As we get into production on the NEBs Fun World project the scale of it quickly becomes evident. The first phase is the bowling alley with fifty-two lanes of fun and theme work. That means fifty two lane number plates on twenty-six arches, plus the eight side arches on top of that. We are keeping the router running day and night to create the pieces. There's also the sixty-five posts and the scores of beams that join them.The shop will be wall to wall with theme work in the months ahead.
A little of everything
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.
