After well over a month of working at it between our regular jobs we now have a complete alphabet designed and routered to shape. The few letters I started with mushroomed (like most projects) into something much, much bigger than I had intended.
Its a pretty collection of unique ideas however that should serve us well in the new year as we set about selling the dimensional work we are now confident we can do. It has been a marvelous excercise in learning how to use our router! The samples are all approximately one foot square of Precision Board ranging from 1" to 2" thick.
Janis & I booked a trip to Disneyland 10 days from now... the goal is to do all my regular work AND finish these samples before we go!
Nothing like a good sized goal to start off the new year with a bang!
If anyone has a favorite letter they wish to fabricate as a panel I'd happily do an exchange with them!
-grampa dan
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Ohhh, now it's my turn to be jealous! Give a scream on the Tower of Terror for me.
I have a couple rain ponchos if you'd like to borrow them for the water rides. Lemme know and I'll run them by.
And the alphabet rocks!
[ January 02, 2006, 10:46 PM: Message edited by: Donna in BC ]
Posted by Patrick Whatley (Member # 2008) on :
So you just type them letters in the computer and that machine does all the work for you, right?
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Do you ever sleep Dan?
Seriously, one of my non stated new years resolutions is to actually get some of those ideas in my head and PRODUCE them.
How do you manage to accomplish so many things in so little time?
Posted by Philip Steffen (Member # 2235) on :
Do you have a calender planned - a couple letters for each month? They look great from here!!
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Yea....but can he coat out MDO?
Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :
Nice stuff Dan, as usual.
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Nice "K" Dan. Would look great in a dark copper with a little patina. Posted by Ryan Long (Member # 5881) on :
You Canadians must have a slightly different alphabet...and I don't just mean pronouncing Z "zed" instead of "zee"!
Just kidding, looks fantastic!
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
What letter is the Green Blob by the Letter P.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
The green blob is actually an island with elevation contours painted in darker shades of green as the elevation increases. I haven't painted the water around it yet and in the upper left corner is a fancy compass north arrow with the letter N (for North) which will be gilded (of course).
I see now I had the letters out of order in that row. Too many late nights I guess.... or its been too long since I was in school!
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