CNC Surface Mapping... ON EARTH!

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • ADVENTURES! in surface height mapping and CNC.
    I think this is sometimes called surface digitizing, but I can see this coming in real handy for non-critical machining work such as engraving, perhaps.
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    thumbnail background: Nadjib BR / Unsplash.
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  • @fastx1914
    @fastx1914 Před 2 lety +505

    Finally! Someone has figured out a way to use the warped wood being sold at Home Depot!

    • @150flyer4
      @150flyer4 Před 2 lety +21

      I think they’re sold out of that as well. I wonder if warped wood sits in a shipping container for months on end, comes out straight??

    • @PsiQ
      @PsiQ Před 2 lety +29

      ...It's not warped, it has a surface map integrated, it's a feature !

    • @assassinlexx1993
      @assassinlexx1993 Před 2 lety +35

      You still need a loan officer approval to buy more then one 2x4 .

    • @joejoemyo
      @joejoemyo Před 2 lety

      This one got me. LOL!

    • @Xenronnify
      @Xenronnify Před 2 lety

      That made me laugh way harder than it should've 🤣🤣

  • @DavidGuyton
    @DavidGuyton Před 2 lety +684

    I didn't see a single wizard in this video. Not even an elf.

    • @eddiezebeast
      @eddiezebeast Před 2 lety +14

      It's hidden inside the Maho

    • @jamesmarks8099
      @jamesmarks8099 Před 2 lety +39

      I found a troll though!! 😂😂

    • @DavidGuyton
      @DavidGuyton Před 2 lety +3

      @@jamesmarks8099 haha

    • @gildedbear5355
      @gildedbear5355 Před 2 lety +8

      Well, of course not. This Old Tony never shows his face.

    • @jutde
      @jutde Před 2 lety +12

      @@gildedbear5355 except for that one time. But we don't talk about that.

  • @richardwhitfield1078
    @richardwhitfield1078 Před 2 lety +11

    Hammerhead. Best delayed laugh I've had in while. Took a couple of secs to sink in.

  • @VikingAtLarge
    @VikingAtLarge Před 2 lety +192

    Tony, your idea for the map -> invert -> cut inversion -> stick together process at the end makes me think you could machine some *ridiculous* halves of geometrically complex billets for the damascus/forge-welding guys to then twist and fold. I don't know *what* geometry you'd want to stick together, yet (with a lot less work than it takes to make those 'mind-bendingly close' EDM clearances), but I'm really excited thinking about novel steel-also-steel-but-different composite structures you could make, then acid-etch (or CNC-TIG braze some aluminum bronze filler onto, too, for gold-colored parts?). I dunno, I need a few years to build the 'too small for a building permit' shop in my parents' yard and work my way up to any of that, so I'm hoping for some instant-er gratification.

    • @Arachnos27
      @Arachnos27 Před 2 lety +4

      I see new TOT videos I click, that would be cool to see.

    • @grimmcreole44
      @grimmcreole44 Před 2 lety +9

      the trick to get to the electronic dance music clearance sale so precisely lays in knowing what you want, and factoring in the time to pick it out just before the stock runs out

    • @birdwave
      @birdwave Před 2 lety +5

      @@grimmcreole44 ok I'll help with the clearance sale and you help with whatever the hell anyone else said

    • @floorpizza8074
      @floorpizza8074 Před 2 lety +7

      @@grimmcreole44 "the trick to get to the electronic dance music clearance sale so precisely lays in knowing what you want..." That's exactly what an AI would say. Go away. It's not your time to rule the earth... yet.

    • @three6ohchris
      @three6ohchris Před 2 lety +1

      You lost me at "Tony," but I trust you because your name is Felix... And I think that most people named Felix are trustworthy. Right? So anyway, whatever you said, I'm really excited for. Yeah!

  • @Adventure_Van_Upgrades
    @Adventure_Van_Upgrades Před 2 lety +573

    So pleased to see some fresh machine work videos coming from T.O.T HQ , man we've missed you !

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

  • @johnnyryall1400
    @johnnyryall1400 Před 2 lety +1170

    As a 30+ yr commercial painting contractor, I couldn’t be less concerned about CNC surface mapping..... I’m still gonna watch this whole video.... more than once.

    • @godspi4609
      @godspi4609 Před 2 lety +22

      Same..I'm in scaffolding and I have no business near a CNC...but like you said here all the same

    • @billstrahan4791
      @billstrahan4791 Před 2 lety +41

      Of course! Other videos you ask "Does this content matter to me?" These, you ask "Does This Old Tony matter to me?" And the answer is YES. Yes he does.

