the arm with respect to the arm the tool on the arm can thereby be positioned to abut the member and perform contouring operations thereon application_number US 80116397 A description referring now to the drawings and to fig1 3 in particular the processing machine 10 according to the invention comprises a stationary frame 12 and a moveable frame 14 onto which a robotic arm 16 is mounted the arm 16 is adapted to select one of several tool bits from a tool bin 18 and perform finishing steps on a member 200 in response to signals from a computer controller 22 in one aspect of the invention the machine 10 can receive the member 200 following a molding process which forms the member 200 from fiberglass in an alternative aspect the machine 10 can receive an unformed mass of material and cut a 34 plug 34 or a reverse component which can be coated with a resilient substance and used as a mold for producing molded members such as boat hulls or decks further it will be understood that although this specification refers to a member 200 as a boat hull or deck the machine 10 can be used to form any three dimensional member defined in and controlled by the controller 22 a vacuum filtration system 24 cleans the air surrounding the machine from any fiberglass dust produced during.