Using the CNC machine is something new to me that I’ve never done before. Therefore, I took way too long to choose a design. I went through a couple of different nouns each being extremely complex to do and I ended up settling on a simple design of a kitten. In order to meet the two depth criteria, I added a yarn object that I could cut at a different depth. I also stained my wood first so that I wouldn’t get the stain trapped in the grooves afterwards. The wood I picked was oak.

After the staining was finished, I went to the Carvey and started the cut.

There was tons of dust from the process despite the fan and I ended up vacuuming throughout the cutting process. My first try was a bust since I made the depth on the yarn too deep and that led to the pieces of the wood in the center falling out as shown below.

With this in mind, my final product has a very shallow cut on the yarn to preserve the details. Again, I cut using the Carvey and this led to my final two products.

The edges were messy on the object that came out so I spent time sanding down the cuts with sandpaper. After smoothing everything out, I was done with this assignment.

The cost of this assignment would mostly be with the wood and the labor costs. Since I pulled from the noun project and did not have to edit, I would estimate the labor cost to be 1 hour times $23/hour which totals $23. The wood itself I would say could cost around $10. The license to use the Carvey and the operating cost of the machine is something I do not know and I won’t factor it in. Therefore, the total cost would be $33.