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Bentley Spent 18 Months Figuring Out How to Make 3-D Wood for the Flying Spur Interior – The Drive
It ain’t easy, but someone has to do it. Apparently.
Bentley’s 3-D-machined wooden door inserts required 18 months of product development. Each panel is handcrafted from a single block of American Walnut or American Cherry timber instead of layers of veneers. These sustainably-sourced pieces of wood are hand-carved with a multi-axis routing machine to a tolerance of 0.1 millimeters, matched to the die-cast aluminum door panels and finished with an open-pore lacquer to show off 150 unique veneered diamonds. Mulliner throws in its signature diamond-…
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