https://ursaconcept.com/home daily 1.0 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587072561803-L0A8K9R6XYNQHPVV1H50/Brian+Glaser+-+headshot.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587072624932-N2Y5AXS5U545WCPHETK8/jen+barrows+-+from+website+in+gray+cardigan.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587147168411-IDPBCYW0JK1C5LC0I3TI/brendan_linkedin.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1530211461881-1IUYPQLGPUSV0L6V0IB2/FILLER-02.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587337664252-BDGJBS0L156JTZ6YONJ7/website+banner+blue+background+26degreetwist.png Home https://ursaconcept.com/inprogress daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://ursaconcept.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563027264113-CBFK51ZMKX5C57B2H3K5/bcweb01.png Art Fabrication splash Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563027264113-CBFK51ZMKX5C57B2H3K5/bcweb01.png Art Fabrication splash Gallery - 12' x 16' Aluminum and Acrylic Case This custom plexiglass surround was built for Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America, at the McMullen Museum at Boston College in early 2019. Suzuki Kason (1860–1919), Eagle and Monkey, 1898. Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk, 57.3 x 27.4 in., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis, 41.507. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563027262998-5AWSD4HEOC6MWWS2RL8I/bcweb02.png Art Fabrication splash Gallery - 10' x 14' Drywall, Aluminum, and Acrylic Case This custom plexiglass surround was built for Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America, at the McMullen Museum at Boston College in early 2019. Soga Nichokuan (1665-1660), Eagle on a Rock. One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper, 59 3/4 x 137 1/4 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Mr. William Sturgis Bigelow, 11.6912. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587065057941-22HYHCR3D5B6WSORVQ6V/signal-2018-09-01-150210.jpg Art Fabrication splash Gallery - Custom-sized Display Pedestals This custom pedestal was designed in order to display this 1972 Fred Eversley piece for the Radiant Space exhibit in Fall 2018 at the VanDernoot Gallery at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Pedestals were fabricated to the artist’s specific dimensional requirements, per terms of loan agreement. https://ursaconcept.com/metal-fabrication-2 daily 0.75 2019-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550870574473-J5040XG0AK28SGZLJU54/stool.jpg Metal Fabrication Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550870574473-J5040XG0AK28SGZLJU54/stool.jpg Metal Fabrication Gallery Stool with vintage tractor seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550870338779-VTZIED6GVYJW3C1HK8BR/0516181957a_Film1.jpg Metal Fabrication Gallery This protoype grill was built as a proof of concept while designing a Hibachi grill class. It works great, and gives a great sear and charcoal flavor to the food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564694492656-ER2R5Y22XUUYUAM6SLTH/0524191823.jpg Metal Fabrication Gallery This Jeep bumper was an exercise in 3D CAD-designed bent sheetmetal. The project was cut on CNC plasma cutter and fully welded. https://ursaconcept.com/technical-instruction-gallery daily 0.75 2019-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550868585798-I5DJSEMB26PBYERUWISP/Capture.jpg Technical Instruction Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550868585798-I5DJSEMB26PBYERUWISP/Capture.jpg Technical Instruction Gallery Folded sheetmetal brackets for CNC Plasma Cutting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1532703024183-QNJM6GWJHJM1GOUEAP4X/J8HCjCtg.jpg Technical Instruction Gallery Steel fabrication using paper templates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550867987912-62RTQN2FC06GVEL0H4B0/0419182034_Film1.jpg Technical Instruction Gallery Steel fabrication using paper templates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550869719194-YNISWA0ZC6A9ZWO9GH70/IMG_1155.JPG Technical Instruction Gallery Student learning use of a 4.5” angle grinder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550869312001-FLF0XCNTB0QYL28TB67B/IMG_1156.JPG Technical Instruction Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550869791386-KN707ZK4V03CJQM7CBZW/IMG_1160.JPG Technical Instruction Gallery Student grinding part on a belt grinder https://ursaconcept.com/in-progress-gallery daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550873805847-IBORKS11UOLXIDV6SL9V/0627171400_Film3.jpg CX 500 Scrambler Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550873805847-IBORKS11UOLXIDV6SL9V/0627171400_Film3.jpg CX 500 Scrambler Gallery Love the CX, but wanted a Scrambler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550873887110-MEMCBZRID5RX8JEXR9UW/0712171629a_Film3.jpg CX 500 Scrambler