Hi Jesse, glad you liked my little video mate. I've made a couple other Fusion 360 videos and posted them on my channel. Check them out if you get a spare 1/2 hour or 2 lol. Cheers, Aaron.
Excellent presentation. Amazing how for CNC and, of course Fusion 360 has gone, looking back over 30 years. Then, this was just the stuff of dreams. Amazing too that one can now download Fusion 360 as a student or hobbyist legally. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. Yes I agree with you. Autodesk Fusion360 is a fantastic product and I really appreciate how they've made it free for education. Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by my channel.
For a home machine it handled that cavity like a boss! I just bought my first home CNC. It’s a Ganesh VMC1814 with a Fanuc O-i control. 8k rpm, 7hp spindle. I’m ready to make some chips! Also transitioning from solid works to fusion.... what a headache! Watching your vids to see if I pick up some techniques. I’ve been machining composites for 10 years so metal cutting is new to me. I would love to see some rpm and feeds on the screen...
Thanks Israel. This is video is quite old now. I have a much better machine to play with. Oh I just looked up your cnc machine. Very nice indeed. I will check your channel for some videos on it. Cheers, Aaron.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering thank you! The machine I bought is used but new to me... 😆 But the good thing is I bought it from the Ganesh Machinery ex-service manager so there is some confidence there! 😁. I just started seeing some of your newer videos and I gotta tell ya that Syil(sorry for misspelling) machine looks very impressive for the price! I can't wait to start uploading videos to my channel! Most of it will be cutting carbon fiber, titanium, and aluminum so that ought to be fun!
I see you converted your mill to CNC too. That is how I got started in the CNC world. I converted a old Clausing mill to CNC about 4 years ago. LOL I didn't know what I was doing but managed to get it done and working. I used it for 3 years before buying my Tormach. I still have that mill BTW.
Hi Bret, yes I got started in CNC back at University. I had a really good lecturer (Dr. Ivan Chester) who pushed us to use CAD-CAM-CNC. At the time I hated it, but upon graduating I really started to appreciate the power and convenience of it all. Now, I'm a Fusion 360 CNC nut. I'm like a reformed smoker trying to convert everyone else ha ha ha
Looking good mate! I've been using Fusion for all the CAD/CAM on my new knives, been very happy with it so far except for it's slightly too frequent crashes... I set the autosave interval to something like 10 minutes to avoid losing work if something does happen. They're updating it pretty quick too... Last update was about a week ago and after that a lot of previous crashes no longer happened! In a few months it will be a very solid piece of kit!
Gough Custom Hey Aaron, always good to hear from you Thanks for the feedback mate,. Hey, I'm totally stoked with Fusion 360. It"s a powerful piece of kit. I haven't had any crashes yet. I use it on my new MacBook Pro. I have had it stall for a minute or two, but no total crash. Your knives are looking awesome mate. Very impressed with your work. Cheers, Azza
DCTTeacher1 Thanks mate! Should have a video coming out soon with lots of 'CNC porn', showing both the development process of the new knives and the final result in terms of process!
Nice chips, awesome work! I love using Fusion 360. Especially like it when I have my pup running around the shop helping me out. Enjoy the dogs lending a helping paw(s)!
Hey man thanks for watching. Yeah Fusion 360 is fantastic. Can't believe how powerful it is and what it is capable of. Got to love dogs in general. They truly complete your life ;-) Cheers, Aaron.
+underourrock hey man, thanks for watching my video. Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback. I tried something new with this video intro and added my little dogs as a guest appearance lol. I'll will post a new Fusion 360 video over the weekend. Cheers Aaron
Excelente video...y muy buen mecanizado!! Te queria consultar, como es el dispositivo que usas para atornillar la pieza...el dispositivo que usas para poder realizar el mecanizado exterior de la pieza... Nuevamente felicitaciones y gracias por compartir tu conocimiento...
Hello. In this video I used a fixture and 4 bolts to hold it down. Fixturing this way is not ideal and can produce slightly inaccurate parts. Soft jaws would have been a better method of work holding and only 2 operations. Thanks for watching 👍🍻
I'm just amazed at all this fusion 360 and cnc router info, you make it look and sound very easy and I really want to get into cnc in 2016. I only just found info a few hours ago on SolidWorks, then came across and article on a website called SolidSmack about the differences between that and Fusion 360. So I'm as green as it gets with all this stuff, after enjoying a couple of years of just riding motorcycles and living life. But now it's time to learn something and I think it's time to finally learn CNC Routing / Milling, Plasma Cutting, Welding. I think I need a few hours to look at your great videos, thanks for the info
Hey man, thanks for watching vids and taking time to comment. Glad you liked my CNC vids. PM me if you need more info. I'm also on Instagram under the same user name. I'm away on family vacation at the moment and have little to no service. So I'll endeavour to reply to your other comments ASAP. Cheers Aaron
Hi Pablo, much appreciated thank you. I'm currently upgrading my little mill. Fitting new closed loop steppers and a chip enclosure. Pictures are on my Instagram. Cheers Aaron
Thank you so much Dan, I really appreciate your feedback. Autodesk Fusion360 deserves all the credit though. It truly is an amazing piece of software. Cheers mate. Aaron.
It took me longer than it should have done to realise the deep vibrating sound wasn't some weird juddering problem with the milling operation but the compressor switching on in the background...
Hi Neil. Yes this was filmed many years ago when I was stuck outside in my little garden shed enclosure. Oh how I hated that FKN compressor. It would scare the SHT out of me each time it cycled LOL. I have a much better set up now, which includes another mill and quieter compressor ;-)
+Inventor Tutorials Hey man, thanks for the subscription. I just checked out your channel and I like what I see :-) I'm a recent convert to Autodesk. Used PTC (Pro-Desktop) for 13 years and converted to SolidWorks 2 years ago. Now, I'm drugged up on Autodesk HSMWorks and Fusion360. I even went to Autodesk Uni 2015 in Sydney. It's like crack, I'm hooked lol. Cheers, Aaron.
That's awesome. Wish I could have got to AU2015. I'm moving onto Fusion as well. Love HSM and integrated CAM on Fusion. Also rendering on Fusion is out of this world for getting good results quickly! CAD/CAM on my friend!
Ducking the audio or muting it while the cuts were going on would be very much appreciated if you're able. This was very neat to see though! I'll be playing around with Fusion 360 over the weekend.
Hey man. Yes, that's a fair comment. I will take your advice onboard. In regards to Fusion360, it's so freaken awesome. It's all I use now here at home and at work. Let me know how you go with it. Do you plan on using the CAM functions too?. Oh by the way. I really like your pong power video. Would you mind sharing this with teachers / students? Regards, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Sure, the pong chassis was a very quick design, but we got such high demand from the local teachers here that I think we don't have a choice. :) I spent some time watching the CAM aspects tonight and they're an order of magnitude higher than what I was ready for. I'll be giving it a go when I get back to the workshop though! Thanks for the consideration on the audio, can be tough to get everything right. Cheers from Winnipeg!
Ryan Turner G'day Ryan, thanks for watching my video. I'm still a novice with Fusion360, but I think I'll get the hang of it as time progresses. Cheers, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Hi there, I'm new CAD myself, it seems you are getting on really great with F360, a couple of tiny little usability features I discovered for the Mac version with the trackpad are hold shift and use 2 finders to rotate the orientation also tap 2 fingers on the track pad to return to the home view, simple but really useful features.
Hi Aaron I clicked on lathes at the top of the page and this (along with others of yours) was pretty close to the top. Do you have lathes in the tags for this video?
G'day Nigel. No I don't mate. I went back to the "edit section" and the word lathe is nowhere to be seen. No idea why this would be there then. Good old Google and their algorithms LOL. Cheers, Aaron.
Thanks mate. I copied this style of enclosure from Luke at CruddCNC. He used a polycarbonate enclosure, but I couldn't afford that and opted for sheet metal ;-)
Hey man, thanks for the feedback. What are doing over in Hong Kong? I lived over there myself back in 1992. I worked there for 3 months in Macua. Had to go back and forth to Hong Kong all the time. It was a bloody culture shock, but I loved the experience. Great to hear from you. Feel free to hook me up on Instagram too if want (same user name). Cheers mate, Aaron.
Thanks Aaron, got your email, but have not got time to work on machine today. would be tomorrow. I am just curious how many millimetres you usually leave for final finish(contour)?
Great job. You might like to try 2 blades mounted on a hacksaw to get a bit of extra width in your slot. It does work, but never as well as a slitting saw or small end mill. But it is easy and fairly quick. Great Video too. Cheers Peter
MOREENGINEERING Hey Peter, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great advice on using the twin hacksaw blades. I had completely forgot about that trick. Thanks for subscription too, I subbed you straight back ;-). Cheers mate, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Aaron. Sounds like you are an Engineering teacher? I taught Fitting and Machining in TAFE(amongst other things) for 26 years myself. Looking forward to watching more of your Videos. Great stuff! Peter
MOREENGINEERING Hey Peter, yes mate I'm Technology Teacher working for the State Education System down here in Melbourne, Victoria. I work at Harvester Technical College and I teach Cert-II in Engineering Studies (pre-vocational). Where are based Peter? Cheers, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Now that is interesting. I spent the better part of my 26 years at the place just out on the main road, right near you..... I have retired now (2011). We should catch up one day!!
