Blogs
Dan Sawatzky Is Looking Ahead to Sign Invitational 2020!
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to host guest blogs written by some of the signage industry’s biggest movers and shakers, posted to the Precision Board Blog. This guest blog is written by Dan Sawatzky with Imagination Corporation...
Laser-Engraving & Hand-Carving Railroad Buildings out of HDU
Dennis Rayon is the owner of Denray Machine in Missouri, but he's also an avid model railroad builder. He uses a laser machine & hand-carving tools to recreate highly-detailed buildings from the mid-1900s out of PBLT-15 Precision Board high-density urethane. We...
Designing Signs for a Tourism Farm Sawatzky Style
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to host guest blogs written by some of the signage industry’s biggest movers and shakers, posted to the Precision Board Blog. This guest blog is written by Dan Sawatzky with Imagination Corporation...
OMAX Waterjet Cutting Precision Board HDU
Waterjets have been becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to cut any type of material that comes in the shop door, including Precision Board HDU. You can never predict what the next job is going to require, so having the capability to cut any substrate...
This Faux Wood Precision Board HDU Sign was Hand-Carved!
Andrea Craig is the Lead Designer for JH Signs & Designs. Her client, True North Salon & Spa, wanted an outdoor woodsy feel to her sign, but without the hassle of frequent maintenance due to the harsh Minnesota weather. She decided to go with a sign that...
Kern Laser: Settings for Laser-Engraving Precision Board HDU
We often get asked if Precision Board HDU can be cut with a laser jet. Absolutely! To show what kind of fine detail can be engraved into our material, we reached out to Kern Laser and asked them to laser cut something cool into a sample of PBLT-20 Precision Board...
Creating Faux Stone Artifacts with Precision Board HDU
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to host guest blogs written by some of the signage industry’s biggest movers and shakers, posted to the Precision Board Blog. This guest blog is written by Dan Sawatzky with Imagination Corporation...
How Chip Load Factors into CNC Router Speeds and Feeds
We often get asked about optimal speeds and feeds settings for CNC routing of Precision Board HDU. While there is a lot of great information on our website about feeds and speeds, what doesn't get talked about as much is something called "chip load". Chip load can...
AXYZ Technical Tip: Are you using the right speeds and feeds?
When it comes to routing Precision Board HDU with a CNC machine, we often get asked questions about proper settings for speeds and feeds. We came across this excellent article from AXYZ, a global manufacturer of CNC router systems and CNC knife systems. They do a...