Transport and installation day for our pieces is always both challenging and fun. Advance planning is the key to success.
Yesterday I delivered the second piece - a log car for the WhistlePunk Hollow Adventure Golf train sign. The steam engine was transported to the site a few weeks ago. Our customer built the trestle and did a wonderful job too!
Our client had a large excavator onsite for the lift and was also a very skilled operator. The lift of the heavy log car was flawless.
The steam engine was trickier to slide into position but Jeff again was smooth and steady. Our job on the trestle was to guide the piece to the marks on top.
The result was spectacular and looks much bigger and higher than it really is. The sign reads well as you approach the attraction from down the road.
This will be fun to golf under too.
-grampa dan
Posted by Sal Cabrera (Member # 1236) on :
Nice work Dan! as alway.
Posted by Rodger MacMunn (Member # 4316) on :
Dan, that's probably my favourite one EVER.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Well...it's OK. Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
I think that Ray is trying to say that we expect nothing but perfection from our favorite grandpa.
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
That "Sign" is an attraction in of itself!
Sweet!
Joe,
Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Bill...exactly. Dan is in a league all by himself and it's just common place to see the exceptional from him.
My comment was "tongue-in-cheek" obviously.
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
I also love the life size cartoons you do. They are fantastic. You have redefined so many colors of rust it needs its own PMS book.
A wise decision to elevate the project. My 6 year old would fill his hands of splinters trying to climb on that thing.
All you have to do is buy one of these and sand the paint off and leave it outside for 50 years...www.trueamericanclassic.com
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Posted by Pat Welter (Member # 785) on :
Always nice to see a dream come together...whether its your own or someone elses... This must be pretty exciting for those folks...Nice work Grampa,you have a gift for that (helping people realize dreams) whethers its through your work or your workshops...Its even a thrill for us bystanders to see it happen...
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Beautiful job, Dan!
Just how heavy is that engine and car, anyway?
Looks like a lot of really! heavy timber went into the building of what appears to be a very short expanse of track.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
The train and log car weight in under two tons - not a lot of weight for this structure. It was engineered but I spec'd much heavier timbers than were required - just for looks. The trestle will also get some cross bracing in both directions - once again mostly for looks.
The trestle will be a little over 50 feet long when completed.
-grampa dan
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Excellent!
Posted by Jay Allen (Member # 195) on :
Was that for your old miniature golf course, Dan-o? Or a new one?
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Thanks all. This is a very fun project with three other large features as well as a whole bunch of dimensional signs.
We sold Giggle Ridge last year. This is for a customer's project in Squamish (which is near Whistler (where the winter Olympics were a couple years ago)
-grampa dan
Posted by Jay Allen (Member # 195) on :
I knew you sold . . . that's why I asked.
Were they inspired by Giggle Ridge . . .?? Sorta' seems like it . . .
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Dandy work there pal.
Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
amazing!
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
The client asked for a logging theme similar to Giggle Ridge. Their family history is in logging.
Although it shares a bit of theme from Giggle Ridge there are many differences in course layout. The level of detail is much higher on the features as well. Much of that is because of our MultiCam and how we now build our stuff in our shop instead of on site like we used to in the past.
The course signs will all be dimensional of course.
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