Startup & Initial Setup (0:00-1:19)
0:05-1:19: “Hey Guys, I’m Chris, and you haven’t met this gentleman before. This is Mason. He’s one of our new employees here at Legacy. Um, what we are going to do throughout this training is we understand that, that not all of you can make it out here for the two days of actual training. So what we’re trying to do is we’re trying to give you all of that information that we cover in that two days in two different types of formats. One is a, a bite size, one piece at a time, small video format laid out almost in a course, um, layout. And that’s what’s being developed on the website. The other one that I’m gonna do here with Mason is we’re going to be kind of doing these long videos and then put in chapters so you can see the flow process of how the training takes place as if you were to be here during that training event. Okay. So Mason, um, you’re not familiar with the machine quite yet. You have some CNC experience Yes. Minor but, But not with this type of machine. Exactly. And you came from a, a metalwork machine shop versus the woodworking machine shop. That’s right. Yes. So this is gonna be a different world, different experience, so it’s gonna be awesome. We’re gonna be able to cover the exact same things that we do with, with you guys as, as CNC customers. But Mason’s going to, uh, travel along with us, ask questions if anything’s not clear. And I’ll do my best to, again, make you,”
Machine Operation Fundamentals (1:19-3:36)
1:17-3:36: “And I’ll do my best to, again, make you, we get you all that information. Okay. So first thing, what do you think we should cover first? Mason? Alright. We should probably cover the orientation of the machine just to tell me like where everything is. Mm-hmm. And then probably how to turn it on Uhhuh and then how to probably put a part in and, and run it. Sounds good. I love it. We’ll try to make that all in here in one big video for you to get from that point to producing a part here on the horizontal table. That’s a, that’s a great goal for this video. Okay, so machine orientation. So the first question is, where is the front of the machine? I would have to say probably right here. Yeah. I mean, you’re actually facing the correct direction for the front of the machine already. Oh, that’s, That’s perfect. Yeah. So I am not, so if I’m facing down the length here from the operator standpoint, ’cause this is the controller, right? Mm-hmm. So if I’m facing here, I’m actually on the left side of the machine. Okay. Whereas you’re facing towards the front of the machine. Okay. So that long face right here is the front. Okay. Now, now why is that? Right? It’s probably ’cause it’s tied to axes of some kind. Ah, so geometry class, we all have to go back to geometry when it comes to cnc, so mm-hmm. Uh, a graph, hopefully they taught you to read a graph where x axis goes from left to right. Yep. Versus up and down. So if x axis goes from left to right, we place that same axis along the length of the machine, the x axis. Okay. And that will lock in our orientation. So just like you read a graph, this is the front, right? Mm-hmm. For you. Yeah. Well, when you place this on the machine that now makes that the front of the graph. Okay. Okay. So it’s gonna be tied to those axes. Um, so that means that we’re gonna have different sides. We’re gonna gonna have a front side, you’re gonna have a backside close to the turning center, the left side where the CNC controller, where we operate and set up the machine, uh, as well as additional workstations here, like the smart toll touch off pad, the, uh, vertical workstation, and even the beginnings of our turning center. Okay. Itself on the right side of the machine, on the far end there, you’re gonna see the, uh, tool rack for auto tool change and where we can, um, power the machine on and off. That’s also where our main power and air comes into the machine is on that side. Okay? Okay. Um, alright. So since this guy’s already plugged in ready to rock and roll, we can, we can move forward pretty quick.”
Tool Setup (3:36-5:10)
3:34-5:10: “and roll, we can, we can move forward pretty quick. Now, there are four automated axes on our CNC machines, or at least for this particular machine. This is for the Maverick four by eight and Maverick four by four systems. Mm-hmm. Uh, and also the Maverick three by fives, if they even have even have that system. Um, but for all of those we have four automated axes. Let’s go through, and I know having CNC experience, you’re gonna know some of these already. Mm-hmm. Let’s go through some of those axes, what it’s called, the direction it controls and how it mo how it moves in that a axis, and then which direction is positive and negative. Okay. Okay. So here how, I’ll, I’ll kick things off. So let’s do the x axis that’s gonna move the cutter in the spindle that’s gonna move that, um, cutter down the length of the machine. Okay. So if you’re at the front, that’s gonna be from left to right. Mm-hmm. Just like you’re looking at the graph, right? And a positive X ais direction is gonna be in the right direction, whereas the negative x axi direction is towards the left again. All right? All from that standpoint. You try one. So would that make the y axis go along with the width of the machine and then go from negative to positive front to Back? That’s correct. You’re exactly right. So along the width, negative towards the front positive towards the back, you are spot on. Um, that means we have the third axis of the cutter, which moves the cutter up and down in the Z axis. Mm-hmm. So, um, that moves a positive direction is up, whereas a negative ZAZ axis direction is down. Now the cool thing about X, Y, and Z, um, is it can take the cutter and move anywhere in three dimensional space of the work area of the machine. Okay. Okay. Which gives us complete control,”
Work Offset Setup (5:10-7:40)
