Building the Ultimate PocketNC Enclosure -

I've needed a PocketNC enclosure quite desperately for the past 2 years so when a pair of students, Jaelen and Anshul, approached me about making a custom enclosure I was intrigued. This is the story of how we ended up with what may well be my dream enclosure.
To learn more about the enclosure-building services Jaelen and Anshul are providing, go to machinesuits.com, and/or check them out on Instagram (@machinesuits/@jaelen_hsu/@surf_nacho).
I have no financial stake in the company. These are just two dudes making cool stuff locally in Ventura, CA that I think is worth sharing.
Also worth checking out: STEMbassadors - www.stembassadors.net/
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0:00 - Why I Desperately Need a CNC Enclosure
1:24 - History of STEMbassadors and the Enclosure Design
3:14 - Customizing the Enclosure
8:52 - MachineSuits
10:05 - Wrap-up
10:34 - Long, Boring Nerd Talk About Onshape and Design Stuff
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  • @deandeily9489
    @deandeily94893 жыл бұрын

    Thing thing is a work of art! Now to buy a pocket NC...

  • @VastCNC
    @VastCNC3 жыл бұрын

    Looking at Anshul's sunglasses made me feel old. I'll never be that cool to pull those off.

  • @robevans8555

    @robevans8555

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't think they looked cool, but am getting old too

  • @robevans8555

    @robevans8555

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@harrisonofthenorth I wouldn't hold his fashion sense against him lol

  • @xXjj1098Xx

    @xXjj1098Xx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Harrison ok boomer

  • @silva69ers

    @silva69ers

    3 жыл бұрын

    It makes him seem like a really smart guy that also likes keg stands and the party life

  • @garagemonkeysan
    @garagemonkeysan3 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, what a beauty of an enclosure. Great summary about Onshape, smart dudes. Mahalo for sharing! : )

  • @troy4393
    @troy43933 жыл бұрын

    aaay, Hightide!

  • @housdrmoon
    @housdrmoon3 жыл бұрын

    professional work~ graet!!

  • @KalkiJimenez
    @KalkiJimenez3 жыл бұрын

    Looks good!!! A good thing to add at the bottom of enclosure is to have a bottom tray come out to get out debris(similar to dog cages with a matt underneath) it would be easier to clean.

  • @Etna.
    @Etna.3 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done! We need more young adults and kids working on real life problems. Just wondering if a Pocket NC is its money worth? Looking out to buy something like this. Regards, Etna.

  • @R3D-Remi
    @R3D-Remi3 жыл бұрын

    Looks great 👍🏾

  • @haroldkreye8770
    @haroldkreye87702 жыл бұрын

    Ingenious.

  • @nathannguyen7151
    @nathannguyen71513 жыл бұрын

    Yo FIRST Robotics FTW

  • @Astral_Knowledge

    @Astral_Knowledge

    3 жыл бұрын

    YES

  • @haroldkreye8770
    @haroldkreye87702 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding.

  • @jamesharrison5004
    @jamesharrison50042 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. I'd want more room at either end of the PNC enclosure. For those times you need to get in the board compartment or attach something under the rotary table.

  • @chrismitchell9936
    @chrismitchell99363 жыл бұрын

    Hey @winstonmoy, I've just ordered on of these AWESOME enclosures. Anshul was great and went above and beyond to adapt it to the V2-50 which has slightly different Right side clearance due to cabling coming off the spindle. He and his team caught this and let me know and worked to measure and adapt. Super excited. Do you have a rough guess as to how much sound isolation the enclosure provides?

  • @ekremdursunluer9119

    @ekremdursunluer9119

    8 ай бұрын

    how about to pricing?

  • @dividingbyzerofpv6748
    @dividingbyzerofpv67483 жыл бұрын

    Starting to wish I built an enclosure for my router mill now that I am playing with milling aluminum. Still glad I buit in a water table that allows me to cut carbon fiber and wash all the waste into a filtration system for a dustless environment. Combining both into a case would be a bit more of a design challenge.

