Estudio de caso - Remodelación extrema: Edición hogar

Ty llamó a Paul porque sabía que acababa de instalar una nueva fresadora CNC ShopBot, y Ty posee una máquina similar que utiliza su amigo de toda la vida, Rob Williams. Rob había diseñado un panel de puerta original para un proyecto de Extreme Makeover, pero si él mismo cortaba las puertas, tendrían que enviarse desde su taller en Atlanta a Nueva York con un plazo de entrega muy ajustado. Además, la nueva fresadora de Paul sería capaz de cortar las puertas mucho más rápido que la antigua máquina de Ty, así que accedió a crear los patrones de las puertas a partir del archivo de corte de Rob.

La historia de Paul comienza un viernes;“I drove to the Arena house in Somers, NY to pick up the doors, the same day the old house was being demolished. When the doors arrived, Big D (the lead carpenter for the show) discovered that the doors that had been delivered were not solid wood; instead, they were solid core. (They were veneer clad core and we didn't know what the core was). Since this was Ty’s 'Secret project', Big D had asked Ty to come over and discuss the problem. If we used the doors that were delivered, the current design would completely remove the veneer and expose the unknown core material.”

“Ty is a highly accomplished carpenter in his own right and we discussed several options but the best option was for the show’s producers to find solid wood doors and get them to me in time to cut them. I left the Arena house with the solid core doors just in case the design producers could not get the solid wood doors. ““On the Saturday, I received an email from the shows lead artist, Nancy Hadley, asking about a sample that I had left with the design producers on Friday. She asked if it would be possible to design and cut large appliqués from a picture she had attached. Since I was idle waiting for the solid doors, I agreed to make the appliqués.”

“I had purchased VCarve Pro a couple of weeks before and this was going to be my first project using it.”

I emailed several VCarve Pro previews to Nancy as we refined the design.

Nancy decided on 1.5” thick carvings without a frame and that became the target design.

Meanwhile, back at the Arena, the producers discovered that it was going to be impossible to source solid wood doors over the weekend. After many calls and emails with the producers, Paul sensed a growing panic and on Sunday morning he started to redesign the door pattern to keep almost all of the veneer on the solid core doors while trying to maintain the same overall look.Una vez más, las previsualizaciones 3D realistas y de alta calidad de VCarve Pro fueron cruciales para que Paul perfeccionara el diseño. Pasó horas diseñando y enviando por correo electrónico nuevas opciones de previsualización a los productores presentes. Mientras diseñaba las puertas, su Shopbot cortaba los apliques de Nancy.

Finalmente, todos se pusieron de acuerdo en un patrón que minimizaría el corte del revestimiento de la puerta y se asemejaría al diseño original de Rob.

“Este proyecto de Extreme Makeover se había convertido en un desastre asegurado: una máquina nueva, un software nuevo, un operador novato (¡yo!) y un plazo de tres días. Cualquier cosa podía salir mal. No había planes de contingencia.”Paul entregó las puertas y dos pares de apliques el martes alrededor del mediodía. (¡Para entonces, el exterior de la casa nueva ya estaba completamente terminado!) Cuando Big D barnizó las puertas, el núcleo de aglomerado absorbió mucha más tinta que la chapa. Esto hizo que las puertas parecieran teñidas con dos tintes diferentes pero coordinados, ¡y quedaron geniales! Nancy usó los apliques en la parte trasera de las puertas y en las paredes de la habitación del bebé (el "PROYECTO SECRETO" de Ty).

"Big D estaba contento, Nancy estaba contenta, los productores estaban contentos, Ty estaba contento, y yo... yo estaba increíblemente aliviada. Me quité un peso de encima y mis primeros proyectos importantes de CNC con el nuevo software y la máquina fueron un éxito.""The biggest single key to success was VCarve Pro’s capability to create highly accurate and realistic previews. Several times the previews showed mistakes that I had made. The previews also created a comfort level for the producers because they could see what they were going to get before we cut anything."

Paul’s most recent Extreme Makeover : Home Edition project involved him working with Nancy to design and carve a ‘Tree of Life’ for the family. This turned out to be a huge success and everyone now wants their own ‘Tree’.

Paul has now worked on 8 Extreme Makeover house’s including two houses in one week. When asked why he volunteers his time and effort Paul said “When I was small, we were poor … very poor. Many people helped us. I am simply paying back.”

The next season of EM:HE has just started and I’m sure there’ll be another call … “Hi Paul. This is Ty. We are in the area and I was wondering if …. “

Other EM:HE projects Paul has worked on.