Point of sale: 3D bars

[Robert Lambie]

amazing work mate… so has it been cut and shaped like that or is there a mould made? how do you colour them?

[Marekdlux]

That roll of fruit pastelles would hold me off for about a week.
-Marek

[Shane Drew]

so the inside is eps? and the outside is printed?

or the whole thing is eps and painted?

very impressed.

We have a co in qld that do this sort of stuff, never ceases to amaze me how life like they can make them….

[Carrie Brown]

Wow, those are huge ….. I would never have guessed if you had not said that the background was a sheet of 8×4! Fluffing Eck thats great …. can we know more then … how do you make these?

If only I could have a real choccie bar that size 😀

[Chris Wool]

i wont let my misses see the Rollo’s.

they must have been fun to produce

chris

[Lynn Normington]

they look really good would interested in how you made them 🙂

Lynn

[Nicola McIntosh]

they are first class 😀

nik

[Fran Hollywood]

The inside of the bar is EPS cut using a CNC hot wire machine. We had to buy the real bars, measure them all round and consume them, then scale them 9 times. We have probably been scaled up a little too, especially around the waste .
The wrapper was done by print and laminating and stuck on the edges as per the real bars.
The rolo, fruit pastille and aero bars had foil on the ends……….just like the real thing.
It was a good project to work as everybody is familiar with the real thing and it was good to see them super-sized. The client was very happy too.

[David Rowland]

so are you limited to squares with this CNC? how many axis.. sorry never seen a hot wire CNC before… sounds very interesting.

[Peter Normington]

Dave me ol mate, there was a couple being demoed at sign uk last year,
basicly 2 wires at right angles, so in effect 4 axis
Its quite simple to make a hot wire cutter for freehand use, very effective for polystyrene, Many automotive proyotype and design models are made like this

Peter

[David Rowland]

sounds interesting pete
i must have taken the wrong isle

[Robert Lambie]

i too saw similar machines at signuk last year peter, also a few years back when we actually contemplated buying one. as we new little about it all we never ventured. stuff like this from foamcutter looks great really shows how a machine like this can be used in the right hands. well done mate 😉

foam cutter, could you email me at admin@uksignboards.com please?

[Fran Hollywood]

Dave,
we are not restricted to squares or simple shapes. It is quite a versatile machine but tend to use it as a 2 axis cutter. What we like most is the variation, last week we created curved walls for a tiling company for a walk-in shower area and then we were cutting valentine hearts and then a cone shape 4m high for an event management company.
Attached are a few signage examples to give you an idea of what we can create.

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[Peter Normington]

Just came across a previous post by accident, may be a way to start this type of work?
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=6366

The hot wire cutter described has a fault though, when the wire gets hot, it will expand, making it slack, so you need to incorporate a tensioning system

Peter

[Marekdlux]

We have a hotwire at work although I have never used it. One of our previous employees made this dragon using it though.
-Marek

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[Peter Normington]

2 questions Marek,

do you know how the gloss finish was achieved on the dragon?
is that a panasonic laser he is sat on?

Peter