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Sometimes CNC can be a difference maker. In the last few years I've seen a number of projects use a CNC to relieve some of the burden associated carving or trying to paint some very detailed units. Having this option allowed the project to stay in scope while maintaining the look that the designer wanted. And in this case it helped Ms. VanDerwarker finish a job she otherwise wouldn't have been able to. The downfall sometimes, as she points out is that there is a bit of learning curve to using a machine like this, but I think it can be an invaluable tool if used correctly and with the right forethought.
Ok, well first of all this article (and the two posted after it) is seriously challenging to read even when you zoom in, the words are so blurry they almost hurt to look at. But anyways, as far as the content of the article goes I am actually rather surprised that this is news. I had figured that signs were bing CNC for quite sometime now. Unless you are a company that advertises that you always create all of your sign work by hand then using a CNC seems like a logical tool. It would save a lot of time and labor and I would imagine that after a while it would pay for itself with all the man power it saves. Especially because so many of those types of wood signs like those used at the Family Lodge are often extremely large in order to be seen from the road in fast moving vehicles, I would think that taking the little bit of time to learn and money to by a CNC would be as logical and non-newsworthy as getting a sewing machine instead of doing it all by hand. As long as some traditionalists wood sign carvers stick around I think its great for the rest of the to move to CNC.
I'm not sure what the trend is this week with sign making articles, but this one shows some cool art that can be made with a CNC router. I like that modern technology can be used to make signs that look antique like the one featured in the cover of the article.
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Sometimes CNC can be a difference maker. In the last few years I've seen a number of projects use a CNC to relieve some of the burden associated carving or trying to paint some very detailed units. Having this option allowed the project to stay in scope while maintaining the look that the designer wanted. And in this case it helped Ms. VanDerwarker finish a job she otherwise wouldn't have been able to. The downfall sometimes, as she points out is that there is a bit of learning curve to using a machine like this, but I think it can be an invaluable tool if used correctly and with the right forethought.
Ok, well first of all this article (and the two posted after it) is seriously challenging to read even when you zoom in, the words are so blurry they almost hurt to look at. But anyways, as far as the content of the article goes I am actually rather surprised that this is news. I had figured that signs were bing CNC for quite sometime now. Unless you are a company that advertises that you always create all of your sign work by hand then using a CNC seems like a logical tool. It would save a lot of time and labor and I would imagine that after a while it would pay for itself with all the man power it saves. Especially because so many of those types of wood signs like those used at the Family Lodge are often extremely large in order to be seen from the road in fast moving vehicles, I would think that taking the little bit of time to learn and money to by a CNC would be as logical and non-newsworthy as getting a sewing machine instead of doing it all by hand. As long as some traditionalists wood sign carvers stick around I think its great for the rest of the to move to CNC.
April. Click on the title, same as every other article.
I'm not sure what the trend is this week with sign making articles, but this one shows some cool art that can be made with a CNC router. I like that modern technology can be used to make signs that look antique like the one featured in the cover of the article.
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