Robotic milling of a foam dragon sculpture at Redmax Events

A large-scale dragon head sculpture starts its finishing pass on a 7-axis milling robot at Redmax Events LLC, a Long Island-based event fabrication shop that builds custom props, displays, and set pieces for the modern event industry. The workpiece is expanded polystyrene foam roughed into full shape, and the robot is now carving out horns, ridges, and scale detail with a long, slender end mill.

The whole toolpath — roughing, semi-finishing, and this finishing pass — was programmed with ENCY Software. Robert M., who shared the clip on LinkedIn, credited Redmax for the design and craftsmanship: “This is a great example of what’s possible in advanced digital fabrication using a 7-axis milling robot.”

Setup.
Robot: 7-axis industrial milling arm inside a dust-contained cell.
Material: EPS foam block, roughed into the dragon silhouette in earlier passes.
Tool: long, slender end mill for detail work — sharp horns, deep undercuts, scale texture.
Toolpath: 5–6D robot milling programmed with ENCY, finishing the sculpted surface after roughing and semi-finishing.

The finished sculpture will typically be sealed with a hard coating (polyurea or epoxy) and painted before it heads to an event floor — the kind of custom fabrication Redmax delivers for its clients across the northeast US.