Oikos, translated from Greek, means an inhabited house or as we use the word in English, a home. It is also the name of an Italian model of a CNC machine designed to cut timber. Our Oikos will then fulfill its meaning cutting the timber frames and glulam homes for our Oregon shop. Sure, it will cut commercial buildings too, in fact we’re pretty excited to be able to offer more to our commercial designers and builders given the machine’s ability to cut 12" x 48" in cross-section and 60' in length. But let’s just for a moment consider the beauty of a machine named home creating homes. Read more of NEWBeamery Field Report: Arrival of the Oikos on our blog.