Blogs
Solar Cooking In Third World Countries
A unique program at Cal Poly SLO, headed by Dr. Pete Schwartz, is experimenting with ground-breaking solar cooking technology with its ultimate goal to make solar cooking an effective, affordable option for under-developed locations worldwide. Many villages in...
Which way to the bathroom?
We are down to the small utilitarian signs. The first are the washroom signs. These are the most important signs and hopefully by making them easily readable the staff won’t have to constantly answer the most common question guests will ask. I did a search online to locate the symbols and then hand vectorized them in a few minutes. I sized them and placed them on a rectangle of the right size. I then replaced the rectangle with a rough cut board shape as the signs are for the western area of the park
Knickerbocker Motorsports – Seat Mold
Knickerbocker Motorsports is the premier automotive racing team at Columbia University. These guys build and race Formula SAE race cars. Very cool! Recently we were contacted by the President of the Club, Vinod Nimmagadda, asking KDF to help them create the mold for the newly designed racecar seat. they’ll use the mold to create the seat out of carbon fiber. They’ve engineered every aspect of this car and supplied us with accurate 3D drawings and models.
Hand-Carved Commemoration At Gerald R. Ford Airport!
When you've been making signs as long as Scott Bouma, owner of Scott's Signs in Grandville, MI, you're bound to pick up some pretty cool signmaking tricks over the years. When Scott was contacted by Amway Corporation to make a sign commemorating all of the aircraft...
Bucky’s signpost now ready for paint
One of the most fun signs of our current project has been a very long time in building. I first conceived of the design about twelve years ago. I reworked it a little for this project adding the leaning pole that had been chewed by Bucky. I designed the sign in EnRoute ad laminated it over a welded steel frame. The post was welded up in our shop. Bucky the beaver was hand sculpted and then we attached the wire mesh to the frame.
Human Powered Vehicles: The Green Alternative
In today's world of ever-evolving automotive and mechanical technology, changes happen fast and often. Today's colleges and universities prepare future engineers for these challenges through hands-on training with teams such as Human Powered Vehicles, Solar Cars,...
ISA Sign Expo 2014 Recap!
ISA Sign Expo 2014 in Orlando has come and gone, and was a great experience! In case you weren't able to make it, here are some pictures from the show: Jim and Jason of Synergy Sign stand at the Coastal Enterprises booth, in front of their project we featured! Kellie...
We can do corporate too.
Corporate signs are something we do very seldom. They present little opportunity to be truly creative. But every once in a while we need to build such a sign. Our theme park project, Skallywag Bay Adventure Park in Trinidad is owned by a second company, Starburst Parks
Worth the wait
Back in November of last year we installed the lighthouse sign at the edge of the bumper boat pool. Here’s the POST that covered that part of the project. The weather was turning cold and we had to put off the concrete work around the base until the weather warmed up in spring. We had plenty to do on the (larger) project until then.