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Final plans are in the bag and work has begun

Final plans are in the bag and work has begun

Aug 16, 2014 |

The entire plan for the large project in Trinidad is now approved. There will undoubtably some small changes and revisions as we go but the final plans are now being engineered. It was a long design process, with nine versions of the master plan drawn and considered before things were settled. Attractions and rides were changed and moved through the process and many things changed size along the way. The plan as accepted includes a train ride, bumper boats, a wild adventure golf, a climbing wall and daring free fall jump, a kids play area, a wave swing ride, a pendulum ride, a spinning drop ride and a spinning coaster.

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Routed house trim

Routed house trim

Aug 9, 2014 |

We’ve kept the MultiCam busy of late with the fancy house trim around the front and back doors. With the trim install the front door became much more welcoming. The patio door and posts also got the full trim treatment That leaves only the big front window. -dan

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Installing trim

Installing trim

Aug 2, 2014 |

The routed pieces were mitered and then fastened in place.  We then used sculpting epoxy to fill the holes and seams before painting. The pieces will get three coats of base color and then three layers of glaze. The hearts will be then painted pink to match the corner block trim on the rest of the house like in the background of the photo. Today the last of the trim was painted for around the circular windows and doors

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Final details

Final details

Aug 1, 2014 |

We’ve created more than 200 routing files for the trim on the house and routed thousands of pieces over the last two years. In the last three weeks we’ve been working hard to finish the outside and this includes creating even more routing files and then routing a bunch more pieces. Thankfully there aren’t many areas left to do. The trim around the front and patio doors was routed yesterday and assembled today. This afternoon I created the routing files for the decorative bands around the patio posts

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The face of our business

The face of our business

Jul 30, 2014 |

Marketing our business is an important key to success. Marketing can take many forms and the more creative marketing is the more memorable it will be. In our case we have a home based business. Our shop is three hundred and fifty feet off of the road while our house is next to the road

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The importance of samples

The importance of samples

Jul 30, 2014 |

I often get asked how we became successful in our business. The answer to that question isn’t short but if I had to answer concisely I would say the biggest reason would be the samples we display. While some of our samples are smaller copies of three-dimensional work we have done for customers, the bulk of the things you see on display are custom made – just for that purpose. I have difficulty describing what we do but showing a sample of our wonderful 3D creations work like a charm.

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Back on the bike

Jul 29, 2014 |

After more than two months out of the studio and away from the router I was back at my desk and programing some files and turned on the MultiCam once more. I quickly found out I was a little rusty with both the program and the machine. EnRoute is a wonderful program that isn’t too difficult but like many things technical it requires that one does things in a certain order, paying attention the whole way through. As usual there were lots of things going on out in the studio and out in the yard as well. I found that with my being out of practice it till a few tries to get things right

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Pictures of the finished park – part 3

Pictures of the finished park – part 3

Jul 27, 2014 |

Today I have a last load of pictures of the Cultus Lake Adventure Park. The signs on the western side of the building have been featured here before as they went through various stages of construction. They were designed in EnRoute and then routed from Precision Board on our Multicam router.

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Pictures of the finished park – part two

Pictures of the finished park – part two

Jul 20, 2014 |

Everywhere one looks in the Cultus Lake Adventure Park there is a great photo to be had. From the road the park looks inviting. We carefully layered the elements to maximize the space but also to show great from the road. Everything is designed to integrate and work together

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