by mtylerfl » Mon May 28, 2018 2:23 am
Last year, the CEO of the CarveWright CNC company (Chris Lovchik) and I, did this Resolution Desk project together. This desk is for his 2,000 sq ft library. We both spent hundreds of hours creating the models, figuring out dimensions from reference photos, making modifications here and there to suit, etc. I used the Aspire modeling tools and he used the CarveWright modeling tools. ALL the models were converted to the proprietary PTN CarveWright model format and ALL carving was done on the CarveWright CNC (its material capacity is 14" wide x up to 12 feet long).
This was a custom job and we altered the dimensions (made it less wide) and put his family crest model on the front of the desk instead of the Presidential Seal. Other mods were made too. If you notice (from other reference photos) on the original, all of the back vertical column designs are different. We didn't do that mainly because both of us were a bit worn out. We did this in 3 1/2 months time with almost no breaks. Dozens and dozens of components were modeled and combined to form completed design panels and so on. (see a couple screenshots below)
I took a few quick photos just as soon as the desk was moved from the first floor workshop and placed in the upstairs library. The leather top had not been sourced, so it had just a sheet of plain plywood on top at that time. I'm going to take much better quality photos of it when I stay at his house during the CarveWright CNC Conference next month.
You are correct that it is a massive project - especially if one takes the time to do a fully faithful reproduction. I doubt I'll revisit it again. Been there, done that and I'm still worn out! I'll leave it up to others to take on the task (happily!).
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mtylerfl on Mon May 28, 2018 2:49 am, edited 3 times in total.
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