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Why wait? Create Documenting my post apocalyptic journey into learning about and building my own CNC machine.

It’s not quite the way I envisaged the end of the world, but here we are...

11/06/2020

FINALLY! Video number 4 is here! Apologies it has taken me so long to finally re-film and edit, the last few weeks have been manic as a direct result of the XYZ Carve (as you'll see in the video).

Next video will be a tutorial taking a design from concept to creation :) If you have any questions or anything you'd like me to cover in detail, please let me know in the comments below. At these early stages I'm aiming to have a new video out each week or so.

For more information about these machines you can find out more at www.3dtek.xyz After a few people asking how else they can keep up to date on my build, I decided to setup on social with an account called 'Why Wait? Create!'. You can also follow me at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLDgy69EFLpqT7XhpeUcBQ?

https://www.instagram.com/whywaitcreate/

Happy Saturday everyone! Apologies I’ve been quiet all week. After realising just how much dust the milling process crea...
25/04/2020

Happy Saturday everyone! Apologies I’ve been quiet all week. After realising just how much dust the milling process creates, I spent the first half of the week tracking down all the bits needed to create an enclosure to keep the dust contained 🤓 after two days and a bit of trial & error, I’m really chuffed with a total build cost of around £150, a quarter of the cost for the ready made enclosure I was considering buying 🤯 just waiting on the Perspex for the windows and we’re ready to go 🤘

19/04/2020

This is the third in a series of videos documenting my 3DTek XYZ Carve build, hopefully these will be useful if you're researching CNC machines or if you're looking to upgrade from an existing machine. The new x-rail arrived and I was able to continue with my machine build. With the machine now fully assembled, I’d estimate it’s probably taken me around 12 hours to build. I think if I had to build another one from scratch I could have it done within 6-8 hours or so, avoiding the silly mistakes I made the first time round.

Really impressed with the build quality so far, a really solid machine and it looks great. As mentioned in my first video the online instructions are superb and beyond that, Ryan @ 3DTek has been incredibly helpful with quick response times to minor queries. In my next video I’ll be getting it all setup and running, ready to cut my first ever test piece.

If you have any questions or anything you'd like me to cover in detail, please let me know in the comments below. At these early stages I'm aiming to have a new video out every few days. For more information about these machines you can find out more at www.3dtek.xyz

After a few people asking how else they can keep up to date on my build, I decided to setup on social with an account called 'Why Wait? Create!'. You can also follow me at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLDgy69EFLpqT7XhpeUcBQ
https://www.instagram.com/whywaitcreate/

Thanks for watching! Why wait? Create!

19/04/2020

New video landing very soon ☺️ 🎥 🔧

13/04/2020

Video #02 - a quick look at the various components built so far, a replacement part dispatched incredibly quickly by 3DTek.xyz and creating a 'maker identity' for social media :) excited to move the build along and get this thing working!

You can follow the build on Instagram and YouTube:
https://www.instagram.com/whywaitcreate/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLDgy69EFLpqT7XhpeUcBQ

Let me know if you have any questions or specific parts of the build you'd like me to cover in more detail. Why wait? Create!

10/04/2020

This is the first in a series of videos documenting my 3DTek XYZ Carve build, hopefully you'll find these videos useful if you're researching CNC machines or if you're looking to upgrade from an existing machine. If you have any questions or anything you'd like me to cover in detail, please let me know in the comments.

At these early stages I'm aiming to have a new video out every few days. Huge thanks to Ryan at 3DTek for his support and guidance with the build so far - for more information about these machines visit www.3dtek.xyz

After a few people asking how else they can keep up to date on my machine build, you can also follow the build progress at:
https://www.instagram.com/whywaitcreate/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLDgy69EFLpqT7XhpeUcBQ

Assembled x-carriage for the 3DTek.xyz XYZ-carve which will eventually carry the Makita UK RT0700CX4 router. Excited to ...
10/04/2020

Assembled x-carriage for the 3DTek.xyz XYZ-carve which will eventually carry the Makita UK RT0700CX4 router. Excited to get this on the x-rail and see it slide 🎢

This arrived from 3DTek.xyz earlier this week 🤓 the build is coming along very nicely - video updates to follow 🎥 🔧
09/04/2020

This arrived from 3DTek.xyz earlier this week 🤓 the build is coming along very nicely - video updates to follow 🎥 🔧

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