Breathtakingly good! I'm pleased to see you remembered the groove for the sealing strip, it would have been very easy to overlook!... *cough* (5:28, front-left) The HDPE looks to be a very satisfying material... great results straight off the tool. OK, back to the Binge-watching! Thank you so much for the series.
Very curious about the HDPE. I bought some inch-thick pieces a while back and buy cutting boards made of it to work with. Using ordinary DIY tools, bandsaw, drill press, etc., I never get crisp edges. The cuts are clean enough but the "corners" always need deburring. I was thinking that the speeds were too fast, but clearly your mills spinning at a pretty high rate.
Yes, my spindle can reach up to 12,000 rpm. I did get a little chatter because the flute length of the tools I used; 1 inch flute length. Sometimes I'd get little whiskers, but a quick swipe with a small torch takes care of them (:
Hey, yes! Now what form will it take is still up in the air. besides the hardware, everything is custom made. I'll post an update or so down the line (:
@@ciderhat2760 Thanks!(: For just the materials and electronics with no labor or manufacturing cost, it’s around $450ish imported. Since I bough them in singles rather than bulk the price is still high. But with bulk buying the price should come down.
Thanks! (: HDPE is an engineered plastic that is very resistant to temperature change, chemicals, and other elements. It also quite dense and durable overall.
@@Nandox7 absolutely! I had one a few years back. I had always wished they’d use ballscrews and linear rails and a decently stronger spindle. So I made it lol (:
@@COMPACTCO sorry to deviate conversation, but how was the spindle? They used a brushless motor with a belt system. For long I tried to do one like that for my DIY CNC but without luck as I lacked the tools for it. But was always curious how that system worked. It was more compact and I think less noisy, good for a desktop CNC.
@ no worries. It worked surprisingly well! If I remember correctly, it was up to 24k rpm for the “newest” model. Bantam, rebranded Othermill, still uses the same motor. I always found them extremely underpowered. You could stall them with your finger, not a lot of torque on them, sadly. Great for milling pcb boards, not so much for metals.
HDPE "High-Density PolyEthylene". Has many common uses; there are a some of videos around where every day items like bottle tops are melted and compressed to make small sheets which are then machined... some with good results. The commercial product used in this video looks really nice.
@@PiefacePete46 exactly! it’s described as a marine hdpe. I’m not sure if there is truly a chemical difference form the regular hdpe, but I went ahead and got it (:
Breathtakingly good! I'm pleased to see you remembered the groove for the sealing strip, it would have been very easy to overlook!... *cough* (5:28, front-left)
The HDPE looks to be a very satisfying material... great results straight off the tool.
OK, back to the Binge-watching! Thank you so much for the series.
@@PiefacePete46 a keen eye! 😅 thank you so much! I primarily work with aluminum, and cutting hdpe is like cutting butter! Enjoy the series! (:
Well! Your skills are worth subscribing
Thanks! (:
Thanks for the video :)
Subscribed on the last vid, keep posting updates pls!
You got it! (:
Very curious about the HDPE. I bought some inch-thick pieces a while back and buy cutting boards made of it to work with. Using ordinary DIY tools, bandsaw, drill press, etc., I never get crisp edges. The cuts are clean enough but the "corners" always need deburring. I was thinking that the speeds were too fast, but clearly your mills spinning at a pretty high rate.
Yes, my spindle can reach up to 12,000 rpm. I did get a little chatter because the flute length of the tools I used; 1 inch flute length. Sometimes I'd get little whiskers, but a quick swipe with a small torch takes care of them (:
are you still planning on bringing this to market somehow? this machine looks incredible and I'd really love to build one.
Hey, yes! Now what form will it take is still up in the air. besides the hardware, everything is custom made. I'll post an update or so down the line (:
@@COMPACTCO awesome man, incredible thing you've create!
Really interested in this project! How much will the total build cost be?
@@ciderhat2760 Thanks!(: For just the materials and electronics with no labor or manufacturing cost, it’s around $450ish imported. Since I bough them in singles rather than bulk the price is still high. But with bulk buying the price should come down.
Looking fiorward to assembly
Very nice, what is this material HDPE? (ahah it as in the video...)
Thanks! (: HDPE is an engineered plastic that is very resistant to temperature change, chemicals, and other elements. It also quite dense and durable overall.
@@COMPACTCO I saw it years go in use in another compact/desktop CNC. Was surprised about it. Never had the chance to use it but looks quite sturdy.
@@Nandox7 absolutely! I had one a few years back. I had always wished they’d use ballscrews and linear rails and a decently stronger spindle. So I made it lol (:
@@COMPACTCO sorry to deviate conversation, but how was the spindle? They used a brushless motor with a belt system. For long I tried to do one like that for my DIY CNC but without luck as I lacked the tools for it. But was always curious how that system worked. It was more compact and I think less noisy, good for a desktop CNC.
@ no worries. It worked surprisingly well! If I remember correctly, it was up to 24k rpm for the “newest” model. Bantam, rebranded Othermill, still uses the same motor. I always found them extremely underpowered. You could stall them with your finger, not a lot of torque on them, sadly. Great for milling pcb boards, not so much for metals.
Hello. Is this caprolon? What is the thickness?
The vendor purchased it from said it was HDPE. It is 3/4 inch thick.
HDPE "High-Density PolyEthylene".
Has many common uses; there are a some of videos around where every day items like bottle tops are melted and compressed to make small sheets which are then machined... some with good results. The commercial product used in this video looks really nice.
@@PiefacePete46 exactly! it’s described as a marine hdpe. I’m not sure if there is truly a chemical difference form the regular hdpe, but I went ahead and got it (:
open source ?
@@witawat most hardware yes, the base design is my own. (: