Spinning Acrylic Standee Tutorial
Name: carefreejules
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Hiya! Here’s how I made this spinning acrylic standee using the DIY listing with Wooacry!
There are at least three pieces involved in making this type of standee: the standee part, the acrylic part that will spin, and the base. Let’s start with the standee part first.
For the standee part, you’ll need a front design, back design, and or a custom dieline. For my standee in particular, a custom dieline is essential if you want part of the base to be clear, but extend out from the art of the standee to give the illusion that the spinning acrylic part is suspended in mid-air. That’s why my custom dieline looks the way it does below:
But, a custom dieline might not be necessary depending on your design! This is just an example of how I made it work with this design.
Here are examples of the measurements I used for my design, and I recommend adding a mark or indicator for the back side of the standee part so you know where you need to place the glue dot and rotary piece for the acrylic part that will spin.
On to the acrylic part that will spin! Here are the measurements that I used, and I went with full bleed so there’s no border around it! Again, be sure to include a mark or indicator so you know where you need to place the glue dot and rotary piece!
Finally, the base. This is the easiest part. Just add the hole size that matches the one you set for the standee part!
ABOUT MEASUREMENTS AND SIZING: Since you want your design to be as stable as possible, be mindful of how big each part is in proportion with each other. For example, it’s always safe to have a base that’s slightly bigger than the standee part and spinning acrylic part so that the base can hold both of the combined weight.
In addition, I highly recommend having a ruler on hand to measure everything out because you don’t want to accidentally make the acrylic part you want to spin be too big for the standee! Not only will there not be enough clearance for it to spin, but the weight of the spinning acrylic part can loosen from the rotary piece.
Here’s an example of the spinning acrylic part being too big for the standee that I can’t slot it into the base!
And then here’s a example of the piece being smaller now, so there’s space/room for the standee to slot into the base!
HOW TO ASSEMBLE:
And that’s it! If anyone has any questions, let me know!
(Also ignore the fact that the base has two holes instead of one. I originally designed it so the spinning acrylic part is supported by two standees but it turns out that’s not necessary!)
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