[Woodcarver] RE: CNC carving???

[Merrilee Johnson]

Boy you guessed that right Mike!  I wasn't there but it is going on my list 
of places to visit on the way to Cherry Ridge next year!  It sounds like a 
place to see!  Thanks for sharing the information!  Do you think they have a 
web site?  I am going to check and see! ;)
Merrilee



>>Merrilee,

>You may not have been there, but Yvonne and I recently visited a 

>Woodcarving

>Gallery in the Amish area of Ohio.  We saw it advertised on a bill board

>with a mallet and chisel... how could I resist?  It was the P. Graham Dunn

>Gallery in Dalton, OH.  All of it was incised carvings done with CNC 

>routers

>and laser engravings. After getting past the initial disappointment that

>there wasn't a chisel or mallet in the place (which was huge), I still had

>to be amazed by the cuts they were obtaining with a computer controlled

>router bit.  Very, very impressive.  Ninety percent of the carvings were

>plaques and frames with inspirational sayings, Bible quotes, Psalms, and

>pages from Hymnals.  The machines were idle that day, but when they're

>running, you can see them from observation windows from the 2nd floor

>gallery above and closed circuit TVs.

>

>As automated and computer driven as it was, I was still glad I found the

>place and went.

>

>Keep on Carvin'

>-Mike Bloomquist->

>


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