Build Your Own CNC! (Part 1) - Hardware

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• DR

  @dr0bi · 7 years ago

  The subscribe on the Thinkpad was a really nice touch

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• CO

  @colinfurze · 7 years ago

  a CNC pizza cutter is sounding like a great idea lol, right eBay here we go

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• TB

  @TBizzell68 · 7 years ago

  I don’t need another hobby, I don’t need another hobby, I don’t need.....

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• MA

  @matthewthemanparker · 7 years ago

  OK, I've waited a whole day.  I feel I have been very patient.  Now where's part 2?

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• EX

  @ExplodingWaffle101 · 7 years ago

  &quot;this is how the pros do it, if you&apos;re a hobbyist, you could build all this stuff into a nice enclosure with fans and switches and lights&quot;<br><br>i died laughing. too real :)

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• AN

  @andrewmyers7131 · 7 years ago

  Long time subscriber, first time commenter. &nbsp;Partially because I prefer to hide in the shadows like Gollum, and also because of the fear of public ridicule. &nbsp;That should tell you how strong the urge to comment is, especially given that what I’m about to say would be prime for such things.<br><br>I’m a mechanical engineer who designs and builds cryogenic air separation plants for a living. &nbsp;I’m just painting the background here. &nbsp;But I also didn’t own a cell phone until 2 months ago, believe it or not. &nbsp;I believe that technology should have a purpose and until recently the phone served none to me. &nbsp;<br><br>20 some years ago in college, about the time the internet’s were invented, for my senior design class I built a CNC though it wasn’t called that at the time. &nbsp;I used the parallel port like you show but I wrote my own BASIC program for the output, which amounted to a bunch of nested loops with a print command to send a step.<br><br>Fast forward to a few years ago and wanting a CNC router and coughing up $15k for it, and where I know that there isn’t anything to it and being extremely aggravated because of it. &nbsp;And despite knowing that also having to deal with the fact that I didn’t “speak the language” of the new technology to be able to learn from conventionally available resources.<br><br>What I am trying to say is that for me, and I’m assuming others as well, this subject isn’t intuitive or easily learned. &nbsp;I very much appreciate both the time you are taking to explain it as well as your intelligence, demonstrated both through your sense of humor as well as your ability to simplify and clearly communicate. <br><br>I need to watch this again a few times, make some drawings as that teaches me best, and look up some items, all electrical. &nbsp;But keep the videos coming. &nbsp;And the examples of different brands helps show what is consistent and probably important at this stage.

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• RU

  @russguppy8761 · 7 years ago

  You got me thinking. <br>My wife isn&apos;t going to like this.

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• WI

  @Wintergatan · 7 years ago

  This video quickly etched itself onto my brain

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• AN

  @andrewmcgiblets5784 · 7 years ago

  Linus Torvald would like to speak to you about your current lifestyle choices.

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• JO

  @josecamacho5522 · 3 years ago

  Designing it: súper easy<br>Building it: easy<br>Doing the electronic stuff: mom senda help<br>(A mechanichal engineer)

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• RO

  @RonCovell · 7 years ago

  Tony, thanks for another fabulous video! I&apos;m one of those &apos;mechanical&apos; nerds, who think anything electronic is &apos;over their head&apos;, but you did a great job of explaining the logic of this setup, and I believe I could build a similar setup if I put my mind to it! Keep &apos;em coming!

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• TA

  @Tazinor-007 · 3 years ago

  I know I am late to the party, really late but this is one of the most useful introductions to cnc I have found.. I like and enjoy your method of presenting information. Is there a specific video where you go into controlling the speed of the router? I’ll keep digging through your videos… great job… as always

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