I hope anyone finding this is staying well in our uncertain times, for a short distraction you can read my overview of some of the things happening in the workshop this week…
We’ve finally finished making the many metres of egg & dart moulding which is a relief. As well as Igor, the big CNC has also been cutting it relentlessly too as you can see in the first picture below. These lengths are now ready to start building the boxes for the coffered ceiling at No.3. The second picture was a quick set of MDF jigs I made for the lads in the workshop to install Perkomatic closers into some hotel doors. The third image below is the marine ply base for my very big Cherub sign that was just cut today. So next week I can start to actually assemble it as a single piece and finish hand-working the carvings.
Next up was a prototype finial I made. This will be installed into the coffered ceiling panel corners that the egg & dart is going to be part of. I made this as a proof of concept for how they’ll look and to give me an idea how I’m going to make efficiently. Next week if the material for these turns up then I’ll be in full factory mode as I’ll need to make 200 of them… Below you can see the top side being roughed and finished in the first two images and the complete part in the third.
Finally, today I was working on parts for a sign that will go onto a reception desk job for the workshop. This includes two logos and some lettering. Below you can see some of the lettering having been cut in the first image and in the second image a template to help install this lettering when the time comes for that. Finally the third image below shows the two logos which are made from interlocking pieces of oak. These were cut in a way that uses the grain in different directions. These parts will have a round edge put on them by hand-router and then be stained different colours to match the companies logo. This will look really effective when its complete. That’s all for this week. Stay safe.
