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My longmill just got to detroit and should be delivered next week so I really enjoyed your MK2 video. Will there be more MK2 videos in the future? Thanks again for all the information you share with us, it makes life easier when learning is just a click away.

This video is FANTASTIC. Thank you!

@JamesDeanDesigns

17 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Looking forward to the review for the Longmill MK2.

Love mine had it for over a year now

Great video sir! Thank you for your time. 🍀

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Stepcraft missed an opportunity to work with you. I like Longmill, it is nice & had it been available (mk2) when I was in the market, it is the one I would have gotten at that bracket. Edit: Oh I did not realize they were still using nylon. Cheap to replace but I wish to see them go to steel on steel motion in the future if they are dead-set on using wheels. Not a bad thing, it is still a big value & better (I think) than the old Stepcraft 2 brass on aluminum motion system.

@Roy_Tellason

4 ай бұрын

Those wheels are the one thing I don't care for about this otherwise very impressive machine. I wonder if one could get bearings in that size? Seems like a better choice to me.

1st class 👍

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Glad to see that you are reviewing Longmill, in addition to Sainsmart and FoxAlien machines. Will you be reviewing the 1313 XY-Axis Extension Kit, for the Sainsmart PROVerXL 4030 V2 anytime in the near future? Keep up the good work!

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Not sure at the moment. If I do it will likely be the second half of the year

Btw, i did not know Longmill was worldwide now, which is good on them & good to know. I think for a time there they were Canada & US only.

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

They ship world wide now but I wouldn't say they accommodate for the rest of the world yet. It would be great if they supplied a 220v version of the power supply for example

Really good and thorough explanation. Will you be reviewing the Nymolabs 6040 CNC sometime in the future?

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

I was planning to do it around now but at the time they couldn't send me one suitable for the UK so I had to plan other content but may go back to it later on.

What's the cheapest router you'd recommend for cutting and filleting 12mm 7075 aluminium alloy plates? Thanks.

Hi James an excellent video very comprehensive, I live in a 240v area will my 240v router work on the Longmiil CNC

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the router plugs in separately so that should be fine 👍

@davebishop1516

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thnx for the vid , just ordered mine today …. Would a bit of loctite on some of those bolts be a good idea or no ?

@JamesDeanDesigns

2 ай бұрын

Yes, if you have some. Never hurts 😁

Hey James, I was thinking about getting the 3030-PROVer MAX from your other review with the Makita router to cut small aluminum parts on occasion, but I also want to get a larger machine mainly for wood such as this Longmill or the Ultimate Bee in my new workshop. Do you think that I can completely skip the 3030-PROVer MAX and use these larger machines to cut aluminum? Would this Longmill or the Ulmate Bee be able to cut aluminum similarly to the 3030-PROVer MAX?

@JamesDeanDesigns

2 ай бұрын

The LongMill is good for large scale vs budget, but is not good for machining soft metals. The UltimateBee is better but geberally speaking the larger the machine, poorer they will perform machining metal

This machine's biggest problem it misses Y axes beams - wooden tables change their shapes and forms due to air humidity, making the machine misaligned with time.

@rl3898

4 ай бұрын

Very good point !

@deanberg9249

4 ай бұрын

Look at a torsion box. Made one for my MK2 and if you spend the time to make it flat and seal it shellac or something on all 4 sides when done it hasn't changed over time when I have resurfaced it. I set my torsion box on a 2x6 frame with some Bora wheels on the bottom and it worked out nicely.

Some distribuitor in Europe?

Can you talk about why you chose it over Shapeoko etc?

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Generally speaking, it's the most common suggested alternative to the Sainsmart and FoxAlien machines. But I'll be going into more detail as part of my full review

@SamPosten

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns thanks James. I’m running into limits of my 3030 faster than I expected. Am thinking Shapeoko 5 with vfd next but that’s 5k and a lot bigger floor space. Will see

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Take a look at the UltimateBee if your budget goes that far...better than the shapeoko 👍

@SamPosten

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns never heard of it!

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

@SamPosten have Google. Actually Sience are getting ready to release a new machine called the AltMill. Not sure if they have set a price yet but may be worth waiting for

Is your Patron not working? I have tried to upgrade membership and it goes to blank page in my phone.

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Seems to be working for me although it does look like youtube has changed the way they display which is odd but youtube is trying to run its own membership program now

@stevedue4485

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns yeah this is through the Patron app on IOS, Ill try a computer

@stevedue4485

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns yep worked on a pc,

Seems like a cool machine, though it is strange that they don't ship it with limit switches by default.

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Its feeling like it is so far. Not everyone will need the sensors, I never used them on my 3018 for example so it helps keep the cost down which is one of their main goals really.

@rl3898

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns I had to fit a microswitch on mine as I kept pulling the nut assembly out by going too far to the left when homing !

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Merci pour toutes vos vidéos: j’adore !!!! Que pensez-vous finalement après usage de votre Longmill (je compte en acheter une) ? LONGUE?VIE À VOTRE CHAÎNE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@JamesDeanDesigns

Ай бұрын

I'm really behind in my work on this machine so sadly u can't really give much feedback but size versus cost this is a good option

@philoara5647

Ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns Merci en tout cas pour votre réponse. Je suivrai avec attention votre retour d’expérience de cette machine car j’hésite vraiment entre une Vasto XXL, Une Shapeoko XXL et une LongMill…Je ne sais pas si vous étiez dans le même cas que moi ?

Didn't go for onefinity?

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

My hope is to test multiple over time. The LongMill is the most common suggested alternative. The Onefinity are popular but also quite a bit more expensive so starting at the cheaper end

correction. concentric nuts, not eccentric nuts. concentric, meaning not centered in it's orientation. sorry, it triggered me every time you said it. idk why lol. cool review. love my longmill!

@TheUsernamechris

4 ай бұрын

Concentric means that the holes would be in-line with each other. In this case the threaded hole is offset from the bore of the nut, making them eccentric 👍 Glad you love your CNC!

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

Its ok, we all have our triggers 😆 I've only ever known them as eccentric nuts and I'm not saying the internet is always right but if you Google concentric nut it literally says did you mean eccentric nut...either way, hopefully people know the type of nuts it uses

@LargeFry1

4 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeanDesigns wow ok you are right. Concentric means centered. It's just one of those words that does not sound like what it means. English is hard.

@JamesDeanDesigns

4 ай бұрын

@LargeFry1 English is the only language I know and I 100% agree...its hard

@agomodern

Ай бұрын

@@LargeFry1 I was wondering the exact same thing. lol. eccentric sounded off.