Happy Monday! Printed the Sherman sign, the "Heritage Park" arch and a half-successful print of the park benches (end frames printed, slats were a bust). And then I tried to get some new thumb drives to work in my 3D printer. They didn't. The Mars isn't reading them, whereas, my MacBook Pro reads and writes to them perfectly well.
I started working with the lighted columns. I finally was able to get the tops copper foiled. I blew out a small LED in the test by accidentally touching the unprotected hot lead to the circuit. I'm using some brass tubes to ensure the light gets to the globes. Not much light wants to escape sideways do they have to be viewed in a darker area. I was going to rig up some LED spotlights to shine on the tank, and that would make the illuminated globes not so hot.
In the this image you can see the finished "Heritage Park" arch lying on the ground. I will paint that semi-gloss black. I painted the extra columns today since I dropped a couple and broke off the fragile spheres on top. They're perfectly round and took off in the basement to parts unknown.
I made two signs. These will be painted black with the lettering highlighted in bronze using a paint marker. All the lettering is legible except for the smallest font which is just at the printer's low resolution point.
