Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode of Made with Mastercam, Vince Cannarozzo from OptiPro partners with CCMI (www.ccmiplastics.com) to make a vacuum formed Santa face. Watch the different stages of the manufacturing process and the technology that helped us turn a 1950's Santa blow mold into a vacuum formed Santa.
- Planning and design (0:34)
- 3D scanning of Santa (2:41)
- Optimizing mesh file in Verisurf (4:21)
- Mastercam programming to machine four layers of material (6:00)
- Machining vacuum holes on Hyundai Wia KF 5600 and waterjet cutting on Flow Mach 500 (9:52)
- Mastercam programming to machine Santa mold (10:28)
- Machining Santa mold on Hyundai Wia KF 5600 (23:52)
- Vacuum forming Santa mold at CCMI (24:26)
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