CAD plan cutlist to timber merchant

[Notch7]

But how much of that actually requires
CNC cutting? The vast majority of cut to size work is actually done/doable on a panel saw. Edge banding is almost always done using a stand alone edge bander (CNCs with inbuilt edge banders are rare expensive and exotic). "Special processing" like grooves can be/is doable with a plunge router and cutter.

yeah a company like cutwrights uses a beam saw to cut the material, then onto a point to point CNC router then onto an edge bander

whilst a point to point machine is a CNC router, its a dedicated woodworking machine made for the carcase industry, like kitchens and wardrobes etc

 

[Deleted member 174758]

whilst a point to point machine is a CNC router, its a dedicated woodworking machine made for the carcase industry, like kitchens and wardrobes etc

The advantage of a point to point machine is generally the drilling "crown" (containing vertical drills arranged along 2 axes plus horizontal drills in 2-axes) combined with a pod/bar bed which permits accurate edge drilling of components (something flat bed machines can't generally do unless they have modified suction grid type tables which can mount auxilliary pods). The biggest downside of this type (pod bar) of machine is that it takes time to reset the bars and vacuum pods for each new component type and very small components can require onion skinning to either hold material whilst it is machined or to maximise throughput in multiple nested small parts

Flat bed machines on the other hand can be briliant for fast low cost nested component production, but lack (or have extremely limited) edge drilling capabiliity. So with those in a production environment you need to consider a PTP drilling machine orvthe like (which also needs programming, making them more suitable as a batch process tool)