Top 5 Projects/Uses For Your CNC Router And Should You Buy A CNC For Your Wood Shop?
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- If you're curious about the Top 5 projects and uses for your cnc router you're in the right place. We'll talk about the process and how to make them with your CNC router. Great place to also see how a wood worker might add a tool like this to their flow!
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I am addicted to CZcams. I watch tons of channels related to CNC/Woodworking/lasers/3D Printing and your channel has quickly become one of my favorites.
Wow, thanks! I appreciate you taking the time (and thoughtfulness) to make such a nice comment. Have a great afternoon, I know I will after reading your encouraging note!
Thanks for the video JR. A great glimpse of the CNC router at work in your shop! It encourages me to continue the journey with mine.
Thanks Alan, it’s good to have friends like you that are the fountain of great ideas!
Awesome information! Thank you for taking the time to show what you can do with a cnc . I’ve had mine for a short time …a little frustrating at times put I’m loving learning all the things that it can do . Your video was very insightful and informative.
Hey Bonnie, I don’t know about you, but for me, yes there are frustrating learning curve moments. However, the elation of the break through moments are worth it, so keep on plugging away! While you’re here, consider hitting the subscribe button if your inclined. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Nice work. Thanks
Thank you!
Very useful and clearly presented.
Thanks testing, glad you liked it. Feel free to subscribe to see more! Thanks!
Great video! I especially liked the idea of the frames with images engraved on them. Thank you.
Hey there Quis Sum , thanks very much for spending time with me here. Taking the time out to leave your comment means a lot to me. If you haven't yet, would you mind subscribing if you saw some value in what this and my other videos are about? Thanks again for watching and your comment, have a great day!
Neat ideas! I'm just beginning the CNC life.
I have plans for cutting arcs and angles which I have always struggled with in traditional woodworking.
I LOVE the idea of putting embellishments on an everyday door or drawer!
Hey Michael, complex curves, repeatable processes, added elements to projects, it’s all fun to figure out. Glad you liked it, feel free to subscribe! Thanks and have a great day!
Excellent ideas. Thanks!!
Thanks!
Great stuff JR! I make beer tap handles for a local craft brewer and my CNC , Longmill 30 x 30 with Vectric Pro, has made it simple to turn out nearly 1000 of them for him and it is a lucrative deal for me. Thanks for all your great content!
Wow 1000?? Thats awesome!
Very informative!! Great video.
Thank you Claude, glad you liked it
Still waiting on my Onefinity. Love all your tips and help.
Glad you find it helpful! Hope your machine arrives soon!
Great video. I have been making shadow boxes and for retirees for about 7 years now. Once I got my Onefinity I was able to greatly enhance the shadow boxes with names, dates etc. Recently used my machine to make signs with each players names for my grandson's baseball team. I would never have tried to do that many by hand but the Onefinity cut each one out in about 15 minutes.
That’s great Dan, I love making personalized items for people. Keep up the great work!
Love these CNC videos you do! My 1F woodworker just arrived and I can’t wait to get it set up.
Hey mozo, that’s awesome! I know you’ll love it. Consider subscribing while you’re here to help me get the word out? Thanks!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous yep already Subbed!
Great video JR! One place I use my Onefinity all the time is the customization of Charcuterie boards and wall art with custom client messages and engravings, in many cases hogging out the engravings and filling with epoxy.
That’s awesome and I’ve seen your work on Facebook, it’s awesome!
I'm nearing my retirement date. I have wanted a CNC machine for years. I was going to build one out of wood then use it to build a aluminum unit was my thought. I worked months on the design of my unit but then 2008 came in and I was unemployed. So it went on the back burner until recently. I am set on getting a Onefinity elite woodworker. I have been saving up my money and I'm about 3 months from purchasing it. I watch all the cnc videos and making some decisions on what I need. I really studied all the CNC units out there. I really like a lot of them but there are drawbacks in every design. I'm not going to go into them but I made some people angry about questions asked. In my eyes I feel the Onefinity CNC unit is what I want. great video JR. Looking forward to more from you
Hi Tale, thanks for your note. I did a review on the onefinity woodworker (first version) about 6 months into owning one. I’ve since upgraded the x axis to the journeyman size and then finally just received my elite machine. I have ti say, their engineering (no belts or wheels) and the way the machine is built is fantastic in my eyes. Has not let me down once and I’ve really enjoyed adding a Cnc to my woodshop. Congratulations on the upcoming retirement and I hope you have fun with your machine. Maybe consider subscribing, I’m about to do a video on the elite machine that you might find helpful. Thanks and take care.