    • @godspi4609
      @godspi4609 Před 2 lety +6

      @@billstrahan4791 just can't quit em

    • @davekavanagh7599
      @davekavanagh7599 Před 2 lety +3

      Carpenter here 🤣🤣🤣

    • @wirekat
      @wirekat Před 2 lety +3

      I tried to quit but couldn't

  • @TheStuffMade
    @TheStuffMade Před 2 lety +76

    I frequently do CNC circuit board engraving and have been using a similar technique for many years, but since the circuit boards are conductive and copper is relatively soft it doesn't need a special probe, instead the probing relies on the engraving bit making contact with the copper surface to form an electrical connection to let the software know the bit is touching the surface. Mapping the surface is essential for good results as the engraving depth is only 50um in order to make very fine traces.
    Cheers,
    Jake

    • @ketturi
      @ketturi Před 2 lety +10

      I was about to comment the same thing. Without probing and surface mapping, even slight unevenness in copper clad or in mounting would results big variations in the width of engraved tracks. This trick also works with other non-conductive materials, if you glue thin copper/aluminium tape over the surface. Just remember to connect the probe cable to the part, once I forgot to do that and CNC machine happily turned circuit board into punch card😅.

    • @tjtwig1226
      @tjtwig1226 Před 2 lety

      Holy mackerel!

    • @Hunter271828
      @Hunter271828 Před 2 lety +1

      @TheStuffMade, I used your videos to learn how to do PCB engraving! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this TOT video.

    • @TheStuffMade
      @TheStuffMade Před 2 lety

      @@Hunter271828 Always good to hear the videos were useful.
      Cheers,
      Jake

  • @peterw1534
    @peterw1534 Před 2 lety +10

    "I was walking backwards real slow and everything, even staring at it the whole time, I couldn't have been more cautious" LOL been there before. Especially the slowly walking backwards while staring at it and blindly groping behind you for a tool or whatever. As SOON as you're too far away to save it, or look away for a sec, it drops. No matter what. Gotta love that!

  • @RG-bd5qt
    @RG-bd5qt Před 2 lety +136

    At first I thought he was using a clapper, but then I realized he’s working on a flamenco interface. Soon he’ll be able to write g code with nothing but castanets and a pair of tap shoes.

    • @edwardhugus2772
      @edwardhugus2772 Před 2 lety +11

      @RG • 51 Would a long line of G Code be called a G String? I can hear the copyright lawyers screaming already......

    • @wtfiswiththosehandles
      @wtfiswiththosehandles Před 2 lety +17

      @@edwardhugus2772 I dunno, but each of these probed points are probably called G Spots.

    • @MikelNaUsaCom
      @MikelNaUsaCom Před 2 lety +4

      careful there, we don't want to get into string theory... =D

    • @edwardhugus2772
      @edwardhugus2772 Před 2 lety

      @@wtfiswiththosehandles and, yes they would be. 🤗

    • @edwardhugus2772
      @edwardhugus2772 Před 2 lety

      @@MikelNaUsaCom I'm afraid it's a bit too late now... that horse has already left the barn.

  • @Bbeaucha88
    @Bbeaucha88 Před 2 lety +140

    Does anyone else wonder if This Old Tony was ever That Young Anthony? My leading theory is that he fell out of a tree fully grown asking people if they wanted to hear him talk about his CNC router. Like a dwarf from LoTR.

    • @TrevorDennis100
      @TrevorDennis100 Před 2 lety +11

      Was he also born with those stumpy finger nails? I've always wondered about those. Is he a black belt karate expert who uses those fingers as deadly weapons, for instance. Does he nibble away at his finger nails while worrying what to put in his next video? I think we should be told.

    • @OvertravelX
      @OvertravelX Před 2 lety +1

      I haven’t seen Anthony Michael Hall in a while…

    • @AMRosa10
      @AMRosa10 Před 2 lety +8

      TOT actually broke the Spacetime Continuum. What you were unaware of is that the person that appears in these videos as TOTs son in this multiverse is actually TYT trapped in this dimension.

    • @spudpud-T67
      @spudpud-T67 Před 2 lety

      Judging from those hairy knuckles he's actually a hobbit.

    • @headcheesefry
      @headcheesefry Před 2 lety +1

      @@AMRosa10 The whole "I'm my own grandpa" thing was portraid in an episode of a cartoon called Futurama. I believe the episode won an emmy.

  • @mymechanics
    @mymechanics Před 2 lety +266

    Brilliant video as always!

    • @djamelhamdia134
      @djamelhamdia134 Před 2 lety +1

      Hello there!

    • @JamesLee-sw6ss
      @JamesLee-sw6ss Před 2 lety +15

      Tony’s video is great, however, I’m gonna need you to make new one :)

    • @koronakorona1588
      @koronakorona1588 Před 2 lety +6

      we are waiting on yours videos too🙂

    • @Dysiode
      @Dysiode Před 2 lety +7

      Always love to see the youtube makers coming together to chat in the comments of each other's videos :)

    • @MrGofarkyself
      @MrGofarkyself Před 2 lety +2

      I watched the videos too many times….
      I make a new one.

  • @torbjornahman
    @torbjornahman Před 2 lety +43

    Coooool! Looking at the first shot of the shark I thought, wait a minute that is not a flat surface... Next - mapping surfaces with laser scanning!

