I spent a fun day sculpting and painting a small pub sign which will be displayed at a sign trade show to be held in spring. The sign combines many of the techniques and materials we use daily in our shop including hand sculpting, CNC routing and CNC plasma cutting along with plenty of hand painting.
Making sparks
Peter and Jeff were working hard on the NEBs Fun World project today. They were cutting the pieces, welding them together and then grinding the welds of the support pieces for the arches over the bowling lanes. Each piece is unique, custom cut and hand fabricated. Tomorrow the work continues. On Monday they and the rest of the crew will begin the larger structures and by the end of next week the sculpting will begin.
On the way!
We designed and built our new trade show booth just after the new year in preparation for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions EXPO to be held in mid-November. Since then the show booth has waited patiently under a tarp. This week we pulled the tarp, made a few adjustments and additions and then gave everything a good shine and clean. Today, we put the tarp back on in readiness for the big truck soon to arrive. Then we loaded it with our trusty forklift and sent the booth down the long road to Florida. In exactly four weeks we'll head to the airport ourselves to go to Orlando. We are excited about the prospect of showing what we do to more than thirty thousand show attendees. We'll be in booth 2159. See you in Orlando!
