Blogs
Speeds and Feeds Used to Improve CNC Efficiency
Wondering about ways to improve your CNC efficiency while still getting clean cuts and reducing down time? Use the following speeds and feeds settings from LMT Onsrud and also MultiCam as a starting point and play around with them until you get the right combination...
Smooth-On’s ISA Display Made from Precision Board & Steel
When Smooth-On needed some eye-catching display pieces for the 2018 ISA Sign Expo, they approached Jim Dawson at Synergy Sign & Graphics in Ohio. They were familiar with some other gear pieces Jim's shop had done for MultiCam & for display in their own shop....
Skallywag Bay Adventure Park – Another Sawatzky Masterpiece!
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to announce a series of guest blogs written by Dan Sawatzky of Imagination Corporation, which will be posted on the Precision Board Blog each month. In this month’s entry, Dan Sawatzky tells us about...
Ornate Railing – Andreozzi Architecture (Part 2)
Andreozzi Architects in Rhode Island used Precision Board HDU to recreate an ornate railing for a home that was originally a Calvert Vaux house design, but had fallen into disrepair. The railing had to hold up to the harsh beachfront environment and New England...
Using Multiple Router Bits to Achieve Greater Lettering Detail
Going back and forth on the design of a sign to get it just right is fairly common. What made the Twin Peaks monument sign different was the fact that the director (and pastor) of the conference center was a former carpenter and had very specific ideas for what he...
Scalloped Panel – Andreozzi Architecture (Part 1)
Andreozzi Architects in Rhode Island used Precision Board HDU to create a historically influenced scalloped panel that is the “base” to a window composition for a beachfront house in Narragansett, RI built by Suburban Renewal. They chose Precision Board because they...
Using HDU to Restore the Union Station Sign
Built in 1939, Los Angeles Union Station is the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States and is widely regarded as “the last of the great train stations.” The station’s signature Mission Moderne style makes it one of L.A.’s architectural gems,...
Dan Sawatzky’s Sign Magic Workshop
Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of Precision Board HDU, is proud to announce a series of guest blogs written by Dan Sawatzky of Imagination Corporation, which will be posted on the Precision Board Blog each month. In this month’s entry, Dan Sawatzky tells us about...
Brewing up the 3D Coffee House Sign
When Aversboro Coffee approached Steve Kolacz with GrafiXhouse Design Studios, they needed a 3D sign that could work both as an indoor wall sign for their business and as a trade show display. The catch was, they only had a week to get it done, so they fabricated a...