Good stuff JR. Nicely done. 👍🏻
Thank you Dave!
Great video, thanks for sharing. Theses are of the things my CNC has helped with, Star inlays for Crosses I make, as well as engraving name etc as well. A lot faster then a Dremel.
Hey Larry, that’s great. Like you, I’ve found it very useful for detail work like that. Thanks for coming by to check it out!
Thanks for the great video. I'm no woodworker and just getting started with CNC, but to me, my CNC is my planer, jointer, table saw, chop saw, and drill press. The only other two things I purchased is a Wen track saw (half the price of others) and a cheap ~$130 chop saw. But I only use those to break down material to fit on my CNC bed. And, a chop saw is useful for a number of other things around the house, like building my work benches for both the CNC, and myself where 1/8" accuracy is all I need. I see so many people spending time (and many thousands of dollars per machine) getting some material the size of a cutting board to a perfect, finished, state "ready" for carving/cutting on the CNC, when my surfacing bits do the planing, and the straight bits to the jointing.
Hi Surfing Noid , Thanks for taking the time to view, and comment I really do appreciate it. If you haven't had a chance yet, and are willing, I'd love to ask you to subscribe in order to help me get the word out to more people who might be interested. you bring up some very good points. Thanks again and have a great day!
You did a nice job
Thanks for checking out the video, feel free to subscribe while you’re here if you like, it’d help me grow the channel and would be appreciated!
Great video! I'm exploring what I can do with a CNC in my existing projects to gain efficiencies. I learned much from you. Thanks! 👍
Hi Gary, thanks for your comment, and I'm glad you found it helpful. Please feel free to subscribe while you're here if you would like!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous Subscribed
Thanks for the tips/information. I just purchased my CNC and cut out my first project. I look forward to applying your ideas to my furtive projects.
Glad it was helpful! I’d invite you to subscribe while your here to see new and future videos. Best of luck!
I make 3D Printed lithophane nightlight boxes. I designed the legs in Fusion 360 and 3D print the legs and all the photos. The top and bottom are made from Oak boards. Now I used my Sienci Longmill CNC router to make the top and bottom with perfect placement of the leg holes, center hole for the light, and a pocket for the lid.
Hey Jack, that sounds like a great blend of creativity and using the tools you’ve got to enhance what you’re making. Love it!
Inlays into furniture, desks, trays, frames, wall hangings.
Hi James, thanks for your comment, and I'm glad you found it helpful. Please feel free to subscribe while you're here if you would like!
Being a traditional woodworker I was reluctant to automate my workshop but have done so already with a CNC router on the way. Consider me subscribed.
Hi Leo, I think you’ll like it a lot. It’s added to my enjoyment of wood working a lot and I’m sure it will for you too. What machine did you go with?
Hey, thanks for your encouraging message. Our machine is being donated to our workshop which I run for a homeless charity here in the UK. The donor is choosing it for us so I don't know what we'll get. Folks are just so generous, his budget is $3000 which is a good start.
@@LeoGwizdala that’s great! Best wishes for this new chapter for you!
Happy Holidays! I enjoyed the video, thank you! 🙌🏼🤙🏼✌🏼❤
Hey there? Thanks for checking it out and commenting. Feel free to subscribe to see upcoming videos. Thanks!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous no worries. You have a new subscriber. I’m tuned in. 🙌🏼✌🏼❤️
Great video JR, and thanks for sharing. The one major step up the CNC has provided me is in making wedding boxes for my wife's ministry business. These hold letter-sized items like vows or 4 x 6 cards of poems, songs, etc. that the couples exchange during their wedding ceremony. I started making them before getting a CNC with sliding dovetails using a post and panel design and a barrel-hinged lid. The lid was then carved with their names and dates and a little wedding ring icon hand-routed with a palm router. The sliding dovetails always took a lot of time to make, with too much waste, too much time to sand down to fit correctly, etc. While they always looked decent, they were no match for what a CNC can turn out in much less time. Carving the names and dates have gone from rustic to beautiful and the wedding rings are nice 3D models inside a dish. In short, it's the same finished product, but the quality is so much nicer, less stressful to build and much less time required. And I'll be moving from a little Next Wave Piranha Fx to a Onefinity Journeyman 3-4 weeks from now, so I'll be able to take on larger projects with better speed and accuracy.
