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How to construct a curved totem 10ft x 4 ft?
Hi, potentially we have to construct a curved totem pole with a brushed dibond face. Usually we stick to the flat panels but we are going to give this one a go.
Can anyone offer us any advice or pointers how to go about this? If we fabricate a curved steel frame could we persuade the panel around it?
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How about using aluminium? It is more flexible than dibond. Or you can buy curved totems ready made from Spandex, Ashby etc.
John
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more or less the same as a standard totem, only use 10 mm foamex ribs to shape
rough principle shown,make sure you ribs are correctly aligned, and the ACM will pull around the face easily enough,
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Thanks John and Ian. Sorted
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I’m busy doing a truckload of these at the moment. It is a Country-wide contract for the biggest paint manufacturer in Namibia.
I just make the frame (in this case aluminium square tubing) a bit narrower than the panel (2mm abs) – That forces the panel out in a curve.
With Dibond you may have to roll the panels. Take them to a sheetmetal workshop to run through their rolers
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We do much like Ian suggested, but we have a circular pole running up the middle. Probably can do without the pole though. Here’s a link to the pdf with a tech isometric drawing. It’s quite similar to Ian’s drawing. http://www.apcosigns.com/techpdf/spcurve.pdf Some of our parts are Water-jet cut or extruded though. Hope you sort it out Eamon.
Nice sign Gert!
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