CNC Machine

Carlos, me and the shop assistant in the back of the Tuk-Tuck on the way to buy plywood.

View from the Tuk-Tuk (2 Soles = 66 cents).

The shop master preparing to cut the parts.

How the cuts look on the CNC program plan for 4'x8' sheet.

Shop master and assistant oversee the initial cuts and make adjustments as necessary.

First backboard almost finished! In all it took 5 hrs to cut all the parts.

Julia and I enjoying watching the newly modified parts we made yesterday jump off the page and into the plywood.

At the end of a long day. Shop Master and assistant were willing to pose for a picture!

Today Julia Carlos and I already bought ourselves with making the plywood parts at the CNC machine. We departed around 10 AM from LMR and drove about 30 minutes to the CNC machine shop. We met with the boss there, and went with one of his helpers to go purchase plywood from a shop down the road riding in a Tuk-Tuk. I decided to buy two different kinds of plywood, one pine, and the other local tree I was unfamiliar with. We planned to make two standing frames from each and compare outcomes. We strapped the two 2x8 foot prices of plywood to the roof of a taxi and headed back to the CNC shop. It took about 4 hours to cut the parts out, but in the end everything came out beautifully and we managed to sneak lunch in at a nearby mall. All the fresh cut parts fit easily into our car, the extra pieces of plywood that we are saving took a little bit of extra coaxing but entered eventually. We deposited all the plywood at LMR in preparation for tomorrow’s production. I have now learned the bus system and got myself home without an escort from LMR staff. Starting to feel at home here in Lima.