Aaron, sorry to go over the basics again here, but please tell me if I'm on the right track: * Fusion 360 / Cad is the design section up to 2:11 * 2:11 you are designing cut paths which are being written into G Codes in the Cam Section * 3:25 you have pulled out the USB and stuck it into your cnc's control computer and are basically uploading the Cut Paths / G Codes into Mach 3 which controls your mill * 4:00 Milling out the project Is there a program or a step that I've missed?
SupaLexy CH2 hey mate. Yes you are correct. You design your part part in 3D CAD. You then go into the CAM environment and apply your tool paths. You then post process your tool paths and create the program (G & M codes) saving it to a USB stick. The USB stick is inserted into your CNC machine controller and the program opened. You then set your tool offset and work offset on your machine. Once all this is done you press cycle start and watch the magic happen 👍
I've been looking right into the plasma cnc, I think I've found the right combo. Plans and moving / control components from a guy in the states, I get the steel here. He sells a 4x4 table over there for US $6K, nice powder coated frame and that's set up, ready to go with the computer all set up with it, just hook up your own preferred plasma machine and it's cutting. I'm aiming for the Hypertherm Powermax 65, for mine, which will be on a 5 x 10 table size so I can do all my 4 x 8 standard sizing and cut most of my stuff at around 40 to 45 Amps, but want that extra size and power for the odd jobs that could bring in the bigger money. Still keen on a cnc mill one day, but I also want a cnc router and a cnc laser etc. etc. etc. then there's all the other metal bending, forming, cutting, etc. etc. tools and all of that is just way too far, at some stage, I have to stand back and go... nah.. what do I really need, start there and pay the other guys for the milling, laser, routing etc. After I have that plasma, I can build my pan brake and a few other things. Spotted a video on the Hossfeld Bender, plenty of machines out there like the JD Squared and others which are basically copies, that's one style of bender I would love to make myself. There is other things ofcourse, but all in all, that cnc plasma will be running hot to get other projects cracking.
Hey buddy, that Plasma table and set up sounds freaking awesome. I hope you're going to put up some videos on that bad boy when you get it? Cheers, Aaron.
Yeah I think I might, will be an exciting time. I'm currently trying to figure out Cam in Fusion 360. Practicing Model for a while, but moving from Model to Cam is not as easy as I thought. I can't seem to find the settings to select for WaterJet / Plasma Cut which is what a couple of tutorials say to do in the Setup area. I am reading through the forums and watching the steps in videos, it's almost like the software has not been included the options to select WJ/PC on my macbook, which has been crashing lately, poor old 2009 model won't last much longer. I'll try opening Fusion 360 on my big 27 inch later today and see if it's the same there. You know I'll probably figure this out right after writing this, but I thought I should mention it, as I know you do some tutorials for autodesk and the feedback may help someone in programming.
G'day mate, thanks for watching. This little machine only has a 1000watt spindle. Too scared to push harder in fear of cooking the DC brushless board. I take a very conservative approach ha ha ha
Awesome video. Can you give some details on your CNC machines Cost, Time to draw part, and Time to machine this part? Would really like to see a making a Skidoo/Rotax 377F/380F Snowmobile/Ultralight Billet Head, using a (4) Bolt 100mm Bolt Circle. Or better yet a 377/380 Billet Block out of 6061.
+Armilite1 Hey man, I purchased this Chinese milling machine back in 2012 for a cost of $2K AUD, and the CNC conversion cost me another $1.5K. So all up $3.5K AUD approx. The part shown in this video took me a day to draw, machine and shoot (video). As I'm based in Australia I've never seen snow or a snow mobile. It does snow in parts of Australia, but being on the East Coast you have to go to the mountains etc... Cheers, Aaron.
Very nice work mate! I have a similar machine, optimum bf20l, I'm assuming yours is a 850w? What would be the use of the router motor over the main spindle? Also, with cutting aluminium have you found it Gunks up bits when just trying to use wd40? I don't have an air supply ATM..
+Troy Dawson Hi Troy, thanks for the feedback mate. I made the router motor clamp to do high speed engraving. However, I still haven't used it yet lol. I think my little Titan mill has the 1000w brushless motor on it. By memory, I think your BF20 is the same as Grizzly G0704 sold in the US? Yes, you can get caught out with WD40. Best to have mist sprayer or flood coolant is the best in my opinion. Cheers, Aaron
+DCTTeacher1 your welcome. yeah the mist/fog buster system is the end goal, but you have to have a loud compressor going to keep the air up. I have a flood coolant setup I made but the stuff goes everywhere unless you make up an enclosure (to be built). so you can't engrave with the bigger spindle?
+FluffMuncher Yeah, I bought that Ryobi trimming router to engrave with because it has a higher RPM. However, they don't have a very long duty cycle so you can't run them for hours on end. Agreed, I need an enclosure for my mill also ;-)
Thanks mate. Nah, nothing to be jealous of bud. Grab yourself a mill and have a crack at a CNC conversion. Heaps of stuff on TH-cam on how to do it. Take a look at Russtuff. I will even share my cnc conversion design files with you if interested? Cheers, Aaron.
russtuff G'day Rus, thanks buddy. Yeah, I'm really happy with the way it all turned out. The poor little mill struggled at times pushing that 12mm cutter :-) Thanks for watching Rus. Cheers, Aaron.
What do you have for protective equipment while working on the CNC machine and do you have a hopper or some sort of ventilation system? Are you working in your garage?
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk Hey mate great to hear from. Thanks for the feedback. Hey, I loved your dive camera platform that you made. That was really cool. Cheers, Aaron
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk Hey Marcel, you really made me laugh with that last comment. She actually just found I bought another camera. I think a dive camera and platform would push her over the edge LOL
+Mike Westlake Hey Mike, thanks for the comment mate. Glad you liked the vid. I'll try and make some more Fusion360 videos in the not so distant future. Cheers, Aaron.
Hello, Could you please guide me on making a cnc milling machine to drill tube holes of 64 mm in diameter. I am looking at a 25 mm end mill cutter to do the job. I want to know what should be the spindle KW for my use. The sheet thickness is 20 mm.
Sorry buddy absolutely no idea. I suggest contacting a machine building and asking them. You can also purchase the casting with ball screws and fit all the motors and electronics yourself.
The Syd yes the line is there because I took two passes at different depths. Not enough “stock to leave” turned on and it didn’t clean up with a full depth contour pass. This mill was homemade CNC converted, and not very rigid unfortunately. Thanks for watching
The Syd Hey Syd. Thanks mate much appreciated. I sold this homemade one and now have a Syil X7 CNC mill. I’m making much better parts now. This was an old video 😉. Italy is a long way away from Australia. My mother is 1/4 Italian and my wife is Maltese 😂
+Eli Neuman Hey man, I use standard Nema-23 570oz stepper motors with Keiling digital drivers and a C10 breakout board. Thanks for noticing, you're the second one to pick this up. Cruddcnc was the other 👍. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it. Cheers Aaron
Metric Machinist Hey man, good to hear from you. Yeah it does ok for a little home machine. How's your TM25 going? I think I saw it for sale recently on eBay. You did a really nice conversion. Would have loved to see some more machining vids ;-)
Hello, my little mill maxes out at 4000rpm and my federate for adaptive clearing was 360mm/min and feed per revolution was 0.04mm. I used all Iscar carbide tooling. Feel free to watch my other Fusion videos. Cheers Aaron
Great job it looks like you had a lot of fun . What do you think of the cad program you are using and what did the software set you back ? Thanks for sharing I'm in the market for a cad/cam program myself and I'm not really sure what one to choose being new to the CNC world . I'm going to be using it on a 4 axis CNC mill thanks again for the video and the help in advance.
Milspecmachine Hi mate, yeah Fusion360 is a blast. Check out what John from NYC CNC is doing with it. Fusion360 is free to use if you're a student, teacher or hobbyist. If you're a business you'll have to pay for it. I'm a hobbyist and teacher so I downloaded it for free. If you would like some more information about this product, please contact Scott or Matthew from CADPRO Systems in NZ. Thanks for your interest and thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
GiDay Aaron, thanks for posting. I'm looking at Fusion 360, ..I don't suppose that you are a Teacher in the Canberra area? I look forward to discovering more. Cheers, . Barry M
Hi Barry how are you? Thanks for watching my machining video and for posting a comment. I uploaded this video sometime back now. I have more Fusion 360 machining videos on my youtube channel if you would like to check them out? Sorry mate, I'm not in the Canberra area. I'm actually a public high school teacher in Melbourne. Cheers, Aaron ;-)
Hello and thanks for watching. This machine was a converted Titan Machinery TM20 milling machine. These were similar to the PM25 and G0704. I have since sold this machine and I now use a Syil X7 Combo. Heaps of other CNC videos on my channel. Cheers, Aaron.
