{"id":1718,"date":"2025-07-14T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:22:17","slug":"from-sheet-to-sculpture-nates-forge-visits-swift-cut-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/2025\/07\/from-sheet-to-sculpture-nates-forge-visits-swift-cut-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"From sheet to sculpture: Nate\u2019s Forge visits Swift-Cut HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1718\" class=\"elementor elementor-1718\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13cd83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a13cd83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5800c5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5800c5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Almost 12 months ago, we welcomed a purr-ticularly creative visitor to Swift-Cut HQ \u2013 Nate from Nate\u2019s Forge in Scotland. Nate wanted to create a sculpture of a big cat (yes, really!) from 3mm mild steel, and he asked if he could use our Swift-Cut Pro plasma table to bring his idea to life.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a52793 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a52793\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbe13ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbe13ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Naturally, we said yes. He supplied the steel and got to work.<\/p><p>Fast forward a year, and Nate\u2019s now shared the result \u2013 and we think it was worth the wait. The precision cut on the Swift-Cut Pro meant:<\/p><ul><li>Zero material waste thanks to a perfectly nested sheet design<\/li><li>Clean edges, no dross<\/li><li>And a final piece that slotted together beautifully<\/li><\/ul><p>Nate even sent us a photo of the finished sculpture installed \u2013 and we think it\u2019s the cat\u2019s whiskers!<\/p><p><strong>Watch the full video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gl_WP9rwB2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236a79d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"236a79d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c68772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5c68772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=gl_WP9rwB2w&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678d9da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"678d9da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d130e9 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d130e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cecc25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cecc25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic1-1024x578-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1723\" alt=\"Nate&#039;s Forge Case Study - Using Swift-Cut Pro Plasma Cutting Table to cut pieces for 10ft cat sculpture close up image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic1-1024x578-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic1-1024x578-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic1-1024x578-1-768x434.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a7f588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a7f588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic3-1024x578-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1724\" alt=\"Nate&#039;s Forge using Swift-Cut Pro Plasma Cutting Table at Swift-Cut Headquarters Demo Suite to cut pieces for 10ft cat sculpture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic3-1024x578-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic3-1024x578-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic3-1024x578-1-768x434.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6df80 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f6df80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f52b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f52b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic5-768x433-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1725\" alt=\"Swift-Cut Pro Plasma Cutting Table at Swift-Cut Headquarters Demo Suite being used to cut pieces for 10ft cat sculpture by Nate&#039;s Forge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic5-768x433-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic5-768x433-1-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4830303 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4830303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic8-768x433-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1726\" alt=\"Nate&#039;s Forge using Swift-Cut Pro Plasma Cutting Table at Swift-Cut Headquarters Demo Suite to cut pieces for 10ft cat sculpture - 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This is a photo of the finished 10 foot cat sculpture in his back garden.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic11-768x433-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/sugarmarketing.co.uk\/EL26\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nates-Forge-10ft-Cat-pic11-768x433-1-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa4f3f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfa4f3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9dd6c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e9dd6c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d48183 elementor-shape-circle e-grid-align-left e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"2d48183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-3b2e41e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NatesForges\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e6312 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56e6312\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6b5d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb6b5d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Follow Nate&#8217;s Forge on Facebook<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc5a08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cc5a08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bed4d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bed4d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b1fa85 elementor-shape-circle e-grid-align-left e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"9b1fa85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-animation-pop elementor-repeater-item-3b2e41e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/natesforge\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595fa5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"595fa5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256bb1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"256bb1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Follow Nate&#8217;s Forge on Instagram<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 12 months ago, we welcomed a purr-ticularly creative visitor to Swift-Cut HQ \u2013 Nate from Nate\u2019s Forge in Scotland. 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