I was up bright and early at 4:00 am to head to the airport in Vancouver, on to Denver and arriving in Gretna, Nebraska by suppertime. Peter and the crew will keep projects on the go in the shop while I oversee the installation of this year’s signs and features and begin serious planning for next year’s exciting projects. When I return on the weekend, I look forward to seeing great progress on the Hazelnut Inn. This is the final week of preparation for the major sculpting of the vaulted ceiling and upper reaches of the Copper Crown suite.
Carving
Today’s task was to glue up the many layers to form the four Copper Crown’s Caryatids and Atlantids. Once the glue cures, the handwork begins. Our tool of choice is the air-powered die grinder. Excess glue is removed, and join lines are smoothed. We’ll begin applying the sculpting epoxy to create the stone texture as soon as this work is finished. Stay tuned…
A work worth signing
Henry has loved cleaning the router room since he was young because the CNC router produces a lot of sawdust. The routing chips had accumulated during the routing of the five four-by-eight sheets of two-inch-high-density urethane for the Copper Crown’s interior. We first gathered the cut scraps and hauled them to the dumpster. We did a quick sweep so Henry could shovel the light chips into the tractor bucket. That left Henry’s favourite task - vacuuming. He did such a great job, and even proudly signed his name at the end.