I also noticed you have managed to achieve high cutting speeds. I myself am limited to max of 700-800 mm/min or so beyond which the motors start to lose steps. I am also getting noise even at working speeds. perhaps I can learn from you, if you will be kind enough to describe your settings. here is what I use: all chinese steppers (nema 34) and drivers, 5 mm pitch ball screws, 800 steps/rev (=160 s/mm). tried several other settings but no salvation. any advice? by the way, I looked up keiling drivers and they look identical to what I have. Chinese private label?
+Eli Neuman Hello Eli, this video was sped up most of the time (10x). My maximum feed rate is 1000mm/min. If you send me an email I'll shoot through some pics next time I'm out in shed. Cheers Aaron
G'day Rob. Thanks for watching mate. I shot this video a very long time ago. This is when I switched from HSMWorks to Fusion360. Before that I was using V-Carve Pro. Cheers, Aaron.
I think it would. My mate uses it on his old Mori Seiki MV junior CNC from the 90’s. However he had to fit a DNC drip feed reader to it. Some of the high speed machining modern might not be supported but just turn on smoothing in the CAM toolpath TAB. th-cam.com/video/pahOhP9mFmA/w-d-xo.html
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering yes this okuma has dncb link to drip feed i wonder weather the post processor will give the right code to work the okuma? did you mori friend find it hard to get it working?
@@millerchassis6119 Hey buddy. Autodesk have lots of post processors available for Fusion360. The one my friend used works fine. You can search their posts database as it’s all free here: cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts
+James Stephens Hi James, thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your positive feedback. I will try and upload some more Fusion360 videos ASAP. Cheers, Aaron.
based on your experience can you tell me how this compares to artcam ? Can it vectorzie and rasterize images and setup toolpaths for mach 3, for example ? I just brought a 4th axis for my cnc and need a better program than aspire for 3d as I don't like aspire's 3d tool, was thinking about artcam but I find it difficult to learn and there's virtually no tutorials for it so maybe fusion 360 is a good alternative as there seems to be a big community and lots of tutorials Thank you
Hello, thanks for posting a comment on my channel. I'm sorry but I've never used Artcam. I have only ever used the following CAD (pro-desktop, solid works and now Fusion 360). As for CAM I've used (cut2D, V-Carve Pro, Esprit, HSM & now Fusion 360). I have dropped all other CAD-CAM exclusively for Fusion 360. it does everything I need it to do for myself, fellow teachers and students. It has a huge "cult like" following and there is tons of tutorials and videos out there for it. My advice, go with it and you won't be disappointed. Cheers, Aaron.
Great video, like your calm relaxed style. If your don't have the exact tool for the task, try and make some thing work for you, very Australian ethos. :-)
brandtAU Hey Brandt, thanks for watching and commenting. As for the relaxed bit, it's all show really hahaha. You should have seen me when I crashed the machine into my chip guard tray, that bit got edited out needless to say ;-) Yep, us Aussies & Kiwis are very resourceful when we need to. Hey, are you into CNC machining too? Cheers, Aaron.
Aaron it seems the cam post process steps have changed recently. Straight after I did my video, autodesk changed settings, do you know if anyone's done a tutorial yet on how to post process for plasma cut?
Hey man, I have absolutely no idea. I've never posted directly from Fusion 360 to our PlasmaCAM machine as it only requires a DXF file. Sorry mate you're on your own there :-(
Hey, I am new to this industry and also hold my technical education in other trait. When going for mass production don't you think a part like this should be forged and then machined to save time?
Hello Manmeet. Yes if you were mass producing these for industry it would be far quicker and easier to have these cast. This was just a one off part I made when I was first learning Autodesk Fusion360. Cheers, Aaron.
Oliver Sánchez Hey Oliver. It was a longtime ago now. I think (from memory) I filmed this over a weekend. No tool changer makes it very slow 😉. I think it most of my CAD / CNC videos I have the Fusion360 URL link in the description. 🍻
Hi Leila, the CAD program I'm using is called Fusion 360. It is an integrated CAD-CAM package that is capable of post-processing the codes (i.e. G & M). These are machine readable codes that our CNC machine can interpret and process into action. If you look on my channel you will find more examples. Thank you for watching and have an awesome day. Regards, Aaron.
hello from canada. i had a laugh when you said you have to nip to the hardware store for some bolts tho'. you see the humour in that with your setup. :D lovely work . glad i found the channel. ps. jus' started using fusion 360 yesterday.
Hi Frank. It's very nice to meet you mate. Thanks for watching and thank you for the subscription. I really like your steam collection, especially the Stuart. My friend, an Aussie tool & die maker who now lives in Vietnam, is currently building a large Stuart twin cylinder steam engine. He's going to put into a real boat that he's making. Glad you liked the humour lol, did you see the one with my little dogs in the background? Cheers, Aaron.
Thanks for the reply Aaron. i have a 6040 cnc with a G540 and a Printrbot 3d printer....Do you know anything about sinker EDM? I just messaged you my email...thanks, Jason
I'd be curious to hear whether you've continued to use Fusion360 in the weeks after making this part. Myself I recently started playing around, to test out the prospect of replacing some of our legacy software. The big contender is HSMworks but the price change is noticeable...
***** G'day Andrew, good to hear from you mate. Yes I'm still using Fusion360, but it's mainly at home on my MAC with my homemade CNC milling machine. As you know I'm a high school teacher and we use SolidWorks and HSMWorks. This wouldn't be the case if I had the option to get Fusion360 3 years ago when I bought SW. Some of my teacher have also downloaded Fusion360 and they're loving it.
nice, thanks for the response! I also teach at a tech school here in michigan and I would LOVE to update our courses with something more modern. I'm not sure if F360 is the best choice since autodesk has such a strong educational program for inventor and HSM. We'd like to support multiaxis machines too but I haven't created the curriculum for that yet (lol). Until now I've written lots of F360 code but haven't cut anything...hoping to get that done here in the next couple days.
Hi Andrew, you're correct. If you're running multi axis machines then it is probably wise to stick with Inventor and HSMWorks. I know that the HAAS UMC750 works well on that combination and post processor. Would like to talk more about your course and tech centre. I'll send you my email in a private message.
Nice machine! I've using Fusion for the CAD/CAM part also and I'm very happy with it. A question for you, what tool are you using for setting the zeros at the machine that makes a beep sound? Nice work!
***** Hello and thanks for watching. The little probe I bought off eBay. Just type in CNC probe into the eBay search bar and it should come up. They cost approx $20 Australian. Cheers, Aaron.
cruddbucket G'day Luke, great to hear from you mate. Thanks for the compliment, I feel honoured. Trying really hard to loose my "Noob" title hahaha. Still a long way to go with my videoing and editing. I need to spend some time and get some tips from the XM2 guru's :-)
Hi Joe, yes I found that out the hard way. I was vaping the stuff in an e-cigarette (joke). It's not good for lungs mate. Thanks for watching bud. Cheers ;-)
Can I please ask you. I am a new to fusion 360 and I have downloaded it I am not going to make money using this software just for my hobby, but it seems to me that No matter what they want you to pay if you want to do the things you have done in this video and go all the way to the milling machine(cnc machine) or Am i mistaken. Can a hobbyist use this software without having to pay for it? thank you very much
Hello, yes I believe you can still apply for a hobbyist license to do CNC milling. Apparently the hobby version doesn’t support tool changes or rapid moves though. This will explain what you’ll need to do www.autodesk.com.au/products/fusion-360/personal
Hey mate. When you post process you code make sue you select Mach3 from the list of posts in the drop down menu. If your machine is in mm, then makes sure you use the mach3 mm post etc...
Thank you so much for your kind words. But to be honest, I'm just 1 guy in his garage having fun and sharing it with the world. Thanks for making my day. Cheers, Aaron.
One2TenCNC G'day Kelvin. Thanks for the subscription and support. Yeah, I'm thinking of making a proper coolant tray and surround and running flood coolant. Cheers, Aaron.
sounds great! I've followed a few tutorials but they're overly complicated. I'd like to see a simple prismatic part cut. Ideally something I could do without a vice (I don't have one yet). So a simple fixture or just using clamps & t slots.
matthew venn Hey Matthew, I highly recommend a machine vice. I bought a $100 one for my clone G0704. I will try and make a video over the coming weeks. I've got to do an old machinery and helicopter video first lol. However in the interim, my G54 (work offset) is always the centre of the material, and you will notice in this part I drilled 4 mounting holes. This way I could bolt the plate down to the fixture etc... which also had the G54 setup in the centre. Cheers, Aaron.
Hello. No you don't need to use specific CAD files. I use Autodesk Fusion360 for all my CAD modelling and CAM applications. Upon applying the toolpaths to your model you can post process to obtain your G&M codes to suit your controller brand / type. You then upload this file into your controller, set your work co-ordinate system (WCS) and your tool heights and your good to go.
nice vid brother. i get my haas mini thursday @ 9 am cant wait . running a tormach 770. Its a nice mill but no tool changer and under powered but very accurate ( very). 10000 rpm spindle would be great with fusion 360 AClearing.
