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Club Quarantine Party Lights

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Club Quarantine Party Lights

My wife has been really digging the @dnice Club Quarantine dance party.  It's been a really nice break while we stay at home. To help her get in the vibe a little more, I whipped up a sign.  I cut it out of 1/8" acrylic and put on a portable battery operated stand.  Perfect to setup any place in the house while she gets her groove on!      

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Sabacc Credit Chips

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Sabacc Credit Chips

With a lot of time on my hands now, I'm coming up with more creative ways to engage the family.  I purchased a set of Sabaac cards from Star Wars Galaxy Edge.  The card deck is cool but you can't really get that Sabacc experience with out some credits to make it lively.  I didn't want to use regular poker chips so I needed to make something that matches up.   I started playing around with some ideas. The deck uses three suits. Triangle, square and circle.  I wanted to incorporate these into the design like traditional poker chips. The first...

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Organizing CNC Bits

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Organizing CNC Bits

  I have been doing a lot of wood and plastic cutting on the CNC machine for projects.  Over the last year or two I have picked up a number of different types of bits for different jobs.  Diamond drag cutter for engraving, compression bit for wood, multiple engraver bits and on.  I had been storing them in an old plastic container.    But that really isn't the best solution and I was always misplacing them.  So, since I have this nifty CNC machine that makes things, I figured I should make something to hold my things.  Turns out this was...

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CCHobby Signs at Crew, The Bar in Florida

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CCHobby Signs at Crew, The Bar in Florida

CCHobby created a pair of large lighted acrylic signs to brighten up the front windows of Crew, The Bar in Florida.  The signs provide a lively and inviting storefront to an already hopping bar.  Both signs are 24”x24” and enclosed in wood frames suitable for mounting.  One sign is lit in a static blue and the other it done in RGB allowing it to display in almost any color complete with flashing, fading and remote on/off. Please contact us if you are interested in similar signs or looking for something unique to suit your venue.         

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CCHobby Lighted Signs at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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CCHobby Lighted Signs at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

CCHobby is supporting the NASA Network Integration Center (NIC) at Goddard Space Flight Center.  CCHobby provided 23 lighted desktop signs and 3 large hanging signs as part of an overhaul of the NIC.  The signs are currently on display and the NIC is used as part of public tours through Goddard.        Lighted nameplate signs can be purchased here.  Please contact us if you are interested in custom signs or bulk purchases.

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