Numeric Milling

Numeric Milling, colour
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700 × 719

Numeric Milling, black and white
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500 × 365

Plotter Drawing for Numeric Milling
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365 × 500

Plotter Drawing of Numeric Milling
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700 × 400

Measurements
33 x 56 x 22 cm (13 x 22 x 8.5 in.)

Csuri's wooden sculpture Numeric Milling is one of the few early computer sculptures created with a computer-driven milling machine.
Artist's Comments
This work made use of the Bessel function to generate the surface. The computer program then generated a punched tape to represent the coordinate da ta. Included were instructions to a 3-axis, continuous path, numerically controlled milling machine. While the device was capable of making a smooth surface, I decided it was best to leave the tools marks for the paths.