  • @Guranga93
    @Guranga933 жыл бұрын

    Just put it in one of those Dole banana boxes. =P

  • @lukafilm
    @lukafilm3 жыл бұрын

    Why does fusion have inverse perspective? The 3d models look weird because of that

  • @mysteriousfox88
    @mysteriousfox883 жыл бұрын

    hows the noise reduction performance

  • @LucasHartmann
    @LucasHartmann3 жыл бұрын

    The pocket nc is based on beaglebone black, right? Can't you plug a USB wifi and run it wireless? I am running an ESP8266 as a WiFi bridge on a SainSmart 3018, way more stable and convenient than the glitchy USB-serial.

  • @marc_frank
    @marc_frank3 жыл бұрын

    does onshape do tangent to splines and ellipses in sketches natively? that's really bugging me in fusion

  • @jaelenhsu

    @jaelenhsu

    3 жыл бұрын

    It certainly does!

  • @marc_frank

    @marc_frank

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jaelenhsu that's cool xd

  • @kingkasma4660
    @kingkasma46603 жыл бұрын

    the guys seem nice but please take of the sunglasses next time

  • @zachhawkins5005
    @zachhawkins50053 жыл бұрын

    Can someone spot 9k real quick? 😂

  • @Dust599
    @Dust5993 жыл бұрын

    And we have Elvis!

  • @xaytana
    @xaytana3 жыл бұрын

    If you're going to have an enclosure that integrates portability, why would you ever want an open tool holder? Either make it easily removable with it's own case, or just enclose the tool holder. An open tool holder while keeping the platform portable is just asking for tools to be damaged. Also, I know this is just an enclosure, but I'd personally integrate the machine into the enclosure as much as I could. Use panel-mount cables for interfacing from the outside to the inside; these are basically just short extensions that have flanges to mount the ports flush with a panel, it reduces the need for slit gaskets that could allow chips to fly out and for dust to find it's way into the machine. Next I would relocate the buttons to the enclosure itself, with a secondary switch on the lid for pause/start; maybe even try to find a way to modularize the button setup, so if the machine ever needs relocating to an open space, you can just unplug one button solution and plug in another button solution. Other than those, I'd also beef up the enclosure a bit, at least gusseting along the edges and more secure handles, as now the enclosure _and_ machine are a single portable unit. Along with the enclosed tool holder. Though, if I wanted an enclosed 5axis, I'd probably go with a different platform. PocketNC is just too small for anything I'd want to do, and while the collet holder as work holding is a neat idea, it does waste quite a bit of stock. MachineSuits are fine as auxiliary enclosures. I just believe that if you're going to enclose the machine, you might as well integrate the two pieces fully, rather than the enclosure be a glorified box the machine sits in. Look at industrial and commercial machines, their enclosures are fully integrated into their machine's platform, not a separate entity, and that should translate to what we do with hobby machines, for both safety and functionality. I honestly find it ridiculous that the hobby level machines, as a majority, do not come with enclosures, and that those enclosures are never properly fully integrated, as hobbyists are going to be the most prone to accidents with an open machine, mostly due to inexperience and no proper training; hobbyist safety should be on par, if not better, than workplace safety measures that professional machines have. Again, MachineSuits are a fine piece of kit, and other enclosures may be as well, but none of these match my personal beliefs of what a product should actually be doing with integration and safety; even PocketNC's own enclosure butting the edge of the machine to the edge of the enclosure to have button access isn't up to par with what I believe integration should be, it's lazy work on their part. If I'm enclosing a machine, it should be part of the machine, not a box the machine fits in, with professional levels of integration and safety. Every port and button needs outside access, not interior access. The door needs a switch to immediately pause the machine if open, only allowing for jog functions when open. Relying on a power strip to be your emergency off switch is just asking for problems.

  • @andresgutierrez2188
    @andresgutierrez21883 жыл бұрын

    2nd

  • @joshuabarr5427
    @joshuabarr54273 жыл бұрын

    1st! Boop 👉