Hey man, sorry I didn't reply sooner but I just noticed your comment a minute ago. Getting a Haas minimill for home that's unreal. I'm very jealous lol. Great work mate. Can you keep in contact with me, as I'd love to see a video on your mill when you get it. Cheers Aaron
I kinda turn off all the vids.nosy neighbors. im to the point now i doing care any more. I have a tormach 770 but it doesn't get used to much. Working with fusion now getting the hang of it. nice
Bigwingrider1800 Ok cool, I totally understand about the nosey neighbours. I watched your 770 video, that a very nice machine and very capable too. Glad you like Fusion360. I've dropped SW for it now. Cheers, Aaron.
Nice set up you got there. Really enjoyed the video. Gave it a thumbs up. Subscribed and looking forward to email notifications for future videos. Ta mate. Cute dogs too.
Do you mean to change tools? Yes, Fusion 360 tool library can be edited to accept manual tool change or automatic tool changing processes. I believe Mach3 (software that controls the mill) will also support manual tool change. However, a macro would have to be written for Mach3 to suit your machine if it had an automatic tool changer.
Great job and nice to see it being done on 360! Reminds me of one i made a while back from 4"x1" 1020 for a DeWalt 611. Maybe try a 12mm rougher next time to reduce the required HP?
l0ckcr4ck3r Thanks mate, I appreciate your feedback. How's the Tormach going? Looking forward to some more of your milling videos. All the best. Cheers, Aaron
Thanks Aaron, its slow right now, had a few things to sort out but hoping to get back to the mill in a week or so. Still love the tormach, it suits my needs fine right now. BTW, whats the deal with the white chamfer tool?
l0ckcr4ck3r Lock Cracker, you're good with your observations. I usually do all my chamfering with a spot drill, but I had none at home. So I went to my Masters (local hardware store) to buy one. They didn't have any so I bought a Bosch ceramic tile drill bit. It actually worked rather well all things considering hahaha.
dear aaron thanx a lot for your tutorial. i'm new user of fusion 360. i want to learn how to make a mold & how to transfer mold cam G-code from fusion 360 to cnc machine.........................please reply me.... i wish you will reply me.................i'm waiting ....................
@backyardcnc hi Gerald. Thanks for watching and for the feedback. How awesome is Fusion360? It's exciting times for the whole backyard machinists and makers that's for sure. I'll upload a new Fusion360 video over the weekend. Cheers Aaron
+DCTTeacher1 yes I think it is bordering on amazing that such a power piece of software can be made available to the home and educational market at no cost. it would seem to me to be a milestone that could change the face of things moving forward! I have been using Vectric Aspire for my router work to date and was considering taking solid works training and buying a seat of it for my shop but Fusion 360 has me rethinking the complete plan to get into 3d modelling along the SW route and consider that Fusion may in fact be the future..... or maybe the future truely is NOW!
+backyardcnc yes Gerald I agree mate. Like you I had been using Vetric software V-Carve Pro and an old CAD package called Pro-Desktop. Two years ago I bought SW for school and made the leap across. Then I discovered HSMWorks and that revolutionised my entire machining world. Now Autodesk comes along buys out HSM and releases Fusion360 to the masses with built in CAM (HSM) and it has changed the game to whole new level. The future is now mate that is for sure. Have a good weekend. Cheers Aaron
Allan McLeod Hi Allan, good question which I don't have the answer. However I'm sure John Saunders from NYCCNC has covered this in a previous video. Try his channel mate. Cheers Aaron
i try to adavtive roughing.. but the tools is broke... the material is brass... can you help me ... what the cutting condition for the brass material..???
It all depends on your spindle RPM, spindle HP, material you're cutting, and rigidity of your machine. If using a CNC style router, stick to approx 500mm/min with 10 000rpm on the spindle. If using an end mill stick to the simple 1:1 (depth of cut same as diameter) until you sort it out. If your machine is capable then go up to 3 times the dia. Cheers, Aaron
+G-Made CNC Hey good to hear from you. Thank you very much. I need to get busy and post another video soon. I've got a fusion 360 / Plasma CAM part I'm working on now. Oh, I love that auto bar feed / puller on your Tormach. Nice work ;-) Cheers, Aaron
Love fusion 360. Finally an affordable cad cam that is easy to use!
Yes I agree with you 100%. Fusion 360 is great software and I feel lucky to be able to use it ;-)
Great watch that little cnc mill did a great job on the peace with a little help from the designer of course.
Ryan Oros thank you Ryan. It did a fantastic job considering how hard I pushed it. Cheers Aaron
Thanks DCTT, very nice demo. I think your design is very pleasing as well. I'm impressed by the quality of the finish too. I'll be back for more.
Hi Jesse, glad you liked my little video mate. I've made a couple other Fusion 360 videos and posted them on my channel. Check them out if you get a spare 1/2 hour or 2 lol. Cheers, Aaron.
Excellent presentation. Amazing how for CNC and, of course Fusion 360 has gone, looking back over 30 years. Then, this was just the stuff of dreams. Amazing too that one can now download Fusion 360 as a student or hobbyist legally. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. Yes I agree with you. Autodesk Fusion360 is a fantastic product and I really appreciate how they've made it free for education. Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by my channel.
For a home machine it handled that cavity like a boss! I just bought my first home CNC. It’s a Ganesh VMC1814 with a Fanuc O-i control. 8k rpm, 7hp spindle. I’m ready to make some chips! Also transitioning from solid works to fusion.... what a headache! Watching your vids to see if I pick up some techniques. I’ve been machining composites for 10 years so metal cutting is new to me. I would love to see some rpm and feeds on the screen...
Thanks Israel. This is video is quite old now. I have a much better machine to play with. Oh I just looked up your cnc machine. Very nice indeed. I will check your channel for some videos on it. Cheers, Aaron.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering thank you! The machine I bought is used but new to me... 😆 But the good thing is I bought it from the Ganesh Machinery ex-service manager so there is some confidence there! 😁. I just started seeing some of your newer videos and I gotta tell ya that Syil(sorry for misspelling) machine looks very impressive for the price! I can't wait to start uploading videos to my channel! Most of it will be cutting carbon fiber, titanium, and aluminum so that ought to be fun!
I see you converted your mill to CNC too. That is how I got started in the CNC world. I converted a old Clausing mill to CNC about 4 years ago. LOL I didn't know what I was doing but managed to get it done and working. I used it for 3 years before buying my Tormach. I still have that mill BTW.
Hi Bret, yes I got started in CNC back at University. I had a really good lecturer (Dr. Ivan Chester) who pushed us to use CAD-CAM-CNC. At the time I hated it, but upon graduating I really started to appreciate the power and convenience of it all. Now, I'm a Fusion 360 CNC nut. I'm like a reformed smoker trying to convert everyone else ha ha ha
Looking good mate! I've been using Fusion for all the CAD/CAM on my new knives, been very happy with it so far except for it's slightly too frequent crashes... I set the autosave interval to something like 10 minutes to avoid losing work if something does happen. They're updating it pretty quick too... Last update was about a week ago and after that a lot of previous crashes no longer happened! In a few months it will be a very solid piece of kit!
Gough Custom Hey Aaron, always good to hear from you Thanks for the feedback mate,. Hey, I'm totally stoked with Fusion 360. It"s a powerful piece of kit. I haven't had any crashes yet. I use it on my new MacBook Pro. I have had it stall for a minute or two, but no total crash. Your knives are looking awesome mate. Very impressed with your work. Cheers, Azza
DCTTeacher1 Thanks mate! Should have a video coming out soon with lots of 'CNC porn', showing both the development process of the new knives and the final result in terms of process!
Nice chips, awesome work! I love using Fusion 360. Especially like it when I have my pup running around the shop helping me out. Enjoy the dogs lending a helping paw(s)!
Hey man thanks for watching. Yeah Fusion 360 is fantastic. Can't believe how powerful it is and what it is capable of. Got to love dogs in general. They truly complete your life ;-) Cheers, Aaron.
I love the preview at the beginning of the video. That's a really nice touch and something I wish more videos had. Great video, btw. Thanks!
+underourrock hey man, thanks for watching my video. Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback. I tried something new with this video intro and added my little dogs as a guest appearance lol. I'll will post a new Fusion 360 video over the weekend. Cheers Aaron
Excelente video...y muy buen mecanizado!! Te queria consultar, como es el dispositivo que usas para atornillar la pieza...el dispositivo que usas para poder realizar el mecanizado exterior de la pieza... Nuevamente felicitaciones y gracias por compartir tu conocimiento...
