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A long time coming!
Four years ago we started an exciting project. It’s a theme park in Trinidad called Skallywag Bay Adventure Park. Three of the rides in the park were to be built in Italy.
Custom Bonded Blocks Saves You Time = Money
Wouldn't it be great to save yourself time and money on that bonded block and have it delivered, ready to machine? Precision Board custom-bonded blocks are designed from the ground up to save you time, material, and money. All we need is an isometric drawing to...
Last load to NEB’s
It has been well over a year since we did the first concept art for NEB’s Fun World. The massive bowling alley was the first project to be green lighted for construction. We designed hundreds of files using EnRoute. Our MultiCam Plasma cutter got quite a workout as we cut scores of sheets of plate steel into pieces for the bases and tops of the posts as well as countless bolting plates, lifting lugs and braces
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Signs should be creative and fun!
As I look at the signs for developments it makes me wonder why there aren’t more creative and fun ideas used. The sign industry is chock full of people who insist they are creative and yet most of the signs are far from it. We take a far different tack as we design developments. Imagine of we could use creativity at every turn – literally. Why do trees signs have to be a boring rectangular flat piece of metal with some boring type stuck on them
Making the replacement
When I went back to measure up the signs I also had to figure out how I built them. After seven years my memories of the project had gotten very fuzzy. The photos I had of the signs in the trailer provided some information but the colours were redder than I remembered. Once I got onsite I recalled things much more clearly. I had cut the signs from 1.5″ thick 30 lb Precision Board.
Seven years and doing well
Almost seven years ago we designed and fabricated the signs for an exclusive subdivision. The theme was of Japanese origin. At the entrance we built two large rocks with the subdivision name – OYAMA ESTATES. Each of the lots also received their own smaller sign which had some positive attribute Japanese symbol and a house number attached
Designing a bracket
After I mounted the dynamo to the marvellous machine it had a little shake which gave me some pause. Because the piece is to travel many thousands of miles in the back of a transport truck I became worried about a failure. The solution was to create another bracket which attached to the top portion. As I looked at the space it became apparent that if I added a bracket here it would interfere with the next gear I was going to add
Making Magic at the 2017 Sign Invitational
Sign Builder Illustrated wrote up a fantastic article about the 2017 Sign Invitational, including information on next year's show. The magazine spoke to the top three winners about how they came up with their designs and the methods and materials they used to achieve...