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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.
On Alibaba they starts from 40k USD. So I would bet the costs are at least $100k.
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.
Where do monks get the money to build this beast?
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.
I was told we can't build like that anymore.
I’m sure one could source enough talent for few baroque villas or such but I have no idea what the budget would be.
Obvious example is Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia - don’t know how much of that is ’traditional’ vs ’non-traditional’ though.