DIY Brass Branding Iron - CNC Project #74

I made a 5-in-1 branding iron out of 360 brass to personalize my future projects with. Designed with Fusion360, machined on my Shapeoko and Nomad Pro CNC's using uncoated carbide endmills.

Endmills Used:

[gkelly]

Really slick branding iron. Loving the production value of your new stuff. Keep up the good work!

[craftedworkshop]

Awesome project, Winston! I might have to make one of these, they are also out of my price range.

[scottbrown]

Nice work! It's particularly timely for me - last week I got my order of several new cutters to experiment with for the same purpose (SO3XL). I haven't had time to make chips yet, but I'll probably watch this a few times again before I do. Thanks for posting it!

[TMCmakes]

This is a project I hope to accomplish as the Hello World for my g0704 mill once i have it converted to CNC. Great content as always!

[RichardCournoyer]

Very nice job, and thanks for the awesome idea about using the V-Cutter to remove the corner radii!

[BradleyMakesThings]

That came out really nice, Winston! I just have the SO3 but I think I'm going to try this anyway after I get it setup more accurately.

[reiner]

Great project Winston! As I am just about to start CNC with a my new Shapeoko 3, I would be interested in hearing more about the workflow from Fusion 360 to Shapeoko. Would it be possible for you to make a more detailed video about that? Things like setting up a basic tool library with Shapeoko-compatible feeds&speeds, how to create Shapeoko-specific g-code from Fusion and how to send that to the Shapeoko maybe?
Do you have links to the endmills you used? Maybe you can put them in the description of this video?

[ShaunMeighan]

Great work and very enoyable video as usual Winston!

[ADHDbuilt]

Awesome job! I might have to look into one myself.

[WildmanTech]

Which half marathon are you doing? My next is the Shamrock'n!
You know what I use for a bottoming tap? A broken one I ground flat on the end. Works great!

[julianbohrer]

Hey Winston, I've been watching your videos for a while now and just wanted to thank you for the great effort you put into your projects and videos. So thanks for that!

Additionally I wanted to mention, that I would really love to see a tutorial on how to set up different milling operations & feed rates in fusion360 and furthermore how to export the created toolpath in gcode using the right postprocessor for the shapeoko 3.

Best regards & keep up the good work!

[VLAHECO]

so cool this project. Definitely I want my Shapeoko :)

[DIYSportsman]

Hi Winston, have you ever tried any paid software for feeds and speeds? I did the 30 day trial for Gwizard and found it helpful for using my XL to cut metal because you can dial back the settings to account for the fact that the supports aren't as rigid on a desktop router.

[mikelemon]

How about putting some ceramic coil heaters in those pockets? that would make the heating much faster cheaper cooler and continues.

[jessefoulk]

If I didn't have enough z height due to the limit of the table, I'd just cut a decent size square hole through and below my table. I haven't needed to do that yet but I may explore that route.

[DKTAz]

Nice work, maybe you could stick two 3d printer heater cartridges in it, should get 200-400C

[javieruriel]

do you have any video in how to add the cutters youre selling to fusion 360?

[crashn]

Great work, where did you get the vise?

[keithlane]

Great project Winston !!! I just found your channel a couple of days ago and have enjoyed a number of your projects. My father in law makes all kinds of cool wooden things, and sells them on consignment at local shops. I was thinking I'd like to make him a branding iron to permanently label his work. You had mentioned you used Fusion 360 to generate the code to mill the tool path. How do you mirror the code so it is reversed for use as a brand? Keep up the great content.
Thank you

[atlantacrafted]

Awesome job! How long did this take to machine? I am thinking many, many hours. I have the 1000m X-carve and was attempting to carve a multi-key tool from 1/8" aluminum and the estimate was nearly 3 hours. I can imagine milling 5 different sides took quite a while.
Also, the drill bits you got from Ebay are awesome. I have been using them with great success every since i got my X-carve. I have broken quite a few, but that was all due to operator error.
Anywho...., Great job! Love your work!