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recently i've had a lot of people ask me
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questions about the actual process of
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using my cnc and making a carving
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questions such as what software do you
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use what feeds and speeds do you use and
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where do you get the files and designs
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for carvings
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so in today's video i'm going to cover
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all that and more by making a complete
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step-by-step walkthrough of how i start
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with an idea in my head
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and turn it into a finished product
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using my 3018 cnc
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before we begin i just want to take a
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moment to ask you to subscribe
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a lot of hard work goes into each one of
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my videos but only about one percent of
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my viewers are actually subscribed
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so it's very much appreciated if you
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support the channel by subscribing
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and with that being said let's get
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started
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so the first step to this whole process
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of making a project with my cnc is an
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idea
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and if you're looking for projects to
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make or out of ideas the best advice i
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can give you
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is to just look around the internet
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there are plenty of cnc communities you
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can follow on different platforms and
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even watching these videos
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might give you some inspiration on what
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to make
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as for what project we're going to be
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making today i saw a recent comment
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asking if this machine is suitable
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for making a small christmas tree
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ornament and although christmas has
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already passed
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that sounds like a great idea and is of
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course a perfect small project for this
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machine
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so today we're going to try and make it
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after you've decided what you're going
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to make
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in my case a small christmas tree
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ornament you have to figure out what
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material you're going to make it from
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what is good for most projects including
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artwork and that's what we're going to
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be using today
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however depending on your project you
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might want to use a different material
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such as aluminum or plastic
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if your part needs to be stronger or
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water resistant instead i'm going to
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pick something that's a solid piece of
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wood like this floorboard sample i found
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in my scraps bin
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with all that out of the way we can log
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into a computer and start creating the
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design for a christmas tree ornament
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for this project and for most other
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projects i use easel
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easel is a free online software made by
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inventables and is used for 2d or 2
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and a half d cnc work if you're using
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easel for the first time
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you'll need to create an inventibles
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account and install a driver for your
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cnc
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but that's pretty much all the setup
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needed in terms of software
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now that we have easel open we can start
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creating our project
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this online software has many useful
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tools to help you create carvings
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the shape tool as is hopefully
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self-evident can create shapes
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the text tool can create text of
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different sizes and fonts
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and the image tool can be used to turn
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an image into a carving
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there are a few settings for each of
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these tools that you might want to play
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around with but i won't be covering them
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in this video
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because they could take up a whole video
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just on their own however
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these tools are pretty easy to learn so
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i suggest you play around with them and
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see what the software can do
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for today's project we're going to be
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first engraving the design that we want
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on our ornament using the image
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conversion tool
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and then second cutting out the overall
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ornament shape out of a piece of wood
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using of course the shape tool here i
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have the image i want to put on my
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carved ornament
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it's a simple christmas tree i found on
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google and if you're following along at
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home
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you can use whatever design or image you
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want you can also find simplified 2d
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images of objects by adding
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dxf to your google search
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i'm going to import this image
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adjust some settings to make it look
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right
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and position it on my build plate
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i will select either cut on perimeter
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interior exterior or pocket cut
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based on whatever looks best for my
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image in my case i'll select cut on
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shape path
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in hindsight this wasn't the best idea
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as the cnc carves every line twice
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and it doesn't turn out to look very
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clean in the final product
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so i'd advise against doing what i did
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since this first cut we'll be doing more
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engraving on the surface rather than
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actual cutting i'll set the cut depth to
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1 16 of an inch deep
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as for cut settings the material size
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and type can be set in this menu in the
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next menu
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the type of bit can be set i will use
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one of these small v bits to engrave
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this part of the project
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however i will configure it as a normal
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132nd bit in easel
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in the last menu i usually use the
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default settings for feed rate
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and depth of cut but because i have an
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upgraded 500 watt spindle
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i can increase these values a little by
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selecting manual
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if you want to see the video where i
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upgrade my spindle motor to this 500
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watt spindle
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i left a link to the 500 watt spindle
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upgrade video in the description
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below when you hit carve the software
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will take you through an intuitive
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step-by-step guide to starting your
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carving
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first we clamp down the material we want
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to cut or engrave to the bed of our cnc
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we will also add a piece of wood called
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a spoiler board under our work material
