Ready to go!

This afternoon I received word the truck would arrive first thing tomorrow morning. It was time to move the sign out onto the parking lot in readiness. It was a simple matter of rolling it out the door on the dolly we had built it on and then using the forklift transfer it onto its legs. tomorrow it will load in a minute or two when the truck gets here.

I couldn’t resist one last picture out in the parking lot as it got dark this afternoon. The plain background of the neighbor’s shop really showed off the sign to it’s best advantage.

As soon as the sign was out the door it was time for a shop cleanup. Other projects await. It is on to the next…
-dan

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The sun shines!

Today our LED lighting arrived from Heico Lighting. The LED lights they manufacture are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They use a contactless technology, meaning there are no wires to hook up or solder. It is a simple matter of slipping a wire through the lighting modules. It does this through electromagnetic induction.. The only connection necessary is at the transformer.
To see an video I made (in 2010) of how easy the HEICO LED lights hook up go here.  And here’s the piece as it looked finished.
Today our LED lighting arrived from Heico Lighting. The LED lights they manufacture are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They use a contactless technology, meaning there are no wires to hook up or solder. It is a simple matter of slipping a wire through the lighting modules. It does this through electromagnetic induction.. The only connection necessary is at the transformer.
To see an video I made (in 2010) of how easy the HEICO LED lights hook up go here.  And here’s the piece as it looked finished.

-dan

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Down to the short strokes (of paint)

The Sunshine Homes sign has been dominating our shop space for quite some time. We’ve walked and worked around it since fabrication began. Rebecca painted the rock work with blends of grey and back and then we added two colors of speckles to make it look like granite. We did that using an undercoat gun which works extremely well. The key is to use low air pressure – about 25 lbs. Today we are doing the last of the painting process, the grout lines and small touch-ups. Sarah and Hailey did that work today. I didn’t get a shot of Hailey but grabbed these of Sarah as she squeezed into the top to do the tricky work there.

All that is left now is to install the LED lighting and then move the sign out to the parking lot in readiness for loading on the truck. As soon as the LED’s arrive I’ll document that process and then the sign will be on the way at last.
-dan

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Splash of color!

Since the last post about the Sunshine Homes sign we’ve made great progress. The last of the welding was finished and the diamond mesh was all tied to the frame. The sign was looking pretty big and took a lot of real estate in the shop by this time. It was a long walk around it to get from one side of the work space to the other.

Troweling on the fiberglass-reinforced-concrete and then carving it meant we were in for a long day.  The thing about sculpting concrete is that once you begin you have to go until you are done. Concrete waits for no one.
Today, while he concrete began to cure we began painting the top routed portions of the sign that were routed from 30 lb Precision Board. The sign sure brightened up in a hurry.

We’ll be working on the top portion of the sign ver the next few days, adding more base coats and then final blended coats of paint to make the sun really pop. Lastly, we’ll add the paint to the rock work.

-dan

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The sun is up!

Today was a busy day as I textured up the letters and sun and welded everything securely in place. The top parts of the sign are now ready for paint.

Now that the routed parts are in place I can finish the welding and we can add all of the galvanized mesh. Once that is in place we can begin sculpting the fiberglass reinforced concrete rock work. The sign is quickly coming together.
-dan

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