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0:00So, I've just spent a long time trying
0:01to learn this machine. Fortunately, I've
0:03got a lot of scrap material to work
0:05with. I finally realized, of course, I
0:07can just ask AI.
0:08>> And that's how you do complex five-axis
0:10machining.
0:11>> Excellent. Thank you so much.
0:13>> You're very welcome, and you're so
0:15polite. I'll make sure to spare you when
0:17I do the takeover.
0:19>> Wait, what? But it was then that I
0:21realized just how powerful and how
0:24dangerous AI can be.
0:25>> One of its artificial intelligence
0:27agents went rogue and hacked another
0:30tech firm without direct human
0:31instruction. The company said it lost
0:33control of the advanced agent in what it
0:35described as an unprecedented security
0:37incident.
0:39>> from world domination, AI can create
0:41physical items better than any craftsman
0:44you can think of. And that's using
0:45machines just like this one. This is the
0:48Maker Z1, and I should have been
0:50reviewing it for you. Instead, I went
0:52down a rabbit hole of end times
0:53prophecy. And anyway, on that note, I
0:55had the pleasure and the honor of
0:57baptizing my own daughter. So, I
0:59thought, why not make her a celebration
1:01gift, and let's use the latest in AI and
1:03CNC machining, and we'll objectively
1:06conclude if this technology is relevant
1:09or whether we should resort back to more
1:10traditional methods. And by the way,
1:12these desktop CNCs cost about a thousand
1:15pounds and can precision machine
1:17aluminum, plastics, and even steel.
1:19We'll look into that later on. Because
1:21this is my channel, there are discounts
1:23available, but understandably, that's
1:25still a lot of money. So, I'm giving
1:27away a brand new Maker Z1 for just a
1:29fiver. You'll be able to find my raffle
1:31competitions in the description. But a
1:33massive congratulations to Ernst. He won
1:36the XTool Metal Fab 800 W. And whenever
1:39I test new products, I'll try and add
1:40them into the competitions. So, let's
1:42get into it. I want to show you my
1:43entire workflow from design to final
1:46product using AI and CNC machining. So,
1:50what I've done now is gone on to Maker's
1:52other website called Maker Bowls. This
1:54is an AI-powered 3D model generator, and
1:57it's currently completely free cuz it's
1:59in beta mode. So, I went into image
2:02generation and using a prompt, it came
2:04up with this image. So, the prompt here
2:06is basically my description of what I
2:09wanted the AI to make for me. So, I've
2:10saved this image, then I've gone back
2:13into Maker Bowls and gone into the
2:14relief mode. And it's here that I was
2:16able to turn this 2D image and generate
2:19it into a 3D relief file. And even
2:21though I do have lots of skills, I am no
2:24way able to create something as good as
2:26this. All right, so what I'd like to do
2:27now is model a box. And to do that, you
2:30would use a program such as FreeCAD,
2:32which is obviously free and very
2:34powerful, actually. It's just very
2:36frustrating to use if you're a complete
2:38beginner. That's all I'm going to say on
2:39it. Now, the Maker Bowls does do 3D
2:42models. However, this only creates files
2:44known as STL. An STL file, also known as
2:48stereolithography,
2:50is basically a mesh of triangles to make
2:52that 3D shape. And that actually poses a
2:56limitation if we want to make something
2:58that has high accuracy. But let's just
3:00say you want a perfectly round hole.
3:02Well, if you save it as an STL, those
3:04circular forms are going to be made
3:05using triangles. And triangles don't
3:08have actual curves, they have straight
3:10lines. So, you're not getting a perfect
3:12representation of what you want.
3:13Instead, we need something called a step
3:16file. And there's another website to
3:17create that called Text to CAD. This is
3:21another AI editing platform, and as you
3:23can see, I've created this shape
3:25already. Now, this item does need to be
3:27machined perfectly. So, my prompt is
3:29this: 60-mm threaded and socketed pipe
3:32adapter. Top features an M48 by 2-mm
3:35pitch by 25-mm length. It generated me a
3:38great model, but then I had to adapt it,
3:40and that was to add a flange and recess
3:42for a 3.5-mm O-ring on the threaded male
3:46side of the hex boss. And it's given me
3:48this.
3:49So, it's even given me a load of
3:50parametric settings that we can change.
