(Sunaryo, 2009). Bamboo (Eskak, 2016a) and
coconut shell (Eskak, 2016b) can also be a media for
carving. The traditional Jepara carved motif is a
stylation or a vines formed, the stylation is a
changing form styled and is generally patterned
(Sunaryo, 2018). Its motifs also have the meaning of
beautifying life in beauty with integrity, balance, and
harmony in community. The goodness must be
spread to all directions and places. The ancestors
inherited many noble and meaningness values
contained in artwork (Eskak & Salma, 2018).
The Jepara carving industry contributes about
10% of Indonesian furniture, and contributes to the
district's economy by 27%. More than 12,000
furniture artisans operate in Jepara. The main
competitor of Jepara's furniture trade is China,
which it dominates trade by 16% of the world and
prices are 20% cheaper than Indonesian furniture
(Raharjo, Rubijanto, & Solechan, 2015). The price
of Jepara wood carving products is more expensive,
while it loses in competing with China, because of
China's wood carving production process uses
automation machines, so the output can be massive
and have cheaper price. The higher price of Jepara
carving products is due to the longer time production
processes has taken, with high costs, and low output
quantity in the contrary, less futuristic designs, and
manual processes (Raharjo, Rubijanto, & Solechan,
2015). In contrast to the Chinese carving industry
which has collaborated on an advanced technology
and art, so that it can produce massively and has the
lower prices.
In addition, today there is a decline in the
number of professional carvers, further to threatens
the sustainability of the wood carving business in
Jepara. The study and work carving interests of the
younger generation has also wane off. If For this is
left without a solution, the concern about the
extinction of traditional art is close to reality (Eskak,
2013b), which it is truly unfortunate if the existence
of classical archipelago carvings those are beautiful
and comprise with high philosophies (Nizam,
Nugraha, & Gustami, 2018) can not be preserved.
Along with this feeling of concern, the existing
conditions must still be addressed with various
solutions. Jepara entrepreneurs, artisans and carvers
need to take steps forward so that the survival of
their businesses is maintained. The use of more
technology is one of the solution can be taken to
these problems.
The technology can help increase productivity
while resolving the problem of the difficulty of
finding a carving industry workforce. The use of
carving machines is one of the solution. A
sophisticated and reliable carving machine is a CNC
machine. CNC is a computer machine that uses a
numerical control system. CNC itself stands for
Computer Numerical Control. The factory uses CNC
to control their factory machines. At a glance, it is as
if a normal computer controls the machines, but
actually the computer runs using a unique software
and special consoles. With CNC machines, factory
machines are controlled with number controls. The
computer programs are specifically designed to
control machines and objects. The program uses the
CNC machining language (called G-code). This
program organizes features such as feed rate,
coordination, location and speed. With CNC
machining, computer can control the precise position
and velocity of the machine (Mengenal Apa Itu
Mesin CNC, 2019).
There are many benefits to use a CNC machine.
This process is more rigorous than its manual
machining. Besides that, it can also be repeated the
same way many times. CNC machines are a series of
machines with programmable intelligence work
patterns for the execution of drilling system work
(Guiping, Yazhou, & Guangwen, 2010). By seeing
the specificity of CNC machine performance does
not rule out the possibility that CNC machines can
still function with a variety of materials including
wood material. CNC machine components consist of
two basic components, namely hard components in
the form of machine physical devices and soft
components in the form of programable devices or
software executors (Iskra & Hernández, 2010).
Material working patterns using CNC are more
commonly used for soft material types such as
wood, so that the use of CNC machines currently
dominates solid-shaped and wood-based work such
as multiplexes, hardboards, medium-density
fibreboard, and other types of wood particles. CNC
is considered to be more capable of providing a high
level of accuracy compared to other wood manual
machines. CNC is currently being used for
ornamental work on the surface (Iskra & Hernández,
2012). CNC can be used for mass production
patterns. The current CNC development system has
3 axis and 4 axis pattern. The 3 axis pattern can be
found in most furniture industries while the 4 axis
pattern is still rarely found due to the price of CNC
machines those are quite expensive. The CNC
machine reading pattern is based on a code pattern
called G Code contains coordinates of the object to
be pointed by a blade driven by a CNC machine so
that the level of accuracy can be achieved even in
millimeters (Raju, Janardhana, Kumar, & Rao, 2011;
Firstiawan, 2012). CNC is able to provide very