We've been delighted to assist a wood restoration project in Ukraine using our unique CNC milling machine.
Chernihiv Wooden Lace is a non-profit initiative established to preserve and replicate the unique wooden architecture of the Chernihiv region.
By utilising SmartBench, a team of experts worked from a mobile workshop called a Tolocar.
They were able to help preserve and restore a number of wooden architecture facades to produce and enhance ornamental house pieces.
The wooden lace replications were an intervention project undertaken by Chernihiv makers, who were looking for a mobile option from a full-sheet, large-format CNC router. SmartBench was their preferred choice.
Using SmartBench, the restoration team were able to complete a number of projects that would otherwise have been impossible.
Many of the Tolocar group had never used a CNC machine before but were able to quickly and confidently navigate around SmartBench.
The ability of SmartBench to process full-sheet materials while being highly portable meant that the project in Ukraine was a massive success.
The Tolocar group were able to renovate local wooden lace heritage pieces using SmartBench, which provided this non-profit with a rapid CNC solution.
The group worked on this historically relevant project to protect and replicate the Chemihiv cultural heritage as well as digitally archive it.
A team of 30 wooden lace volunteers worked on three wooden houses that hundreds of tourists and passers-by will see daily in this part of Ukraine.
Andy McLaren, Director and co-founder of Yeti Tool, commented:
"The creative impact of SmartBench has been felt profoundly across the world, so providing a large-format portable CNC milling machine for this incredible project in Ukraine has been an absolute privilege."
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