摘要 |
<p>A machine for removing material from a workpiece, including: track means extending along a line through space, the track means being supported without its weight passing through the workpiece; remover means, including a material removing tool, supported on the track means and capable of traveling along the track means, the remover means being supported without its weight passing through the workpiece; workpiece supporting means for holding a workpiece in fixed position relative to the track means; and a template fixed in position relative to the track means; the remover means including workpiece surface sensing means for adjusting the locus of the material removing tool relative to the line through space as the remover means travels along the track means; the remover means including template sensing means for further adjusting the locus of the material removing tool relative to the line through space as the remover means travels along the track means.</p> |