{"id":190,"date":"2023-08-01T23:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T23:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2025-05-09T04:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:18:43","slug":"fabricating-blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/?page_id=190","title":{"rendered":"Fabricate And Assemble"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"190\" class=\"elementor elementor-190\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-217d0d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"217d0d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99c906e\" data-id=\"99c906e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609cd0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"609cd0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 3D blocks for your Wikihouse will made from 2D patterns that are CNC cut from sheets of 3\/4&#8243; (18mm) plywood or OSB.<\/p><p>After you have completed your digital design in CAD you will export a set of configuration files.\u00a0 From the CAD output, you will know how many sheets of plywood will be required for the entire enclosure.\u00a0 You will also have the necessary CNC files with which to\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">feed into a large-bed (4&#8217;x8&#8242;) CNC router to cut 2D patterns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">Central to the WikiHouse system is the idea of micro-factories where sheets of 4&#8217;x8&#8217;x3\/4&#8243; plywood are transformed into precision-fit building blocks.\u00a0 A cottage-industry WikiHouse manufacturer will require space for one or more CNC machines,\u00a0 an area to hold incoming plywood stacks and a space to hold the outgoing cut pattern pieces,\u00a0 a space to assemble (click together) the 2D pattern pieces to form 3D blocks, and lastly,\u00a0 a space to store the blocks from where they eventually get loaded onto a truck to be delivered to the building site.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihouse.cc\/guides\/manufacturing#factory-setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Manufacturing Guide<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> has all the details.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The adjacent videos show the WikiHouse manufacturing setup and processes at <strong>Hub Workshop<\/strong>\u00a0and <b>PulpBuild<\/b> in the UK.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalwoodoo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DigitalWoodoo<\/a>, also located in the UK, is another example of a cottage-industry WikiHouse manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-049eef1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"049eef1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dc79f4\" data-id=\"4dc79f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0527ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0527ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=FITIJKDUeHE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48dda27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48dda27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a53af\" data-id=\"55a53af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2170c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2170c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=tdYBML6VCMA&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 3D blocks for your Wikihouse will made from 2D patterns that are CNC cut from sheets of 3\/4&#8243; 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