Over the last days I have cut and glued up some 30 lb Precision Board blocks of various sizes to chuck up in the machine. The bottom large block is for the project below. It measures fourteen inches square by twenty inches long. The pipes sticking out of the ends of the blocks are for chucking them up in the machine.
I've been working on some files as well. A number of months ago I started a cool demonstration piece for the router and our shop. I talked about it here... fantasy dirigible
Well' things got busy and the project was pushed to the back burner... until today. Now it is time to dust it off and get ready to do some serious 3D routing.
When we left the project a while back I had welded up the steel frame and started in on the sculpt.
I got along fairly well and will finish the bulk of the sculpt of this part later tonight.
I also did a quick comp/sketch of the balloon to visualize how it would look hanging in my studio. I know it will fit right in.
My next post will describe how I built the routing file to create the balloon. Stay tuned...
-dan
