We formed the pieces for the crown using our roller and also by hand as necessary. Then everything was welded up into once assembly. While we could have routed the end pieces it was easier and faster the do it by hand. We formed some pencil rod in the shape we wanted and then attached some metal lath. The ring around the crown was cut from a piece of 16″ diameter pipe
We formed the pieces for the crown using our roller and also by hand as necessary. Then everything was welded up into once assembly. While we could have routed the end pieces it was easier and faster the do it by hand. We formed some pencil rod in the shape we wanted and then attached some metal lath. The ring around the crown was cut from a piece of 16″ diameter pipe. The Curved flat bar was hand shaped and formed in pieces.
The second inn sign to go into production is the Copper Crown. To do this sign did we tried something new. The scroll would be routed, flipped and routed once more.
We tool pathed the North Star sign and then sent it off to the MultiCam. We routed it from 30 lb Precision Board. There was still a little work to do in EnRoute. The piece below was cut from 0.1 steel plate. It would be the ring around the star and also act as structure between it and the front piece.
The inn signs are now in full production and looking good. In the next series of emails I’ll be taking you through the steps we took to create them. This will be a little different than most of my posts because Peter and I jointly worked on these files and he uses a slightly different path to production that I might. The thing with EnRoute is the the program is so powerful there are most often multiple ways to do a task. As we were designing and building with ourselves as a client we also changed things on the fly to make it better.
With the router work done and the sign assembled over the welded frame it is time to begin the hand work… my favourite part. I used an air powered die grinder to even out the edges and add a little texture while I was at it. Then I coated the egg shape with a thin coat of Abracadabra Sculpting epoxy pressing it hard into the surface. This acted as a prime coat.
This was a very fun project for a new ride at a local theme park. It’s a drop tower and we proposed the name Cloud Buster. All of the other rides feature a cartoon character and for this one we came up with the idea of a porcupine shooting his shotgun at the clouds. The porcupine’s name is Buster
Each evening and some time on weekends I sneak back out to the shop to work on my personal project – the little rail truck for the Persnickety and Doodle Railway. Progress has been rapid of late but there’s a whole lot of pieces to fabricate and then weld in place. Cables need to be hooked up and tested, fastened permanently in place and then adjusted to work perfectly. There have been a LOT of pieces of sheet metal and plate to cut for this project. In the picture below there are more than seventy different plasma cut pieces of steel visible.
We’ve had our trade show booth for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO in our show for a number of weeks now. Each time we have a few spare minutes we work on it. Our goal is to have it finished in plenty of time for the show – without having to burn the midnight oil or have to do a rush job getting ready. The show is too big an investment and far too important to do that.