CNC is Cheating in woodworking....or is it? DIY furniture legs
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Some say using CNC machines in woodworking is cheating, Some say it's another skill set and tool. Lets have a look at an example of using the CNC as a tool to accomplish repetitive and repeatable tasks.
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Just recently ran across your channel while researching CNC routers. Really appreciate your honest evaluations during this very technical, evolution, in our craft of wood working. The famous quote: A man who works with his hands is a laborer, a man who works with his hands and mind, a craftsman,.... works with his hands, mind, and heart,....an Artist. My Grandfather was in good with the foreman in the steel mill he worked in nearly a hundred years ago, he would ask to take the "power drill" home for a weekend of remodeling. The foreman would allow him, but he had to sneak it out in his lunch pail so other workers would not see. Bring it back in first thing, Monday morning. What a special thing that was for him. .......a power drill. He also built his own table saw using a repaired electric motor,a belt, an arbor, 6 in blade, and 2x4 materials. He used it for many years, proudly.
Your grandfather sounds like he was a "can do" kind of guy. We need more people like that today, thats for sure! I like that quote also!
i see you are just starting up your channel and one thing i have noticed that is hard to find is good in-depth tutorials on designing and implementing. like Vcarve and such as well as how to choose what bits and speed to use for what wood and. i just think it woould be a good thing to see how to go from an idea to a finished product step by step
Hi James, yes just getting started on the channel. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll put it in the line up soon. If you’d care to, please feel free to subscribe and you’ll see the future videos. Thanks again and have a good evening.
If a woodworker can afford a CNC, I say go for it. Just another way to increase accuracy and efficiency which is nothing but a plus.
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F*** yah! Thanks for the video, I just got a avid 5x10 running in a one car garage. Space is tight, but I have a dream!
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Great Idea, the old timers would have loved a CNC
Hi Curt, obviously this same thing can be done with traditional methods, but I find at the end of the milling process, the worst feeling in the world is blowing out a corner or in an area of grain direction change with a pattern router but or hand plane. I’ve found it a super useful tool. If you care to, please feel free to subscribe for other woodworking videos. Thanks and have a great evening!
My take on it is that CNC is not true woodworking. Does it require skill in CAD and fixture design etc? Yes. Is that impressive in its own right? Yes. But the CNC entirely removes the craftsperson from the workpiece. Since it is guided by computer, and you can literally walk away while it bangs out a perfect design, I think it would be disingenuous to compare it with someone actually guiding the tools and work with their own hands.
Hi martymcfly002 , Thanks for taking the time to view, and comment I really do appreciate it.
I agree, totally different tool that requires a different layer of approach.
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What I cannot stand and consider cheating is taking someone elses design from a random google search, letting your cnc machine do the carving and afterwards sell it as "your work".
To add insult to injury many people than have no clue it's neither original or hand made and praise such a person for their talent and work, without them setting things straight.
I do use a laser engraver myself but I also make all designs myself.
And making a design can take multiple hours and even days.
Long story short, nothing wrong with using powertools, it takes knowledge and time to set everything up, prepare and finish the work, but don't lie and steal!
Fully agree, can’t claim someone else’s work as your own. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. If you’d care to, please feel free to subscribe so you will be more likely to see other videos of mine. Thanks
I hear this alot with speaker boxes, Its design and build either way.
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If the CNC can take your job then it was not your job to begin with.
If you are great with the tools already then parlay that into CNC talent and be even more betterer.
Think about it this way if you are a tradesman and don’t know the computer that well…..jus try it find someone to help teach you…..it’s gotta be easier than learning a trade such as plumbing or electrical or carpentry.
Look at it like a video game that makes you money.
Good thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing knowledge.
I have a 6th grade education and horrible with computers etc but bought a cnc machine and laptop for the workshop and paying my right hand man to learn it cus he’s a computer genius and then teach it to me in layman’s terms.
Point is that I’m going to command control of that machine as if it’s a tool that’s been in my hand 20+ years…..if I can do it then you guys watching can do it especially since we have youtubers sharing their experience.
and if someone tells you that a cnc is cheating tell them next time they go get a load of lumber they better have a horse and buggy not a truck and trailer
This made me laugh, well said! Thanks for watching and your comment. Please feel free to subscribe to see new and future videos if you like! Thanks, and have a great day!
Torn !!!.
Thanks for watching Brian, and for the comment. Different tools for different jobs for sure. I don't subscribe to the idea that it's "cheating", it's just another tool available to us to get a job done in my opinion. If you haven't had a chance to yet, I'd invite you to subscribe if you think it might be valuable or entertaining to you. Thanks and have a great day!
Cheating what?
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