Homemade CNC hot wire cutting machine

[akinorhan5]

its the wings of plane

[HeadShot360IN]

could that chop off ur dick?

[11adijoshi]

Thanks!

[11adijoshi]

what is the material of the wire used?

[Summerride]

I took a hot tempered wire at the hardware store.  Normal galvanized wire did not substain the heat.

[KarolAboveTheOthers]

gues you're making wings for rc plane ;) am i right?

[XDStringmanXD]

Its making a foam dildo

[Atecz1]

Very professional!!!

[Yogenh]

I like it you should tell how to make it!!!

[srearavind]

will it cut copper metal

[Summerride]

no way ! It's just melting the foam by heat , the wire is even not red hot

[Marciaus007]

nice video, what equipment did you use to put current through the wire?

[Summerride]

I used a computer power supply and a homemade controller with step motor control IC chips.

[srearavind]

will it cut metal like copper ,stain less steel

[Suburbanize]

Watts = Volts x Amps, its the watts that determine how fast / how much foam u will cut

[LTF85199]

What would you say is more responsible for heating: Volts or Amps?

[Summerride]

Amps !

[LTF85199]

thx

[ILoveMyBikes]

power is responsible for heating...which is volts x amps

[IluBunDoll]

OMG! so smooth!!! my blue foam,i hev to cut it only with cutting knife..huhuuh,,so hard..

[wsdawg77]

Nice work! how much? what is the max size foam u can cut? it looks like it was too hot on entry.

[yayamacha]

Excelet work!!! What program re u running? Bescause it moves too fast in the curves. I got a foamcutter but in the curves it moves too slow. There too much nodes. Im using kcam.

[Summerride]

Thank's ! I am using Kcam also. This video is accelerated 4 times 'cause you can't go very fast in hot wire cutting. To avoid to much nodes , you can use Circle interpolation instead of Point by point. Depends on the toolpath programming soft. that you are using.

[seashorecanadian]

Can you do a "How to build" the hot wire machine? That would be great!

[Jmac178]

this is amazing, where can i get the software or will any CAD program work ?

[Summerride]

Use any CAD software to make your desired shape. Then use Kcam , Mach3 , turbocnc etc. to drive the machine

[accountpro1]

Summerride, if you ever decide to publish "How To Build Your Own CNC Hotwire Machine" I'll buy a copy. Way Cool Machine!

[accountpro1]

Way cool CNC hotwire!  You give me some great ideas on building my CNC hotewire. Thanks

[monboy10]

is there any other way of building the wings?

[monboy10]

should i buld my first airplane or should i buy one first?

[Trentaur]

haha buy one! depends on how much you know about planes though.

[monboy10]

how did you get the hot wire did you just take a pice of wire and put volts into the wire or did you buy it how could i make one that dosen't need a compurer but just runs by hand how much did the frame cost?

[Summerride]

The wire is a simple hardened steel wire bought at the hardware store. Then I put AC 24V current thru it. DC current will get the wire hot only in the middle. The frame of the cutting machine is made from vertical shade beam , some ball bearings , wood and treaded rod. Cutting this kind of shape by hand is not easy because just a little shake in your hand will make the wire cut really bad.

[monboy10]

is it guided from a computer how did you get the wing patern?

[Summerride]

I draw the wing pattern on a CAD software and then make the tool path for it. Then I put the "G code" in another software that pushed bits thru the parallel port of the computer. The a controller decodes those bits into motor motion.

[monboy10]

how did you make that?

[malafest]

so this is what you used to cut the plane's wings.. right?? :D

[Summerride]

Right ! Wings , fuselage and depron.