I’m told that ‘crow’ in Dutch translates to Kraay, meaning it is fitting that we include many crow images in the features and signs we build for Kraay’s Family Farm. I fabricated a crow weather vane for the top of the water tank some time ago. It was decided to create a second crow weather vane for the new rides' small barn/ticket booth. We used the new FastCut CNC plasma cutter to cut the hundreds of feathers and this past week I formed and welded them into a bird which measures about four feet long.
Out in the sunshine!
On Friday we pulled the last few pieces of the Kraay Family Farm project from the shop in preparation for loading. Alyssa was delighted to do the last few bits of paint out in the sunshine. We’ll be loading them later this week and look forward to seeing pictures of them when all of the elements are assembled and placed on the farm. This project has been a whole lot of fun!
Custom crow sign brackets
The best thing about having a FastCut CNC plasma in your shop is that custom metal parts are easy and fast to create. For this project, we needed some sturdy brackets that would hold a sign that would attach to a 4/12 pitch roof. I designed the cutting files for the bracket in a few minutes and then added a cutout version of the Kraay Family Farm crow logo. Cutting the bracket from a 1/4” plate with the CNC plasma was even faster than the design work. Welding the pieces together was quick too. Not all guests will notice the crow but branding is important and for it to be memorable it needs to be repeated endlessly throughout a property.