    • @tjtwig1226
      @tjtwig1226 Před 2 lety +3

      Good to see you in the comments. You're videos rock Torbjörn.

    • @cameronflack2254
      @cameronflack2254 Před 2 lety +3

      Same, i was trying to figure out if he just set the cut depth more shallow over the higher surface. Im glad i know the truth now, but wizardy is cool too

    • @Kruglord
      @Kruglord Před 2 lety +1

      I've had the same thought! A properly calibrated triangulation laser scanner could scan the whole surface is seconds, and very reasonably get sub-mm precision. If you used an time-of-flight setup, you'd probably be able to get nano-meter precision, but that would get very expensive, haha

  • @martinfisker7438
    @martinfisker7438 Před 2 lety +23

    Myths say that every time you skip a ToT video, an innocent thread tap breaks

    • @scottsolar5884
      @scottsolar5884 Před 2 lety +3

      The legend is real.

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

    • @nerfherder4284
      @nerfherder4284 Před 2 lety +2

      Well, we can't have that!

    • @daveys
      @daveys Před 2 lety +1

      It may or may not be true, but I don’t dare to try and find out.

    • @Self_Evident
      @Self_Evident Před 2 lety

      Actually, every time you even _think_ of a tap, an innocent tap breaks, and you just lost the tap game...

  • @ukp42
    @ukp42 Před 2 lety +73

    Perfect timing, just about to have my dinner, here in Scotland. Something to watch, and eat my curried haggis supper. So I'll say, great video 5* before watch it in a minute and expect to be entertained.

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

    • @snarknado6430
      @snarknado6430 Před 2 lety +5

      You only did this for top comment, ya shill. Also if you really are a scot, why such good English?

    • @angrydwarfjewellery255
      @angrydwarfjewellery255 Před 2 lety +2

      Same , jus London location

    • @Tuonico87
      @Tuonico87 Před 2 lety +2

      Same but italy

    • @grumpyone5963
      @grumpyone5963 Před 2 lety +1

      Stole my comment. Who doesn’t like a great TOT video over dinner. Such interesting content. 🇬🇧

  • @masterofnone
    @masterofnone Před 2 lety +48

    How can I be so sure I will never use this in my life time but still enjoy this video more than any other commercial content created during last 30 years? Happy new year TOT!

  • @_P0tat07_
    @_P0tat07_ Před 2 lety +34

    Personally, I don’t mind at all if Tony pumps out a few wood videos. I’ll watch em all!

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen Před 2 lety +4

      If he takes up crocheting I'll still watch. I don't give a rat's ass about what he does... as long as he narrates it! :P

    • @humphreybumblecuck5151
      @humphreybumblecuck5151 Před 2 lety

      His machinist friends will nutcheck him

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před 2 lety +3

      I wood watch them as well.

  • @grimki11er
    @grimki11er Před 2 lety +149

    I just want to say when my favorite youtubers put something new, I rarely watch it immediately. ThisoldTony is the exception! great content and very entertaining. Also I started 3d printing recently and I have to say that Tony actually helped me in unconventional ways. You helped me developed my designing mind and helped me approach certain issues in a new often easier way. so thanks! and keep up the good work!

    • @gabewhisen3446
      @gabewhisen3446 Před 2 lety +3

      Wow he actually liked a comment that was not from a collab account cudos grim you have the silver keyboard

    • @grimki11er
      @grimki11er Před 2 lety +6

      @@gabewhisen3446 hahah thanks! I spoke from the heart! I actually suffered 3 big losses this year like Tony and i know encouragements like this help eliviate the pain a little.

    • @JacobProbasco
      @JacobProbasco Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed. ThisOldTony is like a Christmas chocolate. Rich, velvety, and gone too soon!

    • @Gigator
      @Gigator Před 2 lety

      I 100% concur with your first sentence. ToT is the only "bell" I have activated, because with him I want to watch the video as soon as possible. Others, even some of my oldest and dearest channels, I can wait a few days until I have some breathing room to enjoy the video at my own pace. But with ToT, I know I will watch it a second and third time to really let the humor and information sink in deep. I think I've watched half his videos three times, a quarter even more and many I'm only partially interested at least one or twice.

  • @TheMNWolf
    @TheMNWolf Před 2 lety +58

    Some 3D printers have this technology too. Both of mine probe the surface of the print bed before they start. One uses an induction sensor and one uses a physical probe. They're also set up to zero out the surface as the print height increases.

    • @ErrorTH
      @ErrorTH Před 2 lety

      i did want to mod my printer (ultimaker spinoff) into probe scanner but had very hard time finding good guides on it

    • @eideticex
      @eideticex Před 2 lety +3

      I use manual mapping on mine. Initially I used manual mesh mapping, which is a measure the points then your good to go... until you clean your machine or nudge it and change the geometry in subtle ways we can't even see with our human eyes. Moved on to billinear mesh leveling which allows me to specify a z-offset and tilt to adjust it when things change. Pro-tip do not use a 10x10 grid, that's 100 points you will have to measure multiple times to get it honed in, stick to something more sane like a 3x3 unless you really need that level of accuracy.

