Autodesk, Inc. has named Carousel Works as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for June, recognizing the company’s use of Autodesk 3D mechanical design and visualization software to create custom wooden carousels. Carousel Works brings the highest quality of craftsmanship and attention to detail to its old-world designs. In this interview you’ll hear Carousel Works company co-founder Art Ritchie. “Autodesk Inventor discuss how software unlocks his imagination and makes it easy for me to create designs that have never been built before, and then share my vision with the customer.
Carousel Works is the only company in the world that carves and paints wooden carousels by hand — most companies rely on mass manufactured fiberglass or steel components — Carousel Works is reviving a tradition nearly a century old, and is the first company to design and manufacture wooden carousels since the 1930s. Bringing modern technology into the mix, Carousel Works estimates that Autodesk software helps reduce the time required to complete a carousel by nearly 50 percent.