5:08-7:39: “Okay. Okay. Which gives us complete control, obviously over parts if we wanna machine something here on our horizontal work table or even vertical workstation. We’ll talk about that in a moment. Now we have a fourth automated axis. Mm-hmm. What do you think that one is? I’d have to guess the turning center. Yes. That is, that will rotate the stock in some direction or another. You can rotate in either direction. When it comes to turnings, what do you think that axis is called? I’d have to guess the A axis. Yeah, it’s the other side of the alphabet. Don’t know what, why they created it like that, but they did. That’s just how it goes. So the a axis rotates, um, in two directions. Um, again, take your, uh, guess on what you think positive or negative a axis would be. Positive is probably clockwise. Yeah. And that’s pretty intuitive of how we, we tend to read clocks nowadays. So from, that’s from the operator standpoint. So if you’re looking down the length of the turning center, a clockwise direction will be positive. A counterclockwise direction be negative A. Okay. And that’s exactly right. And that’s the only automated access that’s not moving the cutter, but the material itself. Okay. Okay. Now, between these automations, we can also orient the part in different ways so that the cutter can get access to different surfaces on our parts. Okay. So if I, if I want to take a blank here, and this is a, just a piece of MDF that we use all the time during our two days of training. Um, if I want to get access to machining something on the flat surface, the main surface of this, I’m gonna orient that on my horizontal work table in some way. Okay. So that the cutters using X, Y, and Z can machine and do detail work on that face. Right. And theoretically we could even flip it over to side number two and even do detail work on that face as well. Okay. But what if I wanted to get access to the edges or the ends, right? I can’t take my cutter and tilt it in any way. No, I don’t have that capability here. So we’ve come up with a second workstation, the vertical. Okay. The vertical workstation allows us to mount things in a vertical orientation so we can get access to those edges and ends with the same x, y, z motion used in the horizontal work table. Okay. Okay. So we can now take a block, you know, any size blank, and it can be all six sides can get something done to them if we wish to do so using those two workstations, the horizontal and the vertical workstation. Nice. You have a lot of power when it comes to just three axis work. Now the third workstation you mentioned is the turning center, which is exactly right. Now this does some pretty cool stuff”
Program Loading and Running (7:40-9:00)
7:40-8:59: “because, um, it’s not like a traditional turning center where only rotates. Mm-hmm. This can be used in two different ways. Obviously we can do turning details to where the part is rotating as the cutter is moving in X, y, or Z Okay. To create rotary designs and aspects. However, we can also treat it what, what is called an indexer to where the stock is stationary, not rotating, and then X, Y, and Z is performing a detail to that face and then it indexes to a new face for X, y, and Z to work on. Okay. Okay. So we can combine this to create index designs. For example, here we machined it square, did the, uh, joinery aspect. This wrapped carving here was all done with indexing and the rest of it is all really turning Okay. Where the stock is rotating throughout those machining processes. And we can create some, again, outstanding results using that combination of indexing and rotary in the same component. Okay. And we’ll get deeper into that obviously when we go to the turning center. ’cause right now we’re gonna focus on just setting up and running apart on the horizontal. However, it’s nice to know again, that orientation of how the axes can work together with workstations to give us some, again, phenomenal almost unlimited results. Okay. Right. Okay. So, um, we have a, at least a basic understanding of axes,”
Part Removal and Shutdown (9:00-10:00)
9:00-9:59: “directions where the front of the machine is, is key for orientation. Um, I guess the only thing left, um, left from here is we can, we can turn it on, but even before we do that, I want to go how to get cutters in our tool rack specifically if you have auto tool change. Mm-hmm. Okay. Because the first thing we’re gonna do after we turn the machine on is warm up the spindle and it requires a cutter. So we need to know how to get cutters in and outta the machine manually, um, before we even turn the system on. Yeah. So let’s go show you how that’s done. All right. Now on the right side of the machine where we have, again the tool rack, we also have a, a tool, a tool changing station. Okay. Uh, we can store our tool holders with cutters here if we wish, um, after we’ve assembled them. But this is where we’re gonna manage all the, uh, tools going in and out of the machine. Mm-hmm. Okay. So if I want to take a cutter, um, I need to obviously remove one and then replace it. Now every time we’re putting a cutter in and out of a tool holder, we need to clean all those components”
Final Thoughts & Additional Resources (10:00-11:00)
10:00-10:58: “’cause we don’t know how long it’s been since it’s been done. Right? True. Um, so this is how it works. You have these flats on both sides of the tool holders. Mm-hmm. And those will need to sit on the edges of those tool racks. Okay. And that will make sense if you try not to sit ’em flat, it doesn’t seat, and then you rotate it and then it’ll all of sudden just drop right in. Ah, okay. Okay. Now this will lock, if you push this forward and push down, that’s now locked in place. You can unlock like, so. Okay. Okay. Easy enough. And we provide a wrench. Mm-hmm. Okay. So we can put this in here. Oh, there we go. Catch a tooth and then we can just loosen it up and then we can pull our cutter out. Okay. All right. Now we’re gonna take the collet and the collet nut completely off. Mm-hmm. And this we’re going to disassemble. So if you pull sideways, okay. And you can see just by being used very little, it has some, has some gunk in there already. Mm-hmm. So I like to have some air pressure close to the machine”
