Jon Olson
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| 31 Oct 2008 04:02 PM |
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Hello Everyone I have a few pictures showing the corian benches we are doing . We are fabricating a bench that is 120 feet long. Made entirely out of Corian . Its a class gift to a Prep school so all of the donors names have been routed into it. We are using Lumistone for the letters. There are 7000 letters. The shop floor glows in the dark currently.
The rout program for the letters is a bear. One 30 x60 inch is taking 9 hours to rout!
I'll post some soon.
Lenny I hope we do you proud!
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Jon Olson
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| 31 Oct 2008 04:23 PM |
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Thats sick Jon.... Way cool ! Lets see some Glowing parts !!!!! 
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| 31 Oct 2008 05:37 PM |
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Jon,
I can wait to see the end result! That is some great work!
Wow!
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| 31 Oct 2008 10:39 PM |
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Gene McDonald
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| 01 Nov 2008 12:05 AM |
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Awright Jon is finally showing...man looks cool....are you gonna glue in the letters with White glue or Luma adhesive?
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| 01 Nov 2008 01:50 PM |
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Jon,
That is awsome looking. When the letters were routed did you just leave a skin at the bottom or go all the way through? Looking forward to the finished photos. |
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| 01 Nov 2008 04:57 PM |
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Jon:
Did anyone do a mock-up or test before this project was approved? Was this some architects idea that you were sure you could execute?
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| 01 Nov 2008 08:56 PM |
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Are you using Lumistone material or the glue?
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| 04 Nov 2008 01:47 PM |
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Hello everyone sorry for the slow reply . It's code red hear! Worked Saturday + Sunday. Tired of playing scrabble.
Mike- yes we leave a skin.
Kowboy- Yes we made a mock-up. Did lots of testing as well bending the lumistone. Yes it was an Architects Idea that we worked with .
Andy- We are using the Lumistone.
Few more pics. The shop looks funny at night when we turn the lights off lots of lumistone dust that glows. need to began installing on Wednesday PM . Have to finish on Friday AM. That's the easy part on this job.
Putting the letters in was quite the task .More than I thought. Jobs like this really show allot about your Guys in the shop. They have been giving it a 110 percent.
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Jon Olson
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| 04 Nov 2008 01:48 PM |
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See all the blue gloves on the floor? Lots of glue being used. It's mess here |
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| 04 Nov 2008 02:42 PM |
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Are those letters sticking above the surface of the bench? Do you now have to sand them down even? Looks like a ton of work.
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| 04 Nov 2008 03:24 PM |
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Hey Yes they are sticking above. Normally we would have the CNC plain the letters. This application is different. We made up a router on a ski . It gets most of it. But some of it has to be sanded with a belt sander(Sorry Bill) .
Its allot of work .But I think the results will be worth it |
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| 04 Nov 2008 03:59 PM |
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Jon, Jon, Jon, where have I gone wrong?  |
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| 04 Nov 2008 07:20 PM |
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Bill, respectfully, where you went wrong was deciding for you and everyone else that belt sanders were worthless for anything having to do with solid surface.
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| 04 Nov 2008 07:40 PM |
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Bill's conclusion is that there are alot more folks out there that will destroy solid surface with a belt sander, than there are those that can use one effectively. Is that about right Bill? |
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| 04 Nov 2008 08:46 PM |
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Hi Jon,
Wow As one of Lumistones inventors Im really excited about this, and even more excited that an industry legend like you has this job! Now I know why you were asking me all the questions about Lumistone earlier.
Thank you so much and please keep us informed as to the progress of this job.
Beltsanders,
Id put Kowboy(and a few others) with a beltsander in his hand up against anyone in the industry, and bet money on the outcome . In Joes hands a beltsander is a fine precision surgical tool! In my hands, watch out, please step back and take care for your fingers and toes!
Lenny
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| 04 Nov 2008 08:50 PM |
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Jon..have you had trouble trying to Photograf it in the dark?...Photo up the glowing part its cool...hard as hell..Andy and Lenny helped me by pointing out to still the camera...put it on a tripod and timer it....Lumistone is wild aint it? |
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