Gallery Sand bending tubing for rear subframe hoop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550873952383-CS4QFV1HM2A35BVVNQ2K/0727171750_Film3.jpg CX 500 Scrambler Gallery New custom subframe bolted up to the remaining factory frame tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550873988106-2MPTUTRLEUYTWLQNH8JP/0806171225_Film3.jpg CX 500 Scrambler Gallery Spent WAY too much time making these arched seat supports. https://ursaconcept.com/lesley-tables-gallery daily 0.75 2020-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138331692-EFX4YXNGT75BLPX7TOPM/skis2gbQ.jpg Lesley Tables w/o tables Gallery Each table is individually built and adjusted on a cast iron welding table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138331692-EFX4YXNGT75BLPX7TOPM/skis2gbQ.jpg Lesley Tables w/o tables Gallery Each table is individually built and adjusted on a cast iron welding table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138331375-09IMG1N8S9WNBVXAKF42/L_YaB7Ww.jpg Lesley Tables w/o tables Gallery The tables are not to be noticed in the gallery. That means that they need to be very straight and square, which is why precision jigs are made for each project and digital measuring tools are used to make sure everything that leaves Ursa’s shop is square and plumb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138331135-141W6K5F76FV9ABPJJMW/mNAnfbeQ.jpg Lesley Tables w/o tables Gallery This jig allows Brendan to line up the legs on the corners of the top and tack weld the legs into place. The cut out in the jig allows Brendan to line up the corner of the upper frame with the corner of the leg tubes. https://ursaconcept.com/loft-ladder-gallery daily 0.75 2020-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550863384176-19SL1NGZB23LG061X0PU/IMG_1219.jpg Loft Ladder Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1550863384176-19SL1NGZB23LG061X0PU/IMG_1219.jpg Loft Ladder Gallery - Loft ladder This steel and western red cedar loft ladder provides access to the loft in the client’s daughter’s bedroom. It was designed for ease of access and safety, while revealing the brick chimney to be an accent for the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138646718-XQZGCZRLNULNEWQ0UKPN/GxynwsoQ.jpg Loft Ladder Gallery - Steel and Cedar The steel brackets are TIG welded and counterbored to allow for flush installation of specialty square drive Simpson stainless steel screws with thread pitch designed for very soft wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563138661154-LH2TX2T1G24YQACCULZL/QdFqDS-Q.jpg Loft Ladder Gallery - Loft ladder detail TIG welded top bracket, in ‘platinum’ powder coating. https://ursaconcept.com/jeep-wrangler-gallery daily 0.75 2019-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264545-JOA5CM8J1H6QCB113H73/jeep+wrangler+01.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery The control arm hanger and frame arch were paper-thin and needed replacing. The jig in this photo is welded to the control arm bolt, and two makeshift center punches are welded to the arms. After marking the frame with the ‘center punches,’ Brendan was able to perfectly locate the control arm hanger on the new frame repair panel precisely in the factory location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264545-JOA5CM8J1H6QCB113H73/jeep+wrangler+01.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery The control arm hanger and frame arch were paper-thin and needed replacing. The jig in this photo is welded to the control arm bolt, and two makeshift center punches are welded to the arms. After marking the frame with the ‘center punches,’ Brendan was able to perfectly locate the control arm hanger on the new frame repair panel precisely in the factory location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264169-9SG22PPSQC4R8KSBXMFL/jeep+wrangler+02.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery Rusted-out frame areas cut away to allow installation of frame repair panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264419-IZ8UVRXLS4Z5GWMTOMGD/jeep+wrangler+03.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery Frame repair panel installed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264671-1V9UP29NIQZTFAI3W1KP/jeep+wrangler+04.