Blogs
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...
Cal Poly Human Powered Vehicle Team to Race at Battle Mountain
The Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Team at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is doing something a little different this year. Rather than race at the student competition put on by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), they decided to compete at the World Human...
Sign Invitational 2019 Update from Dan Sawatzky
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...
CR Onsrud Routed a Porsche 917k from a Precision Board Bonded Block
CR Onsrud wanted to show off their 5-axis Qube CNC machine at trade shows, so they got in touch with Coastal Enterprises to throw some ideas around. Onsrud regularly uses Precision Board as demo material on their routers, but they wanted to really highlight the...
Making the Aquaman Trident from PBLT-20 Precision Board
Zach Manring with Southern Ginger Workshop wanted to make a full-size movie prop replica of the Aquaman trident, but he didn't want to make it from wood because it would be too heavy. That's when he decided to use foam board and reached out to Coastal Enterprises. ...