Man, that's a great example of combining new tools into a current project platform, sounds like you've found a way to take out some of the drudgery in a repetitive task! You'll love the Onefinity if you get one, I do. If you haven't had a chance, please consider subscribing as there is more to come on this topic! Thanks!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous Thanks, that about sums it up, turning a tough task into something I'm both happier doing and happier seeing the end result. I subscribed some time in the last week or so. The Journeyman was ordered in mid-February, so I'm doing my 10-12 weeks of purgatory until it arrives :-) In the meantime, I've been ordering accessories for it and will be building the table next weekend.
Good ideas. I make all manner of projects for family and friends. Like photo laser engraving and personalized signs.
Hi Jeffrey, I’ve got to try out photo laser work, thanks for watching and your comment!
Great video :)
Hi Kristian, thanks for watching, and commenting! Hope you found it helpful! If you haven't had a chance, please feel free to subscribe, there'll be more to come! Thanks and have a great day!
very nice
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Hi Doros, thanks for checking this out and your comment. Please consider subscribing to see more, and future videos! Thanks!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous ok, Good luck 👍
that was a great video. can you make another going over how you make the pictures frames in more detail?
Yes, soon, subscribe while you’re here so you don’t miss it!
Great, great video!! Thanks for the information. I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a Onefinity machine but need to put aside a bit more money for it.
Hi John, thanks for watching and commenting. When you’re ready to do it, it’ll be a great machine for you. I’ve been very happy with mine. If you’re inclined, please feel free to subscribe while you’re here. Thanks and have a great day!
Hey Brother.! I just found your channel yesterday as I'm now beginning to research CNC machines again. I'm only just getting started in woodworking. I don't have a little storage building to all my battery powered tools and stuff in so that I don't have to pack everything up, unload when I'm gonna do something on back patio which currently serves as my hobby/shop. You've got to start somewhere, and suppose this is my start. I see great potential of CNC. A single machine that can increase my output by 4 or 5 times, at least..... seems a no-brainer to me.
Hey Scott, thanks for checking it out! If you care to feel free to subscribe while you’re here, and check out my other videos if you have some time. My CNC machine has opened up a lot of possibilities and helped me in ways I didn’t think it would! Thanks and keep up the good work!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous I'm looking forward to taking in some more of your channel content this weekend. I subscribed to the channel about 1/2 way through the CNC video.
Some good ideas in this video, I have a customer that wanted 200 oval disks made out of custom wood, I would have gone made making these by hand. Love Vcarve pro. You have a new subscriber. Cheers Dave
Hi dave, thank you and I’m glad you enjoyed it. See you again soon!
This was very well put together in a way that even I could understand everything. Contrary to your statement about people getting a CNC to improve their woodworking, I'm learning woodworking because I have a CNC. 🙂 I did only see four items, though, and not five. Thank you so much. I hope your other videos are this well put together, as I'm going to watch a few next.
Hi April, Glad you enjoyed it! However it is that you’re starting, it’s just great that you began. Doesn’t matter if CNC or general woodworking were first. You’re doing it, so you’re light years ahead of everyone who hasn’t begun yet! Thanks for coming by, commenting and subscribing!
I want to get one as soon as money allows. Ty
Hi Phillip, thanks for checking this out. It’s been a great addition to my shop and encourage you to save up for one. You’ll love it. Have a great day, and if you are inclined, I’d invite you to subscribe to see more!
Thanks for the the knowledge you gave out. If you do any program I wold love to see that .
