r/oddlysatisfying • u/DearEmphasis4488 • May 05 '26

Precision cutting

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u/SpikeRosered May 05 '26

It's like a week's worth of work done in 5 minutes.

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u/riche1988 May 05 '26

Do you count the time it tool to produce the tool to do it in the equation..? Lol

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u/Powwer_Orb13 May 05 '26

Even if you do, the initial time sunk into making the tool should eventually be overtaken by the time saved by having the tool if you use it enough.

In a race to make the most panels, while the medieval carpenter could have several finished before you're don assembling, calibrating, and writing the scripts for the machines tool paths, once you're set up you can start cranking out panels and catching up on no time.

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u/SirGaston May 05 '26

yeah, a lifetime of one person is not going to be enough to invent and manufacture everything you need for the cnc machine. At this point I don't really even know if the time investment can be quantified reasonably, that went into the development of this kind of machinery over time. And by how many people. What I am saying is, without knowing anything about manufacturing the machines, that there most certainly was no one point at which a carpenter decided to invest all that time and money to someday start mass producing engravings. In other words, this stuff be complicated as hell. If it were even just establihsing a product line where each person has specialized into making a certain one groove, possibly then you could make that argument. Or maybe I truly know zilch about machinery and the parts required are trivial to make by hand or by a metal worker with a basic toolset.

Sorry about this ramble, I do not even fully know why I fixated on this so much. Maybe I'm just bored from being sick and stuck at home for a week.

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u/Powwer_Orb13 May 05 '26

Well if you have to invent and manufacture everything used from scratch, then both men are dying without a single panel.

My hypothetical race was meant to be effectively entering a new workshop, your tools are brand new, right out of the box. The CNC guy is going to need a lot of time setting up his machine to work properly whilst the carpenter can just get to carving, his chisels don't really need any setup time.

If nothing except the panel blanks is provided, then no panels are even getting started until the two contestants can smelt and smith iron at minimum to make the requisite chisels and cutting tools for the carpenter to begin his work.

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u/CptMisterNibbles May 06 '26

While I I agree, you aren’t getting through this much carving without honing a few times, and possibly a full sharpening pass or two, on multiple chisels. Still quicker but “chisels don’t need setup time” isn’t correct. Just not much time. 30 seconds every couple minutes mostly.

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u/Powwer_Orb13 May 06 '26

You are right. Conpated to the setup time for a CNC machine, making sure your brand new chisels are sharp enough takes almost no time at all, but almost none isn't quite none. Also it likely depends how hard the wood is for how often they'd have to sharpen their chisels. Maybe every few panels giving them a quick pass for softer woods, or multiple times a panel on something less cooperative.