Hello, my name is Romain Gadant.
I am a cabinetmaker and a carpenter.
I work with wood.
My company is called Atelier Monson.
Choosing to make furniture that's out of the ordinary,
with different projects each time, I chose Origin, Shaper Origin
because I wanted to have a tool that allowed me to do things that others do not.
As it really allows me to differentiate myself from other people.
That's how I manage to create projects that are a little crazier than I could've done before.
I lived abroad for years.
I worked in makerspaces.
I gave carpentry classes.
I had my own brand in Asia where I sold my wood products.
And it's true that it was quite technology oriented there.
We were very familiar with everything related to laser cutters, CNC, etc.
And when I returned to France,
I set up my business. A year and a half later,
the tool ended up arriving on the European market.
I knew the potential of the machine and what I could do with it.
And that's when I jumped at the chance, immediately.
Before this machine, I had to draw everything by hand.
With finesse and attention to quality, it took me hours to create guides and templates,
before I was ready to cut.
Often, I wouldn't even pursue certain projects because
I would have to go through a company that had a CNC to contract out the work.
And the cost was very high in the end.
Now I use this tool a lot to make furniture, any milling task,
to fix door hinges, drawer slides, etc.
So as not to have to trace everything
since anyway I design it on the computer first.
So rather than print out my plans and tracing everything, I keep the files digital and pass them on directly.
So it's a big time saver for that.
Sometimes, I work with architects, so I need to follow exactly what they want to do.
When it's my clients, my projects, every time I propose something different.
It's complicated because I really do completely different things.
So I often try new things and there's always a moment when errors or problems arise.
and each time, you have to take up the challenge and build on the technique a little further.
And now, with Origin, I have even more possibilities.
It has a very simple interface.
It's like a smartphone.
It's very, very easy to use.
Everything is quite intuitive.
You have to get to know it.
But then after, it is extremely easy to use.
It's a small Swiss Army knife that allows me to do finishing operations.
It's always fun on construction sites or in the workshop, whether it's with fellow cabinetmakers,
or on construction sites when I take out the machine to do something,
People are often surprised to see it.
They say, "Wow, it's pretty crazy what this little machine can do."
So today is for a pharmacy.
They had water damage. All of their furniture in their labs was ruined.
The difficult thing is that it's all custom-made furniture.
There is nothing standard.
So there, the idea of ​​making everything myself is interesting.
And so to make this furniture, I create all the models in 3D.
Shaper Origin is very handy for this because I have a lot of hardware parts.
They all come together to complete the project.
I threw the edge banding on, did my finishing work,
and I came up with a finished product which is clean,
which really looks like it left the factory in the end.
And all that, I can do in my own workshop.
I could even do it on the construction site directly.
That's also the cool thing.
It is a tool that is easily transported.
Finally, the idea of Atelier Monson is to be able to transport my workshop everywhere.
And that's Origin's idea too.
It is to have this small CNC even in the depths of the Maurienne Valley, or deep in the mountains.
It goes anywhere.
It fits in his Systainer.
So yes, it is very practical.
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