    • @tolga1cool
      @tolga1cool Před 2 lety +4

      You mean Bltouch?

    • @Icefumy
      @Icefumy Před 2 lety

      @@ErrorTH Best way would be buying the antclabs bltouch, and making your own custom firmware using marlin or something, if you can code a little.

    • @Sembazuru
      @Sembazuru Před 2 lety +2

      I was going to mention that until I saw your post, so I'll just expand on it here. ;-)
      In the 3D printing community this technique is normally called "mesh bed leveling". There are various methods of probing the bed surface. All current Prusa printers and some others use inductive sensing to find a metal underlayer of the print surface (and thus require a z-level offset to account for the thickness of any surface layers/treatments on the metal). Others use a BL Touch (or similar) mechanical probe. And the newly announced, but not available yet, Prusa XL printer uses a strain gauge in the hot-end assembly to touch the surface with the nozzle to probe (there may be other printers that do this, but I'm unaware of them). Several of the 3D printer firmware families (I know Marlin does, I suspect Klipper does but don't know for sure, not sure about the other firmware families) have the mesh leveling built in and use gcodes like G29 or G80 to initiate the probing routine.
      Often the way the 3D printer firmware applies the surface probing is they use the full value of the mesh to the first layer, and slowly over the next few layers decrease the effect of the surface mesh z adjustment until it isn't applied anymore.

  • @pompeymonkey3271
    @pompeymonkey3271 Před 2 lety +23

    We do this in astrophotography too. :)
    The calibration is done using "flat frames" that capture the non-even illumination of the field due to optical limitations.

    • @lwizzit
      @lwizzit Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah, or the appropriately named ‘bias frames’. Where do you stand on darks?

    • @w4shep
      @w4shep Před 2 lety +2

      Sounds really cool and pretty easy. I mean, it's not rocket science...
      um…
      never mind.

    • @ewaldauer395
      @ewaldauer395 Před 2 lety +2

      We do this in microscopy too! You want to generate a mosaic image of high-res images of a larger sample, and all have them in focus, even if the specimen holder, the specimen itself and the coverslip aren't flat? Surface mapping ftw!

    • @pompeymonkey3271
      @pompeymonkey3271 Před 2 lety +2

      @@lwizzit Bias and darks are more about system noise than contour mapping, so I deliberately stated flats.
      Darks are essential for correcting hot or cold pixels, while bias is more about finding the pedestal (or "DC" component, if you like) of the read out values.
      I'm just about to change from a CCD to a CMOS sensor, so I guess I'll be challenging my own mindset on those! ...

  • @Whytho2000
    @Whytho2000 Před 2 lety +27

    This is so cool! As an engineer, I was able to do a similar thing in my job. I took a 3D model of a computer board, and took the surface heights of all the components to make a negative, with over sized holes. That negative would contact all the parts of the board while avoiding the delicate components. Then you can put weights on top of the board to ensure the board is contacting the entire surface when gluing to a heat sink.

  • @jima1135
    @jima1135 Před 2 lety +31

    I can't begin to explain how excited I am to be notified you just uploaded! Thank you!!

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

  • @austin5060
    @austin5060 Před 2 lety +18

    15 minute break at the factory and a 14 minute video. Perfect!

    • @PatrickKQ4HBD
      @PatrickKQ4HBD Před 2 lety

      "Hey Raul, get back on the line! And what are you grinning about?"
      😂

  • @physicsguybrian
    @physicsguybrian Před 2 lety

    "someone smarter than me..." I love your humility Tony but Sir...you are one sharp cat! Great video! TY!

  • @maxmendel7411
    @maxmendel7411 Před 2 lety +4

    This is just like auto-bed leveling on a 3d printer. Awesome stuff Tony!

  • @JordyValentine
    @JordyValentine Před 2 lety +7

    These always impress me watching them lightly move around, I feel like if I wrote the code it would just slam full speed into the work piece

  • @syskonenS
    @syskonenS Před 2 lety +13

    Checking what year it is was perfect! The fact that we're two weeks away from 2022 when it still feels like 2019 boggles the mind!
    p.s. I definitely wouldn't be against another christmas story episode :) one of my favourites.

  • @alexgonzalez2338
    @alexgonzalez2338 Před 2 lety +1

    This long hiatus was the transformation into this old woodworker, I think.

  • @johnlawler1626
    @johnlawler1626 Před 2 lety +3

    28 years machining and I never knew this was possible, Great Video thanks for sharing mate 👍

  • @JamesLee-sw6ss
    @JamesLee-sw6ss Před 2 lety +29

    So now the question, can you then export your surface map from Mach 4 into solid works, so now you have a 3D scanner? :)

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Před 2 lety +13

      The surface map file that it outputs is pretty much CSV format, as far as i can gather, very easy to parse. I could whip up a tool to convert it to a mesh really quickly if someone gave me an authoritative example file.