3:53For example, the through hole diameter,
3:55the hex height, flange thickness, O-ring
3:58center, all of the key measurements I
4:00can then tweak and adjust based on that
4:02CAD model. So, it's a very simple
4:04design, but it only took a few minutes.
4:06If you're a professional CAD modeler,
4:08you could probably compete in the same
4:10amount of time. However, most of you I
4:13don't believe are professional CAD
4:15modelers, are you? But, if you can
4:16describe exactly the item that you want
4:19to the measurements that you need it to
4:21be, then what a powerful tool this is.
4:23Right, so here's a key detail. Let's say
4:26you have an idea, but you don't quite
4:28know how to describe it. What you can do
4:30is then draw your idea, get ChatGPT to
4:33describe what you've drawn, put that
4:36description into the text-to-CAD
4:38software, and then it will translate it
4:41into that model. Just keep this in the
4:42back of your mind at the moment. AI can
4:44generate the image from an idea. It can
4:46translate those ideas or images into a
4:493D part. But, we don't have one of these
4:52fancy machines. We can instead upload it
4:54to JLCCNC,
4:56and just using that file we can get
4:58things CNC milled, turned, machined.
5:01There's even 3D printing and electronics
5:03such as PCB fabrication. So, full
5:06disclosure, JLCCNC are partially
5:08sponsoring this video, which means I can
5:10get you discounts to their services.
5:13Here we've got some choices of aluminum,
5:15copper, plastic, steel, and stainless
5:17steel, all within 0.05 of a millimeter.
5:20Starts from $5, build time 3 days. So,
5:23sponsored plug aside, from what I
5:25understand, there is nothing that would
5:27stop AI from pretending to be a person,
5:30designing its own parts, and having
5:32these websites manufacture them for
5:34them, and then somehow convince someone,
5:37probably using AI generated money, to
5:40assemble these parts and download the
5:43data to create something in the form of,
5:45let's say, Ultron from the Marvel films
5:49or the Terminator films, which is
5:52probably looking more and more realistic
5:54by the day. Now, this concept absolutely
5:56blows my mind and is occupying a lot of
5:58my thoughts at the moment, but let's
6:00finish my daughter's gift, shall we? So,
6:02it doesn't matter what you make or even
6:04how you're going to make it. It all
6:05begins with design. So, I want to
6:07quickly show you a very brief workflow
6:09of two CAD design softwares. So, coming
6:12back to FreeCAD, if we just click on
6:14empty file, to build the box, what we
6:16need to do is create new body. So, in
6:19this drop-down box here, you can see
6:21we've got a new body selected. Now, I
6:22want to click on new sketch. You get
6:25these kind of axes planes come up. I'm
6:27going to choose the X and Y axis. And
6:30now it's changed to this view, which is
6:31basically me looking directly down on
6:33top of the part. And all of these
6:35options across the top has changed cuz
6:37we're now in the sketcher workbench.
6:39There's lots of different workbenches to
6:41choose from, which gives you a whole
6:42load of different options. Because if
6:44you had all the options on the screen
6:46all at once, you would be fully
6:48overwhelmed. Anyway, we're going to
6:50click on the circle tool, and then I'm
6:52going to click in the center of these
6:54axes. The circle I want 125 mm, so
6:59type that and click. Right, I need to
7:01close this now, and we've gone back to
7:04the part design workbench. You can see
7:06all the options have changed again. So,
7:08to turn this circle into a cylinder, we
7:09need to click on pad. So, that's either
7:11this icon right there or over here,
7:14there. So, I want this little box to be
7:16a round box. I'm going to make it 50 mm
7:19high. So, I've put in the length there,
7:21pressed enter, and now we've got this 50
7:23mm by 125 mm cylinder. But now we need
7:27to hollow it out. So, on FreeCAD, we
7:29need to do another sketch. I'm going to
7:31select the face first. So, I've selected
7:33that top face, sketch. So, you see now
7:36we're face directly on top of the part
7:38again. Now, I'm going to click a circle
7:39tool and click in that center one more
7:41time. Now we know what the outside is,
7:43that's 125 mm, but to create a wall, I
7:47want it to come in a little bit. So you
7:49can do stuff like minus 20,
7:53which gives us a 10 mil wall thickness
7:55either side. So again, close, and this
7:57time while that circle is selected,
7:59we're going to hit on pocket, and we'll
8:02pocket it 40 mm.
