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Workshop nameplates – 2114 – part one
This year’s workshops are now just over three week’s away and that means we have to begin serious work to make them the very best ever. As always, the work begins with the design of the name plaques for our guests. Some use techniques that are familiar , and some will use new techniques. As we get into the painting of them we will explore new techniques and also use them to train our painters in our advanced painting methods. The first name plaque is a lot like the file I did for the last sign we made last week but we’ll add some hand sculpting to make it very special for Philip – a returning guest from Australia.
Cookie’s Gally
Back in April I created the first routing files for the Skallywag Bay. Now at last it is time to fire up the MultiCam and get going on these projects. Todays sign was for Cookie’s Galley, the food establishment for the park. It will feature Cookie of course the Gruffle cook
Treasure Quest – part three
Once the MultiCam had done it’s work it was time to assemble the pieces over the welded frame. I first used the air house to blow off the dust from the Precision Board. I used PB Bond 240 glue a one part product that is activated with water moisture. It’s made by the folks at Coastal Enterprises, the same people who make Precision Board
Treasure Quest – part two
After creating the lettering and tweaking it to my satisfaction it was on to making the reliefs. I first opened my driftwood bitmap from the TEXTURE MAGIC COLLECTION . In EnRoute the imported bitmap opens as defined by the plate. I then stretched it out to make the shape I desired
Treasure Quest – part one
We are now full blast into the build of the Skallywag Bay Adventure Park for Trinidad. We’ll be busy for the better part of a year in our studio before heading down to the Caribbean Island for the installation of all the pieces. It is going to be both challenging and exciting every step of the way. Because the project is in many ways similar to the one recently completed, Cultus Lake Adventure Park, we will be building on our successes there and hopefully kicking things up one more notch in the process
Veteran Signmaker Spotlight: Daniel Ortiz
Daniel Ortiz has been hand-carving signs since 1978, racking up an impressive 36 years of experience. He's been using Precision Board for about 15 of those, and has built and designed some eye-catching signs along the way that we're interested in sharing. He learned...
Love them posts
We are down to the final details on the house project. Through the construction we did over 200 routing files and created thousands of pieces. Now we are down to the last few at last.
Samples for success
If I were asked for the single most reason for our success I would have say our samples. Samples alone weren’t the reason but they play a very important, I would say critical role. Samples do many things for us. First they provide an opportunity for us to learn new things. Back when we got our MultiCam and EnRoute software I could do little more than open the program or turn on the router
Sun Raycing with PrISUm: Phaeton Places Third In NASC
We recently received a poster from the Iowa State University Solar Team as a thank you for being a sponsor of their team. We first received one of these in 2008, after we sponsored the PrISUm "Sol Invictus" solar car. The latest picture is of "Phaeton," which placed...