Aluminium Sculpture

Post by **Henry B** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:20 am

I think I posted some pics when I was machining the sections of this sculpture. It got cast in aluminium, then welded all the sections together, made the top in 5 sections and put LED in 16 of the letters with acrylic fronts, painted the lid and it now stands in front of a new school in Stockholm. It weighs just under 1 ton.

All the cutting was done using Aspire.

Post by **highpockets** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:00 am

WOW!!! What a great project!

I'm getting a headache just thinking about trying to model and machining that....

Thanks for sharing....

Post by **highpockets** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:34 am

Just went back and reread your original posts on this project. http://forum.vectric.com/viewtopic.php? ... 47#p225347

Amazing!

Post by **Henry B** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:37 am

Thanks, its been fun and abit of a headache, started with doing one side of a small section in 2017, to cutting the main parts (22) at the beginning of the year (2019)

Post by **wb9tpg** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:43 am

Really Nice!

High praise from someone, me, who actually worked in the "Type Engineering" department in IBM Lexington which actually designed those...

Post by **garylmast** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:24 pm

Wow, that was quite the project. Turned out great.

Gary

Post by **mtylerfl** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:45 pm

Fantastic job on this amazing project, Henry! I would like to see (and touch) this iconic sculpture in-person sometime!

Post by **scottp55** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:23 pm

WOW!!

Wonderful seeing the Impressive finished project Henry!!
You must be proud!!
Congrats!!!
scott

Post by **WNC_Ed** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 1:51 pm

Spectacular, amazing, awesome, ... I could go on.
I recall your original post and thinking "wow that is a major undertaking".
Well done!
Congrats!
Thank you for sharing.

Just went back and reread your original posts on this project. viewtopic.php?f=27&t=30944&p=225347#p225347

BTW - Thank you John for the link to the original post

Post by **dwilli9013** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:01 pm

Wow way cool project. I remember when you started it. Thanks a ton for sharing the finished project photos. Looks outstanding.

Post by **Holzarbeiter** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:49 am

Of all the cnc projects I have seen posted in my 2 yrs of owning a cnc machine, this by far THE COOLEST thing I have seen!
As a retired IBM’er its even more special. Well done Henry...very well done!

Post by **Henry B** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:14 am

Thanks for the kind words

I made it for an artist so she gets the credit for it all from the city, as they commissioned the piece.

Its been a great project to do, glad its done and sitting in place.

Post by **Creation in Wood** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:40 pm

Wow, great project

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