Crazy Wisdom
How are CNC routers changing woodworking? - Steve Heckathorn
- cnc machining
- woodworking
- digital fabrication
- manufacturing
- computer numerically controlled
About this episode
This episode was meant to fulfill a personal curiosity of mine about CNC routers for wood working and how they are changing a very old skill. I wanted to see how it fit into my thesis of decentralized manufacturing and how it relates to additive manufacturing. It gets a little technical so you will like this episode if you already have some knowledge about building physical things. Here are some questions we cover:
- What is CNC?
- What is a CNC router?
- WHat is the difference between making and designing things for CNC routers?
- What is a tool pathing?
- What are the applications for CNC routing?
- What is high density urethane?
- How did you get into CNC routing?
- What are your favorite materials?
- What is slat wall?
Steve Heckathorn
Owner operator of NC3 Fab (https://www.facebook.com/NC3Fabrications)
Episode transcript
Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. This podcast is for you. If you have an insane drive to find the truth of things, it's not the good answers that we seek, but the good questions. I interview a range of different guests from many different fields, all with the intention to uncover the simple truths that are hidden in plain sight. Most people don't want to go there. I go there, my guests go there, and you benefit. Please let me know if you enjoy these episodes and as always, subscribe on itunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to the podcasts. Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. My guest today is Steve Heckathorn. He is the owner operator of NC3 Fab in Nevada City. And we're going to talk about building physical things, construction, and how it relates to technology. Welcome to the show.
Well, CNC itself stands for computer Numerically controlled Period. I own a 3 axis CNC router. Okay. So it's a rotary cutter that rides on a robot. There's CNC pipe benders, there's CNC lasers, there's CNC plasma cutters. There's lots of different kinds of CNCs, as it were.
I build a lot of different things out of wood, plastic, foam and aluminum. And basically what it is is that I make parts. Right. I still have to assemble the parts, unless the part is a finished product, which is a very rare thing.
So you, so you design the parts or no. So you order the parts. What's the deal?
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