CNC vs Hand Carving

joe cieslowski · Post by **joe cieslowski** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:50 am

I recently completed a project which had the heads of three Greek Gods carved and then attached to a medalion. This is the artwork I was given.

A good friend offered to carve it on his CNC....the image need to be 5 1/2" wide and tall and 1/2" thick. This is what he got using a 1/16" ball cutter.

His quote "This piece will only be usefull to demonstrate the limitations of a router. I think it would be easier if it was 4X larger."
This is my hand carving...

Here it is gilded and applied...

Joe,

Sarah King · Post by **Sarah King** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:28 pm

The thing, in this case your beautiful hand work, does indeed speak for itself.

Russ McMullin · Post by **Russ McMullin** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:13 pm

There is really no comparison. It turned out beautiful.

Doug Bernhardt · Post by **Doug Bernhardt** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:29 pm

Great Job Joe.....love the finished job.

joe cieslowski · Post by **joe cieslowski** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:35 am

Thanks for the compliments everyone........Here's one to wrap your brain around......This is a lithopane routed by the same friend that did the relief piece.

Looks pretty good to me...

This was routed into a nylon based material....I don't think it was plexi.....it's actually a negitive which can only be seen when it is back lit.

Oh well....back to my old bench

Thanks again,

Joe

Doug Bernhardt · Post by **Doug Bernhardt** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:50 pm

Well that one certainly has it's merits. Seems to me there's room for all and each of the techniques have something special to add. I am pretty impressed with that routered "plastic"or lithopane