Back to the future for furniture Customized goods were the norm in pre-industrialized societies. In the 20th century, manufacturers began to embrace the mass production model and the lure of cheap, readily available goods drew consumers away from the unique…
Category: Furniture
Bespoke furniture Design; the emerging trend
Bespoke Furniture Bespoke furniture is custom made furniture that measures according to your required dimensions, and reciprocates how you want it to look. For an example, if you want a wardrobe for your room in a particular size and also…
The 70 percent solution: CAD/CAM connected to CNC is missing something
In my last post, CAD/CAM and connection to CNC machines was discussed. As powerful as that solution may be – even when everything is well implemented, the whole system is still an island. Although CAD/CAM packages may generate cut…
Bram Kerkhofs designs cabinets with elastic walls to “redefine the cupboard”
Source : https://www.dezeen.com/2018/08/28/bram-kerkhofs-cabinets-coil-modular-furniture-design/ Created by Belgian designer Bram Kerkhofs, Coil is a modular furniture system designed to combine the function of an open shelf and a display cabinet. Each Coil unit is wrapped in a semi-transparent curtain of woven elastic…
Furniture that assembles itself?
A project at Carnegie Mellon’s Morphing Matter Lab could potentially create furniture that assembles itself. Professor Lining Yao is taking advantage of what previously has been seen as a defect in desktop fused deposition modeling 3D printers. In some situations…
Nesting propels growth at 12-man Wooded Hollow
Nesting cabinet parts has become second nature and highly profitable for Wooded Hollow Inc. of Payson, Utah. Since the company purchased its first Omnitech CNC router and KCD Cabinet CNC Commander software in 2008, sales are up – reaching $2.5…
SWOOD, Woodworking and SOLIDWORKS
Designing and manufacturing woodworking projects requires a great amount of attention to detail. When it comes to bringing concepts to life in CAD, this means using dedicated woodworking features that require solutions specifically created for woodworking. This is especially important…
From Design to CAD to CAM to CNC
3D Design and 3D Carving using Digital Tools I’ve been writing about Digital Woodworking and CNCs for a while now and when it comes to techniques, for the most part, I’ve kept the topics focused on introducing basic processes and…
Cabinetry is an Open and Shut Case
Providing Cabinetry to London and The South East People often ask what it is we do here at Good Measure. Do we fit windows and doors, build outdoor offices or make tables? Do we just construct or also get involved…
Woodwork For Inventor – CAD Software for Wood Furniture Design
Source: http://www.graitec.co.uk/cad-software/manufacturing/woodwork-for-inventor Woodwork for Inventor (W4I) is a fully integrated application for Autodesk Inventor, which solves problems specifically faced by woodworkers, making it the ideal CAD software for wood furniture design, cabinet design and joinery design. With the built in…