Patent ID: 6859988
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B27C,B27M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device to modify a work piece, the processor-controlled carving and multi-purpose shaping device comprising: a cutting head to mount a work-piece-modifying-device; a head-assembly that includes lateral and vertical translators to translate the cutting head in lateral and vertical directions, wherein the head-assembly is lowered and raised by means of a head-raising-and-lowering means; a work-piece translator that translates the work piece in a horizontal direction; and a controller to control the lateral, vertical and horizontal translators in order to place the work-piece-modifying device at specified positions on or within the work piece and to move the work-piece-modifying device along specified paths on or within the work piece in order to modify the work piece.