Pulling the giant steel dragon down our town street in the local parade was great fun without a doubt but seeing a dragon in that context wasn't overly surprising for most viewers. Today, we dismantled the parade float and lifted the dragon onto our flat deck trailer. We were delivering him to his permanent home about five miles distant. While I could have easily laid the dragon flat on the trailer I knew it would be a whole lot more fun to transport it in the upright position. As expected, we turned lots of heads on the stately cruise to our client's farm. Dragons are best transported in grand style! :)
First four
Our MultiCam CNC router was humming for much of the day as it carved out the first seven of the workshop attendee's name plaques. It's pure magic as the machine automatically carves the Precision Board, knowing exactly where to go and what to take away. Even after operating the machine for more than a decade I still find it fascinating! First it does a rough pass, then automatically does a tool change to a smaller bit before completing the final pass. The machine even puts the tool away when it is done. Now the skilled hand work begins as the plaques get their final details and colour. It will be MAGIC!
Head start
The Sculpting Magic Workshop to be held in October is still four months distant but I know all too well that that isn't nearly as long as it seems. There is much to do in order to host such a gathering - especially in our style of doing things. This means we have already begun the planning in earnest as well as starting some of the preparations. Each participant will receive a name plaque at the workshop. These small dimensional signs showcase some of the things we teach at the workshop and also are a nice memento for each of our guests to take home with them. I have begun creating the 3D routing files for the plaques this week. They will be routed on our MultiCam CNC router and then hand painted by Becke and the crew. Each is unique and never to be repeated. We've created hundreds of these small signs through the years, one for every guest that has attended our workshops.