Hello. In this video I used a fixture and 4 bolts to hold it down. Fixturing this way is not ideal and can produce slightly inaccurate parts. Soft jaws would have been a better method of work holding and only 2 operations. Thanks for watching 👍🍻
I'm just amazed at all this fusion 360 and cnc router info, you make it look and sound very easy and I really want to get into cnc in 2016. I only just found info a few hours ago on SolidWorks, then came across and article on a website called SolidSmack about the differences between that and Fusion 360. So I'm as green as it gets with all this stuff, after enjoying a couple of years of just riding motorcycles and living life. But now it's time to learn something and I think it's time to finally learn CNC Routing / Milling, Plasma Cutting, Welding. I think I need a few hours to look at your great videos, thanks for the info
Hey man, thanks for watching vids and taking time to comment. Glad you liked my CNC vids. PM me if you need more info. I'm also on Instagram under the same user name. I'm away on family vacation at the moment and have little to no service. So I'll endeavour to reply to your other comments ASAP. Cheers Aaron
No probs, hope you are having a good time. I'll pm you now, the kits look interesting.
Very cool! 😄 I would not sleep if I had a machine like this in my house. lol!
Hi Pablo, much appreciated thank you. I'm currently upgrading my little mill. Fitting new closed loop steppers and a chip enclosure. Pictures are on my Instagram. Cheers Aaron
Impressing result. Respect to you.🙂
Thank you so much. Cheers, Aaron.
Exciting video on Exciting software and machine tools creating what ever our creative minds can dream up... Great job!
Thank you so much Dan, I really appreciate your feedback. Autodesk Fusion360 deserves all the credit though. It truly is an amazing piece of software. Cheers mate. Aaron.
Very nice video, from start to finish!!!!
Baseline46 Thank you. Regards, Aaron
It took me longer than it should have done to realise the deep vibrating sound wasn't some weird juddering problem with the milling operation but the compressor switching on in the background...
Hi Neil. Yes this was filmed many years ago when I was stuck outside in my little garden shed enclosure. Oh how I hated that FKN compressor. It would scare the SHT out of me each time it cycled LOL. I have a much better set up now, which includes another mill and quieter compressor ;-)
Mate,
You should write a book or something on this, I know I would buy it!
Great job as always.
sunilkumar vc Hey mate, thanks for the feedback. As for the book I'll give that a miss hahahaha. Cheers, Aaron.
Great use of CAD/CAM - love it!
+Inventor Tutorials Hey man, thanks for the subscription. I just checked out your channel and I like what I see :-) I'm a recent convert to Autodesk. Used PTC (Pro-Desktop) for 13 years and converted to SolidWorks 2 years ago. Now, I'm drugged up on Autodesk HSMWorks and Fusion360. I even went to Autodesk Uni 2015 in Sydney. It's like crack, I'm hooked lol. Cheers, Aaron.
That's awesome. Wish I could have got to AU2015. I'm moving onto Fusion as well. Love HSM and integrated CAM on Fusion. Also rendering on Fusion is out of this world for getting good results quickly!
CAD/CAM on my friend!
Love watching the technique employed in the whole process
+vinygee Thanks mate, you'll be doing it in no time when we finish with your mill :-)
Ducking the audio or muting it while the cuts were going on would be very much appreciated if you're able. This was very neat to see though! I'll be playing around with Fusion 360 over the weekend.
Hey man. Yes, that's a fair comment. I will take your advice onboard. In regards to Fusion360, it's so freaken awesome. It's all I use now here at home and at work. Let me know how you go with it. Do you plan on using the CAM functions too?. Oh by the way. I really like your pong power video. Would you mind sharing this with teachers / students? Regards, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Sure, the pong chassis was a very quick design, but we got such high demand from the local teachers here that I think we don't have a choice. :)
I spent some time watching the CAM aspects tonight and they're an order of magnitude higher than what I was ready for. I'll be giving it a go when I get back to the workshop though!
Thanks for the consideration on the audio, can be tough to get everything right.
Cheers from Winnipeg!
Love it, big Fusion 360 fan here.
Ryan Turner G'day Ryan, thanks for watching my video. I'm still a novice with Fusion360, but I think I'll get the hang of it as time progresses. Cheers, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Hi there,
I'm new CAD myself, it seems you are getting on really great with F360, a couple of tiny little usability features I discovered for the Mac version with the trackpad are hold shift and use 2 finders to rotate the orientation also tap 2 fingers on the track pad to return to the home view, simple but really useful features.
Ryan Turner Awesome, thanks for the tips Ryan. I'm a t total novice with Fustion360 so any tips people can give me I'll take. Thanks mate, Aaron.
Man that turned out awesome.
Jeremy Isoardi Hi Jeremy, thanks mate. I was really happy with it too. Cheers, Aaron.
Hi Aaron
I clicked on lathes at the top of the page and this (along with others of yours) was pretty close to the top. Do you have lathes in the tags for this video?
G'day Nigel. No I don't mate. I went back to the "edit section" and the word lathe is nowhere to be seen. No idea why this would be there then. Good old Google and their algorithms LOL. Cheers, Aaron.
Looks good mate, but surely you need some sort of permanent coolant system?
I totally agree with you. I need to build a proper enclosure and flood cool the sucker ;-)
Haha do a video on it!!!
Enclosure is Epic , need one. Sweeping sux
Thanks mate. I copied this style of enclosure from Luke at CruddCNC. He used a polycarbonate enclosure, but I couldn't afford that and opted for sheet metal ;-)
Awesome job mate.... Living in Hong Kong at the moment. I so miss my garage in Oz. Keep up the good work.
Hey man, thanks for the feedback. What are doing over in Hong Kong? I lived over there myself back in 1992. I worked there for 3 months in Macua. Had to go back and forth to Hong Kong all the time. It was a bloody culture shock, but I loved the experience. Great to hear from you. Feel free to hook me up on Instagram too if want (same user name). Cheers mate, Aaron.
Thanks Aaron, got your email, but have not got time to work on machine today. would be tomorrow. I am just curious how many millimetres you usually leave for final finish(contour)?
Hey buddy, I will send you file if you like and you can take a look at it if you want? I usually leave 0.1 on the walls for an adaptive.
Nice one Aaron. Thumbs up on the new camera gear.
GP Tech Hey Grant. Thanks mate, I'm giving this filming and editing thing a good go. Cheers, Aaron.
Great job. You might like to try 2 blades mounted on a hacksaw to get a bit of extra width in your slot. It does work, but never as well as a slitting saw or small end mill. But it is easy and fairly quick. Great Video too.
Cheers
Peter
MOREENGINEERING Hey Peter, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Great advice on using the twin hacksaw blades. I had completely forgot about that trick. Thanks for subscription too, I subbed you straight back ;-). Cheers mate, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Aaron. Sounds like you are an Engineering teacher?
I taught Fitting and Machining in TAFE(amongst other things) for 26 years myself. Looking forward to watching more of your Videos. Great stuff!
Peter
MOREENGINEERING Hey Peter, yes mate I'm Technology Teacher working for the State Education System down here in Melbourne, Victoria. I work at Harvester Technical College and I teach Cert-II in Engineering Studies (pre-vocational). Where are based Peter? Cheers, Aaron.
DCTTeacher1 Now that is interesting. I spent the better part of my 26 years at the place just out on the main road, right near you.....
I have retired now (2011). We should catch up one day!!
MOREENGINEERING Hi mate, for sure anytime. I'll send you a personal message with my details on it. Cheers, Aaron.
Aaron, sorry to go over the basics again here, but please tell me if I'm on the right track:
* Fusion 360 / Cad is the design section up to 2:11
* 2:11 you are designing cut paths which are being written into G Codes in the Cam Section
* 3:25 you have pulled out the USB and stuck it into your cnc's control computer and are basically uploading the Cut Paths / G Codes into Mach 3 which controls your mill
* 4:00 Milling out the project
Is there a program or a step that I've missed?
SupaLexy CH2 hey mate. Yes you are correct. You design your part part in 3D CAD. You then go into the CAM environment and apply your tool paths. You then post process your tool paths and create the program (G & M codes) saving it to a USB stick. The USB stick is inserted into your CNC machine controller and the program opened. You then set your tool offset and work offset on your machine. Once all this is done you press cycle start and watch the magic happen 👍
I've been looking right into the plasma cnc, I think I've found the right combo. Plans and moving / control components from a guy in the states, I get the steel here. He sells a 4x4 table over there for US $6K, nice powder coated frame and that's set up, ready to go with the computer all set up with it, just hook up your own preferred plasma machine and it's cutting. I'm aiming for the Hypertherm Powermax 65, for mine, which will be on a 5 x 10 table size so I can do all my 4 x 8 standard sizing and cut most of my stuff at around 40 to 45 Amps, but want that extra size and power for the odd jobs that could bring in the bigger money.
Still keen on a cnc mill one day, but I also want a cnc router and a cnc laser etc. etc. etc. then there's all the other metal bending, forming, cutting, etc. etc. tools and all of that is just way too far, at some stage, I have to stand back and go... nah.. what do I really need, start there and pay the other guys for the milling, laser, routing etc.
After I have that plasma, I can build my pan brake and a few other things. Spotted a video on the Hossfeld Bender, plenty of machines out there like the JD Squared and others which are basically copies, that's one style of bender I would love to make myself. There is other things ofcourse, but all in all, that cnc plasma will be running hot to get other projects cracking.
Hey buddy, that Plasma table and set up sounds freaking awesome. I hope you're going to put up some videos on that bad boy when you get it? Cheers, Aaron.
