Santa Arms Props Fabrication

With Christmas around the corner, we were asked by our customer to fabricate 3 Santa arms prop for digital art movie for product branding. But, they only had a flat drawings photo, so what do we do?

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  Santa Arms

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  Santa Arms photo inspiration

No panic, we created a 3D CAD file from the photo in STL format.

This CAD will be fed to the computer that is connected to our CNC router to tell the machine how to create the prop.

We made some tweaks and changes to the CAD file as well as few versions as the customer wanted the hand to look waiving.

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  STL 3D CAD File

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  STL 3D CAD File

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  STL 3D CAD File

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  STL 3D CAD File

We then started with the machining process of each arm. Once machined, we sanded each arm and applied Epoxy hard shell coat on it for strength and durability protection.

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  CNC machined arm prop

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  CNC Machined Arm

We built a nice working station where we could hold each one horizontally to make it easier to paint

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  Santa Arms Props

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  Santa Arms Props

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  Santa Arms Props

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  Santa Arms Props

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  Santa Arms Props

Once paint was dry we applied wood support fixture at he back of each shoulder, so the customer can secure the arms to the door for their photo shoots

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  Santa Arm Prop

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  Santa Arm Prop

Merry Christmas Everyone!