Inside a Chinese Desktop CNC Mill Factory

Today we're going to see how desktop CNC mills are made. We're going inside the Makera factory, a relatively new Chinese startup that went from a few guys who wanted to make drones in their spare time, to running a very successful kickstarter and building out a complete factory. We'll see how they make very accurate machines, starting from the raw aluminum, all the way to putting a finished product in a crate, ready to ship out.

Specific Nebula documentaries I mentioned:

See behind the scenes at Strange Parts:

[Cyrashe]

So happy that you're feeling better enough to be posting videos again. You're one of my favorite creators and I love to learn about what you show us each video.

[amzu]

huge props to the owner for showing you around and talking in english!

[pauliboo]

I love the enthusiasm you’re showing the owner, and his English is excellent. I’m pretty sure though most of your audience (like me) are engineering based, and have huge interest in how things are made! So I’d love to see more tours like this please.

[EMleRoux]

Thank you Josh and Makera for inviting us all into your factory. What an amazing experience. Thank you Scotty for making the effort to show us all that "Made in China" actually means a lot.

[ChrisMasto]

Maybe it's partly because I have a Carvera and was super impressed by the build quality, but I feel like this is one of your best factory tour videos. And that's saying something, for the king of factory tour videos.

And props to Makera for being so open. I know it's marketing, but it didn't feel like any kind of sanitized smoke and mirrors show.

[Sam-yuss]

So many custom tools and jigs, this is very cool! I love how Josh knows every part of the process and the person manning it, huge props and respect.

[fluffyfloof]

18:18 That dial indicator was quite funny - "Mituitung"! 😄
I've got a no-name 10 bucks caliper at home, and stuck a label on its box that says "oyotutiM". 😅

[alchemistalchemist]

That Mituitung indicator 😁
Awesome look into this company, their transparency is great and it's a good example of mid-large scale manufacturing

[zollotech]

Great to see you back at it and feeling better. Thanks for sharing.

[JasperPerri]

Its so good to see you on the factory floors again showing how things actually are inside the factories. Like you said in the episode, not everything is perfect and machine automated. People have to understand some stuff is pretty hands on customlike.

[Dumb-Comment]

I have a Chinese friend who has worked in the factories like this, they are skilled professional from universities and they are proud of their workmanship.

[TheJttv]

I am a packaging engineer in the US. We outsource our cratees inside the US. It aint cheap but its so much more efficient and there is also some wood regulations

[Billybobble]

I do love these tours, it's quite astonishing to see how rapidly China's manufacturing has advanced over the last couple of decades, but what I like most is seeing the people behind the manufacturing, they're just like you and I trying to earn money for food and shelter. Looking forward to the next tours, and of course it's great to see you so spritely and enthusiastic again Scotty, thank you for the content 😊

[lesliekawiti]

Im so happy youre getting back to doing factory tours. It really shows how amazing the chinese owners and workers are which a lot of people in the west dont appreciate as much. All we get fed is the propoganda

[jakobhalskov]

Love seeing the smile on Mr. Guo's faces while he is working on the lid of the machine! 10:55

[JH-uujl]

I wasn't expecting this to be as cool as it was. So much fun. And as usual, I'm humbled as a one language speaker. Your guide's English was so impressive!

[EgonSorensen]

Good to see some interesting factory visits again :ø)

[carstenhahn]

by far the best ad for cavera I have seen. It is one thing to send review units to content creators, but it is a completly different level to give a factory tour.

when I can afford the space, I will get a carvera

[oVexlz]

Super happy to see a new video! The lack of safety glasses in use in some parts of this caused me a little pain.

[davefinnegan]

Good to see you are on the mend and making new content.