r/oddlysatisfying • u/hollow_hideous_soul • 1d ago
Idk why, but watching this is so satisfying
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u/Pretend_Purchase_893 1d ago
Now imagine how this was done before the automation. Hand carved. Must have taken days
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u/WitnessAway6720 1d ago
Even with marble and there are great examples of that
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u/ConnectCartoonist301 1d ago
Like the veiled virgin statue-it blows my mind how humans pulled that off by hand.
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u/Gold-Dragonfruit1598 21h ago
My grandpa still does this by hand. He’s 79-80 years old and still does carpentry the old fashioned way, a lot of times he uses the chisel and carves away.
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u/Buzzlight_Year 1d ago
I'm sure there's some wizkid out there who can do this manually with the machine at the same speed
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u/onepiecefreak2 1d ago
We should ban machines, they took away all the fun in carving this by human hands /s
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u/strangedot13 1d ago
It's true in some ways. The raw look of something carved by human hands just looks better sometimes.
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u/oberwolfach 1d ago
I’d be curious whether any blind tests have been conducted. I suspect some people are inclined to say they prefer a hand-carved object over a machine-carved one when they know which is which.
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u/Trapallada 1d ago
You can't achieve the same carving with a machine. My father was a wood carver, I grew up watching him work and I could tell machine vs hand carved. It's pretty easy if you know what to look for. Just as an exampme, the leaves and flowers you can carve by hand can curve inwards, which this machine can't do.
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u/nayrwolf 8h ago
This specific machine? No. But put it in a five axis mill with cad cam and see it happen.
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u/justdrowsing 1d ago
If you're attuned to it you'd be able to tell whether something was made by hand or machine so you'd just pick the handmade one. Practically speaking a blind test for this is very difficult to execute
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u/BeeGeeReverse 1d ago
that’s where the soul of the craftsmanship comes in. may sound frivolous in a fast-paced, consumerist world now, but it’s a reason why (skilled) handmade pieces are valued more.
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u/Trapallada 1d ago
Not really. An experienced carver could get this done in less than a day. And the result would be much better. This way the design is flat, every shape has the same height and you can't get details like leaves that curve inwards or change angles.
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u/Oscaruzzo 1d ago
That's because of the design, not because of a technical limit.
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u/8bitrevolt 1d ago
we're also not seeing the finished product. it's possible that there is more of this
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u/ObscureLogic 1d ago
Interesting statement. This took jobs away from a human just like AI is doing today but this one is okay.
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u/Mistrblank 3h ago
Absolutely, the entire Industrial Revolution took jobs from people and we endured. AND there is still a job out there for people that will do this by hand that can be recognized for the art it is.
I think the problem is that society didn’t pay attention 10+ years ago when you had people saying automation (it ain’t AI alone, it’s the automation level that it will bring) was reaching a point that we were on the cusp of replacing jobs and we need to plan for that as a society. Meanwhile AI money grabbers subverted so they could reap massive profits while also doing it on the backs of the collective works of humanity up to this point. Society should benefit from it as a whole instead of just a few assholes.
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u/pink_cheetah 1d ago edited 1d ago
Generally I like these, and this one isn't bad or anything, but it does irk me. It jumps all over the place rather than having efficient g-code. It's generally more efficient to reduce travel time (I.e, movement that isn't cutting) during the second half, it starts in the middle, vaguely works left then jumps back across to the right. Why not just start and one end and work to the other end?
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u/LaylasJack 1d ago
Professional machinist detected.
I've been working on CNC routers for the better part of a decade, primarily on the operation end, and I often find myself thinking similar things, even when I run programs from my programmer who's been doing this for longer than I have. Sometimes the machine does what the machine wants and trying to make it more efficient would actually take more time than just letting the g-code do its thing. This is a small piece, the wasted traversal time is minimal, not like it's crossing a 5'x10' every other cut.
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u/pink_cheetah 1d ago
Actually just a guy that's probably autistic and also owns a 3d printer. Lol.
To your point, you're totally right that's its a very minimal thing, it just bugs me because I notice it.
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u/PandaPocketFire 1d ago
3D printers do this same path optimization. They generally prefer long uninterrupted paths as opposed to jerking quick changes in direction. It's quicker and gives better results compared to completing each section at a time.
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u/Mistrblank 3h ago
You’re also working with subtractive technology and wood is prone to tear out when treated inappropriately. Not speaking from a place where I know anything about automated cnc, but I do have experience in additive tech like fdm and woodworking and putting them together would not surprise me if steps are introduced to limit error from the material behavior.
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u/counterplex 1d ago
I was thinking if the same thing. I wonder how much the material plays into it. Wood could splinter if cut the wrong way. The little flourishes towards the end might be more predictably stable if done at the end like that and not in the middle. 🤷🏽♂️
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u/marino1310 1d ago
Probably mach3 running code from fusion 360. I used it for the router we had at my old job and it would stop and start wherever the fuck it wanted. It did not seem to only use the most efficient path for some reason
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u/Dasrundeetwas- 1d ago
Also, why the fuck are are the travel moves always slower than the actual cutting in these videos.
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u/marino1310 1d ago
Because they have rapid feed turned down for testing. When running a part for the first time, you always turn rapid feed down. But the machine’s cutting feedrate is seperate from that and it’s generally not good to mess with that without also messing with spindle speed since if it’s moving too slow it could burn/wear out the cutter. Generally it’s safe to have full speed cutting, it’s the rapid movements that are most likely to crash by hitting something it wasn’t supposed to
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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 6h ago
It probably needed to make sure it kept sharp angles without jolting so closely to the next spot nearby, so it would reduce skipping and not splinter any small parts
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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar 1d ago
This was previously posted here with 13k upvotes
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1qzur7r/the_way_this_machine_carves_the_wood/
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u/ImNewHereBoys 1d ago
this came before AI replaced the office labor. we didn’t notice or felt it, but now we see how it may have felt for the woodworkers. damn.
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u/michaeljo11 1d ago
Speed and accuracy of CNC machines are amazing and yes very satisfying.
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u/CynthiaG92615 1d ago
In large part because the design and curves are quite aesthetic.
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u/Shhhhhhhh_Im_At_Work 5h ago
I recognize this is probably a modern usage / slang thing but the idea of calling something “quite aesthetic” is tripping me out. I could see “quite aesthetically appealing”. Hmmm.
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u/OldFaithlessness5008 1d ago
I feel like I see this video every few months but at least it's still good every time
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u/Savings-Support-920 1d ago
It was satisfying but tbh I wanted that to be cleaned with a blower or something then it would look much more better😅
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u/spirallingoutofamok 1d ago
Upvoted at about 15 seconds, this is pleasing
Removed it at about 50 seconds as those slithers were being left, this feels worse than before I started watching
Upvoted again when it cleaned it up in the last 3 seconds, lovely
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u/I_SHIT_IN_A_BAG 1d ago
I just see all the sanding this needs. I'm not getting the satisfaction here.
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u/SnakePlesken13 12h ago
Now this isn't satisfying. This used to be done by hand not that satisfying.
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u/HeyU_inTheBushes 9h ago
I wish the dentists had something similar (and smaller). Accurate, fast fillings and cleanings by a machine .
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u/Zealousideal_Toe_731 5h ago
And in ancient time people do more delicate and precise work with only few tool and hand respect for them 👍😊
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u/AnxietyNotHelping 3h ago
It went on for some time more, in the end it looked like a smooth plank of wood
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u/GMann02987 1h ago
That person does wood a million times better than my handwriting....wow, just wow!!
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u/lastbeer 1d ago
Reeeeally wanted to see it get hit with some compressed air at the end there.