Hi Janet, keep an eye on my website, www.tradeskillersanonymous.com and please feel free to subscribe while you're here, I'd appreciate it!
nice work
Thanks Edward for watching and commenting. If you would like, consider subscribing while you’re here.
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous already done! Continue the great work. I’m just getting started on cnc myself so your material is very on point for me.
Greetings from the Lowcountry. Just stumbled onto your video today. Thanks for putting it out. Very good job and information. I will certainly be watching more of your videos. I am a weekend woodworker. I just got a shapeoko 4 XXL within the past month and I love it. I am still learning every day, as I certainly will be for many years. I have pretty much stuck to making a few signs for friends and family so far. I will venture into other stuff as I become more familiar with the software. If I were to be able to make a few bucks from time to time would be welcome to help me purchase more wood. Again thanks for taking the time.
Hey James, mount pleasant here! Glad you liked the video, check out the CNC playlist if you like. There’s a great source for lumber at Wurth wood group in n Charleston by the coliseum
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous I will most certainly be checking out Wurth Wood Group very soon. I currently order my hardwood online and pay a fortune. I am From Hampton Area, but now live in Barnwell. Take care and I will be following your future post.
Hey JR! I just happened to stumble on your channel and am loving your content! Count me in as a new subscriber. I’m looking to get a OneFinity CNC machine soon. Keep up the good work! Jim in Northern California.
Hey Jim, thanks so much. If there’s anything specific about Cnc or onefinity that you’d like to see, let me know!
Very nice video!
Thanks, love what your doing on your channel! Have a great weekend!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous you too! Keep it up!
I agree its enhanced just about everything I do with my woodworking business. Add a digital art background and its been very fun. Dados are so nice to do now. I hate setting up dado stacks. and putting the brake on the SS and then back . The 1f or a cnc in general makes it a breeze. I wish I had bought one a decade ago. I'll probably buy a couple more 1f's or an Avid.
Hey Rone, yeah it’s amazing all the things you can do isn’t it?
Essential Craftsman fan here as well👍. Great video sir
Hey there, I really like EC, he’s got such a good outlook and wide range of skills. The world needs more people like him in my opinion. Thanks for watching, and please feel free to subscribe while you’re here, I’d appreciate it. ‘Keep up the good work”!
Very interesting video. I am just starting to look at CNC units. Lots to learn. Best size, type of software, most versatile brands etc. Subscribed to your channel in hope's of learning more about them to aid in my decision. Thanks for the informative video. Looking forward to seeing more regarding CNC machines.
Hey Larry, thanks for taking the time to comment and sub! Definitely will be more videos coming, mostly relating to cnc. Have a look at the onefinity review I did, it talks a lot about the researching I did to make the decision. Thanks again and have a great day!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous I'll do that. Thanks for the iinfo.
Just subbed … great video
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Great video new subscriber here.
Glad you liked it and thanks for subscribing !
Do you have a demo video for the cutting boards that includes all the bit speeds, feeds, etc.? Thanks!
Hi spunky, I don’t usually post speeds and feeds because everyone uses such different wood species, and they are all different hardness. However in walnut/maple I usually run profile cuts with a 1/4” compression bit at 120 to 150 inches per minute and .300 to .500 depth of cut. I run a onefinity which is nice and rigid and doesn’t flex. Bowl bit for juice groove is 3/8”, 150 ipm, two passes. The last pass is only .005” or less, and just makes the finish of the groove nice and smooth eliminating need for a lot of sanding.
Hope that helps, and if you haven’t had a chance, I invite you to subscribe while you’re here!
I have access to a lot of milled live edge material. I'm hoping to use my new cnc to process a shape the li e edge since it isn't straight or square.
Hi Matthew, you’ll find a lot of flexibility working with odd shapes and sizes. Thanks!
If you’re considering adding a CNC to your woodshop, this top 5 list might help you see the capabilities that exist within a CNC enabled shop!
Really enjoyed your video JR. I’ve recently purchased one and am enjoying creating with it. I have subscribed and will be watching all your videos as I learn to use V-Carve Pro. Could you tell me where you for the file or how you created the map of Middle Earth I saw in one of your frame projects?
