Blogs
What if?
Today was a day of WHAT IFS! Sean Kirsch and Craig Sior had worked out all the hickups on the MultiCam fourth axis machine and now it was time to start figuring out the things that were now possible. We started with a basic barrel shape. A raised and bevelled letter A was added for good measure.
Featured Customers: Industrial
Have Your Company Featured in Tooling News 2012 at Coastal Enterprises has started out with a bang - right where 2011 left off! We sincerely thank you for your support, feedback, and business. We know we’re successful because you are, so we’d like to give back and...
Check out this beautiful sign from Piccadilly!
Paul and Kelsey Martin of Piccadilly Signs, located in Winnipeg, Canada, sent us several pictures of a beautiful sign they crafted using Precision Board Plus HDU. Using PBLT-15, they handcarved a 24" x 32" piece in two layers, and stacked it to 2" thick. They then...
Keep Your CNC Router In Tip Top Shape
MultiCam Canada, a CNC manufacturer, recently shared an interesting tweet about maintaining a CNC router. Many times when router maintenance is being performed, certain critical components of the CNC are overlooked. Check out what MultiCam has to say on keeping your...
Garden Railroad Creations
Rainbow Ridge creates a variety of impressive model railroad buildings, scenery and kits for garden railroads from Precision Board Plus. Using PBLT-15, PBLT-18 and PBLT-20, they offer pre-patterned surfaces such as stone, brick, shingles, wood, logs and planks. See...
The Elegant Possibilites of HDU
Scott Brady, owner of SharpSigns in Forsyth, MO sent us a great picture of a sign he crafted out of Precision Board Plus for a bakery. They started by sandblasting PBLT-18 and adding smalt to the background. The letters were routed out of Precision Board Plus and gold...
New CNC Technology – Partnering Craftsmanship and Manufacturing
Instructors Ronnie Parsons and Gil Akos, at the Pratt Institute School of Undergraduate Architecture, are teaching students about new CNC technology. Specifically, they are addressing the difference between craftsmanship and manufacturing, with the goal of partnering...
Hand Carving HDU – Quality & Elegance
Curt Stenz from Curt Stenz Graphics, in Marathon, WI sent us a picture of a recent hand-carved sign he made for a customer. Hand carving is considered by some sign makers to be the epitome of craftsmanship in the industry. The hours of patience and the amount of skill...
Rockets and Eggs – 1000 Feet in the air
We received a call from Luke DeLisio, an Aeronautical Engineering student at Purdue University, inquiring about the possibility of a Precision Board Plus donation for a very interesting project they were undertaking. Their mission: To design, assemble and successfully...