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A 6,500 lb. Bronze Casting Made From PBLT-8
We were reading through some of our older newsletters and came across the massive Aggie ring built by Blue Genie Art Industries and were so impressed we decided to share it with you again. Constructed using Precision Board Plus PBLT-8 as a mold, this 12 ft. tall ring...
Fifty ways to build a relief – Part Eight
I’ve been asked to include tool paths in this series of posts. I will be including feeds and speeds but it is important to remember that all machines are not created equal
Fifty ways to build a relief – Part Seven
Before we get to tool pathing I want to show how I prepare many of my piece for routing. The standard way is to tool path and route the piece and then do an offset cut to free them from the substrate. This works well but in doing so a burr, the size of the radius of the smallest tool is left around the top edge.
Fifty ways to build a relief – Part six
For our sixth version of the fish relief I did not start at the beginning. The chamfered edge relief with the sunken center was already done
Trains!
I’ve loved steam trains for as long as I can remember. They just have a magic about them. I’ve panted a bunch of historical murals that featured them and have studied endless historical photos to get the details just right.
Primal 2 – 70 MPH of Engineering Innovation
There are some who simply work in the mechanical engineering field and others who do not just work in it, but have a passion for it. In the case of George Leone, whom many of you may remember as the Technician in charge of the Cal Poly Hangar Shop, its clear he has a...
Fifty ways to build a relief – Part five
For the next version of the relief we started where we left off yesterday. To begin adding to that version I created a small circle vector and then duplicated it three times
Chainsaws and Jelly Beans: New West Hollywood Library Sculpture
Carving a sculpture out of Precision Board Plus with a chainsaw is no easy feat. Meet Cosimo Cavallaro, artist, sculptor, and film director. Cosimo is in the process of making some rather large jelly beans using Precision Board Plus PBLT-4 as a plug. The four oversize...
Fifty ways to build a relief – Part four
As we get into the fourth version of this fish relief it is getting much more fun. If you’ve practices and memorized the steps in creating reliefs up to this point then this is where the real fun and creativity begin. This time around I’ll be doing a few things differently because we’ll be adding textures to various parts of the relief in specific areas