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A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM

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Re: A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM

#14

I could not find out how much a stone CNC milling machine costs. Does anyone know? It would be amazing to build a house with decorative elements like this. I've considered it for wood before -- but external carved stone would be amazing.

On Alibaba they starts from 40k USD. So I would bet the costs are at least $100k.

Re: A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM

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I could not find out how much a stone CNC milling machine costs. Does anyone know? It would be amazing to build a house with decorative elements like this. I've considered it for wood before -- but external carved stone would be amazing.

It's a industrial robot with a cnc add on?

https://www.kuka.com/en-us/products/process-technologies/mil...

Open source version:

https://rosindustrial.org/news/2015/8/2/3d-automatic-path-pl...

https://docs.v1e.com/mpcnc/intro/

Its a complex field but like 3d printers moving fast. You too shall engrave your families history into these walls.

Re: A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM

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Having read Anathem recently, I'm disappointed that they aren't taking it upon themselves to learn how to do it by hand.

Exactly. The whole point of doing replica of something so old especially for religious reasons is the struggle. It doesnt matter how long it would take or hard it would be. It might never get finished and in this case that would be fine too.

Instead this seems closer to concrete/plaster Disneyland for monks wanting to roleplay times long gone.

Re: A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM

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I could not find out how much a stone CNC milling machine costs. Does anyone know? It would be amazing to build a house with decorative elements like this. I've considered it for wood before -- but external carved stone would be amazing.

It's a industrial robot with a cnc add on? https://www.kuka.com/en-us/products/process-technologies/mil... Open source version: https://rosindustrial.org/news/2015/8/2/3d-automatic-path-pl... https://docs.v1e.com/mpcnc/intro/ Its a complex field but like 3d printers moving fast. You too shall engrave your families history into these walls.

> It's a industrial robot with a cnc add on?

No. More like these, but bigger: https://www.stylecnc.com/stone-carving-machine/

As seen on some photos: https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-... https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-... https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-... https://hackaday.com/2023/01/13/a-medieval-gothic-monastery-...

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