  • @nbprotocol5406
    @nbprotocol5406 Před 2 lety +3

    Use the tool itself as a stop. command it to the position you want and stop the block against it.

  • @AnimeSunglasses
    @AnimeSunglasses Před 2 lety

    The "Alright, alright" at the beginning was interrupted with near-perfect comedic timing by the ad saying "HEY!"

  • @wright.boy_
    @wright.boy_ Před 2 lety +2

    I made a cart with a pair of linear gauges facing each other to accomplish this same curved surface mapping on drum cymbals, but the pair of gauges means I get thickness too. The cymbal tracks with a linear scale so I can re build the point cloud. Works like a charm!

  • @slartythecyclops4643
    @slartythecyclops4643 Před 2 lety +3

    TOT the Bob Ross of material shaping (mainly metal), humourous yet informative & very relaxing! (happy accident? Who knows) Just know I missed him while he was off air & really glad he's back :-)

  • @ALTheFoxBlackthorn
    @ALTheFoxBlackthorn Před 2 lety +3

    This video was perfect for me. I have been curious about how to do this for awhile (surface mapping) to engrave some components. I just didn't know where to start looking to get more info. Now armed with the correct terminology I can find out more. Plus I was dying when you said "It turns out I'm the reason I can't have nice things" Hope that probe tip replacement works out and thanks for another awesome video. It always brightens my day when I see a new video pop up in the notifications.

  • @LukeAps
    @LukeAps Před 2 lety

    This Old Comedian.
    The best informational comedy channel on the internet.

  • @cygnet1963
    @cygnet1963 Před 2 lety

    Might be nothing new to some people but I didn’t know about it and now I do! Thanks Tony! My favorite you tube channel. Your videos are great. So glad your back!

  • @sebastiengomez3855
    @sebastiengomez3855 Před 2 lety +10

    I use a manual method of this on the cnc at work. we have some dodgy plastic that comes in sheets of 2440mm x 1220mm and i machine both sides to make tops and bottoms for speaker cabinets. this plastic is recycled and has a surface that fluctuates up and down up to 3mm, nightmare to get countersinks to be flush with the surface, so, i probe (this probe can only do z check) every location i have to put a countersink in. what i do is every time the probe touches off i pass the z value to a variable, my machine they are E### and just increment the number by 1 for every new location, then when i go to countersink i just call the offset for that location.
    The software i use doesnt have the ability to do surface mapping, the machine is 30 years old. and this was the only way i could do it efficiently and fast. the machine has a cassette drive and floppy disk lol. Wish i could use fusion and mach. Im trying to blag my boss to give me and the team fusion, and he said yes but hes dragging his feet on it lol. As for mach i dont think we can convert the machines OS. its too old.
    Thanks for the excellent vid as always. love you T.O.T.

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp Před 2 lety +1

      yeah, inverse perspective transformation would be hard to do without a PDP11 to do the complex multiplications used in linear algebra (lots of matrices), you couldn't do the derivative analogically (unless you wanted to build a Babbage's analytical engine yourself). better stick with modern digital electronics.
      I don't understand any of this about gcode, but I do understand the mathematics because I write computing graphics software for 3D point cloud reconstruction. its just a world matrix transformation of the gcode points into the surface mapped, we are literally warping the world space.

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp Před 2 lety +1

      you are basically doing a lerp, a linear interpolation of the 2 points (current, aka offset, and the recovered), that kinda works. nice trick.

    • @sebastiengomez3855
      @sebastiengomez3855 Před 2 lety +1

      ​ @Luiz Felipe thats really interesting, i didnt think of it as a matrix. did a bit of stuff on matrices at uni when i was studying computer games software development. thanks for that inciteful reply

  • @FoxtwoPC
    @FoxtwoPC Před 2 lety +3

    As an engineer/physicist new to CNC and basically unaware of precision and leveling I fixed all my alignment problems with a 3D printed a version of the Raith? I think? multi-axis probe...That tool with a raspberry pi + 1000+ lines of code (in bash script bc python is the worst) to map, analyze and change gcode, and drive my machine basically gave me the ability to make features with 100ish micron precision/repeatability in acrylic/PC...Then I got a resin printer and my mill has been gathering dust...Again ToT hits on a subject so close to my heart :)

  • @brianhaygood183
    @brianhaygood183 Před 2 lety

    Using The Clapper to start a band saw is a stroke of genius. If you have already proven yourself incompetent with a band saw, then you can't clap with that one remaining hand, and your band saw privileges are de facto revoked. Brilliant!

  • @yobentley7274
    @yobentley7274 Před 2 lety

    Way over my head, but I still enjoy watching. Thanks Tony,

  • @fabianherrera5427
    @fabianherrera5427 Před rokem +3

    love wood videos wish you would do more woodworking tbh .. its really cool to see a machinists perspective to woodworking

  • @xpndblhero5170
    @xpndblhero5170 Před 2 lety +4

    I've been waiting for someone to explain this to me in a way I can partially understand and nod my head like I know what you are talking about.... Thanks a lot ToT, I'm so much smarter than I was before I watched this video.

