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Halloween Pumpkin Carving With CNC Robotics

Posted by samzenpus on from the high-tech-carving dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A guy at Lumenlab has created a way to carve his face on a pumpkin using his DIY CNC gantry robot. I think this demonstration says a lot about the future ubiquity of the technology. I'm really looking forward to the day that I have one of these machines in my garage."

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  1. Very cool by shad0wfire1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    These Guys have upgraded a hell of a lot since I first purchased the projector kit from them. Loved my projector :) New site looks amazing.

  2. nice pumpkin, but by v1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think I like the /. article pumpkin better. I can't imagine how you'd carve that thing... I mean, even the spikes... how? incredible.

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  3. Re:Wrong picture... taken from here by HEbGb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Exactly. The CNC methods are fun and all, but it's really offensive to have a solid, hand-carved artwork misattributed like that. The photo should be removed.

  4. Nice carving, but ... by Muad'Dave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...I'd love to see the same sort of thing done from inside the pumpkin (through a hole in the top), without piercing the outside skin on the side. The pumpkin would look unmolested until you illuminated it from the inside. Wooo!!! Scary!!!

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