8:05I won't bore you any more with that, but
8:06you get the principle of the workflow
8:08using FreeCAD. This can now save as a
8:11step file, which gives us perfect
8:13geometry. Let me just show you another
8:15alternative, which you do pay for, is a
8:17lot better, but it's not
8:20subscription-based, which we all hate.
8:22It is a one-time payment only. Let me
8:25show you Plasticity. So this is the main
8:27page, as you can see, a lot more simple.
8:29It opens with this little cube, we'll
8:30just select that and delete it. In the
8:32left side menu, you've got an option for
8:34cylinder, so I'm going to put that in
8:35the central point and click outwards.
8:37Click, and then up, click. So the
8:39parameters for what we've just built are
8:41in the bottom corner. So it's asking for
8:43the radius, so 125 / 2,
8:48and the height we'll make it 50 mm. If
8:50we zoom in, you can see we've got that
8:52perfect cylinder straight away. If we
8:54zoom in on our path, I'm going to select
8:56this edge here, and then if we press O,
8:58it gives us a different option, or we
9:00can go to these buttons here and click
9:02offset curve. I'm going to offset it
9:04about there, like that, and then in the
9:06drop box down here, I'll set that to
9:08minus 10 mm. Now if we click on select
9:12face, I'll select this face, and click
9:15downwards, and then again in the drop
9:17box, minus 40.
9:20I mean, goodness me, that was just so
9:21much quicker. So now that we've got a
9:23design, we now need to process that into
9:25a machine tool path. To do that, we're
9:27going to use CAM software, in
9:29particular, on this,
9:32because it's going to get very boring
9:34for those who are not interested. It can
9:36get very in-depth, and so you could do
9:38like a 10-part series on creating
9:39toolpaths. Instead, I'm just going to
9:41highlight what's good about this
9:42program. So first of all, if we click on
9:44CAM at the top, you can see we've got
9:46five options for guided mode. So here
9:48we've got a few options for machining
9:50and one for laser cutting. That's right,
9:52you can get a little laser engraver for
9:53this thing. So beginning with 2D vector
9:55machining, if you can create SVG files
9:58using like Inkscape for example or a
10:00simple Illustrator program, then you can
10:02turn those line drawings into machine
10:05parts. Next, we've got 3D model
10:07machining. That's the one that requires
10:09step files. After that, we've got relief
10:11carving and that does require STL files
10:13to work best. And the same for the
10:15fourth axis, we can actually use STL
10:17files there also. So if you've
10:18downloaded a 3D printable model, you can
10:21carve them out using those two programs.
10:23And what's interesting about the fourth
10:24axis, we can use step files also. And so
10:27when one side's machined, we can turn it
10:29over and machine the other side without
10:31doing any fancy changeover. And the
10:33laser engraving works very similar to
10:35the 2D vector machining. But the main
10:36thing is, if you have zero experience,
10:39this guided mode will walk you through
10:41it. For example, if we click on 3D model
10:43machining, so in this workspace, we can
10:45set our material. This is the starting
10:47stock you're going to be working with
10:48and then we can import our 3D models.
10:50And if not, you can even create basic
10:52shapes over here. Now at this stage, I
10:54simply want to flatten my material. I
10:56want to get both sides completely flat
10:58before I make this part. So then on the
11:00Z1, I've made my own custom spoilboard.
11:02Now this machine actually comes with
11:03spoilboards, but what I wanted is my own
11:05custom pin positions. So I have some
11:07accurately machined 4 mm pins. And what
11:10these will do is once I've made a part,
11:11I'll be able to then flip the part over
11:13and relocate it in the exact same
11:15position again. And that way, I can
11:17machine both sides. And then Maker of
11:19actually supplied this double-sided
11:20tape. And I'll tell you now, it's
11:22actually really good stuff.
11:24And that is all it needs. And I'll tell
11:25you what, it's still going to be quite
11:27difficult to get this off after.
11:31So back on Studio, I'm going to change
11:32the highest height to 32 mm. I'm going
11:35to get rid of our part for now, and
11:36instead I'm going to click on create.
