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Signs install
As various areas in the adventure park are completed it is time to begin the installation of the many signs. Today was that day for three of the many signs we are working on in the shop. In order to complete the timber and rock work under the Buckin’ Bronco booth we needed to install the sign today. The crew will attach the lath around it and then we will do the sculpted concrete work
Shop day
The rain poured down today making it the perfect day to do some painting on the many signs in production in the shop. The smaller and relatively flat dimensional signs got their first two coats of base colors today. One more coat and they will be ready for the glazes. The Happy Horse Saloon sign received it’s final touches to make it ready for installation
Solar Powered Airplane 101: Coming To A Sky Near You In 2015
We're pretty big on solar energy here at Coastal Enterprises, regularly sponsoring many of the solar programs at colleges and universities all over the nation. Of course, when we saw the latest CNN article featuring Solar Impulse 2, the latest creation by Solar...
Chuck Miller, Creator of Precision Board, Tells All in Sign Builder Illustrated
With our strong involvement in the sign industry, it's nice to have a publication, like Sign Builder Illustrated, that is so dedicated to the success of individuals in the industry. Since 1987, Sign Builder Illustrated has provided interesting pictures, stories and...
Ship shape
I tool pathed the slices of the ship two different ways. For the middle two slices of each half I used only a 3/8″ ball nose bit at 80% overlap. The large tool made short work of the hull pieces. The smaller section of the hull with the window needed a little more detail so I roughed it at 50% using the 3/8″ ball nose bit and then did a finish pass using a 1/8″ ball nose bit with a 80% overlap. The six hull pieces were arranged to fit onto a 1/3 sheet of 2″ thick Precision Board I started the file on the router shortly after lunch and then went outside to do some tractor work in the yard
West Coast Customs Video: Why They Use Precision Board
As many will recall, famous car-customizing company West Coast Customs has been working on an extremely top-secret project involving Precision Board Plus for quite some time now. We recently touched base with them about a video they filmed at Coastal Enterprises and...
How To Make Prismatic Letters Stand Out With Synergy Sign & Graphics
"If I were to have used a lower density, the prismatic letters wouldn't look half as sharp," says Jim Dawson, owner of Synergy Sign & Graphics. He's talking about a sign he made recently for F.S.R.C. Tanks, Inc., boasting prismatic letters that came out sharp as a...
Building a 3D ships hull
Building seemingly complex files in EnRoute is something I enjoy immensely. It came hard at first but as I became familiar with the program and what I could do with it I enjoyed it more and more all the time. The key is to first learn and understand the program functions. Then, if you learn to visualize what you want and what happens inside EnRoute virtually anything is possible.
Last sign files for Cultus Lake
It is hard to believe but after almost a year of work, the concession and ticket signs are the last signs to be routed for this project. As always we started with vectors for the signs. I did a little kerning of the lettering to get things spaced right and then drew up the broken board border. The sign chaps were created as a flat relief. Wood grain was then added using the sandblasted wood bitmap from the TEXTURE MAGIC COLLECTION. The letters were then created as separate reliefs, nudged into position vertically and then merged (highest) with the base relief. As quick as that the files are ready to have tool paths and be sent to the MultiCam.