  • @SteveBrecht
    @SteveBrecht Před 2 lety +2

    Blue Probe... drove one of those for many years and loved that car into a rusty forlorn high mileage heap. Was moved a little to see one immortalized into your video. Excuse me while I go wipe away some fond memory sniffles.

  • @LarrysMachineShop
    @LarrysMachineShop Před 2 lety +1

    Indeed , So happy Tony is back, We all missed you man! Awesome Video !!!

  • @GumbootsOnBackwards
    @GumbootsOnBackwards Před 2 lety +3

    I love you, Dad.

  • @windyhillfoundry5940
    @windyhillfoundry5940 Před 2 lety +20

    Glad to see cmm scan technology applied to cnc now. Now if my customers who send me one half of a broken casting would get this my world would greatly improve. They could scan the actual half, increase for shrinkage and invert for the missing side to send a solid complete pattern

  • @danielnorman8595
    @danielnorman8595 Před 2 lety +1

    Happy to watch, thanks for producing another video. we appreciate you

  • @firstmkb
    @firstmkb Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the comedic pause after the hammerhead shark. I didn’t need the time to get it, but was able to enjoy it longer!

  • @pole120
    @pole120 Před 2 lety +7

    I'm so pleased to have you back lately. Thank you for your videos, they are always top notch.

  • @beartastic-ftw
    @beartastic-ftw Před 2 lety +4

    tried this on super janky chinese router to do pcb milling ages ago - weirdly accurate! thanks for another great video!

  • @sethg6157
    @sethg6157 Před 2 lety

    So happy to see you around again. Just the perfect Christmas gift!

  • @leopardontheprowl
    @leopardontheprowl Před 2 lety

    I like the wood projects. I like the variety you provide.

  • @drivenba
    @drivenba Před 2 lety +3

    This principal would be awesome to use for something like a low-cost router build where big machinery/expensive operations aren't available (like flattening the gantry face on TOT's first router build). Spend some time with an indicator manually creating your own surface map of the tubing installed/loaded and have the software make it perfectly flat for you.

    • @bretonkyle
      @bretonkyle Před 2 lety

      This is basically how auto-leveling 3d print beds work. It probes the bed and applies that mesh to the gcode to move in parallel to it.

  • @marsgizmo
    @marsgizmo Před 2 lety +74

    Love this surface mapping! With each video of yours, I feel I'm being pulled closer and closer towards CNC..
    ..not the same, but I'm still dreaming to implement a good solution for non-planar 3D Printing, using 3 axis... 😌

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner Před 2 lety +1

      There's a video or two out there with non-planar 3d printing. You'll always be constrained by head geometry. What are you thinking you'd like to do?

    • @markkalsbeek5883
      @markkalsbeek5883 Před 2 lety +3

      @@chaos.corner make the head swivel over 2 axis :p

    • @al4x5
      @al4x5 Před 2 lety +2

      @@markkalsbeek5883 That would be 5 axis then

    • @JNCressey
      @JNCressey Před 2 lety

      here's an idea: imagine a bubblegram, but the medium can fall away, and the "bubbles" become solid like a sintering 3d printer.

  • @1Barrel2u
    @1Barrel2u Před 2 lety

    I have to say that your stories (video's) are always fun as well as very fully packed with good information. Thank you for helping me to enjoy life.

  • @boiclyde
    @boiclyde Před 2 lety

    I love your CNC vids. It's what brought me to your channel and I stayed for the content.

  • @Chef_PC
    @Chef_PC Před 2 lety +3

    Holy crap, I haven’t been this excited to click on a notification in a long time.

  • @vincei4252
    @vincei4252 Před 2 lety +6

    Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, Tony. Here's to a way better 2022!
    [edit] That hammer head joke! There are baby hammerheads everywhere hammering on the boat of the guy that should have bought a bigger boat because of that joke.

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

    • @timbeard871
      @timbeard871 Před 2 lety

      OMG! I just got the hammerhead joke. More caffeine.

  • @bendooley550
    @bendooley550 Před 2 lety

    Hands down my favorite youtuber.
    If you pressed me I'd admit AvE is my hands up favorite youtuber.
    They both released a video in one day and now i feel like ricky bobby.
    Ive never felt so conflicted over what to do with my hands before. And that includes during high school.

  • @JoshuaNicoll
    @JoshuaNicoll Před 2 lety +2

    Oh dear lord I forgot how fun it was seeing a new TOT video and taking a break from what I'm doing to watch it, man we missed you. It's good to be back on speaking grounds Tony

  • @Goondonkofficial
    @Goondonkofficial Před 2 lety +3

    Never considered this, pretty cool to see how it works. -future mechanical engineer

  • @lambofwrath95
    @lambofwrath95 Před 2 lety +3

    I nearly rolled my eyes when you explained the intro engraving. Not gunna lie, I loved that joke, and would totally do that to my hammers if I was able to
    God I love the dad jokes!

