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Best of Show: Imagination Corp.

Located near Mount Rushmore, Sprocket the robot was strategically engineered to stop traffic.

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2022 Sign Contest: Best of Show

DESIGNED BASED ON a logo provided by Ross Johnson Design (Rapid City, SD), the robot, staircase and sign were crafted for the Sprockets Fun Foundry in Keystone, SD. Constructed in about two months and fabricated in four sections for easy transport, the 24-ft.-tall sculpture’s structural frame and staircase are composed of welded steel cut using a MultiCam Plasma cutter, while the sign face was routed from 30-Ib. Coastal Enterprises Precision Board HDU. The team hand sculpted the sign’s balance with fiberglass-reinforced concrete, employed a MultiCam 3000 series for routing, and used Miller welders and hand tools for the fabrication of the steel armature. Hand-brushed Sherwin Williams acrylic paint adds a finishing touch.

Fabricators
Imagination Corp. | Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Michael Ulrich, Ben Keller | imaginationcorporation.com

Designer

  • Dan Sawatzky

Installers

  • Ross Johnson and team, Ross Johnson Design Co.

Client

  • Sprockets Fun Foundry

Fabrication Equipment/Tools

  • MultiCam Plasma cutter
  • MultiCam 3000 series router
  • Miller welders and hand tools

Materials/Components

  • Welded steel
  • 30-lb. Coastal Enterprises Precision Board HDU
  • Fiberglass reinforced concrete
  • Sherwin Williams acrylic paint

Software

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • SAi EnRoute Pro
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