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MLK Day parade float 8-foot signs - January 2014

I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels
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    Post production of 8 foot sign comprised of two panels cut separately on a Torchmate 4x4 CNC plasma cutter (without voltage sensing height control). Two 8 foot signs were presented on a parade float celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the MLK parade in San Diego in January 2014.
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    Tricky polyarcs can animate a stationary object: Tree of Life: drawn using Torchmate CAD and cut on a 4x4 Torchmate CNC plasma cutter- for the 100 year anniversary celebration for San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District, including a metal trades school (welding and steal fabrication.)
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    Tree of Life: drawn using Torchmate CAD and cut on a 4x4 Torchmate CNC plasma cutter- for the 100 year anniversary celebration for San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District, including a metal trades school (welding and steal fabrication.) Tricky polyarcs can animate a stationary object.
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    This is a dazzling publicity photograph of Yours, Truly working at the MLK2014 sign project. I'm actually cutting up some scrap here.
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    This is a another (or is it the same one? dazzling publicity photograph of Yours, Truly working at the MLK2014 sign project... Cutting up the some scrap with a plasma hand torch.
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    Post production of 8 foot sign comprised of two panels cut separately on a Torchmate 4x4 CNC plasma cutter (without voltage sensing height control). Two 8 foot signs were presented on a parade float celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the MLK parade in San Diego in January 2014.
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    I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels
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    I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels
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    I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels
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    I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels
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    I cut two 8 foot signs for the MLK 2014 parade San Diego Continuing Education, part of the San Diego Community College District. I was a student in the Metal Trades program, where I developed my proficiency in several welding processes, and also studied and learned independently to design and draw (using Torchmate CAD), program, and cut parts with a Torchmate 4x4 CNC Plasma Cutter. I have a passion for the artisan crafts and especially enjoy joining, cutting, shaping and forming metals. I also have a passion for machines, their operation, and their maintenance for optimization of their capabilities. I am pursuing an interest in design as well, and plan to study various CAD tools and develop my hand drawing skills as well. The signs were mounted on each side of a float built by several welding/metal fab students, and was presented to the public at the annual parade commemorating and celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. in January 2014. Each sign is two panels