Te whakairo me te tapahi i te rakau, te MDF, te hiako, te kakahu, te kiriaku, te rapa, te kirihou, te PVC, te pepa, te kapia epoxy, te bamboo.
Te whakairo i te karāhe, te uku, te māpere, te kōhatu me te konganuku pania.
I te whakapainga ake o ngā paerewa oranga o te tangata, kei te huri haere hoki te whai a te tangata i te whakawhaiaro me te ahua. He mea nui te mahi a te mīhini tino tika. Ka taea e te mīhini tapahi kakahu hauhā CCD te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia ataahua e tere huri haere ana o te tangata.
Ka whakamahia e te mīhini whakairo hiri ngaio a Dowin ngā ara ārahi tino tika i kawemai mai i Kōrea ki te Tonga i tīpakohia e te mīhini whakairo hiri ngaio a Dowin, kia mau ai te hanganga miihini me te tino tika, kia papatahi ai te mata o te papa hiri o te papa rokiroki waituhi whakairo, kia ōrite te kaha o te hiri, ā, kāore he "tae tā mārama i waenganui", te āhuatanga o te pēhi i te waituhi huri noa i te matotoru.
Ko te whakamahinga o te hangarau tapahi taiaho i roto i te umanga kakahu me te kākahu e kapi ana i te tapahi, te wero, te whakapōkākā me te tahu i ngā papanga kākahu me ngā taputapu. Ko ngā taputapu taiaho e whakauru ana i te aunoatanga, te mohio, te tino tika me te tino whai huatanga, he pai mō ngā tono pēnei i te hanga puranga iti maha-momo, te whakaritenga kākahu kapua, te hanga tauira kākahu, te tapahi me te kutikuti i ngā papanga utu nui.
Mā te whakamahi i te whakairo taiaho ka taea te whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o te whakairo, ka maeneene, ka porowhita hoki te mata o te wāhi whakairo, ka tere te whakaiti i te pāmahana o te karāhe whakairo, ka whakaiti hoki i te rerekētanga me te ahotea o roto o te karāhe. Ahakoa he porotaka te mea karāhe, ka taea tonu te whakairo mā te whakamahi i te āpiti hurihuri. He pai ngā mīhini taiaho mō te tukatuka me te hanga hoahoa karāhe ataahua nā te mea he iti ake te utu, he ngāwari ake, he tere ake, he māmā ake hoki te whakahaere.
Kei te rapu huarahi koe ki te whakairo, ki te tapahi rānei i ngā momo rakau rerekē? He rauemi maha ngā mahi a te rakau, ā, he momo tukatuka hou ngā taiaho, ā, mā te whakakotahitanga o ēnei mea ka māmā ake te hanga i ngā mahi auaha, ka taea ai e koe te hanga hoahoa tino uaua i roto i te nuinga o ngā momo rakau. Ka taea e ngā kaitapahi taiaho CO2 te tukatuka i ngā taonga rakau o ngā rahi me ngā matotoru rerekē, pērā i ngā whakapaipai, ngā taonga takaro, ngā papa whakairo, ngā mahi toi me ngā mahi a-ringa, ngā taonga whakamaumahara, ngā koha, ngā tohu, ngā taonga whare, ngā tauira, ngā panga, me ngā whakairo rakau uaua. Ko tāu e taea ai te hanga he iti noa iho i tō whakaaro.
Kua piki haere te rongonui o ngā mīhini tapahi taiaho i roto i te umanga hiako, ā, kua mōhiotia, kua whakamanahia hoki e te nuinga o te tangata i roto i te umanga hiako. E noho ana i te mākete me ōna ake painga ahurei, he tino tika, he tere teitei, he iti te utu me te ngāwari o te whakahaere e mea ana kia rongonui. Ko te painga o te mīhini tapahi taiaho he tere te whakairo me te whakakōpiko i ngā tauira rerekē ki runga i ngā momo papanga hiako, ā, he ngāwari te mahi me te kore e whakarerekē i te mata hiako, kia whakaatahia ai te tae me te kakano o te hiako tonu. Nā tēnei ka tere te pai mō ngā wheketere tukatuka hohonu papanga, ngā wheketere whakaoti papanga kakahu, ngā wheketere kakahu, ngā taputapu papanga me ngā umanga tukatuka.
Kua whānuitia te whakamahinga o ngā mīhini taiaho i roto i ngā ahumahi tukatuka hua pepa, tae atu ki te takai, te pānuitanga, ngā ahumahi koha, me ētahi atu. Pērā i ngā kāri mihi, ngā pōwhiri, ngā kāri pakihi, ngā pouaka takai, ngā kupu pānuitanga, ngā pepa iti, ngā pukapuka iti, ngā mea hanga-ā-ringa me ērā atu mea. I tēnei wā, ko ngā taputapu taiaho CO2 te nuinga e whakamahia ana mō te mahi. E ai ki ngā āhuatanga o tō hua me ngā tono motuhake, ka taea e mātou te whakarato i ngā otinga pai rawa atu mō ō hua.
Ka kiia hoki te kiriaku he plexiglass. Kua wehea kia rua ngā hua kawemai me ngā hua ā-rohe. He rerekētanga nui i waenganui i ngā mea e rua. He tino maeneene te tapahi i te plexiglass kawemai, ā, he nui rawa ētahi poke ā-rohe, ka puta he huka. Ka taea te whakairo i ngā āhua, ngā whakairoiro, ngā pikitia rānei (pēnei i te JPG, i te PNG rānei) ki runga i te rauemi mā te whakamahi i te taputapu tapahi laser. I roto i tēnei tukanga, ka tangohia mārire te rauemi miihini. Hei tāpiri, ka taea hoki te whakairo i ngā mata, i ngā āhua rānei pēnei i ngā whakaahua, ngā pikitia, ngā waitohu, ngā tānga, ngā reta matotoru, ngā mata tā, me ētahi atu mā te whakamahi i tēnei tikanga. Ina whakairohia ngā tohu me ngā taonga whakairo laser, he mārama te whakairo me ngā taha koi, ā, kāore he tukatuka tāpiri e hiahiatia ana.
