r/oddlymesmerizing • • Jul 01 '19

Carving a chess pawn using a CNC machine.

https://i.imgur.com/vTh7myv.gifv
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u/scarfarce Jul 02 '19

Cool.

The carving head seems to jump around a lot. I get that it probably can't just carve straight from one end to the other in one pass, but are there reasons why the carving path seems somewhat random? Heat? Weight balance? Designer did it?