Blogs
Edge Bonding: A PB-Fast Set walk-through
Out technical staff at Coastal Enterprises has received questions frequently in regards to using PB-Fast Set for edge bonding. Here is a quick step by step picture aided explanation of how it’s done. This sample of PBLT-15 was cut into two pieces. Our goal is to use...
Pile of bones!
Once we got the new MultiCam plasma cutter set up and tested it was time to give it a spin. Russell asked me for a file and I was happy to oblige. It was time for Phoebe’s mailbox to be cut at last! It was pure magic to watch it run through the file! It ran flawlessly – right out of the box! We had quite the pile of pieces when the machine was done.
The Artists Who Happen to Make Signs – The Angry Bull
I’m sure you’re familiar with the phrase “taking the bull by the horns.” Well Xpressive Graphix takes the phrase to a whole new level. Creating a sign for the Angry Bull Saloon is a prime example of what the artists at Xpressive Graphix are capable of while following...
Digging up some old bones
Yesterday, Russel Boudria, the head trainer from MultiCam in Texas arrived to set up our shiny new CNC plasma cutter and train us how to use it. He was eager to get started even though he had spent most of the day in transit. That’s dedication! We worked a couple of hours levelling the table, sorting out wires, hoses and cables, and testing things out. We got to the point where we could move the gantry and test fire the machine. Tomorrow we’ll begin some serious cutting
6 World Speed Records to be Broken!
Get over to sunny Moriarty, New Mexico for the “Thunder Over Moriarty!” This world record-breaking event will feature Nemesis Air Racing presenting the NemesisNXT (Bottom picture) on September 21st through October 3rd. Located just 35 miles east of Albuquerque, NM,...
“He who kills with one leap…”
A well-known company in the theme park and display business, Monster City Studios (MCS) of Fresno, California, has been in business for over 15 years and produces high quality advertisement displays. Using Precision Board Plus, MCS has begun a new project that took...
Complex robot arm – part two
Now it is time to move on to the brush and pedestal of the robot arm. We use the create mesh/revolve tool for this operation. Open the dialogue box and simply follow the steps to create the mesh. I entered 100 for the values in the stacks and slices – this creates the resolution (number of facets) of the mesh. As always it is important to do a render (in multiple views) to make sure that what happened was what you wanted.
Complex robot arm – part one
One of the projects I’ll be sharing at the workshop is a fancy name plaque I did a couple of years ago for Jeff Hartman, one of the authors of EnRoute software. Their company is called Artistic Automation and so this seemed like a fitting idea. The projects used a bunch of the wonderful features of EnRoute Pro. The vectors were all created using the draw tools in EnRoute
House number
As we were renovating Peter and Hailey’s house they decided they wanted a little different approach to the house number on the outside. The house was built in the 60’s and at the start was very plain and basic. With the addition of the fancy porch, wide overhangs, large timbers and custom hand sculpted rock work it is really becoming a showpiece these days. The number is small in this picture and is partially hidden by Peter. They hand sculpted the rock work along the bottom third of the wall