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so that we can cut all the way through
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the work in a later cnc operation
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second you will need to insert your
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desired tool into the collet of the cnc
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and tighten it in our case this will be
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a v-bit
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and last the zero point of the cnc needs
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to be set the zero point is the place
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where the carving will start at the
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bottom left of the work material
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this is also an important setting to get
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right because if it isn't set correctly
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the carving will go shallower or deeper
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into the wood than desired
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after starting the carving make sure the
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cup begins as you want it and it's
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suggested to keep a very close eye on
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your cnc as it carves
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because you want to be nearby if
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something goes wrong
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now a few words of caution and
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recommendations as you use your cnc
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you might want to think about investing
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a few extra dollars into a better usb
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cable than the one that comes with your
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machine
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in my case the cheap cable caused me
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many headaches of jobs
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stopping in the middle for no apparent
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reason or in the worst case the bit
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driving down
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into the cnc table when i switched out
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the usb cable the problem stopped so i
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think it's definitely a worthwhile
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investment
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it's also recommended that you have some
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kind of enclosure surrounding your cnc
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so that while carving chips getting
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sprayed everywhere don't make a mess
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when i was first starting out with my
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cnc i would just hold a vacuum near the
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cutting head to suck up all the chips
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when carving
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but that was a little time consuming to
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just sit there and vacuum for 15 minutes
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while the carving was going so i
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currently use this large tub to contain
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all the chips until after the carving is
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finished
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i'll vacuum up the chips and it looks
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like this i ended up running this
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operation for a second time just to
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clean up the carving
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now we will repeat the same process of
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creating a design in easel and carving
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it
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but this time we'll cut out the outer
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shape of the ornament
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back in easel we will choose the shape
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we want to cut out in my case i'll
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choose a triangle because it fits my
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christmas tree well
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in order to cut all the way through the
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material we will set the cut depth to be
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slightly deeper than the thickness of
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the material on our cnc
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as per cut settings for this cut i will
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be using a 1 8 inch square end mill so
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that's the type of bit i'll select
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in the last menu i will again use
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slightly higher than default feed rate
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and depth per pass
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because i have an upgraded 500 watt
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spindle after clicking carve we can
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change the bit to the correct end mill
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and set the zero point of the cnc once
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again this zero point should not be
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moved from where the last cnc operation
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ended so both
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operations are lined up with one another
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to switch out the bit however
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i had to move the work away from the
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cutting head
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to ensure that the zero point will be
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lined up i kept track of how far i moved
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the cnc
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and moved it back after i was finished
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swapping out the end mill
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easel has a feature where you can adjust
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the speed that the bit moves
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after you've started a cnc job you can
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adjust the feed rate manually during the
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carving
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if your cnc is going too fast or too
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slow if you're getting a lot of chatter
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you can slow down the feed rate
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but alternatively you can speed up the
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feed rate if the bit is rubbing
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this is important to fix because if the
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bit is rubbing it will cause the tool to
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heat up and shorten its lifespan
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i originally didn't leave enough of the
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end mill sticking out of the collet
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chuck
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so i couldn't cut all the way through
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the material i had to restart
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this operation a second time with more
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stakeout to finish cutting the ornament
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out
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after vacuuming up all the chips this is
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how the final ornament turned out
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the other side doesn't look great
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because i didn't start with a flat piece
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of wood on both sides
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and the ornament is overall very thick
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if i wanted this to turn out even better
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i could have started with a solid piece
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of wood that was thin
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and flat on both sides and repeated the
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engraving on the opposite side as well
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i could have also made the carving lines
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not double wide on my design
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however this was just a proof of concept
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showing what the cnc can do
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there are lots of other small projects
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just like this one that this type of
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beginner cnc
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can also be used for some of these
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projects include custom made coasters
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gifts such as the one i made for
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mother's day link in the description
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and fun toys such as this tilt maze your
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imagination is the only limit to what
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you can make with the cnc
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so armed with the knowledge from this
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video go out and make some fun projects
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of your own
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i hope this beginner's guide was useful
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to anyone starting out in the cnc world
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but if i left something important out of
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the video or if you have any unanswered
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questions
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you can leave those in the comments down
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below and i will try my best to answer
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them
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remember to like share and subscribe and
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if you want to see a part 2
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where i show you the process of 3d
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printing from start to finish
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you can let me know that in the comments
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section down below thanks for watching
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and i'll catch you in the next video
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