If you were to look around you and just see what has been made from timber, then look at what has been routed, you will be amazed, from simple cupboard doors in the kitchens to the detail in your coffee table.

There are a few specialist companies that offer this service, direct to the public and businesses, using state of the art CNC machinery.

Computer Controlled wood cutting timber products using computer controlled machinery is now an ‘industry standard’. The process of CNC wood cutting acts as the digital link between high tech surface data design and manufacture. This is useful and now cost effective for small & large manufacturing projects. There are lots of answers to fully automate the carving of wood products by CNC machining – giving precision and perfection in the end product. Almost any shape using CNC machining techniques can cut complex surfaces without compromise on quality. Any double sided, double curvature part can be mass produced effectively, taking 90% of hand carving away, resulting in 100% repeatability and accuracy.

In the past Computer Numeric Controlled machining has been useful to archaeologists to perfectly replicate items recovered in the field. Lasers can be used to scan the artefact, then the 3D models can be opened up in innovative 3D computer programming software to recreate the artefacts by 3 axis Computer Numeric Controlled machining and 3d wood routing.

This technology as also been used for crime scenes, to get accurate images of murder weapons and foot wear. To the extent that you can now even have a loved one face scanned digitally and have their face machined from a solid block of timber, surely this would give a more modern contemporary feel to any home.