The Alberta Dome Project: Producing Models with 5-Axis CNC Router
The Alberta Dome Project continues to hum along. We have produced up to 8 models a day on our new 5-axis CNC router. As soon as the blocks come off the CNC table they are checked for accuracy and have a mold poured around them.
One of the many pieces of the Alberta model, the side face, being cut on the 5-axis router.
The 5-axis router cuts the front side of the Alberta model.
Stock blanks waiting to be CNC routed.
Jeff Hutchins, CNC operator and mold maker, preparing the model for the mold walls.
Plywood walls used to contain the plaster creating the mold walls.
Completed CNC models waiting to be molded.
Jeff cleaning up an Alberta Mold.
