Sainsmart 3018 PROVer Mach3 Cnc Build, Test & Review

In this video I build and test a Sainsmart 3018 PROVer Mach3 Cnc machine

This item was provided free of charge for the review by Sainsmart

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00:00 Introduction
02:42 3018 MX3 vs PROVer Mach3
03:04 Assembly
05:07 Wiring
09:11 Drufel Cnc
11:23 Mach3
16:10 Carbide Create
22:06 Cnc Sign
24:32 Spoilboard Surfacing
29:23 Axes Calibration
31:21 Dust Boot
34:09 V Carve

#CNC #CNC3018

[iPhoneGottaHaves]

Please review everything on the internet lol.. you HANDS DOWN have the most detailed and well informed review! Wow! Great video

[valeriegeertsen]

This is a great and very comprehensive description of the start-up process. A treasure-trove of information

[imanutnur]

I was a service engineer for Mazak CNC Machinery at one time and installed and serviced many CNC machines. After retiring I made a CNC machine with ball screws on all axis and decided to enlarge it I made a second one that was 4'x8' with bike chains on X-axis and Y-axis and ball screw on Z-axis. It used the Mach3 operating system also. I just bought a new one off of Amazon.

[bobuk]

Hi. Excellent review, I wish more were done to your standard. To answer some of the comments below Mach 3 is highly capable professional level software and can be used across different types of multiple machines if needed - lathes, milling machines, etc, substantially reducing the cost per machine and excellent value for what you get. I think for the price this kit itself is remarkably good value and I wish Santa would get me one. I can see a lot of applications just for the engraving capability - professional looking machine control panels being just one. BobUK.

[gannas]

Interesting that adding the dust boot made it a lot more evident how much flex is in the ABS plastic Z axis assembly.

[demihantubelang]

Watch this video from youtube recommendation and because of you, now i want one 👍 superb video production my dude

[JohnColgan.]

Impressive video and very impressed with the machine. Build quality is much better than I expected having purchased a 3018 Pro clone with is much noisier & slower. My optimal cut depth is .4mm any deeper and decibels skyrocket. I wish I had opted for the genuine machine, but I can seriously consider this or its big brother on my upgrade path.

[joeschiller]

You do such a good job explaining how to.

[rameshtripathy]

Awesome machine & find useful ! Thank you so much!

[enricodesign]

that's a good and in depth review, thank you

[toddlafrance]

Thank you very much for your efforts in making this helpful video.

[brianhutchings]

Excellent video that was to the point and very informative.

[yourunclesam]

Excelent review.Thank you for your time.

[brt]

Woooow , you're knowledge and presentation, woooow 👏👏👏 fantastic , thank you

[clustef]

Excellent and helpful review. I bought the CNC machine after having watched this. The review guided me through all the installation and configuration steps. Easy with this video at hand! I got some problems with the Mach 3 software though: The 'Auto Tool Zero' button doesn't work as expected (I doesn't work at all in fact - as opposed to DrufelCNC, where it worked as expected). I have installed the script as described in the video, including the tool height adjustment. But when I clicked the Auto Tool Zero button, the cutting bit started to move downwards, but it didn't stop when it reached the surface of the tool, the Z axis motor kept running and trying to move the bit down even further. Didn't sound healthy for the motor so I did an emergency stop.

I don't believe this is a wiring issue, as DrufelCNC recognizes when the bit touches the tool's surface and stops the motor immediately. A problem with the Mach 3 version (I'm running R3.043.062)? Do you have any suggestion?

I contacted Sain Smart support but their answer wasn't very helpful - they just suggested I should watch this video, but I think this kind of problem wasn't addressed, or did I just miss it?

Also, in Mach3 the jogging speed is extremely slow by default, also different to DrufelCNC, where the CNC machine behave exactly as shown in your video.

[MaximKachurovskiy]

Just imagining the amount of time that goes into filming and editing all of this. Forget the actual assembly and gcode :)

[AndrewAHayes]

I saved up to buy one of these and literally the day I was going to order I saw the 3040 model had been released so I will carry on saving although I have increased the amount I save each month, I hope to have the 3040 in four months time.

[aldodu]

Excellente vidéo félicitations.
Personnellement j'ai acheté la version SainSmart PROVer 3018 basé sur GRBL pour bénéficier du laser et de la CNC mais merci car très instructif

[DeadduckDen]

Hi TechyDiy, Great review, very informative, even for seasoned CNC users. I'm really curious as to why you would recommend the Prover GRBL version for PCB Milling instead of the Mach 3 version? Mach 3 works on the same premise of Gcode, so why would GBRL have an edge?

[Snowmunkee]

So the only differencd between the normal PROver and this is the control software?