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That’s a box!
With all the pieces perfectly cut on the MultiCam CNC plasma it was a snap to fit them together, tack everything in place to align all the pieces and then weld things up solid. Once everything was welded it was time for some serious grinding and polishing. It is now a serious and heavy duty box. Once the grinding was done and the lid was fit I sprayed on the reacting acid and watched the rust begin to form instantly.
A box with a whole lot of ‘space’
Today I fired up EnRoute to build the files for the sides of the box. Building files for the Plasma cutter is so much simpler than the CNC router. I only have to think in two dimensions.
Finished at last
Some projects, particularly those we do for ourselves can seem to take forever. We’ve been slowly but steadily working on finishing all of the details on the new house, which we moved into more than two years ago. Inside we have things pretty much wrapped up but on the outside there was a little more to do. The last area that needed it’s trim was the giant front window
The 411 on the 45 (TSF-45 that is..) – Finishing Part 2
A few weeks ago some of our skilled craftsmen at Coastal showed how to add remarkable texture and dimension to your Precision Board project using our TSF-45 Texture Surface Finish. We were happy to hear from our loyal readers that the post got their creative wheels...
Crustacean creation complete
Painting the crab submersible was fun from beginning to end. I began with two coats base coats of gold. Then I did a blend coat with the gold on the bottom and a blend to a deep red on the top. The model instantly came to life.
Spring 2016 Sculpture Magic Workshops
Dates set for Spring 2016 Sculpture Magic Workshops My email box has been full of late with requests for the dates of the next workshop. So full in fact we’ve decided to host TWO Sculpting Magic Workshops this coming spring. After looking over our schedules we have set the dates. The first Sculpting Magic Workshop will be April 15, 16, and 17, 2016.
Wright Family Farm Sign
We were very excited about this sign. Our friends at the Wright Family Farm in Warwick, NY needed to replace an old sign on the main road in front of the farm. This farm has been around for over 100 years so we felt very privileged to be involved. So we stepped in to help with the task by creating a new design that would incorporate everything they had to offer. Nanette jumped on the design and came up with a wonderful sign design that everyone was extremely happy with. Now we have to make it…
2 Branches down. 3 to go.
This week, we will have finished the 3rd branch of the Dover Phila Credit Union Sign project. We were contracted to update all of the signage at their 5 branches. Saturday we will finish our 3rd branch and wrap the final two up in the next two weeks. It has been a huge and challenging project, but also very satisfying. We finally had a chance to make more acrylic push through letters on this one
Bottle cap
I was asked just how I might create a bottle cap in EnRoute. While I suppose there are many ways to go about it here’s my method. First, depending on how accurate you wish to be you would need to measure a bottle cap to get the proportions.