Comments on: Automagically milled steampunk winter wonderland http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 11:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968977 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968977 Just lovely-really inspirational! Just lovely-really inspirational!

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-967984 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-967984 It's cool from an artistic point of view, but I think I'd like it better if the gears looked like they might possibly do something instead of wandering off into empty space. It’s cool from an artistic point of view, but I think I’d like it better if the gears looked like they might possibly do something instead of wandering off into empty space.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-970548 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-970548 "The push of a button" might be the most misunderstood and improperly used phrase around today. This stuff had to be designed...then it had to be programmed. Once the machine cut it out, there appears to be massive amounts of glue work to put it together and sculpting and hand painting put on top of it. Oh yeah, looks like some serious welding for the frames...because the stuff from the machine has to be mounted on something. Countless hours of dreaming, hard work and fun all boiled down to "the push of a button". On the one hand, I bet he is happy to see the work being appreciated- but I also bet he doesn't love that phrase being used about it. "Automagical" my butt. “The push of a button” might be the most misunderstood and improperly used phrase around today. This stuff had to be designed…then it had to be programmed. Once the machine cut it out, there appears to be massive amounts of glue work to put it together and sculpting and hand painting put on top of it. Oh yeah, looks like some serious welding for the frames…because the stuff from the machine has to be mounted on something. Countless hours of dreaming, hard work and fun all boiled down to “the push of a button”. On the one hand, I bet he is happy to see the work being appreciated- but I also bet he doesn’t love that phrase being used about it. “Automagical” my butt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-971065 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-971065 Ha ha! I'm the one who chose 'push of a button' to describe this great demonstration of what can be done with CNC. And Anon, you are exactly right; 'the push of a button' doesn't convey the process, but really, when compared to the old-fashioned alternative, it isn't entirely inaccurate. The dreaming, the planning, the finish work and the installation are huge undertakings, and always have been. But the fabrication part of the process has been whittled down immensely - nearly to push-button simplicity. I worked at MultiCam back in 2002-2004, and saw some incredible things there. One night, after work, I quickly drew up plans for a knockoff Noguchi coffee table in Illustrator, exported the file, then got help translating it to a readable jobfile. I went into the demonstration workshop, loaded up a couple of sheets of laminated particle board, and ran the job, cutting the tabletop and interlocking base pieces in a matter of minutes. I loaded the pieces into the trunk of my car, and before dinner, had slotted them together in my living room. Presto - from brain to reality between my workday and bedtime. I'm just sayin. Ha ha! I’m the one who chose ‘push of a button’ to describe this great demonstration of what can be done with CNC. And Anon, you are exactly right; ‘the push of a button’ doesn’t convey the process, but really, when compared to the old-fashioned alternative, it isn’t entirely inaccurate.

The dreaming, the planning, the finish work and the installation are huge undertakings, and always have been. But the fabrication part of the process has been whittled down immensely – nearly to push-button simplicity.

I worked at MultiCam back in 2002-2004, and saw some incredible things there. One night, after work, I quickly drew up plans for a knockoff Noguchi coffee table in Illustrator, exported the file, then got help translating it to a readable jobfile. I went into the demonstration workshop, loaded up a couple of sheets of laminated particle board, and ran the job, cutting the tabletop and interlocking base pieces in a matter of minutes. I loaded the pieces into the trunk of my car, and before dinner, had slotted them together in my living room. Presto – from brain to reality between my workday and bedtime.

I’m just sayin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968001 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968001 Maybe in a few years we'll move on to tech-punk or something, and can start gluing resistors and ICs to our lamps instead of gears. Maybe in a few years we’ll move on to tech-punk or something, and can start gluing resistors and ICs to our lamps instead of gears.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968793 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968793 Shh you are breaking the magic. Stop it! Shh you are breaking the magic. Stop it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968030 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968030 Proud to see our local talent on Boing Boing. I can see the shop of Dan Sawatzky's studio (http://www.imaginationcorporation.ca/) out my front window in Yarrow, British Columbia. Great work is always coming out of there and making the world a more interesting place. Proud to see our local talent on Boing Boing.

I can see the shop of Dan Sawatzky’s studio (http://www.imaginationcorporation.ca/) out my front window in Yarrow, British Columbia.

Great work is always coming out of there and making the world a more interesting place.

]]> By: lecti http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968040 lecti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968040 Ever since I had the trauma of having a terrible, obese TA in a CS class where she kept inserting "automagical" in every other sentences, I cannot dissociate that word from all the evils in this world. :( Ever since I had the trauma of having a terrible, obese TA in a CS class where she kept inserting “automagical” in every other sentences, I cannot dissociate that word from all the evils in this world. :(

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-967855 Chentzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-967855 Sad that it has different style on the outside. Sad that it has different style on the outside.

]]> By: ahmacrom http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968122 ahmacrom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968122 It's true, I'm from Kitchener, Ontario and the cnc company he uses have a location near me. Researched his multi cam and the video that I watched showed him doing some incredible stuff. I was sold on the machine.(and his talent). It’s true, I’m from Kitchener, Ontario and the cnc company he uses have a location near me. Researched his multi cam and the video that I watched showed him doing some incredible stuff. I was sold on the machine.(and his talent).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/13/automagically-milled.html#comment-968663 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-968663 "...fabricated with the push of a button." * * not to mention planning, programming, fixturing, deburring, measurement, finishing. “…fabricated with the push of a button.” *

* not to mention planning, programming, fixturing, deburring, measurement, finishing.

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