Different Forms of Cutting And Laser Cutting

By Whitaker Perrets

Have you ever noticed a magnificent sculpture and marveled at its spatial features? Do you ever notice a tombstone with many words on it and wonder how they were placed there? These two share commonly share the same form of technology namely, laser cutting technology.

Up until the late 1990's, the most commonly practiced method of engraving, sculpting, and crafting of objects was the traditional welding method. The welding method consisted of melting the raw materials and adding a filler material at which point the liquid hot metal would then fill up a vessel that was the exact shape of the desired outcome.

Engraving also shared a similar process in which the raw stone or metal would have letters carved out of it with a chain saw like machine manipulated skillfully by a welder. Thus, the letters would be imprinted on the stones and metals forever. This was one of the most common forms of engraving.

The earlier process for engraving was none other than the classic chiseling method in which one would take a metal or even wooden pick and slowly chip away at a stone or at a larger rock.

The chiseling method was used commonly for engraving tombstones as well as cornerstones of new foundations of buildings built in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Today, a new form of engraving and cutting has risen to the playing field because of recent technological advances namely, the laser cutter. Laser technology developed very much with regards to eye and cosmetic surgery and has also been applied to the engraving and cutting of many metals and stones as well.

Sculpting, crafting, and engraving today have become some of the easiest forms of art creation today because of the developments of laser cutting technology.

As a matter of fact, many famous sculptors and artists across the world choose laser cutting as their choice tool for their artwork. This is because laser cutting is far superior to other methods previously mentioned with regards to precision and angles. Even plaque and tombstone engravings today are created with laser cutting technology. - 33381

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