Hi Jeff, thanks for popping by, and subscribing too! The middle earth map I purchased as an SVG on Etsy. I have to say that the file I bought took a lot of node editing as it was a bit messy, but for a dollar or two each, I found one that I could work with. Best of luck and see you soon!
I make Greene & Greene furniture and my CNC makes all of my templates and jigs.
I love the greene and Greene design, are you on Instagram or anywhere I can see pics of your work?
Great info, quite insightful. For your picture frames do you use the CNC to mill the blanks into 4 separate pieces and then use a miter saw or equivalent to subsequently cut them into an actual frame?
Hi there, thanks for watching and your comment! I mill blanks, and then use either my picture frame sled on my table saw, or miter saw to cut into the frame shape I need. Thanks, and consider sibs riding while you’re here, it’s free!
Loved the video buddy. I'm currently looking into buying a new cnc machine ,something small for starters ,then one i had in mind was a wood carver mini,I really like it but what would you recommend ??
Onefinity CNC Review 2021
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If link doesn’t work, search my channel for onefinity review 2021, I go over what lead me to buy the onefinity as my first Cnc machine. Have been very happy with mine. Subscribe while you’re her if you like!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous I broke down and got one ,I ended up getting the woodworker x-50. I didn't get a chance to use it yet ,still setting up my table and waiting on my bits to get my wasteboard ready.
Thanks a lot for the very informative video, can you tell me where to find the file to make the map of J.R.R. TOLKIEN? or dou you have it for sale?
Hi Antonio, I bought the design files for the map, and the JRR Tolkien from Etsy. I tried to share the link but that item seems to be no longer available. I’d suggest just searching there for something that you like. Thanks!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous Thank you very much, appreciate it¡
Is that a Onefinity Elite Journeyman that you have? Also, your catch all trays look better than mine; how "deep" are they?
Hi David,
In this video, that's my regular Journeyman. I've since upgraded to an Elite Foreman. Feel free to subscribe while you're here if you like to see the other machines I've used and the recent review of the Foreman Elite. Thanks and have a great day!
For putting the bees on the wood and making them black like that and flush, what did you do? Did you use a laser or did you engrave it and then paint it? Can you please explain that part in more detail?
Thanks!
Hi Zane, thanks for watching and for your question. For the bees and Scottish thistle, I used my cnc to V-Carve the features, and then filled with epoxy and then sanded back smooth. Thanks and have a great day!
What is that sweet dust boot you’re using?
Hi Ismael, that dust boot is from PWNcnc.com and it works really well. They have different versions available and I also have a review/installation video of the dust boot. Feel free to subscribe while you’re here and check out that other dustboot video!
I noticed your VFD for the first time. Which spindle do you have and would you recommend the upgrade?
I went with a hyuang 220v, 1.5kw spindle. If I had it to do over again, I’d have gone with a2.2kw, 80mm spindle so it would clear the z motor, as is my 65mm spindle does not so it limits my z travel a little bit. At the time I bought mine though, 65mm mounts were all that were available.
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous Great, thank you for your reply!
Lol I got my cnc and went stupid!!..I wanna make everything 🙃 and usually end up doing nothing!! It's definitely an amazing tool I just need to get my head in order!!
It’ll all fall into order when it should! Start small and practice and the machine will co tinge to be a great addition for you I’m sure! Hit that subscribe button if you haven’t had a chance yet! Thanks for watching, and your note!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous Thank you for the advice. I appreciate the time and will definitely subscribe.
What cnc machine do you have ?
Onefinity Cnc journeyman, and I’ve got their elite foreman on the way as well. Great machines
These machines are great the problem is trying to sell what you make, etsy is awful
Hi LG, I know a handful of folks that have good luck at Facebook marketplace and craft shows. Good luck!
@@TradeSkillersAnonymous ive done a few jobs for friends & family, no luck on marketplace or etsy, i am going to set up a website and run ads
Whiteside 6210?
Also which bit for juice groove?
Hi Rick, yessir 6210. Thanks for coming by!
Rick, I can’t find the right link, but the juice groove bit is a 3/8” I think bowl (or box) bit
little over board on the chair thing cnc going to cut it out inside outside your mistake little over board on this part
Okay great, thanks! Hope you have a great day!