It is always exciting to start a new project, especially when it is something as fun as a ‘gold mine mole’. Our clients at Loco Landing Adventure Park in Penticton encouraged us to let our minds run wild as we designed a new piece of ‘mining equipment’ for their facility. The Gold Mole Mining Co subterranean digger will double as an interactive feature on the adventure golf course next season. It will be busting through the green on the first hole of the golf course. I fired up our CNC plasma cutter today and began cutting steel plate for the pieces I would need. Then I donned my welding helmet and started to weld them back together. By the end of the day the armature for the giant corkscrew auger was taking shape. I can hardly wait to get back into the shop tomorrow to pick up where I left off! Stay tuned…
The tower gets higher!
With the lower section of the castle tower roof structure now complete it is time to go higher. Much higher! While we are hard against the limits of the height bylaws of our city we wanted to go even higher. To do so we employ an old trick of the theme industry. We are building the tower with a taper. It is 6” narrower at the top compared to the base. This uses forced perspective to make the castle look much taller than it really is in real life. It will be the tallest castle in all the land!
Hazelnut Inn sign almost done
Becke and Alyssa have been busy painting the sign for the Hazelnut Inn and it is looking pretty fine. The leaves also received a spray of acid to begin the rust patina. The other side is almost to the same stage. This week we will weld up the armature for the base and gild the lettering, making it time for the installation at last.
