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Production Methods: CNC Wire Machines Can Cut Crazy Shapes Out of Stone

By Rain Noe - January 14, 2014

After reading our entry on multi-bladed jigsaws, Art Director and Coroflotter Juan Cano tipped us off to a similar machine, this one used to cut stone. By swapping out jigsaw blades for diamond-crusted wires, and switching the axis of cut from vertical to horizontal, the massive GoldBreton 2000 Multi-Wire Machine can cut massive chunks of granite into neat slabs.

That was cool enough, but it turns out Breton makes more machines than the relatively basic 2000. By attaching a cutting wire to pulleys that can swivel, then mounting those pulleys on arms that can move, they've created some very bad-ass CNC stone-cutting machines, like this two-axis model:

Here's what it can do:

Still not impressed? Then see what this four-axis bad boy can produce:

And you thought making curving steps out of wood was tricky.

Here are some other objects the 4-axis model can produce, with no discernible utility—now they're just showing off:

Rain Noe

Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.

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Tran Khoa

2 years ago

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Production Methods: CNC Wire Machines Can Cut Crazy Shapes Out of Stone, what price ? i'm from VietNamPleased, send email : nguyen@nguyencons.com

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Sergio Prior

5 years ago

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How our CNC 5 axes stone centre SHAPEMILL is working natural stone. https://flipboard.com/section/breton-shapemill-bQI8e7
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P Salvagione

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How about cutting steps into solid stone...
https://vimeo.com/24585679
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