Production Time

tito · Post by **tito** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:35 pm

What exactly is a CNC machine?
I'm glad to hear the C64 is up and running

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:49 am

This is a machine that roughly resembles a giant ant farm, except that it's primed with highly skilled termites. There's a place to insert wood and after awhile a guitar emerges. It's a win-win situation; the workers get a fine meal and we get a guitar.

You'll find photos of one of our machines here. Looking at this page, I'm thinking we might need to detail this operation a bit more as the termites really crave publicity.

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:15 am

John...

With all due respect, no more visits to the finish department without your gas mask!!!

Just kidding... incredible site! It's a treat to see just what goes into making these incredible instruments!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:41 am

The wood shop I worked at as a designer bought two Shoda CNC's in 1989 (Old Dude paid cash!)...I was just getting Autocad together, and suddenly I had to start thinking about 'toolpaths'...CNC's are very cool, but programming mistakes can produce quite dramatic results...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:24 am

...like this?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:33 am

I worked on a cnc back in the early 70's ... except it was for metal and not wood ... it was controlled by a pick tape with holes in it ... cnc means computer numerically controlled if I remember correctly ...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:05 am

Paul, those are...dramatic...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:14 am

I dunno what happened, Dane. They were fished out of the wreckage of an old dacha near Chernobyl last year.

They glow in the dark with an eerie radiance.

This is what Chernobyl Chicken Soup looks like, BTW...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:23 am

That's enough to make a cannibal throw up his hands...

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:42 am

His hands ? His guts more like !!
Thats the effect it just had on me !

jbarnes · Post by **jbarnes** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:12 am

Paul,
You are cold dude...................

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:34 am

Comrade, cold dude, warm soup.

britye · Post by **britye** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:53 am

Looks like the dude got his fingers hooked up with the CNC machine

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:37 am

Nah, Bri--those are chicken fingers. Near Chernobyl, every chicken has hundreds, if not dozens.

And the fish sticks are bifurcated, too.

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:43 pm

Any excuse to work the term 'bifurcated' into conversation...

It pops up in the Native American artifact lexicon also, Paul.

Noel