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Distressing with a CNC Machine
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From contributor F: I agree with contributor T, but if you can make the patterns appear random and natural, I'd like to hear the final solution. I always consider distressing to be an art and no two gouges, splits, rubs, or scratches should look the same. From contributor A: Here is something you can try that should give you the look you're seeking. Take a regular tool holder with a blank steel rod with a hole or hook at one end. Attach an 8"-18" chain. Create a series of lines in Alphacam resembling a wave and scatter the lines in random order at various angles across your surface area and run the program on the machine. You can also use the canned cycle (Drilling G81, etc) and smash the chain into the material. You can experiment with various loose hanging objects until you get a desired effect. I heard of one company that mass produces antique looking furniture that uses a Fanuc robot to smash a chain on the product to create an older look. From contributor D: Not being a finishing guy, I took a headboard I had to the local finisher. He had one guy that had a 1" dowel rod with steel cable on the end. On the steel cable was an assortment of nuts, bolts, washers, etc. It amazed me that it matched the drawer front I took for a finish match perfectly. From contributor P: The best method I found was the random texturing by VcarvePro from vectric.com... Perfect for texturing beams. From contributor G: We [Courmatt] have made the tooling for a few firms. But I don't know what the final outcome was. What they purchased was a variety of ball ends, different angled V engraving tools, a few raised panel bits, used in an aggregate. Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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