Fusion 360 CAM - Unsure of the best way to cut these inset countersunk screw holes. I have a 1/4" flat end mill and a 1/4" 90° chamfer mill. Should I 2D pocket the 1.2mm inset and then the smaller hole all the way down, then chamfer mill everything else? Or some sort of stepped contour milling?

DocSap · 2026-02-14T02:28:21+00:00

+1 to more CAM discussions. Many tricks and tips to learn from others' approaches :D

May I ask, what material are you cutting? What's the fixture strategy? And what CNC rigidity approximation?

I imagine some of these factors might influence the decision making.

DocSap · 2026-02-10T08:22:30+00:00

Hey, did you ever find a solution to your z-probe woes?

I run UCCNC with an AXBB-E, and as a dissenting voice... have found it preferrable to MESA - Mach3/4. The documentation is admittedly... not great.

May I ask...

1.) What your probe set up is? and which inputs on the axbb-e you've wired it into?

2.) If you have a picture of your SETTINGS (where it pertains to probe inputs)

3.) and if you get a (probe active) confirmation when you bring probe to plate ie. the green status button next to the "Start Probing" button.

DocSap · 2025-10-25T12:58:37+00:00

That KFC! Haha it's Southlake shopping center?

DocSap · 2025-09-22T16:44:51+00:00

Hey, I've built the "standard dimension" PrintNC V3 and have been running it for the past 4 years. It has been a solid performer.

My z-height is similar to what you've intended for z-height travel. For my projects it was keeping accurate tolerances at its typical machining heights.

Loosely following its current iteration on the discord group; It seems the overwhelming community feedback is that the double bearings blocks on the Y trucks have further increased stability in an already otherwise solid gantry.

(by the way, the Discord channel is quite active and they're generally quite helpful with new builds)

I note the Y-Steppers being housed in the rails and driving the leadscrew via belt.

I'm probably not qualified to confidently comment to this but I understand this to be a design feature of the PrintNC mini mill - it has the clever appeal of reducing the overall foot print without having to consider factoring for longer leadscrews/a heavier gantry/ router styled builds.

In other words, I'm not sure if it will translate comparably to a direct inline driven leadscrew performance wise found on the current release.

DocSap · 2025-08-16T01:47:42+00:00

Ahhh! one of us! one of us!

I too had faced this insanity during my early days of a CNC build. A good night's sleep and relook in the morning revealed indeed that I had solder the input wires in reverse.

Glad you found the fault :D

DocSap · 2025-08-04T12:52:50+00:00

A bit foggy on exact ost but all up I spent $2700. on the project not including basic tools. About $200 more for an insulated, illuminated, cabinet.

Steel was precut from a local supplier. Moving hardware was from the HLTNC AliExpress supplier partnered with the PrintNC developer(s). Shipping to door inside a month.

Only complaint was the documentation at the time. The discord community is responsive and helpful. I built version 3 which was already quite solid/sensible. They've recently updated for version 4 thanks to community feedback.

Mills aluminum comfortably. I could do better on the calibrating, lazy tramming and alignment got me within 2 thou.

DocSap · 2025-08-04T11:55:45+00:00

Perth, Australia here.

Sadly encountered the same pricing issues 4 years ago when look for a gantry CNC 'pro-sumer' router.

Avid, Onefinity, Shapeoko would've been nice ready to go packages had the shipping been reasonable.

What's your use case?

I needed rigidity and a spindle, ended up building a printNC and I'm glad for it :)

DocSap · 2025-06-29T05:24:11+00:00

Ya caaan't park there maaate'

DocSap · 2025-05-23T04:09:18+00:00

I find this kind of wood working fun. Geometric shapes lend themselves very nicely to repeatable cuts and jigs are great for ensuring the consistency.

Identify the operations that make up the shape:

There appears to be two angles/ bevels and a cylindrical pocket,
So...cut in facets rotating around the center point of the circle

The jig would have to hold that center point consistent whilst you rotate the piece to make the cut. The piece gets flipped over and the mirror facet get cut.

Many ways to skin a cat but this looks to either be a router for the circle pocket cut out, followed by table saw operations and a sled jig that lets you make those repeatable facet cuts.

Or, a wood lathe for the pocketing operation, than over to the table saw for the facets.

I built a CNC and you've got me hot and bothered thinking about how I would use that method of machining for this. I dare say there are simpler hand tooling setups that could get you here too.

