08.28.08

First Coro Project Done.

Posted in Uncategorized at 5:08 am by Administrator

Well, today I recieved my Tracer Jr. and went promptly to work tracing my characters for the display on my new coroplast. They look great! Now it’s on to installing the lights. I finished Suzy Snowflake today. I spent the better part of today working on her. She’s 750 lights strong. punching 750 holes in a Coroplast board earned me a nasty blister on my right thumb. I’ll need to come up with a different way to punch those holes. I added a new page on the website outlining the progress of my Coroplast.

Other new things that are happening… New Purchases! I bought a Galvanized pole for the Mega-tree and set it up just to see how it looks. Wow! That tree is going to be huge! And also bought 250 feet of 16-2 Lamp wire. So my expendature of extension cords this year should be way down!

08.23.08

A Hurtle Cleared.

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:24 am by Administrator

Well, One of my plans for the front yard are large animated displays using Coroplast. One of the more difficult things to do when planning this is just buying the Coro. I called around to local sign shops and none we willing to sell any. Then I got a bright idea and e-mailed Plastics 2000 on Mchenry Ave in Modesto. They had just what I needed and I rushed down to purchase it. Now that I have it, I can begin building these props in earnest.

08.22.08

Back to Work

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:56 am by Administrator

I just got back from vacation. Most of my efforts were directed toward that for the last month or so. Now, I am in full fabrication mode. I finished the Tree topper by adding the star today. I’ll be looking around the local sign shops for some coroplast for my faces. Once I have secured that, I will be making the faces. I can’t wait! Laura plans to go to Texas next month and I have high hopes to get most of my sequencing done then.