Everyone at Coastal Enterprises Company liked this previous story so much we decided to share it again for our newer readers! Who do you call if you're a discerning family-themed cruise line looking to build a state of the art water slide featuring a signature...
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Racing Concrete Canoes Part 1: Creating the Mold
How many races have you seen consisting of 220 concrete canoes? The American Society of Civil Engineers hosts a yearly competition of 220 different colleges and universities to design, build and race a canoe made of concrete. Alicia Veach, project manager for the...
How Will A Custom Bonded Block Help Your Business?
Coastal Enterprises bonded blocks - increasing your LEAN manufacturing efficiency! By arriving ready to machine, custom bonded blocks eliminate bonding, decrease machining time, and use less material than purchasing sheets or blocks and bonding to size. Send us a...
A 6,500 lb. Bronze Casting Made From PBLT-8
We were reading through some of our older newsletters and came across the massive Aggie ring built by Blue Genie Art Industries and were so impressed we decided to share it with you again. Constructed using Precision Board Plus PBLT-8 as a mold, this 12 ft. tall ring...
Primal 2 – 70 MPH of Engineering Innovation
There are some who simply work in the mechanical engineering field and others who do not just work in it, but have a passion for it. In the case of George Leone, whom many of you may remember as the Technician in charge of the Cal Poly Hangar Shop, its clear he has a...
Chainsaws and Jelly Beans: New West Hollywood Library Sculpture
Carving a sculpture out of Precision Board Plus with a chainsaw is no easy feat. Meet Cosimo Cavallaro, artist, sculptor, and film director. Cosimo is in the process of making some rather large jelly beans using Precision Board Plus PBLT-4 as a plug. The four oversize...
Video: PBLT-60 HDU Being Cut On Onsrud’s CNC Router – Look At The Chips Fly!
This video shows PBLT-60 being cut by router bit manufacturer LMT Onsrud on their CR Onsrud 98HD18 3-axis CNC router. Endmill is a 52-638 Double Flute Solid Carbide Upcut Spiral O Flute @ 18,000 RPM. Feed: 180 - 420 IPM. Take note of the amount of chips and no dust....
Extraordinary Designs from Ordinary Concrete: Textured Architectural Concrete by Spec Formliners
Great things are happening at Spec Formliners, manufacturers of formliners, in Santa Ana CA! It might not be widely known that Precision Board Plus is used in the architectural concrete forming industry. Their end products are molds that attach to the inside of...
Achieving Optimal Performance When CNC Routing HDU
What are the benefits of having the correct cutting bit, and proper speed and feed settings on your CNC router? Better Chip Load Less Time Routing More Chips, Less Dust Increase The Life Of The Cutting Bit We recently had some Precision Board Plus tested by our...