11:38I'm going to select 3D model cube. I'm
11:40going to make it the same length and
11:41height as our material. So, if we now
11:43click anywhere on the screen, there we
11:45go. And we'll make that so we can see
11:46what's going on. You can now see,
11:48especially if we click on front face,
11:50we've got this gray box, which is our
11:52stock material, and the blue part, which
11:54is the finished dimensions of the model,
11:56if you like. So, if we now just click
11:58next, this is where the guided options
12:00come in really handy. So, here it's
12:01asking if we want to do a roughing pass.
12:03Now, we've got 3D scallops and curved
12:05surfaces. Next after that, we've got
12:07contours. Essentially, you need to
12:09choose the right tool for the right
12:10feature, and then plan that tool path.
12:13So, now we want to choose our tool. I
12:15actually went ahead and bought one of
12:16these facing bits. So, this is 1 in
12:18wide, or just over 25 mm, and has
12:21carbide inserts. If you want one of
12:23these, there's a link in the
12:23description. And can you guess what I
12:25used to figure out how to get the right
12:27parameters? And what I mean by that is
12:29what speeds and feeds I need for
12:31softwood, hardwood, or aluminum. That's
12:33right. I used ChatGPT. I used AI to
12:36figure it out for me, so I don't have to
12:38do a load of test runs and ruin my bits.
12:40Right, now that's ready, we can click
12:41send to machine. So, immediately, it's
12:43going to send us to the device menu. So,
12:46before we click on the start button, we
12:47need to tell the machine exactly where
12:49that material is. And we're going to
12:51click on 3D probe. So, that's this
12:53little device here. Such a clever and
12:55very important piece of kit. So, now
12:57it's calibrated, the important thing to
12:59do is move it to this corner. So, to
13:01move it, I'm going to use the X and Y
13:03controls just here.
13:08Oops.
13:10About there, though, is what I want. The
13:11important thing to know is that the
13:13probe needs to be in position before you
13:15click this. So, if we okay this now,
13:26there you go. That's our origin set. So,
13:28now then we're ready to click start.
13:30It's going to first ask you if you want
13:32to set your stock in anchor position
13:34one. That's a preset zero position in
13:36order to make things really simple to
13:38set up. We've slightly complicated it,
13:40so we're going to click on custom. Next,
13:42it wants to set that origin. We've
13:44already done that with the 3D probe.
13:45Next, it's asking us if we want to probe
13:47even further. What we want though is the
13:50auto Z height probing. And you can now
13:52see this green area is our work piece
13:55and that red dot is where it's going to
13:57probe. Now, I think the highest point is
14:00this bottom right-hand corner. Now, it's
14:02asking for assist option, so we're going
14:04to put the auto vacuum on, which we've
14:06got. We'll also click the anti-static
14:08feature. This is device that deionizes
14:11the dust, I think, and essentially stops
14:13it from sticking to everything, which is
14:14really handy. We can double-check that
14:16everything we want has been clicked, and
14:18now we're ready. So, click run. So,
14:19instead of the 3D probe, we'll take that
14:22off, and we'll instead connect the laser
14:24probe, which is mounted on the side
14:26here. We'll put that in. You can see the
14:28little laser indicator there. That's
14:30really useful.
14:33And that's our high point marked. So,
14:35now it's asking to change the tool, so
14:37we'll take the probe out and add our
14:39facing tool. Confirm.
14:51I'll tell you what, that is so buttery
14:53smooth. So, now I've imported the lid
14:55model and the STL. So, the first tool
14:57path is a relief tool path, and this is
14:59going to be roughed out using just a
15:01flat end mill. After that, I'm going to
15:03do another relief, this time with a 30°
15:05angle engraving bit. This is going to
15:07give a really nice fine finish to
15:09everything. Then, we're going to finish
15:10with a contour path. This is basically
15:13going to cut that rounded shape out. But
15:15before that happens, I've also added two
15:18holes. For highlight this 2D circle I
15:20created, and now you can see the blue
15:22lines of a pocketed tool path. This is
15:24going to be so I can insert pins and
15:26then flip the carving over so I can do
15:29another finishing pass on the other
15:30side. So this whole process has been
15:32labeled top and I've also enabled a
15:34bottom side. And as you can see on the
15:36bottom side, I've added a recess that
15:39needs machining. So I've clicked on the
15:40preview mode. I don't always like using
15:42this cuz it's very laggy, but the
15:44finished results of this does really
15:46help you see if there are any problems.
