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Post by Leo Voisine on Nov 11, 2009 11:00:22 GMT -6
I think maybe even the CNC routing, in this example, qualifies as handmade (if you want that term)... but only if the routing job is a one-off. If, on the other hand, you were to cut a series of similar-length blanks & busy yourself popping 'em onto the CNC router & tugging 'em back off & they all got planed & shaped with the router to look identical except for the inherent grain... then that wouldn't qualify as handmade any more. Even two identicals would be enough to disqualify it. Made entirely with unpowered tools might qualify as ... "organic".  I agree - BUT - I could also make a small production run of 10 or so items using jigs and fixtures, and all the same shop tools and they would never see the CNC at all -- then -- is that "hand made" / "home made"? They would be made in my Home Workshop. I made 50 mantle picture frames, all at one time. I gave some away as Christmas gifts and I sold some at craft fairs and such. Definitely production run. All hand made - home made. It's awfully hard to define what that means!! |
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Post by brburns on Nov 11, 2009 11:45:26 GMT -6
If you don't have hands, can it be "hand made"? I guess it may end up being "nub made."
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Post by tlcneeded on Nov 15, 2009 9:51:34 GMT -6
definitoin found on internet.
Handmade = means something made by an individual, rather than one made by mass production. It need not literally mean that no machine at all is used in making it.
custom-made = made for one customer: designed and made to meet the requirements of an individual customer
handcrafted = to make something using manual skill
custom = made or built to order
crafted = making things by hand: a profession or activity involving the skillful making of decorative or practical objects by hand, e.g. weaving, pottery, or woodcarving
custom crafted =making things by hand: a profession or activity involving the skillful making of decorative or practical objects by hand, e.g. weaving, pottery, or woodcarving; yet made or built to order
homemade = made at home using traditional methods, instead of by a manufacturer
this was an interresting question i asked.
the definitions i posted may or may not meet some peoples satisfaction, needs or desires as to what they may want to call what they make or do. (people all think differently).
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Post by Doug B on Nov 15, 2009 10:19:50 GMT -6
Works for me. Those definitions fall right into line with how I think of those terms.
I like "hand crafted" or "custom crafted" for what most of us do in our shops.
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Post by Leo Voisine on Nov 17, 2009 16:11:56 GMT -6
So that means the sign I make on my CNC router is Handmade.
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Nov 17, 2009 16:40:03 GMT -6
Leo, isn't that GOOD to know?! ;D ;D  |
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Post by Leo Voisine on Nov 17, 2009 18:42:01 GMT -6
I have always thought of it as custom made, shop made, home made, but not "hand made".
Though I may not have mentioned it - I do consider "hand" made to be that which is made with unpowered hand tools. So something made on a drill press, band saw, table saw and yes even a CNC router - is not hand made.
However, there is always an exception to the rule. Stuff like what autobodyman does with dremel type powered tools, I do consider handmade. That is very highly skilled stuff.
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