm calling it now. :P
Very well done. Very imaginative idea that was seen thru to its conclusion. I am impressed
@1:09 when you said you were going to cut that piece a bit wider, I had to chuckle. I knew what you meant. thanks. cheers🇨🇦
i love your projects!
Thicker metal will cut better. You'll have less dross sticking to the backside. Nice video.
+Classic Work stroke of genius, great idea
Awesome Matthias ... inspiring.
Nice Idea and Project, Matthias
Nice build was worried it would catch on fire with the plasma sparks. Good to see that it did not
Have a day
Very nice project. I'll need to watch a few more times before I do mine. :)
Great idea, usual blistering execution. The only thing, I know you have the electronics skills to do a real CNC, while I have held off for years because I don't. The prices on parts are getting pretty low with the Tiny G board. I guess the other reason I stand back is I need 4x8 for the boats I build, which is a heck of a machine.
I think it is possible, if possibly silly to do linear slides in wood. Sometimes when a router is running wooden slides move smoothly just due to the vibration. Or maybe compressed air.
I think a person who really knew how to do structure in wood could save a ton on some of the stuff 80/20 is used for. That stuff doesn't haul it's weight in the average build mostly just functioning as an alignment guide on units that are often structurally overbuilt with impacts on cost and weight.
You amaze me. Great videos.
If you want to get rid of the slag, simply tap it with a chipping hammer, it will clean up nicely
Very cool! Looking forward to seeing more metalwork from you Matthias
+Krafty Beard This machine would have been very useful when I made the knife and the hand plane. At the moment, don't have a project in mind for it.
+Matthias Wandel i see it as a way of doing quick geometric shapes and copying templates roughed out on the bandsaw. but you could also quickly make reinforcing parts for your wooden projects (corners etc) with some simple templates even cutting the screw holes (or plug weld holes). id be excited if i had just created that.
last note bathe your steel sheet in white vinegar over night to remove all the rust and scale.
Matthias Wandel I think there is some great potential for these metal gears out of some thicker stock. Would be really cool to try some metal dovetails? See how precise this setup can be!
This is a really awesome video. Thank you
Mathias, the slag on the back gets removed by hammering. Slide a hammer or the edge of the metal, and it pops off without grinding. Don't bother trying to limit it, it's a non-issue. It pops right off with a hammer leaving clean edges. If you go WAY too slow, you can get molten metal mixed in with the slag, which does not come off like the slag alone does. Focus on the top cut side and the cut quality and don't worry about the slag. A stick-welding chipping hammer laid flat pops it right off. It looks like the tip distance is a bit high, which is why you have slag on the top of the plate.
Great job always enjoy your videos
Very nice man! Love it!
You are a pro indeed. love your videos :)
Wonderful ! Great Job !
It might not be perfect right away, but since you're some kind of genius it won't take long to perfect. This is really cool stuff though!
the problem is its not 1 x 1 size so your fast movements aren't as fast as you think.
+Dami Nooki
1:1 scale* but nice try anyway.
+Denis Lipatnikov
i am loving the pedantic comments.
Both of you knew exactly what I meant, who cares if it is not terminology specific, i don't otherwise i would have said 1:1 scale, which i am fully aware of as a term but i am also conscious that lots of people, especially in the youtube comment sections likely aren't.
Jared Reabow
I try to not make a habit of correcting people in comments, however when someone else tries to correct someone and fails, then it is just too hard to resist ;)
+Jared Reabow (Jazza) I was thinking if the cutter was on the other end of the pantograph, the small movements on the template would equate to faster movements on the cutter end...
incredible job!
Neat. I like it. I'd love a plasma cutter one day
Yay! Mr. Wandel goes metal shop!
If you press the release lever on the gun for the construction adhesive it relieves the pressure on the cartridge and stops it from oozing out when you are not using it.
Coolest vid I've seen this week
You need fine cut nozzles don't know if they sell em for your plasma tho. My Hypertherm has them very nice!
When I saw that you were making this out of wood I thought you were going to burn you shop down. Amazing..
I need to say something to you
You are so talented
Very interesting solution!
Как всегда - гениально!
crazy idea, great job
Thanks brother I also thought when I saw doplicator from.but double runway form I think better because it makes something smaller than your form but it is your own invention thank you.
Your clamps are nuts!