<html><head></head><body style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Dec 12, 2011 13:09 "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <a href="mailto:hns@goldelico.com"><hns@goldelico.com></a> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I am in favour of Radek's wooden experiments. Anyone done 3D cutting with wood?<br><br></blockquote><br>Indeed it looks more and more like a good option, even exciting when one thinks of artistic potential (e.g., varnish, engraving and even marquetry as an extreme moding option). I could even see a fashion trend starting with OpenMoko :)<br><br>Actually I did some simple works with a wood router but all I need were straight lines with different cutting patterns. I didn't use a guide template which probably would be needed in this case. Personally, I would still prefer to pay some artisan to do it for me, cost dependent.<br><br>Two questions that occur to me:<br><br>Which types of wood would be more suitable? Light but resistant to impact.<br><br>How much time would be needed to do a case, from cutting, maybe gluing, polishing, varnishing as a routine task? Or, what would be the cost then?<br><br>Regards,<br>Fernando<br></body></html>