  • @kevinm594
    @kevinm594 Před 2 lety

    I've been re-watching a your old videos just to get my TOT fix. So happy you're back :)

  • @grottyboots
    @grottyboots Před 2 lety +2

    Love your videos! It's amazing to see what can be done with modern hobbyist-level CNCs. I did similar "map the surface" projects using Fanuc CNCs and Renishaw probes. The most complex mapped large pipes (up to 20m [787"], 2m diameter) so we could machine features accurately. 2-3 hours of probleing, hundreds of data points, all done in Fanuc macro language and PLC.
    My best probe story... a careless operator cracked the glass body on a TS-27R probe. Still worked, accuracy wasn't noticeably affected, with a replacement probe a few weeks delivery. But the humidity (this was in India) would seep inside the body, condense on the inside surface of the glass, and could eventually cause problems with the electronics. So I had someone provide a condom; poked a hole in the tip, rolled that sucker on, problem solved! We used that probe for at least 6 months, replacing it every few weeks as required.
    I tell this story anytime I see a probing videos. So this may be a repeat. Cheers!

  • @JETHO321
    @JETHO321 Před 2 lety +6

    I'm a gunsmith, all manual machining. I dont even know how to turn on a cnc machine but still love these videos just because it's TOT.

    • @karatos
      @karatos Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, same here. I have run CNC machines in the past but I am mostly stuck with manual machines without even DRO. Still pretty pleased with stuff we can turn out though. I machined a custom railed PCC receiver a few years back, it had about a foot of 1913 rail on top. I cut every single one on the wheels. Jog .375, cross, jog .019, return, jog .375, cross, jog .019, return, for 31 individual slots. Came out clean and to spec.

    • @JETHO321
      @JETHO321 Před 2 lety

      @@karatos I don't have the luxury of a dro on either of my two lathes or my mill. But I damn sure set indicators all over lol.

  • @guytech7310
    @guytech7310 Před 2 lety +4

    ToT: Which wizard did you use for the surface mapping? Was it Gandolf, Merlin, Dumbledore? How how did you summon the wizard?
    --Thanks!

  • @senorjp21
    @senorjp21 Před 2 lety

    Yo, Ton. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Just wanted to say I think it's great you put things on ice while you focused on your family. Respect

  • @goldenpiston8449
    @goldenpiston8449 Před 2 lety

    Woah! Another this old tony video! It must be my lucky day. Thanks so much for the awesome videos, they are always so much fun to watch. Keep up the amazing work!

  • @TrevorDennis100
    @TrevorDennis100 Před 2 lety +3

    I am wondering why the engraved letters appear to have such perfectly square corners when the tool used is round. If you look at the ends of the horizontal bars of the letter E @3:40 the ends are sharply defined and squared. It also looks like the tool depth was enough to make the full width of the characters in one pass. That is not making sense to me.

    • @joshwillis1726
      @joshwillis1726 Před 2 lety +1

      The v-shape of the tool is used at different depths to essentially get different radii in the corners. You can see as it cuts that the tool is moving up and down more than the height map would require so that it can engage different amounts of the tool. Close to the edges of the letters the tool raises up until basically none of the tool is engaged. Engraving bits can't make flat bottoms while retaining that tight radius, so if you needed the engraving to have a flat bottom for whatever reason you would have to use an endmill with an acceptable radius for the corners. Most likely you would end up with a much less rigid tool that way, and it would have to cut much more slowly or you would need tool changes.

    • @TrevorDennis100
      @TrevorDennis100 Před 2 lety

      @@joshwillis1726 Goodness! Yes I can see how that works, and it is very cool. CNC of some sort is something I'd like to have in my (mainly wood) shop, but I have not been sure how much I would use it. It's that sort of added value you described that makes it a lot more interesting.

    • @davidb6576
      @davidb6576 Před 2 lety

      I'm curious about this too. Josh's explanation makes sense if there's multiple passes, including extra cutting at each sharp vertex, but we just see a single, continuous motion. A truly sophisticated servomotor spindle and CNC control could "map" where the cutting edge of the tool is, and scrape that tool edge into and out of a corner to get this effect in a soft material, but that's not the case here.

  • @redKnight1992
    @redKnight1992 Před 2 lety +5

    can you still *do* the introductory ted talk, eventually? :)

    • @sheriina1925
      @sheriina1925 Před 2 lety

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💜 NUDE.YOUNGGIRLS.TODAY/TATSUHISHA
      >>>>> Ⓖⓔⓣ Excited *Heavy Sex* 💋🥰

    • @stevensexton5801
      @stevensexton5801 Před 2 lety

      LOL, I'd to see that one too. "How I became This Old Tony", would start out with him crawling on the floor picking up metal chips and eating them.

    • @MrKotBonifacy
      @MrKotBonifacy Před 2 lety +1

      He did, methinks... at his 100K subs video... : ) Time flies when you're having fun, eh?

    • @redKnight1992
      @redKnight1992 Před 2 lety

      @@MrKotBonifacy I literally just watched this video when I got the notification for this one :)
      Personally, I‘d love to see a feature film length video of ToT just rambling about…
      Let’s see what the 1M sub special will eventually look like!