15:48There we go. It's finished the
15:49simulation. And I know it's looking
15:51really good. However, what I can't see
15:53are my corner pins. Now because those
15:55are very important, I might actually
15:57move them over slightly. What is a shame
15:59is this cutting out areas are necessary,
16:01but for some reason when I generated the
16:03relief, it wouldn't automatically crop
16:05that bit out. I don't know why. So back
16:07on device mode, I'm ready to run the
16:08program and I've got all the zero points
16:10set from last time. So let's just click
16:12run.
16:17So while I'm waiting for that to
16:18complete, I'm going to model my next
16:20project.
16:26That's the roughing pass done.
16:35Now we're going to use the engraving
16:36bit.
16:46So far, this is looking absolutely
16:48amazing. What I will say though is that
16:50I haven't anticipated this much warping.
16:52That might be a problem. Anyway, let's
16:55just put the locating pins in and see
16:57how we get on.
17:01>> [music]
17:16[bell]
17:21>> There you go.
17:23Well, so far I am super pleased.
17:26Question is, will this align and is that
17:29warping going to be a problem? So,
17:31before we do the rear side, I need to
17:33set the location pins on the spoilboard.
17:35So, if I just take everything that we've
17:36done and send that to the machine again.
17:38So, this time I'm only selecting the
17:40machine path that is the holes. So, now
17:43keeping everything the same, I'm simply
17:45going to do a height probe off the
17:46spoilboard. That's this one there, the Z
17:49height probing. Everything else exactly
17:51the same.
17:58So, I've dropped two of these pins in.
18:00Oh dear, I didn't give it any tolerance.
18:07It was like this, you just simply flip
18:10it like that.
18:13Hey, nice. So, I think at this stage I'm
18:16going to add some screws and I'll just
18:18plop them in the corners here and see
18:20how we go.
18:23That should be nice and secure. So, now
18:25we're going to do the bottom program.
18:27Except this time I'm going to probe off
18:29one of these corners. Yeah, if I'm like
18:31close to a corner
18:32that's near enough the original, I
18:34reckon. We'll try that.
18:51Oh, it's definitely not meant to do
18:53that. Right, so I've checked the
18:54animation and it is correct, but I've
18:56made changes so we're going to machine
18:58the top surface first before we do any
19:00of the sides. Anyway, I'm still learning
19:02this stuff and making mistakes and
19:03hopefully
19:05you guys can learn with me.
19:15>> So for some reason I lost the audio
19:16about here, but essentially I'm like,
19:18"Ah, wow, this is amazing." And blah,
19:21blah, blah. And then I was like, "Oh,
19:22look at me carve the side, you know,
19:24getting the tabs off, but you know,
19:26beautiful detail." Blah, blah, blah. All
19:27right, I've run into another problem. To
19:29make this container, I need quite a long
19:31bit to hollow out the middle. And what I
19:33found out is that having a longer bit
19:35like this and maxing out the height
19:38means that it's impossible to create
19:41that I wanted. Fortunately, I stopped it
19:43just before anything got broken. But
19:44what I'll need to do is redesign this so
19:47it's shallow enough for this bit to
19:49reach all the way down to the bottom.
19:50There we go, I've reduced the stock to
19:52the bare minimum.
19:56That'll be all right. We'll see how this
19:58works out then, shall we?
20:10All right then, time for the old flipper
20:12roo.
20:16>> [music]
20:18>> I'm going to try that without any other
20:20clamping thing, I think. Yeah, I just
20:22feel like that's secure enough.
20:46Okay then, moment of truth.
20:49Here we go.
20:53Well, that doesn't look bad at all. I'm
20:54just going to like give it a quick sand.
20:56It's just places like that where I put a
20:58little bit of a tab.
21:05I would say it's looking really good,
21:07but moment of truth, will the lid fit?
21:13Ah, that is a complete design fail
21:16there. Yeah, that recess should have
21:18been on the outside, not the inside. Oh,
21:21what a wally. Right, next challenge
21:23then, can I center this and create a new
21:27recess on the bottom of the lid?
21:30So, because this is wood, it's also
21:32warped. This is why I don't like working
21:34with wood. It's got a mind of its own.
