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Endless inspiration
Even if you aren’t a fan of Disney theme parks I would highly recommend a visit. You don’t have to ride the rides – just bring a camera to record endless inspiration at every turn. You even get to claim the trip as a business expense! We like to attend at least one Disney park every year. So far we’ve been to Florida’s Disney World (four theme parks), California’s Disneyland (two theme parks), Disneyland Tokyo (two theme parks), Disneyland Paris (two theme parks – although I’ve only seen one) plus there’s one theme park in Hong Kong and a new one in China that opens in mid-June. (Those last two are still on my list) Add in all of the themed resorts and restaurants plus the water parks in Disney World and there is enough inspiration to last a lifetime
Rusted beauty
The recent plasma cut gates have been given an initial sports of mild acid and set outside to start their patina. Once they are in place we’ll further chemically add different value colours (subtle shades of brown) to the different layers to further differentiate them from each other. In only a couple of days outside the rust colour evened out on the metal and it now looks vastly different than when we pulled them from the shop.
Gibbs Graphics: The Weatherproof Sign Experts
It’s no big secret that some sign makers have it harder than others. It’s one thing to construct a sign for sunny, mild southern California, and quite another to make a sign that can stand up to harsh weather conditions and extreme temperatures. So many more factors...
Final pics of the Sign Odyssey piece – Sign Challenge
We also took some studio pictures of the Sign Odyssey piece for your enjoyment. I sure am looking forward to seeing fourteen of these crazy creations lined up in a row in Orlando at the ISA show in a few short months!
Laser Cutting Foam Precision Board: OSHA Approved, Highly Effective
Laser Cutting Foam Precision Board with Universal Laser Systems For those with access to the necessary equipment, lasers can be an effective means of cutting, engraving, and marking various materials. High power, high-wavelength Carbon Dioxide lasers are widely used...
Final pics of Peter’s Artistic Android – Sign Challenge piece
We’ve now taken proper pictures of Peter’s Artistic Android. It is an amazing piece and when we take away the background clutter and add proper lighting the piece really comes alive in glorious detail. What is more amazing is that Peter used this piece to learn the ins and outs of EnRoute to create both the routing and plasma cutter. This was also the first time he operated both the MultiCam router and plasma cutter.
Pics of recently completed projects
I learn a great deal of what I know by looking at pictures (and real projects by others). I love to see step by steps too of course. Two of the projects of late are now complete and I thought readers would enjoy seeing how they turned out when all painted up. When we last saw the Hornswaggler’s sign and the food boat they were just at the end stages of the sculpting process
A New Angle.
Here are some shots of our latest install. We would like to thank Amy for trusting us with creating their masterpiece. Metallic latex paints were used on all surfaces of this one. The sign was fabricated using our Multicam CNC router to carve 30lb density Precision Board Plus.
Up and Running!
In December, we installed our new Multicam Vpro Plasma cutter. We can now cut up to 1-1/2″ steel in sheet sizes as large as 5′ x 10′. The amazing thing is we had almost no new software to learn and were up and running rather quickly. Multicam has provided us with an amazing piece of machinery as always. Look for some amazing things coming down the pipe here soon.