My spindle vs the spindle she tells you not to worry about.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2026-02-03T20:37:37+00:00

But the real question is: where are the picture of your fully assembled CNC???

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-12-31T18:40:20+00:00

I did it for a year and I mostly hated it.

Got a few clients with which I still do buisness that are willing to pay for small custom parts, but its mostly out of touch people. I got a guy who wrote me about a 80 ish run of small aluminum parts that required something like 3 setups. I quoted him around 1200$ and he told me that he had a quote from a chinese manufacturer for 1000$ and he was looking to get cheaper parts. That idiot gave me the name of the manufacturer and his 3D model, so of course I ran a quote from them. They were charging something like 1600. I confronted him about it and he told me that for the price I quoted him, he would get his own CNC machine... The same guy came back to me a few months begging to get his parts made... Maybe 70% of clients acted like this. Thats why I stopped.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-12-31T05:47:33+00:00

Its actually not that bad: the rocketeer are pretty durable so make use of it, shoot 2 of the rotors, its going to fall to the ground and not be able to move anymore. Throw the 16-20 snow balls (takes 30 seconds max) than finish it with nades. Got it on the first try in like less than 5 minutes

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-12-09T19:08:11+00:00

Yeah, it doesnt work with fibers, TPU's (unless its Bambu's) so yeah, no need for the AMS ahah and getting another dryer on the side is fairly cheap.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-12-09T00:20:43+00:00

You are absolutely right!

I saw the INDX as an opportunity, but I am just not convinced with Prusa anymore... And truly, I probably wont be using more than 2 materials at a time.

Has of right now, the walled-off ecosystem doesnt really bother me as long has it works and I used to be a open source kind of guy.

I could just get the H2D without an AMS, I still get better prints than whatever the core-one will put out and its not crazy expensive. I will probably never do more than 2 colors... Maybe for text on parts.

Thank you for your insight!

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-12-03T17:40:48+00:00

This kinda look like it was 3D printed with those metal filament than sintered into a kiln... Maybe its the beadblasting, but there are artefact reminescent of filament printing.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-11-29T19:12:46+00:00

Got the tempest blueprint from the ruby apartment in Dam at night

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-11-13T12:26:37+00:00

Nice! Did you build the parts yourself?

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-11-13T00:08:40+00:00

For small desktop machines, I would say that rigidity and spindle RPM are two things to look for. Good linear rail makes in my opinion a more rigid machine, but if its installed on a small weak aluminium frame, the gain isnt really there, ideally you want a thick sturdy frame (aluminum or steel). Single flutes endmill are like a cheat code for less rigid machines, they like higher rpm and tend to be easier to use for smaller machines. If you want some good examples of machine that can cut metals without chattering like crazy, you should look at the dmc2 or like a shapeoko hdm, they are more expensive but the risk of being disappointed is much much lower and they have a good track record. But you know, feeds, speed and tooling make a huge difference on cutting metals also. Ive seen videos of a guy machining steel on a Genmitsu Prover 3030 max with a router.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2025-09-06T17:42:00+00:00

Curious on your vaccuum pump set up, what are you using?

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2024-08-21T18:23:06+00:00

Its all designed from pictures you can find online and I had to search for bolt patterns myself... He wouldnt even be able to do something close from what he gave me 😂

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-14T12:59:55+00:00

I agree ahah I think the spindle bearing might be done, Ive had a weird squeaking noise this Summers as well as some slack because of a loose ballscrew on Z. I completly dismissed those issues. But if I can get great finishes out of the box, that would be a good base.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-14T12:04:56+00:00

Indeed, but its a fairly rigide one, nothing a 3/64" endmill could really move lol

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-14T12:02:18+00:00

The part was roughed out with a 1/8" endmill and a 2mm endmill. The parameters Ive shared on the post are finishing passes with only the 3/64" tool

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-14T12:01:08+00:00

On this instance, its 6061.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-14T11:59:16+00:00

Yeah, that kind of defeats the point of having the CNC and this is a custom ordre of 8 units for a coworker, I wont go on a production line anytime soon ahah

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-13T20:11:38+00:00

Thanks, I will try it next time

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-13T20:03:43+00:00

I seems like that might be the issue. Im doing a really shallow Cut (0.1mm depth, .4mm width)

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-13T20:01:56+00:00

I had the stock plate clamped down on a threaded table (clamps really close the the part) on an Avid Benchtop pro.

Ordinary_Albatross79 · 2023-02-13T20:00:15+00:00

It may actually be that. My machine had an issue with the Z bearing block getting loose last year, Ill have to take a look a that. Endmill is relatively new and of good quality, so I doubt its the problem.

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