There is much to do before we receive our new MultiCam CNC plasma cutter including building some new shop space to house it. But we’ll get started on that next week. This week we are still dreaming up our first project for the new machine. I believe I know what it will be but I’m not quite ready to spill those beans yet
We are pleased to announce that Cultus Lake Adventure Park has been nominated for a THEA award via the Themed Entertainment Association. We had to submit photos and a video to support the nomination and here’s the video. It shows the park at it’s best. There are many nominations for this prestigious award and it will be some time before we find out the results
It isn’t often we underwhelm a customer but once in a blue moon I submit a design that doesn’t achieve what our customer is looking for. A recent project is a good example. Two factors influenced my design. One was the work we had done for them previously and the second was a concern for their budget. The project was the rebranding and main sign of a small campground
We love to be creative. We also love tools that allow us to go as far as possible in this regard. Today we got to visit the ultimate candy factory – where they make MultiCam CNC machines in Texas.
We love to be creative. We also love tools that allow us to go as far as possible in this regard. Today we got to visit the ultimate candy factory – where they make MultiCam CNC machines in Texas.
One of the first pieces we designed and routed for Scallywag Bay Adventure Park was in fact among the last to be finished. I designed the hull shape for the small ship and posted it back in May of 2014. Here’s the two step by step entries of that process… Entry one Entry two The sign was designed as always by hand and with the computer to create the vectors.
Almost ten years ago we built a new proscenium for the Hells Gate Airtram attraction. The airtram is situated in a spectacular river canyon and features a 500 foot drop from the highway to the far side of the river. The canyon narrows to just over a hundred feet wide at that point and is well over a hundred feet deep. More than twice as much water flows through this narrow canyon than over Niagara Falls.
The Cultus Lake Adventure Park project is now wrapped up and operational. After so many months of work on the project it is great to see the park in operation. The signs look great in their intended setting! The rides in this section of the park are much more extreme and the theme work is a little more sparse.
We are now putting together the agenda for the three day Denver Workshop in mid-September where I will be presenting along with Jeff Harman and Thad Staples. We’ll be covering everything from basics through fully dimensional pieces. There will also be plenty of hands-on in the evenings including how we finish our pieces. It promises to be a great workshop.