I’ve always really enjoyed fabricating complex things. This time around Matt did the bulk of the fitting, welding and grinding while I did the design and cut pieces on the fly, along with many other tasks that made it challenging to keep up. We fashioned the trussed boom based on period photos I found of 1940’s tow trucks. The winch is a geared, hand crank design true to the style of the time. With all the mechanicals now in place we can get busy on the pencil rod armature for the body sculpt.
First rotary project a success!
We finished the first large rotary route this afternoon. The file wasn’t ideal in some places and we had to remove some material in places to make way for the bulky collet of the router. Even so, we are very pleased with the result of our first major rotary project and we will incorporate the lessons learned into the second figurehead we will soon route for the North Star suite of the Hazelnut Inn. These routed figures are to be the starting point of the final sculpts which Peter will begin this week. He will add fine details such as clothing, woodgrains, textures, weathering and more. The routed figure is a fabulous foundation for the final piece and the CNC rotary router handled the bulk of the work handily, saving many hours of handwork in the process. It was sure fun to see the figure emerge from the large block of Precision Board!
Gasoline alley
The second gas pump for Syl’s Mini Golf received its sculpted concrete skin on Thursday. While it began the curing process the painting crew got busy with the paint undercoats on the first pump. Things still look a lot different than they will when we are done but things are definitely getting more colourful!
