3 hours ago, DAB said:

but if you want to make a coffee table?  doubt they would be of much benefit.

World Class artwork is being performed on the CNC, and yes, even coffee tables

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 1/29/2018 at 9:49 PM, kmealy said:

It's a blurry line.

 

I visited a cabinet shop a couple years ago.   All the designs were on cabinetmaking software.  Pieces cut on CNC.  Moved to another area where edge banding applied by machine.   Another area drilled dowel holes, glued and inserted dowel on one side.  Moved over to another area where two guys put glue on other half of dowels, then into a big machine that hydraulically clamped them.    Off to the finish room where a guy sprayed on some lacquer, waited a few minutes and sprayed on a second coat.   Dried and packaged.

 

Other than the two guys with the glue bottle and one guy with a spray gun, about the only "hand made" part was moving material and parts from one machine to another.

 

On the other end, I visited Brian Boggs when he was making chairs out of the back end of his garage with hand tools.  He made it but I'm sure he's more mechanized now.

Do not know what you call automated but I visited him in shop couple years ago and yes BS and TS but a lot of hand tools also. . Was not there long enough to really tell. My DIL is now making cushions for some of his outdoor furniture (a first for him to add cushion).

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