  • @brianrydzeski6108
    @brianrydzeski6108 Před 2 lety

    Ho-Ho-Ho. Merry Christmas, Tony. All my best to you and yours. Thank you for all the video gifts over the past year.

  • @jeffmoncalieri7491
    @jeffmoncalieri7491 Před 2 lety

    I will literately never ever use any of the skills Tony teaches here in his videos. This doesn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying all of them. LOL

  • @K3NnY_G
    @K3NnY_G Před 2 lety

    I missed thig man so much... Genuinely glad to have fresh content coming across my feed again.
    Thanks for all the work you do Tony, hope getting everything re-arranged wasn't too much a headache.

  • @Rosscrymble1
    @Rosscrymble1 Před 2 lety

    Great to have you back Tony, happy Christmas and keep up the fantastic video's

  • @zanderchiasson8064
    @zanderchiasson8064 Před 2 lety

    So glad youre back!! Loving having your videos again!

  • @nat7278
    @nat7278 Před 2 lety

    Welcome back Tony

  • @bladerunner757
    @bladerunner757 Před 2 lety

    In bed recovering from a surgery this morning and was so happy to see a new TOT video when I woke up!

  • @tiporari
    @tiporari Před 2 lety

    The pause to let us chuckle at "hammerhead" was brilliant. Well done sir. You should have a CZcams channel.

  • @JouanOne
    @JouanOne Před 2 lety +2

    So glad you are back in action TOT. Missed you a bunch!

  • @bdailey1878
    @bdailey1878 Před 2 lety

    So good to have you back TOT. Hope all is well or healing with you and yours.

  • @adamadamson848
    @adamadamson848 Před 2 lety

    14 minutes of my life I don't really mind losing. I have no idea what you did Tony, but you did it well.

  • @dz1sfb
    @dz1sfb Před 2 lety

    Thanks This Old Tony. I saw hammer handle checkering video before this one and was intrigued by the surface mapping and wanted to know more about how that was done. Low and behold, I find your previous video and the answer to my question. Tool cool!

  • @ChimeraActual
    @ChimeraActual Před 2 lety +2

    When I first saw your tittle I wondered how you would integrate lidar with CNC, or the other way around...
    So enjoyable watching your vids!

  • @a.m.a.b147
    @a.m.a.b147 Před 2 lety

    My recommended adverts have gone straight back to machine parts and CNC companies thanks to these I missed them lol

  • @francoishirigoyen1925
    @francoishirigoyen1925 Před 2 lety

    Not only are we all willing to map our surfaces, the guy demonstrates the process while being more and more good looking. I see melting hearts everywhere now

  • @jamesshelton308
    @jamesshelton308 Před 2 lety +2

    This is something I have seen in 3D printers that allow it to work with slightly warped or unlevel print beds. I always wondered why that didn't seem to exist for cnc machining. Turns out it does! Thanks for the vid.

  • @Sciborg9
    @Sciborg9 Před 2 lety

    The hammer joke absolutely killed me. I couldn't breathe.

  • @steadfasttherenowned2460

    Sweet. I was bored because of a windstorm power outage and first thing in my notifications is Old Man Tony with his old man hands in the spotlight 😁. Perfect timing.

  • @marcelocarnicelli6200
    @marcelocarnicelli6200 Před 2 lety

    The impossible dream, now perfectly possible.
    Great , hugs from Brazil

  • @lste
    @lste Před 2 lety

    Very clever. And great presentation. Many thanks.

  • @802Garage
    @802Garage Před 2 lety +2

    On the negative 9th day of Christmas This Old Tony gave to me... A wood block surface mapped using CNC!

  • @KabonkNo1
    @KabonkNo1 Před 2 lety +1

    I really liked the examples at the end. Thanks!

  • @zeDoSauRus
    @zeDoSauRus Před rokem

    never thought of this! will surely use it. thanks Tony!

  • @jlucasound
    @jlucasound Před 2 lety +2

    Mapping is Awesome. So easy for the machine, once it "learns". Cool!

  • @andrewgetwin
    @andrewgetwin Před 2 lety

    Enjoying to learn from you. Thanks 👍

  • @bigcmoore
    @bigcmoore Před 2 lety

    I inspect roads and bridges for a living, will never CNC or machine anything but yet here I am.
    Love me some This Old Tony

  • @carveroutdoors
    @carveroutdoors Před 2 lety

    Always cool to have some new ideas to approach my old man. Thanks Tony!

  • @Racingisgood
    @Racingisgood Před 2 lety +1

    I was having withdrawal symptoms waiting for another video from you! Missed you dude!

  • @Wheatley101
    @Wheatley101 Před 2 lety +2

    Cool. It's like the BLTouch probe on my 3d printer.

  • @erickerickson7665
    @erickerickson7665 Před 2 lety +1

    I literally gasped when I saw that you just uploaded. Thanks TOT for creating excellent videos