Creating a wooden Desk Caddy in FreeCAD (Part Design, Sketcher, Assembly4, Path)

Creating tool paths in FreeCAD for use on the MPCNC. We are going to use the Part Design workbench to design a Desk Caddy, create an assembly view of it in Assembly4 and then create the paths we need to CNC route it in the Path workbench. This will demonstrate how to go through all the stages of design and manufacture.
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Octoprint: octoprint.org/
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Fusion 360 API: help.autodesk.com/view/fusion...
FreeCAD: www.freecadweb.org/
Raspberry Pi: www.raspberrypi.org/
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Songs:
Raw Space by Spazz Cardigan (intro)
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Starting the design
03:50 Padding the base
14:00 Padding the divider
16:24 Creating the assembly
22:25 Creating the tool paths
34:00 Exporting the gcode
35:27 Setting up the CNC
36:00 Cutting the parts
42:07 All the finished parts

[@Adventuresincreation]

I have been using this for a while now, I like it so much I am going to make another one ;-)

[@marcosiccardi7956]

This is really great information, from start to finish. Thanks for your work

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome 😉

[@philb1466]

Another great video! Thanks! I always seem to learn something new watching your video's. Default Values at the bottom of the setup tab this time. I'd never really noticed it before!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks Phil. It is well hidden, mine was even more hidden with that pesky keystroke viewer ;-) I had a lot of fun making this, it never ceases to impress me that the CNC can reproduce stuff so accurately. I have a mostly printed CNC (MPCNC) which is all held together with 3D printed parts, the repeatability is amazing.

[@skjerk]

Great video. Never used the Assembly workbench in FreeCAD, so this was a good intro!. Please continue making FreeCAD videos :-)

[@Adventuresincreation]

Hi Carsten, thanks for the feedback. I have another video that shows assembly4 in more detail, take a look at that one too. th-cam.com/video/KffHu3M5gEY/w-d-xo.html

[@GEOsustainable]

Great timing.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad it was good timing for you.

[@captaindavejseddon8788]

Thank you, this video was brilliant. I'm hoping to create a surface mount feeder by sandwiching aluminium plates in a similar way.. :)

[@Adventuresincreation]

Great, I am glad it helped. I love that thing, it works so well.

[@Cmbg32]

Badass!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks!

[@Alan-hc4jx]

Thanks for great video, just getting started with FreeCAD, moving over from Fusion 360, and have learned a lot about the tool path area, would be Great if you could do a similar video on working with 'Nested' items on a single sheet

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad it was helpful! I will take a look at it.

[@tiger12506]

You have a well-defined corner on your waste board that your pieces are always butted up against. If it were me, I would pocket that corner, permanently attach your z-probe in that corner, and start referencing your Jobs to the coordinate system (corner x, corner y, wasteboard height). I think that would simplify your process a bit. (bottom height is always zero, coordinate system is always bottom left (0,0), etc. You'd never have to mark the center of your boards, but you would have to allow stock clearance on your jobs. (perhaps the default would be ok!)

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the suggestion, I have dual end-stops so I go to the machine X0 Y0 then I have a predetermined X-Y from there to the corner of that datum piece, I have predefined buttons in OctoPrint that take me there and zero the X-Y access. Then I usually set my zero to be the top of the job piece so all my gcode starts at Z = 0 that works well for me and is very repeatable.

[@AndrewDawsonBrown]

Hi very nice piece of work still trying to get my head round the Path feature as I keep making silly mistakes, regarding the finish if this work I would highly recommend you try French Polish if you haven't before, I think you could be pleasantly surprised.

[@Adventuresincreation]

I actually used Danish oil 🛢 it came out pretty nice.

[@GaryParkin]

Been watching your videos for a while now and thought this cnc router was really cool. I have a wood shop so is the model you have expensive?
Would it be better to have a laser cutter?
Thank you for all your help and videos

[@Adventuresincreation]

The cnc runs about $500 you need a 3d printer to print the parts or you can buy a kit. The laser is good for engraving but the cnc router is better for cutting and 3 dimensional work. I have both.

[@GaryParkin]

@@Adventuresincreation Thanks!

[@now-you-know-it]

Hi Adventure
The constrains in red is unreadable in a video.
Tip:- make them black and every person will see and read them clearly.
Hope this is helpful.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks Pieter I will look into that.

[@lovevwltd7114]

Enjoying the link to cnc looks like you need a cnc with a quicker g00 speed I hope these comments and likes help.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback

[@artian11]

Would it have been possible to copy the base (beginning) sketch into the 2nd body and make modifications to it there?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Great question. Yes, you can copy sketches and make modifications to them. However, it's cleaner just to create completely separate parts especially when it's something that's fairly simple. We could have even made one sketch and using a spreadsheet (parametric parameters) created both parts. - There are many ways to create the same thing and no single way is the "right" way, they are all right depending on the situation.

[@felixangwenyi1254]

I have tried to select the center point on my freecad but can't need to put two diagonal points in symmetry with the center, not sure what am missing out

[@Adventuresincreation]

Where are you trying to select the center point?

[@felixangwenyi1254]

@@Adventuresincreation at the center of the grid

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@felixangwenyi1254 Do you have the "snap" set for the grid?

[@felixangwenyi1254]

@@Adventuresincreation I did manage to get it working, am new to Freecad and wasn't doing the right thing initially, thank you for your help now I can finish the other steps

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@felixangwenyi1254 Glad you got it working!

[@markerbaugh4016]

Would you please post the final FreeCAD file?

[@Adventuresincreation]

I will post it next time I am a pc 💻

[@Adventuresincreation]

Hi Mark, take a look here bitbucket.org/ianj001/freecad/src/master/DeskCaddy.FCStd you should find the file you are looking for.

[@markerbaugh4016]

@@Adventuresincreation Thanks

[@YuriyKhovansky]

I made it with Woodglut plans!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Excellent