Yeah I think I might, will be an exciting time. I'm currently trying to figure out Cam in Fusion 360. Practicing Model for a while, but moving from Model to Cam is not as easy as I thought. I can't seem to find the settings to select for WaterJet / Plasma Cut which is what a couple of tutorials say to do in the Setup area.
I am reading through the forums and watching the steps in videos, it's almost like the software has not been included the options to select WJ/PC on my macbook, which has been crashing lately, poor old 2009 model won't last much longer. I'll try opening Fusion 360 on my big 27 inch later today and see if it's the same there.
You know I'll probably figure this out right after writing this, but I thought I should mention it, as I know you do some tutorials for autodesk and the feedback may help someone in programming.
SOLVED haha
Forum - Click your user name top of screen and select preferences then go to preview and enable the waterjet preview.
Mark
you sure have come a long way since this vid!! :)
Thanks Mike. This was a long time ago when I first started using Fusion360 😊
Wonderfull Machining! but have you tried going harder at it/incresing feeds? Your spindle load was quite low.
G'day mate, thanks for watching. This little machine only has a 1000watt spindle. Too scared to push harder in fear of cooking the DC brushless board. I take a very conservative approach ha ha ha
1000wats can go pretty hard ;) If you can masure the spindle load somehow.... Would be grat to se how much you'r pushing it :)
Awesome video. Can you give some details on your CNC machines Cost, Time to draw part, and Time to machine this part? Would really like to see a making a Skidoo/Rotax 377F/380F Snowmobile/Ultralight Billet Head, using a (4) Bolt 100mm Bolt Circle. Or better yet a 377/380 Billet Block out of 6061.
+Armilite1 Hey man, I purchased this Chinese milling machine back in 2012 for a cost of $2K AUD, and the CNC conversion cost me another $1.5K. So all up $3.5K AUD approx. The part shown in this video took me a day to draw, machine and shoot (video). As I'm based in Australia I've never seen snow or a snow mobile. It does snow in parts of Australia, but being on the East Coast you have to go to the mountains etc... Cheers, Aaron.
Very nice work mate! I have a similar machine, optimum bf20l, I'm assuming yours is a 850w? What would be the use of the router motor over the main spindle?
Also, with cutting aluminium have you found it Gunks up bits when just trying to use wd40? I don't have an air supply ATM..
+Troy Dawson Hi Troy, thanks for the feedback mate. I made the router motor clamp to do high speed engraving. However, I still haven't used it yet lol. I think my little Titan mill has the 1000w brushless motor on it. By memory, I think your BF20 is the same as Grizzly G0704 sold in the US? Yes, you can get caught out with WD40. Best to have mist sprayer or flood coolant is the best in my opinion. Cheers, Aaron
+DCTTeacher1 your welcome. yeah the mist/fog buster system is the end goal, but you have to have a loud compressor going to keep the air up. I have a flood coolant setup I made but the stuff goes everywhere unless you make up an enclosure (to be built).
so you can't engrave with the bigger spindle?
+FluffMuncher Yeah, I bought that Ryobi trimming router to engrave with because it has a higher RPM. However, they don't have a very long duty cycle so you can't run them for hours on end. Agreed, I need an enclosure for my mill also ;-)
Beautiful work.
Thank you :-)
That Alminium working. You need Skd 11 or equivalent to look the result
From memory I think this was 6061. Flood coolant and more rigidity would also help surface finish.
i am jealous. great work man
Thanks mate. Nah, nothing to be jealous of bud. Grab yourself a mill and have a crack at a CNC conversion. Heaps of stuff on TH-cam on how to do it. Take a look at Russtuff. I will even share my cnc conversion design files with you if interested? Cheers, Aaron.
Awesome!
Your design is so much better than the one I got 90% finished then abandoned. I may have to rethink some things :)
russtuff G'day Rus, thanks buddy. Yeah, I'm really happy with the way it all turned out. The poor little mill struggled at times pushing that 12mm cutter :-) Thanks for watching Rus. Cheers, Aaron.
just fantastic work
+Derek Jones Hi Derek, thanks for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Aaron (Melb, Aust).
What do you have for protective equipment while working on the CNC machine and do you have a hopper or some sort of ventilation system? Are you working in your garage?
icyburger hello, yes I am working in my garage and my PPE is basically safety glasses and ear muffs. Ventilation is the window or door opened ;-)
Awesome work from stock to finish!
***** Hey Michael, thanks for the feedback mate. It's very much appreciated. Cheers, Aaron
Great project buddy ! Respect for doing it at home ;) !
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk Hey mate great to hear from. Thanks for the feedback. Hey, I loved your dive camera platform that you made. That was really cool. Cheers, Aaron
You should stop investing money in more camera's Aaron, before your wife leaves you :) So no dive tray for you ;)
RoboCNC Frees- & Graveerwerk Hey Marcel, you really made me laugh with that last comment. She actually just found I bought another camera. I think a dive camera and platform would push her over the edge LOL
Awesome Aaron!
+Mike Westlake Hey Mike, thanks for the comment mate. Glad you liked the vid. I'll try and make some more Fusion360 videos in the not so distant future. Cheers, Aaron.
Hello, Could you please guide me on making a cnc milling machine to drill tube holes of 64 mm in diameter. I am looking at a 25 mm end mill cutter to do the job. I want to know what should be the spindle KW for my use. The sheet thickness is 20 mm.
Sorry buddy absolutely no idea. I suggest contacting a machine building and asking them. You can also purchase the casting with ball screws and fit all the motors and electronics yourself.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering thanks buddy. Will try that option. May disturb you again.
Awesome video! Very inspiring.
+Stephane Arthur Kiss G'day Stephane, thanks for your feedback mate. I really appreciate it. Cheers, Aaron.
Hey mate, one of your mill it's ruined? I see two lines on the contour.. Or it's because you don't have a mill with enough cutting edge?
The Syd yes the line is there because I took two passes at different depths. Not enough “stock to leave” turned on and it didn’t clean up with a full depth contour pass. This mill was homemade CNC converted, and not very rigid unfortunately. Thanks for watching
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Very good job, I've asked because I'm a machinist, i love to see this homemade works. Amazing mate. Greetings from Italy
The Syd Hey Syd. Thanks mate much appreciated. I sold this homemade one and now have a Syil X7 CNC mill. I’m making much better parts now. This was an old video 😉. Italy is a long way away from Australia. My mother is 1/4 Italian and my wife is Maltese 😂
Nice work👍
Thanks mate 🍻
nice machine! do you use servo motors rather than steppers? the noise is smooth and even
+Eli Neuman Hey man, I use standard Nema-23 570oz stepper motors with Keiling digital drivers and a C10 breakout board. Thanks for noticing, you're the second one to pick this up. Cruddcnc was the other 👍. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate it. Cheers Aaron
That thing machines real nice
Metric Machinist Hey man, good to hear from you. Yeah it does ok for a little home machine. How's your TM25 going? I think I saw it for sale recently on eBay. You did a really nice conversion. Would have loved to see some more machining vids ;-)
Hi, yeah I sold it, making way for another machine, a little more rigid and better quality
Metric Machinist Sounds good to me man. What machine are you going to use next? RF45 or is it top secret lol
Excellent. What was the RPM and Feed-rate you choose for the job? Thanks.
Hello, my little mill maxes out at 4000rpm and my federate for adaptive clearing was 360mm/min and feed per revolution was 0.04mm. I used all Iscar carbide tooling. Feel free to watch my other Fusion videos. Cheers Aaron
Great, thanks a lot for quick informative reply.
+Kaiser Haider you're welcome anytime 👍
Thanks for keeping me inspired to convert my mill to CNC.... Is the probe you are using one of the Chinese jobs I see on Ebay ?
mattgatenby Hey man, my pleasure. CNC at home is so much fun. Yes, I got the probe off eBay. I think it was about $20AUD. Cheers, Aaron
Great job it looks like you had a lot of fun . What do you think of the cad program you are using and what did the software set you back ? Thanks for sharing I'm in the market for a cad/cam program myself and I'm not really sure what one to choose being new to the CNC world . I'm going to be using it on a 4 axis CNC mill thanks again for the video and the help in advance.
Milspecmachine Hi mate, yeah Fusion360 is a blast. Check out what John from NYC CNC is doing with it. Fusion360 is free to use if you're a student, teacher or hobbyist. If you're a business you'll have to pay for it. I'm a hobbyist and teacher so I downloaded it for free. If you would like some more information about this product, please contact Scott or Matthew from CADPRO Systems in NZ. Thanks for your interest and thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
GiDay Aaron, thanks for posting. I'm looking at Fusion 360, ..I don't suppose that you are a Teacher in the Canberra area?
I look forward to discovering more. Cheers, . Barry M
Hi Barry how are you? Thanks for watching my machining video and for posting a comment. I uploaded this video sometime back now. I have more Fusion 360 machining videos on my youtube channel if you would like to check them out? Sorry mate, I'm not in the Canberra area. I'm actually a public high school teacher in Melbourne. Cheers, Aaron ;-)
Hi. Thx for the video. What cnc machine do u use?. Thx
Hello and thanks for watching. This machine was a converted Titan Machinery TM20 milling machine. These were similar to the PM25 and G0704. I have since sold this machine and I now use a Syil X7 Combo. Heaps of other CNC videos on my channel. Cheers, Aaron.
