Sitting at home a lot has got me thinking about RTA furniture. CNC seems like the natural way to do something like this, even though I know absolutely nothing about CNC (kind of seems like magic). I've been farting around making some prototypes and scale drawings. Everything is pretty boxy/modern/vaguely danish. Simple construction with a lot of off the shelf parts. If I were going to go the RTA route, I think the Lamello plastic connectors look like a good way to go. I'm imagining something semi-bespoke, mix and match finishes, small/limited batch. To be clear, the CNC is something I'd want to farm out to a local. I'm not really that interested in getting into CNC and I'm pretty certain I don't have the space anyway.
So I'm looking for some insight from y'all. What's involved in going from a model/full scale prototype/scale drawing, to whatever cad/computer file is needed to make the magic CNC work? Is this something the CNC machine owner would do? At what scale of production does this start to be worth the trouble? 25, 50, 1000 units?
I'm happy to hear anyone's opinion on this. Or even if you just have opinions on RTA or sheet goods furniture in general. This is just something that's been kicking around in my brain lately.
So I'm looking for some insight from y'all. What's involved in going from a model/full scale prototype/scale drawing, to whatever cad/computer file is needed to make the magic CNC work? Is this something the CNC machine owner would do? At what scale of production does this start to be worth the trouble? 25, 50, 1000 units?
I'm happy to hear anyone's opinion on this. Or even if you just have opinions on RTA or sheet goods furniture in general. This is just something that's been kicking around in my brain lately.