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery Driver’s side floorpan cut out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563139264771-77VKW9RISPC40S48J1EN/jeep+wrangler+05.jpg Jeep Wrangler Gallery New Floorpan welded in place https://ursaconcept.com/bumper-gallery daily 0.75 2020-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563140953685-PO18Z4U0YCCUJWC68UZ1/Tube+bumper.JPG Craptor Bumper Gallery The completed bumper, fresh off a 500 mile off-road rally! Period-correct KC HiLites and thousands of dead bugs complete the look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1563140953685-PO18Z4U0YCCUJWC68UZ1/Tube+bumper.JPG Craptor Bumper Gallery The completed bumper, fresh off a 500 mile off-road rally! Period-correct KC HiLites and thousands of dead bugs complete the look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564690899687-61WSSAIQ81U6NP6RRV6U/signal-2018-11-17-103116.jpg Craptor Bumper Gallery This is the tube bumper mockup, with the light bar guard hoop positioned on top. This light bar guard will be held in place with a CNC plasma cut bent sheetmetal bracket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564691154890-D4WPXX5PCF6K2URWWNP4/signal-2018-11-17-104352.jpg Craptor Bumper Gallery This is the first mockup of the light brackets and the bent sheetmetal light guard bracket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564691223714-HM7MOPHSJX0ZZEDKAVBF/signal-2018-06-08-165804.jpg Craptor Bumper Gallery The 1.75” steel drawn-over-mandrel bumper tubing is precision bent with Ursa’s hydraulic tubing bender. https://ursaconcept.com/chainsaw-chopsaw daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706275946-1ISWN6CC2P9SGV92K4F0/_MG_9500.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw The chopsaw table, mounted to a pallet for shipping to the project site on the west coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706275946-1ISWN6CC2P9SGV92K4F0/_MG_9500.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw The chopsaw table, mounted to a pallet for shipping to the project site on the west coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564759277570-TR9XQPTAQTAU8MWXYX2H/Cordwood_Home_Wall.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw This is an example of a cordwood masonry wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706290756-CLKSIY2WBBW8YKUPUT1D/_MG_9498.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw The chopsaw table has a counterweight on a pulley system that helps the saw to return to the ready position after each cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706209660-RMRY0ZJQAFDK6RCJ00KZ/_MG_9509.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw The chainsaw table rotates on two axes, so that the saw can be fueled without unbolting it from the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706195692-3YLFBJSOVF0MJZ82KD2E/_MG_9511.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw One of the tricky details to this project was allowing for fueling of the chainsaw. It requires turning the saw on its side, so the table has to rotate on two axes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706195523-9STH16BQWJHLUKUAFFHP/_MG_9510.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw This view shows both of the pivot axes. Weld hinges were used for the side flip, and pillow block bearings for the primary sawing axis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1564706288710-IFCJH8OU0SF3BPANVCCO/_MG_9499.jpg Chainsaw Chopsaw https://ursaconcept.com/jeep-tj-bumper daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1582563762908-P0USI8XC8L6M11VT96XX/image-asset.jpeg Jeep TJ Bumper Bumper parts cut from 3/16” sheet metal on CNC plasma cutter table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1582563762908-P0USI8XC8L6M11VT96XX/image-asset.jpeg Jeep TJ Bumper Bumper parts cut from 3/16” sheet metal on CNC plasma cutter table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1582564466056-4VB4B16PDA3URURGTBPN/image-asset.jpeg Jeep TJ Bumper Bent sheet metal parts assembled and tack welded together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1582563891957-SL73S61T253FPQMU2AOQ/0524191823.jpg Jeep TJ Bumper Completed Bumper, painted with a textured non-slip black paint. https://ursaconcept.com/applause-sign daily 0.75 2020-02-29 https://ursaconcept.com/bmw-2002-door-cards daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583016030170-8RKDRIDDYVKHB1RJBH0V/image-asset.jpeg BMW 2002 door cards Thanks to the Lesley University Technical Drawing students for measuring up the hole locations from a spare BMW 2002 door. Missed a few holes, but most were right on target! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583016030170-8RKDRIDDYVKHB1RJBH0V/image-asset.jpeg BMW 2002 door cards Thanks to the Lesley University Technical Drawing students for measuring up the hole locations from a spare BMW 2002 door. Missed a few holes, but most were right on target! