Shapeoko Pro Torture Test

First and foremost, I would like to make it known, at this point I am not sponsored by Carbide 3D in anyway and have purchased this machine and all tooling with my own hard earned dollar. I do have experience running CNC machines and I don't recommend that anyone take on this same process without the proper precautions and acknowledgements of the risks associated.

Now with that all being said, I'm SUPER impressed with this machine and its ability to chew through Douglas Fur like a CNC packman. This machine will be my workhorse for a multitude of projects such as the climbing holds and other fun projects moving forward. Its nice to know the limitations of the machine so I can comfortably run it hard without concern during production runs.

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My name is Austin and I’ve always enjoyed building things. My childhood Christmas stockings were filled with bulk supplies of scotch tape so I didn’t use up all of my moms as I made various paper lightsabers and more. The things I wanted to build grew to be too complex for scotch tape and trial and error so I decided to study Mechanical Engineering to better understand how to make things. I specialized in mechatronics and manufacturing and I’m now about ready to graduate so I’m putting my education to work by building all the projects I haven’t had the time to do while in school. From climbing holds to signs and many other projects, I’m going to bring you along the journey through each build, and show you how I go about making everything I want to make. I hope it inspires you to get out there and build things and gives you a chuckle or two along the way. Thanks for watching!

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Equipment:
CNC Machine: Carbide 3D - Shapeoko Pro XXL
Tooling:

⅜ Coated Carbide Ball Endmill:

Coated Carbide Single Flute Aluminum Cutter ¼” Amana Tool:

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[LokiEklipse]

Just a shout out for your production value 👌🏼
CNC and climbing content, how do you not have more followers dude!?

[iwannaratrod]

The Shapeoko 4 and Pro have both grown to be more capable than the trim router can power thru. I've hit 400ipm in baltic birch, plastic, and pine. 1/4" endmill, 75% stepover, and 1/4" DOC. I've gone 150ipm in walnut, limited by the router and the first slot. After that 200ipm. But I love the testing procedure. :)

[kazolar]

Just found your channel in the enclosure build video -- great work. Very impressed with what you've been able to get the Shapeoko pro to do. Though need to see if it can move that fast on the other axis moving the gantry at that speed is gonna be a big ask. I don't have the hmm... courage to push my custom CNC to these speeds, since with X and Z running 4a nema 23 hybrid servos on ball screws and Z on a 7a nema 34 hybrid servo, just letting it rapid at 6000mm is freaking scary as hell. I do want to figure out a way to enclose my machine, but I did want the machine to be big, and can't really practically build a cabinet around a machine where I can almost fit a full sheet of plywood into. Keep doing what you're doing, you'll get more subs. So far the wife just complains about the noise since the CNC is located in the basement right under the dining room.

[nickparkin]

If you get a water cooled spindle like I have on my shapeoko 4 you have double the wattage available at your disposal and you can up the federate and spindle speed and cut insanely fast.

Side note
Your bit gets hot because it needs to spin at a higher rpm to keep up with the high fees rate. When I cut with my shapeoko 4, sometimes the cutter isn’t even lukewarm right after chewing through maple. Proper feeds and speeds are very important. I’m f you get it right, the chips will absorb the heat from the bit and you can cut all day long.

[melodystime]

Enjoy your new toy dude!! Good luck with editing next time hahaha

[hellraiser]

Keep in mind that when you're not using a dust extraction system dust is getting on your ralis and into the linear vearings which can cause your machine to skip the steps even when you are jogging the machine, it has happend to me a couple of times. It could make this test a bit inaccurate, but it's great anyway, keep up the good work

[nigtwingrobin]

Can you please also try machining metals

[herberthenri]

Nice video, just the music was a wee bit too loud, made it a bit hard to understand you :T

[homezero]

Cutting with the grain is one thing. What about end grain cut speeds?

[beefchicken]

The Carbide router has shit speed control. Switch to the Makita, you won’t have the speed hunting when the router starts and finishes the cut.