20 Jun 2019

Wood crafting is a skill that has been made considerably easier with the aid of a CNC Router today. The process has also been speeded up thanks to the efficacy of this wonderful ‘computer numeric control machine.’ Carpenters and furniture designers have no qualms in utilizing this machine at present in order to give wings to their ideas, however fantastic it might look on paper.

You would have to be armed with just the machine and a computer-aided sketch along with the choice of your material to construct the furniture as you have visualized it. Surprisingly, you do not have to do any of the finer features by hand. Instead, the carving & interior of a particular item can be perfected by employing the concerned router.

You do have to take note of the following while aspiring to make use of your new found knowledge though. Limit the number of items to ten at a time and keep it two dimensional initially. Remember, that trying to bring a 3D figure to life might be a trifle complex and warrants more experience.

Have a sketch handy while trying to make furniture from scratch. You would also need to mark the components that would be in tension as well as the ones in compression. You are likely to succeed if you use a color coded diagram thereby avoiding errors. Sure, it does sound like an ordeal but rest assured the procedure will only take minutes once you have everything ready as taught by your course instructor at NID Ahmedabad.

Be sure to determine the dimensions accurately so that you do not fail to deliver the final product as per the order. You would also have to make minimum allowances when you multiple pieces of furniture from a piece of plywood or natural wood.