I also noticed you have managed to achieve high cutting speeds. I myself am limited to max of 700-800 mm/min or so beyond which the motors start to lose steps. I am also getting noise even at working speeds.
perhaps I can learn from you, if you will be kind enough to describe your settings.
here is what I use: all chinese steppers (nema 34) and drivers, 5 mm pitch ball screws, 800 steps/rev (=160 s/mm). tried several other settings but no salvation. any advice?
by the way, I looked up keiling drivers and they look identical to what I have. Chinese private label?
+Eli Neuman Hello Eli, this video was sped up most of the time (10x). My maximum feed rate is 1000mm/min. If you send me an email I'll shoot through some pics next time I'm out in shed. Cheers Aaron
Very helpful video. thanks for posting! :D
G'day Rob. Thanks for watching mate. I shot this video a very long time ago. This is when I switched from HSMWorks to Fusion360. Before that I was using V-Carve Pro. Cheers, Aaron.
can the fusion 360 work with an older okuma mx55?
thanks for the video
I think it would. My mate uses it on his old Mori Seiki MV junior CNC from the 90’s. However he had to fit a DNC drip feed reader to it. Some of the high speed machining modern might not be supported but just turn on smoothing in the CAM toolpath TAB. th-cam.com/video/pahOhP9mFmA/w-d-xo.html
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering
yes this okuma has dncb link to drip feed i wonder weather the post processor will give the right code to work the okuma?
did you mori friend find it hard to get it working?
@@millerchassis6119 Hey buddy. Autodesk have lots of post processors available for Fusion360. The one my friend used works fine. You can search their posts database as it’s all free here:
cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering cheers thanks mate,
i'll have a look and see how i go.
i also built a 5' x 45" hi speed router that one has a 2,2 kw spindle water cooled..
Very nice. I'll have check out your channel when I get a minute. I'd love to see your videos especially the new Haas 👍
Very nice!
Thank you and thanks for watching 😊
Great Fusion 360 videos. Hope to see many more.
I'm just starting with Fusion and your videos have been very helpful.
Keep up the good work.
+James Stephens Hi James, thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your positive feedback. I will try and upload some more Fusion360 videos ASAP. Cheers, Aaron.
Looks great, good job!!
+James Cullins Hi James, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching. Merry Christmas, Aaron.
based on your experience can you tell me how this compares to artcam ? Can it vectorzie and rasterize images and setup toolpaths for mach 3, for example ?
I just brought a 4th axis for my cnc and need a better program than aspire for 3d as I don't like aspire's 3d tool, was thinking about artcam but I find it difficult to learn and there's virtually no tutorials for it so maybe fusion 360 is a good alternative as there seems to be a big community and lots of tutorials
Thank you
Hello, thanks for posting a comment on my channel. I'm sorry but I've never used Artcam. I have only ever used the following CAD (pro-desktop, solid works and now Fusion 360). As for CAM I've used (cut2D, V-Carve Pro, Esprit, HSM & now Fusion 360). I have dropped all other CAD-CAM exclusively for Fusion 360. it does everything I need it to do for myself, fellow teachers and students. It has a huge "cult like" following and there is tons of tutorials and videos out there for it. My advice, go with it and you won't be disappointed. Cheers, Aaron.
Great video, like your calm relaxed style. If your don't have the exact tool for the task, try and make some thing work for you, very Australian ethos. :-)
brandtAU Hey Brandt, thanks for watching and commenting. As for the relaxed bit, it's all show really hahaha. You should have seen me when I crashed the machine into my chip guard tray, that bit got edited out needless to say ;-) Yep, us Aussies & Kiwis are very resourceful when we need to. Hey, are you into CNC machining too? Cheers, Aaron.
Aaron it seems the cam post process steps have changed recently. Straight after I did my video, autodesk changed settings, do you know if anyone's done a tutorial yet on how to post process for plasma cut?
Hey man, I have absolutely no idea. I've never posted directly from Fusion 360 to our PlasmaCAM machine as it only requires a DXF file. Sorry mate you're on your own there :-(
Hey, I am new to this industry and also hold my technical education in other trait. When going for mass production don't you think a part like this should be forged and then machined to save time?
Hello Manmeet. Yes if you were mass producing these for industry it would be far quicker and easier to have these cast. This was just a one off part I made when I was first learning Autodesk Fusion360. Cheers, Aaron.
Great video and work!
How much time did the machine take to do it?
Oliver Sánchez Hey Oliver. It was a longtime ago now. I think (from memory) I filmed this over a weekend. No tool changer makes it very slow 😉. I think it most of my CAD / CNC videos I have the Fusion360 URL link in the description. 🍻
sir can you explain more about olips cutting. did you wrote a new program for that?
Hi Leila, the CAD program I'm using is called Fusion 360. It is an integrated CAD-CAM package that is capable of post-processing the codes (i.e. G & M). These are machine readable codes that our CNC machine can interpret and process into action. If you look on my channel you will find more examples. Thank you for watching and have an awesome day. Regards, Aaron.
hello from canada.
i had a laugh when you said you have to nip to the hardware store for some bolts tho'. you see the humour in that with your setup. :D
lovely work . glad i found the channel.
ps. jus' started using fusion 360 yesterday.
Hi Frank. It's very nice to meet you mate. Thanks for watching and thank you for the subscription. I really like your steam collection, especially the Stuart. My friend, an Aussie tool & die maker who now lives in Vietnam, is currently building a large Stuart twin cylinder steam engine. He's going to put into a real boat that he's making. Glad you liked the humour lol, did you see the one with my little dogs in the background? Cheers, Aaron.
thanks for the quick reply.
looking forward.
Frank Ruffolo No probs Frank, anytime mate. Hope your Fusion360 training is going well. Stick with it, as it's a sweet program. Cheers, Aaron.
I think I'm gonna build a G0704 soon. I need to learn more about work holding.
I highly recommend it. Heaps of fun to be had and there are many cool projects you can make 👍
Thanks for the reply Aaron. i have a 6040 cnc with a G540 and a Printrbot 3d printer....Do you know anything about sinker EDM?
I just messaged you my email...thanks, Jason
+ShortCourseWorld no probs Jason. I got your email and replied. Cheers Aaron
I'd be curious to hear whether you've continued to use Fusion360 in the weeks after making this part. Myself I recently started playing around, to test out the prospect of replacing some of our legacy software. The big contender is HSMworks but the price change is noticeable...
***** G'day Andrew, good to hear from you mate. Yes I'm still using Fusion360, but it's mainly at home on my MAC with my homemade CNC milling machine. As you know I'm a high school teacher and we use SolidWorks and HSMWorks. This wouldn't be the case if I had the option to get Fusion360 3 years ago when I bought SW. Some of my teacher have also downloaded Fusion360 and they're loving it.
nice, thanks for the response! I also teach at a tech school here in michigan and I would LOVE to update our courses with something more modern. I'm not sure if F360 is the best choice since autodesk has such a strong educational program for inventor and HSM. We'd like to support multiaxis machines too but I haven't created the curriculum for that yet (lol). Until now I've written lots of F360 code but haven't cut anything...hoping to get that done here in the next couple days.
Hi Andrew, you're correct. If you're running multi axis machines then it is probably wise to stick with Inventor and HSMWorks. I know that the HAAS UMC750 works well on that combination and post processor. Would like to talk more about your course and tech centre. I'll send you my email in a private message.
Bravo! Loved it! Must try out that phone level app haha! well done mate!
AWA Radiola Hey Ant, thanks mate. Yeah, you've got to laugh with that iPhone app. However, I don't think its that accurate though. Cheers mate, Azza.
very nice video
Thank you for watching. Appreciate the feedback and support. Cheers, Aaron.
Nice machine! I've using Fusion for the CAD/CAM part also and I'm very happy with it.
A question for you, what tool are you using for setting the zeros at the machine that makes a beep sound?
Nice work!
***** Hello and thanks for watching. The little probe I bought off eBay. Just type in CNC probe into the eBay search bar and it should come up. They cost approx $20 Australian. Cheers, Aaron.
Very nice
+Crivo152 Hey man, thanks for watching :-) Kind regards, Aaron.
Wicked Azza that came out very nice, video production is top notch :) oh and awesome shirt!
cruddbucket G'day Luke, great to hear from you mate. Thanks for the compliment, I feel honoured. Trying really hard to loose my "Noob" title hahaha. Still a long way to go with my videoing and editing. I need to spend some time and get some tips from the XM2 guru's :-)
Ficou da hora, 👏👏👏👏.
Thanks 🙏
Is that wd-40 you're spraying on there? If so you should read the label. Do not smoke.
