They roast Mystic Monk Coffee to support their effort.<p><a href="https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/pages/about-us-wyoming-carmelites" rel="nofollow">https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/pages/about-us-wyoming-carm...</a><p>Personally, I'd suggest they roast a blend called "Jawa Java." It would probably sell. But then people might question where they got all the hardware to build such a beautiful complex.
The machines they use are unusual.[1] Multi-axis CNC saws are not a common type of CNC machine. The cutting technique is quite different from metal machining.<p>The software for this is really niche.[2] Quite impressive.[3]<p>There's a whole industry grinding out marble bathtubs, granite countertops, decorative friezes, and other McMansion stuff. So there's a market for the machinery.<p>[1] <a href="https://prussiani.com/en/" rel="nofollow">https://prussiani.com/en/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.dmrsoftware.com/wcam2k-eng.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dmrsoftware.com/wcam2k-eng.html</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etX33jp20pY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etX33jp20pY</a>
They've been doing that in the construction of the Sagrada Familia for a long time now. This link is unfortunately not very informative: <a href="https://www.arup.com/projects/sagrada-familia" rel="nofollow">https://www.arup.com/projects/sagrada-familia</a>
I hope they're training them in classical sculpture as well, even if it's just in Zbrush. Otherwise it'll just be mass manufactured McCathedrals. There's no substitute for aesthetic training. However, that being given, using any tools available to extend an artisan's abilities and output is obviously the right move.
Any such construction is necessarily to the glory of CNC machining, specifically, not God except insofar as the conception of CNC machines is itself God's.
Landscaping boulders near me are $260 a tonne. How do these brothers afford the stone or placing of finished stone?<p>Here's nice footage of a big ol' stone CNC.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8OmfEK8cE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8OmfEK8cE</a>