CNC Machinations

So, given that I'll be graduating in a year or so, I've started to think about what I'd like to do for a senior project. Naturally, I want it to reflect my values as a designer; namely something clever, useful, and centered around functionality.

At my last coop I was introduced to MAKE magazine, a wonderful publication devoted to, well, making stuff yourself. It's awesome, and probably deserves a post of its own, but for now all you need to know is that one issue had an article on building your own CNC machine, and within that a mention of a site called Build Your Own CNC. This site was made by a guy who is so into CNC tech that he's designed a fairly inexpensive set of CNC machines you can build yourself made primarily out of MDF pieces cut out on . . . a CNC machine. Poking around on this guy's site really got me thinking about the possibilities of CNC tech, and led me to the following idea:

Why not design a small furniture shop devoted to making products out of sheet goods machined on a CNC?