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587311477466-527G64COUF7RIRO2U3AK/P1010008.JPG BMW 2002 door cards The old door card and the new panel, side by side. The new panel was cut from 3mm expanded PVC foam sheet on CNC Router. The hole locations from the students’ layout takeoff were pretty close, but some adjustments needed to be made, of course. We note the location change vectors right on the card for the next iteration. https://ursaconcept.com/bar-cart daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583016593726-WDD6697CEBPRRAY0LLSR/LUCAD+Bar+Cart+v7.png Bar Cart Initial render of a bar cart we’re designing for a client. Frame will be bent, brushed steel tubes with a clear finish. Tubes will be TIG brazed with silicon bronze, which leaves a gold-colored ‘weld’ at the joints, which will provide an accent to match the brass top. Panels will be plywood with teak veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583016593726-WDD6697CEBPRRAY0LLSR/LUCAD+Bar+Cart+v7.png Bar Cart Initial render of a bar cart we’re designing for a client. Frame will be bent, brushed steel tubes with a clear finish. Tubes will be TIG brazed with silicon bronze, which leaves a gold-colored ‘weld’ at the joints, which will provide an accent to match the brass top. Panels will be plywood with teak veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587056797272-8NN14PNHMACP4JR84Z0B/1031191255.jpg Bar Cart The client provided these bronze-look steel casters and an antique brass latch. The rest of this bar cart design was left up to us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587312313668-LW8WN49FC2EA7JR1Y881/P1010001.JPG Bar Cart The client provided this cast brass latch. It came from Romania via eBay. It was possibly a window latch. https://ursaconcept.com/carousel daily 0.75 2020-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583019251152-NPOFA3WJMGET0XJWQTIH/Madhouse+-+Carousel+v17.png Carousel This Fusion 360 model and rendering was created based on a client’s verbal description of an art installation that we’re developing together. The carousel will be operated by the handwheel, which will drive the carousel’s rotating platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583019251152-NPOFA3WJMGET0XJWQTIH/Madhouse+-+Carousel+v17.png Carousel This Fusion 360 model and rendering was created based on a client’s verbal description of an art installation that we’re developing together. The carousel will be operated by the handwheel, which will drive the carousel’s rotating platform. https://ursaconcept.com/brendans-flat-file-riser daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583250217730-YWFOY9DJSLKOEFPGA7T6/0303201035.jpg Brendan's Flat File riser Flat files are a necessary part of a photographer’s tool kit, but they take up valuable floor space, and have a thin, often dented, metal top that isn’t a great surface to work on, especially at knee height! This flat file riser and Formica work surface turn a flat file into an extension of the adjacent desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583250217730-YWFOY9DJSLKOEFPGA7T6/0303201035.jpg Brendan's Flat File riser Flat files are a necessary part of a photographer’s tool kit, but they take up valuable floor space, and have a thin, often dented, metal top that isn’t a great surface to work on, especially at knee height! This flat file riser and Formica work surface turn a flat file into an extension of the adjacent desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583249989218-M0BLDN8PIOIIQEFXMCPA/0303201034.jpg Brendan's Flat File riser The joints at the mitered corners of the flat file riser are ground flush so that it the assembly looks like one piece of steel. We chose red to go with the racing stripes on the nearby desk panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583249992633-X5JBHXGU26MFY6WA67GD/0303201034a.jpg Brendan's Flat File riser I’m a big fan of these nickel-plated leveling feet. They let you adjust the position of the piece of furniture to align with the adjacent furniture, or to accommodate the unevenness of the floor. They have a smooth bottom so they won’t damage your floor finishes. https://ursaconcept.com/striped-formica-desk-panel daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017213583-1GMGHF0PYC4NATJO3BSU/1106191153.jpg Striped Formica Desk Panel We needed more desk space, and had some Formica and Baltic birch scraps laying around. None of the Formica scrap was large enough to do the desk, so had no choice but to race it up with some stripes! Figured we’d chip up the edges laying the five pieces together, but they all fell into place perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017213583-1GMGHF0PYC4NATJO3BSU/1106191153.jpg Striped Formica Desk Panel We needed more desk space, and had some Formica and Baltic birch scraps laying around. None of the Formica scrap was large enough to do the desk, so had no choice but to race it up with some stripes! Figured we’d chip up the edges laying the five pieces together, but they all fell into place perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017212804-MN315L81ROEPFXTQG6WW/1107191417.jpg Striped Formica Desk Panel The first and last time this desk would not be covered with office stuff! The desktop panel is supported on one end by filing cabinets and supported in the corner on steel brackets cantilevered off the desk. https://ursaconcept.com/944s2-service daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583018792080-70PYPUTH7F9PFRJ5TR87/0919191544a.jpg 944S2 service Unbelievable, but you have to remove the front body panel between the lights in order to change the air filter on this car! The screws are all cleverly hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583018792080-70PYPUTH7F9PFRJ5TR87/0919191544a.jpg 944S2 service Unbelievable, but you have to remove the front body panel between the lights in order to change the air filter on this car! The screws are all cleverly hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017916740-HE6ZCOTBTWQDVNDXB8U3/0919191544.jpg 944S2 service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017956822-JWFKL7OQCLIMYVBM7NCO/0919191611.jpg 944S2 service Dealing with failed electrical connections is half of maintaining European classics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017956780-PE3DCWCV56QLRG34ULGH/0919191611a.jpg 944S2 service Reconnecting this ground wire for the rear windshield defroster solved every electrical gremlin in the interior of this car. Hours spent with the wiring diagram trying to sort out why. Decided it wasn’t worth it and to accept an accidental success for once! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583017971968-9CNBTH4CIOURUYMUXSVC/0919191634.jpg 944S2 service This car doesn’t run many miles per year, so we’re going to be changing oil and filter based on age. It’s shockingly difficult to find the right oil filter for this car! https://ursaconcept.com/letterpress-classroom-furniture daily 0.75 2020-02-29 https://ursaconcept.com/printer-prisons daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587055395431-YXJ7BKIR7TL6G8EPX9VA/0701191351.jpg Printer Prisons Initial Printer Prison concept. (Really glad to no longer be designing our 3D projects in Autocad! Fusion 360 is so much better for this work and is certainly worth the time investment to learn the software for designing 3D projects.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587055395431-YXJ7BKIR7TL6G8EPX9VA/0701191351.jpg Printer Prisons Initial Printer Prison concept. (Really glad to no longer be designing our 3D projects in Autocad! Fusion 360 is so much better for this work and is certainly worth the time investment to learn the software for designing 3D projects.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583255899413-46W87Y4E1ZKIKDRXF2QU/0701191639b.jpg Printer Prisons One sheet of steel cut into the parts for the Printer Prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583255905212-J79MYZ8LXSG15SAB2P3Z/Printer_Lock.jpg Printer Prisons Prototype 1! The lockable Printer Prison has a lift-up front panel that allows the authorized staff to load paper drawers. Would rather have fancied-up the rectangular lift handle opening, but otherwise pleased with the result. Also, glad we put all the speed holes to lighten the lift assembly. (It’s at an art school, perhaps they’re art holes?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583255905277-988QEGIVR3Y3GESRWGVW/Print_Lock_Detail.jpg Printer Prisons The padlock was a key feature. The Academic Computing department uses these keyed-alike padlocks to allow only their staff access to the various electronic equipment and shop equipment throughout the facility. The large brass locks are perhaps overkill for the application, but sends a clear message to student users that access is restricted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1583255907842-XZYX0STUQ0R2XH0JVOR7/Printer_Lock2.jpg Printer Prisons Prototype 2! This printer is much smaller, so the smaller lift-up panel wasn’t lightened. Even with this lighter assembly, the flip up door is too heavy. The next prototypes will have gas struts to help lift the doors for ease of use. https://ursaconcept.com/print-lab-flat-file-risers daily 0.75 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587054501694-XTAE7GM3D7G5R1UPQDCY/1.jpg Print Lab flat file risers The completed project, with each flat file working together to create one continuous work surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587054501694-XTAE7GM3D7G5R1UPQDCY/1.jpg Print Lab flat file risers The completed project, with each flat file working together to create one continuous work surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587054499748-6GAQV969OATZ0TQV6VBZ/0.jpg Print Lab flat file risers One feature of the design is creating a toe space beneath the flat files. Without this toe space, students will have to stand farther back from the surface, making it difficult to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587054505413-SCJCQ3H52UNFNRMOAGW7/2.jpg Print Lab flat file risers When the flat file is to be moved, the feet are raised up until the casters are bearing the weight of the table. It can then be rolled around with ease, even when loaded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587054508532-55RLZT59FKXOMK64WXMG/3.jpg Print Lab flat