Hi Joe, yes I found that out the hard way. I was vaping the stuff in an e-cigarette (joke). It's not good for lungs mate. Thanks for watching bud. Cheers ;-)
Can I please ask you. I am a new to fusion 360 and I have downloaded it I am not going to make money using this software just for my hobby, but it seems to me that No matter what they want you to pay if you want to do the things you have done in this video and go all the way to the milling machine(cnc machine) or Am i mistaken. Can a hobbyist use this software without having to pay for it? thank you very much
Hello, yes I believe you can still apply for a hobbyist license to do CNC milling. Apparently the hobby version doesn’t support tool changes or rapid moves though. This will explain what you’ll need to do www.autodesk.com.au/products/fusion-360/personal
Aaron,
When I export my CAM from fusion 360 it uses K code which Mach3 does not work with. How do you work around that? Thanks
Hey mate. When you post process you code make sue you select Mach3 from the list of posts in the drop down menu. If your machine is in mm, then makes sure you use the mach3 mm post etc...
That was the problem! Thanks Aaron. You are a lot of help.
+Unorthodox Fabrication no worries mate. Glad to be of assistance ;-) cheers
You do impressive vids Aaron.
Thank you so much for your kind words. But to be honest, I'm just 1 guy in his garage having fun and sharing it with the world. Thanks for making my day. Cheers, Aaron.
I like your format. You getting a mister for your coolant set up?
One2TenCNC G'day Kelvin. Thanks for the subscription and support. Yeah, I'm thinking of making a proper coolant tray and surround and running flood coolant. Cheers, Aaron.
can you give us some more details on how you flipped it? I'm trying to get the basics.
Hi Mathew. If you like I could make a video on it. Maybe do a small part showing the set up and all that sort of stuff? What do you think? Aaron
sounds great! I've followed a few tutorials but they're overly complicated. I'd like to see a simple prismatic part cut. Ideally something I could do without a vice (I don't have one yet). So a simple fixture or just using clamps & t slots.
matthew venn Hey Matthew, I highly recommend a machine vice. I bought a $100 one for my clone G0704. I will try and make a video over the coming weeks. I've got to do an old machinery and helicopter video first lol. However in the interim, my G54 (work offset) is always the centre of the material, and you will notice in this part I drilled 4 mounting holes. This way I could bolt the plate down to the fixture etc... which also had the G54 setup in the centre. Cheers, Aaron.
thanks, I'll try to get one. Do I need parallels etc, or can I make them?
matthew venn You can make your own parallels, however you will need a surface grinder to do so. I bought a set off eBay for $90 and they are fine.
Whats the power of that spindle is it 800w ?
Eclipse yes it was a brushless 800watt spindle.
Well done!
congratulations!!
Hi Andres, thank you for the feedback mate. Glad you liked it. Cheers Aaron
do specific cnc machines require cad files from specific software?
Hello. No you don't need to use specific CAD files. I use Autodesk Fusion360 for all my CAD modelling and CAM applications. Upon applying the toolpaths to your model you can post process to obtain your G&M codes to suit your controller brand / type. You then upload this file into your controller, set your work co-ordinate system (WCS) and your tool heights and your good to go.
nice vid brother. i get my haas mini thursday @ 9 am cant wait . running a tormach 770. Its a nice mill but no tool changer and under powered but very accurate ( very). 10000 rpm spindle would be great with fusion 360 AClearing.
Hey man, sorry I didn't reply sooner but I just noticed your comment a minute ago. Getting a Haas minimill for home that's unreal. I'm very jealous lol. Great work mate. Can you keep in contact with me, as I'd love to see a video on your mill when you get it. Cheers Aaron
I kinda turn off all the vids.nosy neighbors. im to the point now i doing care any more. I have a tormach 770 but it doesn't get used to much. Working with fusion now getting the hang of it. nice
Bigwingrider1800 Ok cool, I totally understand about the nosey neighbours. I watched your 770 video, that a very nice machine and very capable too. Glad you like Fusion360. I've dropped SW for it now. Cheers, Aaron.
Nice set up you got there.
Really enjoyed the video. Gave it a thumbs up.
Subscribed and looking forward to email notifications for future videos. Ta mate.
Cute dogs too.
Hi Michael. Very sorry I missed this comment from all those years ago. They have all popped up on TH-cam now. Thanks 😊 👍
does the software instruct you to shift tools?
Do you mean to change tools? Yes, Fusion 360 tool library can be edited to accept manual tool change or automatic tool changing processes. I believe Mach3 (software that controls the mill) will also support manual tool change. However, a macro would have to be written for Mach3 to suit your machine if it had an automatic tool changer.
Great! Just getting into Fusion myself and loving it. :)
Hi Joe, couldn't agree more with you mate. Fusion 360 is the bomb ;-)
Great job and nice to see it being done on 360! Reminds me of one i made a while back from 4"x1" 1020 for a DeWalt 611. Maybe try a 12mm rougher next time to reduce the required HP?
l0ckcr4ck3r Thanks mate, I appreciate your feedback. How's the Tormach going? Looking forward to some more of your milling videos. All the best. Cheers, Aaron
Thanks Aaron, its slow right now, had a few things to sort out but hoping to get back to the mill in a week or so. Still love the tormach, it suits my needs fine right now. BTW, whats the deal with the white chamfer tool?
l0ckcr4ck3r Lock Cracker, you're good with your observations. I usually do all my chamfering with a spot drill, but I had none at home. So I went to my Masters (local hardware store) to buy one. They didn't have any so I bought a Bosch ceramic tile drill bit. It actually worked rather well all things considering hahaha.
DCTTeacher1 Ceramic would have been my first guess, from the color and the surface finish... If it works, use it :D
Phil
l0ckcr4ck3r Thanks Phil, cheers :-)
dear aaron thanx a lot for your tutorial.
i'm new user of fusion 360.
i want to learn how to make a mold & how to transfer mold cam G-code from fusion 360 to cnc machine.........................please reply me....
i wish you will reply me.................i'm waiting ....................
Just replied in the other videos Meherab :-)
another great video, thanks. recently downloaded Fusion 360 and it sure looks awesome for the shop! keep up the good work! Gerald
@backyardcnc hi Gerald. Thanks for watching and for the feedback. How awesome is Fusion360? It's exciting times for the whole backyard machinists and makers that's for sure. I'll upload a new Fusion360 video over the weekend. Cheers Aaron
+DCTTeacher1 yes I think it is bordering on amazing that such a power piece of software can be made available to the home and educational market at no cost. it would seem to me to be a milestone that could change the face of things moving forward! I have been using Vectric Aspire for my router work to date and was considering taking solid works training and buying a seat of it for my shop but Fusion 360 has me rethinking the complete plan to get into 3d modelling along the SW route and consider that Fusion may in fact be the future..... or maybe the future truely is NOW!
+backyardcnc yes Gerald I agree mate. Like you I had been using Vetric software V-Carve Pro and an old CAD package called Pro-Desktop. Two years ago I bought SW for school and made the leap across. Then I discovered HSMWorks and that revolutionised my entire machining world. Now Autodesk comes along buys out HSM and releases Fusion360 to the masses with built in CAM (HSM) and it has changed the game to whole new level. The future is now mate that is for sure. Have a good weekend. Cheers Aaron
Thank you for your video liked it a lot, I am just starting out happy machining!
Hi John, thanks for watching. I'm glad you liked the video. I'll try and post some more Fusion360 vids soon. Cheers Aaron
Nice job man 👍
Thank you very much 🍺
What spray did you use for cooling? Thank you!
Hi Alexander, the spray I used is just simple penetrene called WD40 or RP7. Cheers Aaron
How would you add text to a curved path in Fusion 360 without importing from another program?
Allan McLeod Hi Allan, good question which I don't have the answer. However I'm sure John Saunders from NYCCNC has covered this in a previous video. Try his channel mate. Cheers Aaron
Far as I know can not be done in Fusion, hopefully that feature is added. Thanks for the quick response
Allan McLeod that's ok. May I suggest that you post this question on the Fusion 360 Autodesk forum. Someone will answer for sure 👍
Very impressive. Thanks for the video.
cerberus you're very welcome. Thanks for taking the time to watch my video. Have a nice day. Regards, Aaron.
Pls can you tell me what material is that?
LS this standard grade aluminium
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how the cutting condition for the adavtife roughing???
yudha hernanda all good. Adaptive is a roughing strategy and contour is for clean up
i try to adavtive roughing.. but the tools is broke...
the material is brass...
can you help me ... what the cutting condition for the brass material..???
It all depends on your spindle RPM, spindle HP, material you're cutting, and rigidity of your machine. If using a CNC style router, stick to approx 500mm/min with 10 000rpm on the spindle. If using an end mill stick to the simple 1:1 (depth of cut same as diameter) until you sort it out. If your machine is capable then go up to 3 times the dia. Cheers, Aaron
Great video👍That part looks awesome nice work.
+G-Made CNC Hey good to hear from you. Thank you very much. I need to get busy and post another video soon. I've got a fusion 360 / Plasma CAM part I'm working on now. Oh, I love that auto bar feed / puller on your Tormach. Nice work ;-) Cheers, Aaron