Mississippi River Boat

[garylmast]

For Christmas I gave myself a 400-watt laser cutter, capable of cutting 3/4" in a single pass. My first project was this Mississippi Riverboat. I drew all the vectors in Aspire and exported them as a DXF file which was then imported to the software that goes to the laser cutter. The bridge between the smoke stacks and the tops of the smokes stacks, also designed in Aspired, I 3-D printed. It's 28-inches long by 16-inches tall.

[mezalick]

Impressive !!!

Michael

[scottp55]

VERY nice!!
Brought a smile to my face looking at the pics:)
scott

[bill_w]

Very nice, Excellent job well done.

[lockeyone]

That is totally cool. I should know, I working on/around the Mississippi river for 15 years. Part of my job was refueling the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen river boats on their travels from St Louis to St Paul. Really cool part of my job. Even had a ride on Delta Queen up to a set of locks as they didn't give me proper notice on coming in for fuel, captain appreciated I got things done on a hours notice. He even paid my cab fare back to plant. Oh and free drinks and t-shirt.

[Phil]

Excellent job!

Phil

[WoodEraser]

Great Job !

Delta Queen use to be in Cincinnati for many of years.
It traveled all the way up to Pittsburgh.
Always a pretty sight.

[mtylerfl]

Holy mackerel, Gary! That is an outstanding project. I love the detail, wood colors and your skill putting it all together!

[Leo]

That is fantastic Gary. So much work it there.

[James M]

Very very nice! Well with the new laser your only limitation is your imagination. Must be hard to sleep at night! LOL

Again very nice job.

James

[GJ87]

For Christmas I gave myself a 400-watt laser cutter, capable of cutting 3/4" in a single pass.

What laser cutter did you buy? By the way, that is awesome!!

Gerald

[Creation in Wood]

Great job

[Redhorse]

VERY impressive.
The Delta Queen, run as a hotel/motel, is
permtantelly moored in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Dave