file risers The adjustable height leveling feet allow for these two flat files to be leveled at the same height to combine the two flat files to create one continuous work surface. https://ursaconcept.com/vinyl-rack daily 0.75 2020-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587056821729-51C1S3EGX2VIHQRWXAH9/Vinyl_Rack.jpg Vinyl rack This quick and dirty project was completed in 2019. The birch plywood was cut to my design in a CNC router, sanded and finished with clear polyurethane, and attached to the wall using adhesive and drywall anchors. Tubes are galvanized EMT conduit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587056821729-51C1S3EGX2VIHQRWXAH9/Vinyl_Rack.jpg Vinyl rack This quick and dirty project was completed in 2019. The birch plywood was cut to my design in a CNC router, sanded and finished with clear polyurethane, and attached to the wall using adhesive and drywall anchors. Tubes are galvanized EMT conduit. https://ursaconcept.com/revolucion-1 daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587065608074-RQCQEIRHXFGX6NB1JN91/1025191349c.jpg Revolucion The completed sign in place, filling the space above the lobby. This sign has been hanging in the Lunder Building at Lesley Art + Design since October 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587065608074-RQCQEIRHXFGX6NB1JN91/1025191349c.jpg Revolucion The completed sign in place, filling the space above the lobby. This sign has been hanging in the Lunder Building at Lesley Art + Design since October 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587062794520-GLEK2D87BGZLN4Y0A5OH/1025191400_HDR.jpg Revolucion Ursa fabricated the substrate and hung the finished sign. The paint work on the sign was done by another contractor, who chose to not be credited here. The rear of the sign was painted in the same pink color used on the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587062811768-A16I5O42O4D9U1OU29U1/0809191318.jpg Revolucion All projects start with a sketch! We needed three pieces of 3/4” PVC foam board, but pretty good first design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587063232665-F611MOBN8CWL4SLHY4G7/0920191545a.jpg Revolucion First fit-up of the three 40”x80” panels. Learned an unfortunate lesson about the VCarve software that resulted in the dadoes not lining up. (We run the CNC router exclusively on Fusion 360 now. Never again, VCarve!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587062825309-CR27ZQMIBF9Q7DPNI3G2/0918191052a.jpg Revolucion About half the parts in this run on the CNC plasma cutter are for a mounting bracket that clamped to the building’s structural steel to support an electric winch for hoisting the sign into place. https://ursaconcept.com/metal-shop-sign daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587074978483-XPNP12UDPDC84ZOGFFSX/0918191052a.jpg Metal Shop Sign Parts for the Metal Shop sign were designed in CAD and cut on the CNC Plasma cutter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587074978483-XPNP12UDPDC84ZOGFFSX/0918191052a.jpg Metal Shop Sign Parts for the Metal Shop sign were designed in CAD and cut on the CNC Plasma cutter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587147740222-M5KZSU3TZJ4VTH6PPCCN/1206191143.jpg Metal Shop Sign The 12 volt LED light strips cast light on the steel rear panel of the sign and reflect it out through the text holes in the front panel. LEDs are positioned around the edge of the panel because we don’t want the viewer to see the reflection of the LEDs, just the blue light leaking out of the text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1587148113744-WUUB5WXDIUZ4HOHW1885/1206191541.jpg Metal Shop Sign Completed sign in place at the metal shop! We added a few pieces of TIG rod to create some ‘sparks’ at the lightning strike. The LED lighting is plenty bright when viewed head on, but when installed 8’ above the floor, the light appears too dim because it’s now viewed at an angle. We’re going to remove the rear access panel and add some more LED strips this spring. https://ursaconcept.com/metal-fabrication daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://ursaconcept.com/metal-fabrication-1 daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1661872942371-ZDNR5I99DKDE6I8XHSW8/20220610_194424.jpg Art Fabrication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1661872942371-FLIBMED5QJY1XBIU0XJL/20220610_194435.jpg Art Fabrication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/1661872950074-HTOJ0DO9X4WR85AUSF3W/20220610_203331.jpg Art Fabrication https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bd79a63a04117b5342c46a/46f14b31-cfb9-445f-a5f2-53e5a90bb445/20220610_194424.jpg Art Fabrication - Make it stand out Series of six powder coated steel landscape sculptures at a luxury housing tower at Shawmut St. in Boston https://ursaconcept.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-08-04