It was a busy and productive day of plasma cutting, cutting structural steel, fitting and lots of welding as I worked on creating the base frame for the planter for the Downey’s Farm sign. This base frame is now complete and ready for the vertical structure. This structure measures 14 feet long, 8 feet wide, and will be almost 10 feet tall, plus the tractor on top. The tractor is being built as a separate unit for shipping and then installed at the farm.
Prepaint and partial assembly
I had a busy day both in and out of the studio. When I was in the shop, it was time to do a little more assembly and the first coat of prepaint. I hope that by tomorrow afternoon, we can do a final assembly of these bits and then get on to some sculpting. Stay tuned…
Downey's Farm sign in progress
It was a productive day of fitting, assembling and die grinding pieces of the tractor. By the end of the day, the tractor was welded to the base. With the carving mostly finished, we will begin the sculpting and preliminary painting before final assembly begins. While I fully understood the size of the tractor as I designed and routed it, the feature is definitely very large as the layers come together. The little tractor is going to look fabulous sitting on top of a nine-foot-tall plinth in the center of a stone planter. When it is done, this is going to be a very fun three-dimensional version of the Downey’s Farm logo. Stay tuned…
