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One major stage done
The Fox & Hounds project has reached milestone as of today.
Priming our pieces
We prime almost all of our routed and sculpted work for a number of reasons.
Fancy sculpting tools
The high tech and fancy tools like EnRoute software and a CNC router are very nice.
Roll out the barrel – part two
I routed the barrel pieces from Precision Board on the MultiCam. Since I would be sculpting all the detail by hand I used a large (3/8″) ball nose bit with a relatively low overlap (60%) . I blew the dust off each side and then hollowed out a slot for a welded steel frame with welded eye bolts.
Roll out the barrel!
For the upper area of the pub (London roofline) we needed a barrel of spirits.
Still room for more!
The Sign Magic Workshop in Florida is quickly approaching. I talked with the organizers this morning and preparations are well underway there. At the workshop we’ll be covering a broad range of topics including design, building of 3 files, pricing, marketing and a whole lot more. There will also be lots of opportunity to get your hands dirty as we demonstrate and then work on our painting techniques
Piece by piece
Each day more and more pieces of the Fox and Hounds Pub are put in place and crossed off our to-do list. It feels good! The work we are doing on the outside of the pub is now done with the exception of the signs being made in our shop
Bonding & Laminating with PB Bond-240
Coastal Enterprises is proud to announce the launch of our new "How to Video" series. For our first installment, we have selected PB Bond-240, our popular one-part urethane adhesive. Check it out and let us know what you think! Bonding & Laminating PB Bond-240...
Knarly old vine.
I love to put detail in our projects. But each time I seem to get carried away