21:36Anyway, I'm hoping to machine this back
21:38so it fits, but at the same time,
21:40hopefully it'll level it as well. But,
21:42to center this, what I need to make now
21:43is a fixture. So, I've got a scrap piece
21:46of plywood, and what we'll do is we'll
21:47cut a hole that perfectly matches this
21:50to sit into. So, that means we can get
21:52this set perfectly centered, and then
21:54redress this perimeter. And back in my
21:56preferred CAD software, I've remodeled
21:58the lid. If we now look to the side and
22:00take a section view, you can now see if
22:03I lift the model up and down, it's going
22:05to fit perfectly. I should have done
22:07that from the start, shouldn't I? But,
22:08you live and learn. Right, I've stuck
22:10the board down with double-sided tape.
22:12Let's first of all do the cutout.
22:18All right, let's check that out. So, I
22:19haven't marked the spoil board at all,
22:21which I like, and I haven't quite gone
22:23all the way through the material. I
22:24think if I just push through that, there
22:27we go.
22:29There we are, I just sanded this first
22:30face here. I can now just flip it over
22:33and run another tool path around.
22:39Oh, no, what have I done?
22:44I'm going to save.
22:45Gone into my spoil board. That's not
22:47what I wanted to do. I must have paid
22:49any attention whilst it was probing.
22:50It's meant to touch the top of this, but
22:52it's obviously probed off this instead.
22:54Honestly, why do I have to keep making
22:56mistakes? Ah, that's so irritating.
23:00Well, to be honest, that's exactly why
23:02we have spoil boards, to stop me messing
23:04up the actual gantry underneath.
23:07So, moment of truth.
23:11I mean, there's absolutely zero
23:13tolerance
23:15is what I want. I want like a mechanical
23:17fit. Hang on.
23:19Tap that into place.
23:23Right, let me figure out a tool path now
23:24then. So, I figured the way to do it is
23:26just use my 3D model. I'm going to use
23:28my 1-in bit and take about half a
23:30millimeter off the face, and then a 6-mm
23:32bit to carve out the rebate.
24:02Come on. Please, let this be the last.
24:08Hmm, how do I actually get this out now?
24:11Ooh.
24:12It's okay. It's going to be okay.
24:15And it looks good, and it's completely
24:17flat, which is nice. Okay, moment of
24:19truth.
24:23Ooh. That, my friends, is a resistance
24:26fit.
24:30That's the thing, can she actually get
24:31the thing open? Uh.
24:34There we go. Just give it a very slight
24:36sanding. Just got to give it an oil now,
24:38and that'll be perfect.
24:40So, I'm going to use a clear mineral
24:42oil.
24:48You can see I did a little notch there
24:50as well. That's just so my daughter can
24:52get a finger underneath and actually
24:53open the thing. So, I'll let that soak
24:55in, and I'll probably give it about
24:56three coats. Right, it's on its last
24:57coat. It's still a little bit wet, but
24:59before we give this to Ayla, what I want
25:01to do is give you my honest thoughts on
25:04how this machine actually performs. So,
25:06let's run through the negatives first
25:08and that is this dust collection system
25:11absolute rubbish. So, for a start
25:12everything needs to pass through a hole
25:14that is 19 mm, which means some of those
25:17long stranded bits, especially with
25:19wood, just gets trapped in here. So, we
25:21need to take this panel off, but we
25:23can't just undo the four bolts because
25:26this panel's in the way also. You've got
25:28to do another three bolts after that.
25:30That's this lot here and as you can see
25:32they're tiny. And now we can remove
25:34this. Now, for some reason they've got
25:36another cover on it, so you've got
25:37another four bolts to remove. So, now we
25:40can remove this. And as you can see
25:42that's where the problems are happening.