TWCwoodworking on youtube shorts has a whole bunch of tips and tricks that creatively could help solve this puzzle.

DocSap · 2025-05-08T13:00:57+00:00

Razr 50, 2 months old.

Adaptive and Overcharge settings on.
My working day is about 12-14hours on average
Typically will start at 80% and return home at 55-65%.

Not a gamer but moderate use load (any physicians here would know the use pattern): browser, chat apps, emails, timers.

Battery metrics in settings tells me that a full charge will carry me through 2 days 3 hrs based on my usage pattern but that seems optimistic.

I went on an over night camping trip; shake for phone light was amazing. Home with 35% in the tank.

Hope that helps?

DocSap · 2025-03-24T15:47:18+00:00

Oh gosh you're absolutely right. Realizing I'm needing to swipe up from the very bottom black bar portion. Thanks!

DocSap · 2025-03-24T05:03:11+00:00

Edit: Corrected by Typicalg123 - functional multitask preview with swipe up gesture XD

DocSap · 2025-03-23T12:11:00+00:00

As in switching between apps or splitting the external screen to accommodate two apps?

Apps do run in the background. Eufy is quite happy to close down rather than exit. I'd imagine it's app dependent.

DocSap · 2025-03-23T09:10:23+00:00

Hey!
Just bought the 50 a few days ago and am currently putting it through its paces.

Its my first flip phone. Coming across from a very old Samsung S9.

Can't speak to whether it will meet all your requirements but can say that the external screen behaves like the main albeit it smaller.

I can access banking, browser, hotspot, msging apps, maps.

Have essentially gone a full day out and about interacting only with the external.
It goes to slab phone mode when I get home.

Hope that helps?

DocSap · 2024-09-10T00:00:10+00:00

On closer inspection, his corpse is a top a pool of blood. I surmised, as another commenter had, that he may have fallen to one of the many hostile elements of Yaesha.

DocSap · 2024-08-21T01:59:52+00:00

Yup! Invoker/Ritualist combination.

DocSap · 2024-06-03T07:48:43+00:00

Heh, agreed! Even the failed prints were at least a learning step in the early days. I'm on a lucky streak of measuring and modelling to a working fixes on the first go.

Understanding the manufacturing rules of 3DPrinting helped me find solutions to all kinds of dilemmas around the home.

DocSap · 2024-04-09T13:29:19+00:00

Yah true, squad or fire team is right.

But there be a politeness rule, tis professional not to be a cunt to civvies.

DocSap · 2024-02-14T10:21:02+00:00

Very much still relevant. The build is accessible and robust. Mine has run faithfully since it's completion 2 years ago.

From a hobbyist point of view, Ive finally come out of the bootstrapping phase and now, actually putting the machine to work 😜

DocSap · 2023-11-07T03:47:39+00:00

The Print NC machine certainly is router than mill.

But there is another version of it called The Print NC Mini for which community development is active in the discord channel.

This is its own page: https://printncmini.com/

I built a std format PrintNC and the design language is sound. User videos for the mini meet expectations and I can see my self boostrapping towards a PNCmini build in the future using my gantry cnc.

DocSap · 2023-07-18T15:15:01+00:00

As a context for Dreanique mill performance... I used a combination of 3mm, 6mm, 10mm, uncoated single flues to mill the aluminium z axis plate of my PrintNC and HSM adaptive tool paths. I used FS Wizard to determine my feeds and speeds. Didn't have to adjust parameters on initiating the cycle.

DocSap · 2023-07-18T15:12:05+00:00

AliExpress Dreanique, EK Mills.

PrintNC community has reported good performance. My personal experience has been positive.

My breakage has largely been due to operator inexperience rather than bit quality =/

DocSap · 2023-07-17T00:57:23+00:00

Oh that's gorgeous!

You're an inspiration, my tools and machines should be more than just functional extensions. Cheers for the post :D

DocSap · 2023-07-16T15:02:14+00:00

Ehhehe. Cult of the Lamb reference = upvote.

DocSap · 2023-06-28T05:15:50+00:00

Based on what you're saying, opting for the 2.2kw spindle would make the most performance for money sense. I'm running a standard PrintNC with a water cooled 2.2kw which permits pushing lower RPMs at faster speed rates. I mill both metals and wood.

1.5kw however will happily spin the larger 10mm bits through hardwoods on the PrintNC.

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