Styrofoam figures
You’ve probably seen this before
In stores, styrofoam dolls are used for displays. Or large blowups of advertising, letters or figures, at concerts or at festivals.
Material
Styrofoam
“Expanded polystyrene (English abbreviation: EPS, after expanded polystyrene) or PS rigid foam is a characteristic and almost always white plastic, popularly called Styrofoam.
EPS is often used as a building material for sculptures, floats and models. EPS is often a surface for flowers in parade floats.
EPS products are manufactured in the form of blocks, plates or molded parts. The blocks can be cut into plates and many arbitrary shaped parts.”
Source: Wikipedia
Technology
Foam carving
“Computer numerical control, or CNC for short, concerns the computer-controlled control of machine tools that must quickly and accurately produce parts in metal, plastic or wood. These pieces can be made using a milling machine.
This is done on the basis of a program that is usually generated in a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system.”
Source: Wikipedia
Where to start?
Type the right searches into Google:
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Styrofoam figure
Foam blowup blowups blow up figure shape foam EPS
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Foamcarving
foam cutting foam carving CNC carving cutting machine milling machine
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Organic 360
organic shapes 360 degrees around round all around
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Location
Enter your own location or nearby city in your search on Google.
Perhaps there is a company nearby, that you didn’t know existed.
Example video
“Sculpting a woman’s Body – 3D CNC Foam Carving”
Example video
“Milling a bust on the FROGMill”
Clear order description
Gather your findings
To have the torso made by a company,
the assignment and order description must be clear.
Think about the following:
Checklist
Wishes?
Finish?
Scale model?
Conditions
Digital STL delivery?
Shipping?
Price
Incl./excl. VAT?
Shipping costs?
Privacy
Handling data, customer data and STL file? (GDPR)
Email template
Hello foam team,
Through this email I would like to enquire about the following:
I would like to have a 1:1 mannequin torso made of myself in styrofoam/EPS.
The use of the mannequin is for sewing patterns, and therefore for piercing pins.
Can I provide you with a 3D STL file to make one?
There also need to be 2 cylindrical holes, along the longitudinal/dorsal axis, for the stand. Do you mill/carve that with a CNC machine?
I will cover it myself with fabric, so the torso can be delivered unfinished. No coating is required.
Do you need specific distance references/markings, for correct scaling, on the STL model?
It should be a torso of approximately XX cm high, XX cm wide and XX cm deep. (Enter an indication here).
Additionally, I would like to order a 1:3 scale model.
What would this total cost (+ shipping costs) and what is the delivery time in terms of production planning?
I would love to receive your response.
Yours sincerely,
name
phone number
Torso delivered?
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