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CNC Stone Carving - Carmelite Gothic
88Original Thinker
An insider's walk-through of the monks' CNC stone workflow, with real shop anecdotes and a neat pointing-machine analogy.
What it adds
A first-hand account from the monks of how CNC workflow, from 3D sculpting to CAM and wire saws, makes full Gothic ornament feasible. It ties this to medieval innovation and pointing machines.
Claim by claim
- 9 the author's own
- 0 an AI would say
- 0 known elsewhere
- 5 common knowledge
Its strongest original claims
- CNC machines allow ornate Gothic pieces that took a skilled carver months to be made in days.
- Youth untrained in hammer and chisel can apply computer skills to church building.
- Stone CNC machines use diamond tools; water only cools the tool and washes away sludge.
- Sculpture CNCs have 5 axes, sometimes a 6th lathe or turntable for tall stones like pinnacles.
- The monks use CNC machines from Prussiani Engineering of Bergamo, Italy.
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