MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

By quitting time on Friday we were indeed done. The diminutive train was ready to ship. The detailing was exquisite - all done with the help of our MultiCam.

The number on the side of the cab was my way of signing the piece. I am a second child. The name on the side of the boiler, Janis Lee is that of my wife. I sneak it into as many of our projects as I dare.

It was hard to believe the rusty old relic was made from Precision Board. It was harder to believe it had been accomplished in only a week in our shop with only two people working on the project at any time. The grab rails were made with PVC pipe - everything else was whittled from blocks of HDU on our MultiCam.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

-dan

Almost there!

Hundreds of rivets, various train parts, tracks, ties and everything else were all made on the MultiCam router. The train was coming together quickly by day four with only a few parts too come at this stage.

By the end of the day we were confident it would be done in the five days we had allotted for the project. The date for it's debut at the trade show in Florida was fast approaching. we had one day left to accomplish what would have been impossible before we bought our MultiCam router.

I had no doubt we would achieve our goal with ease - or at least with as little sweat as possible.

-dan

It's a train already!

The parts were painted with a special paint that actually rusts with the application of a mild acid. Some parts were pre-painted, others after assembly.

My grand daughter Phoebe insisted she help too as she often does.

While were were busy the MultiCam was too whittling more than 400 individual pieces for the train from 30 lb Precision Board high density urethane.

By the end of day three it was looking very much like a train. With the help of our MultiCam this train was coming together in record time.

-dan

GOAL -Train in only a week

When MultiCam saw the types of projects we were doing on our router they asked us to come up with a display they could use at trade shows and in their advertising. It simply had to be one of those projects where one would wonder how it was possible. I did the concept drawing on a Friday. Monday morning I got the green light to proceed.

By Monday at noon the first pieces were coming off the MultiCam. As each file was running I was creating more in my office. Out in the shop we were starting to assemble the pieces. Some were simple cutouts, others detailed, textured pieces.

As we assembled we started the paint process. By the second day things were coming along nicely! Stay tuned for more progress...

-dan