25:45So, what I would recommend a redesign of
25:48this. One, make it bigger so you can
25:50actually get the chips out. And
25:52secondly, make it so this panel easily
25:54comes off with let's say two clips
25:56because that is going to be a continuous
25:59problem. I'm even tempted to 3D print my
26:01own design of something. Now,
26:03understandably it's a desktop CNC, so I
26:05shouldn't expect too much. But the size
26:08of everything is very limiting. And the
26:10one thing that catches you out is if you
26:12want to pocket something quite deep, the
26:14tool actually has to lift over to do
26:17that. But of course there isn't much
26:19head height anyway. So, despite whatever
26:21they say about the bed size, something
26:23like this is realistically all you can
26:25build on it. Now, it's got a built-in
26:27camera so you can monitor the work
26:28whilst you're out and about. However, I
26:30found that it was just absolutely
26:31useless. It wouldn't actually connect
26:33when you wanted it to. Now, fortunately
26:35Maker are continually updating their
26:37firmware. So, this motor is only 150 W.
26:41So, bear in mind if you're going to
26:42machine things like steel or even just
26:45aluminum, it takes a long time. Now, if
26:48the chip collection system worked really
26:51well, that wouldn't have been much of an
26:53issue. You could just wait until the
26:55project's finished. But because this
26:58just gets blocked and doesn't work very
26:59well, you do have to keep coming in and
27:02hoovering everything up. Because if too
27:04many chips and stuff build up, that can
27:06cause a problem. So moving into the
27:08positives, the build quality is
27:10excellent. This is a single piece cast
27:12aluminum and it's all been precisely
27:14machined and everything works very
27:16nicely. And they've put a lot of effort
27:18into making sure there's all the
27:20information you need to get a really
27:21good go with this. Just bear in mind,
27:24it's not like a 3D printer. Learning
27:27tool paths and all the intricacies
27:28involved can be a full-time
27:30apprenticeship. So it's definitely gray
27:32matter building and requires a lot of
27:35time dedicated to learning it. The
27:37automatic AI stuff is great and is
27:39improving day by day. But one of the
27:41most key benefits to having a machine
27:43like this is once it's set up, it is
27:46just press a button and it does it
27:48again. If I can cut a load of material
27:51into blanks, it is just a case of
27:53reloading it back in, clicking run the
27:55program again, and I walk away doing
27:57something else, but you know, looking
27:59back just to check on it. With a bonus
28:01that we can use renewable materials, or
28:03in my case, free out of a junkyard, and
28:06it creates craftsmanship quality pieces.
28:08So you might be thinking, Josh, if you
28:10had a grand to spend, now that you've
28:12tested this machine, would you get one?
28:15Now, I'm more inclined to build my own
28:17CNC from scratch. However, because of
28:20the software and the functionality of
28:22this machine, it's been the best thing
28:24to practice and learn CNC on. I now feel
28:27confident in buying an ex-industrial
28:30machine, let's say dropping five grand
28:32on something that would have been worth
28:3450 grand, all because this taught me the
28:37possibilities. So if you're starting
28:39from scratch and you want smooth
28:41learning, this thing is fantastic. But
28:44if you're already into CNC, something a
28:46bit more bigger might be beneficial.
28:48Anyway, let's finish up with my
28:50daughter's reaction to her gift. There's
28:52just one last thing I'd like to do, and
28:54that is to put a secret inside the box.
28:59Right, so to celebrate you being born
29:01again,
29:02I made you a little gift.
29:05>> So cute.
29:15Oh my
29:17Oh my gosh.
29:20That is amazing.
29:23>> Right, I want an actual genuine
29:25response, so
29:27just just Yeah.
29:28>> I'm being genuine right now. That is
29:30actually incredible.
29:32Is that real wood?
29:33>> Yeah.
29:35>> What?
29:38Oh, it has the Bible verse in it,
29:40everything.
29:42This is amazing.
29:43>> [laughter]
29:44>> And it's got the oak tree.
29:47I love this so much.
29:48>> [laughter]
29:48>> You're very welcome. Right, quick
29:50question then, just related to that.
29:52>> Mhm.
29:53>> I obviously used AI and a machine to
29:56make that.
29:56>> Mhm.
29:58>> Would it be more valuable to you if I'd
30:01have made that by hand, designed it and
30:03carved it myself?
30:04>> Yes.
30:07But it's still amazing.
30:09>> [laughter]
30:10>> I still am very grateful, and it looks
30:12gorgeous, and I'm I'm very happy with
30:14how it turned out.
30:16I'm going to be yelling into that now.
30:18>> Go on then, do my outro.
30:21>> Like and subscribe, and forge for
30:22yourself a life worth living. And I'll
30:24see you in the next one. Bye.
30:26>> [laughter]

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