Re: Wooden Bicycle

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
says...
> Well, after a few decades in the computer industry, it is impressive to me - 
> no familiarity with CNC other than having seen it at various speaker 
> manufacturers' facilities.  Just for the sake of discussion: I'm assuming 
> these students aren't really creating anything, but are using "canned" 
> software applications for their CNC machine.  Right?  If so, how difficult is 
> it?  I can't imagine how one would describe the requirements for those wooden 
> handlebar grips.
> 

I'm not that familiar with CNC either.  However, my guess is that they 
developed the design and the machine cut it out.  Plugging in an 
existing design wouldn't have been much of a task.

And I imagine the handlebar grips are simply applying a pre-existing 
cross-hatch pattern to a cylinder.