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Wood engravings made easy

Suda CNC Routers on display at expo

Chic: Machine engraved door designs.

The first component that catches attention about a house is its doors and these days house owners take no chances in making their house doors, particularly the main one have an aesthetic appeal. This is where the decades-old wood engraving comes to play and with the advent of technology, wood carving machines have hit the market.

City-based Crystal Digital Solutions is showcasing one such machine at the three-day ‘Photo Today 2010’ expo, HITEX convention Centre. Branded as Suda CNC Routers, the machine can be used for carving wood, sign plate, acrylic cutting, metal and non-metals etc.

Its working mechanism is simple. One has to select a design, pattern or even a photo image of a person to be engraved on a wooden door or metal sheet etc. After selecting the design, the image is stored in a USB drive and connected to the DSP unit of the machine and the rest is taken care of by the machine, says Venkat Golakoti of Crystal Solutions.

“The machine engraves so efficiently that one cannot make out whether it’s a hand-engraved or machine engraved. Every minute aspect in the design is taken care of and not to mention about its speed. While, experienced carpenters take at least 15 days to engrave a design on a single door, this machine completes it in 16 hours,” he explains.

This apart, it reduces the cost on the consumer as well. While, carpenters charge about Rs.8,000 to engrave a design on a door, it would be nearly Rs.6,000 on this machine.

Based on the rotating speed of spindle and the drill tool used, these machines cost between Rs.2 lakh to Rs.9.5 lakh, he adds.

S. SANDEEP KUMAR

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