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Hi All
Thought it is about time I started a thread about the Body Package for the Dax Rush I am working on in my free time.
Any suggestions tips or tricks, welcome.
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Body Package for Dax Rush with Side Intrusion Bars
davro
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11 Years Ago
Hi All About time for an update! Nothing much has happen to the lower and upper doors moulds. I...
davro
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11 Years Ago
you are doing a good job davro! nice to follow your updates! keep them coming ;)
matthieutje65
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11 Years Ago
Started to creating the Dax Rush front wing using the Uni-Mould system so I can replace it with a...
davro
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11 Years Ago
looking good, its amazing how much people will pay for simple flat panels. How many plies you going...
scottracing
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11 Years Ago
Hi scottracing, I was thinking about selling a few sheets of carbon sheets, as most of the stuff...
davro
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11 Years Ago
First product of the Daxro Front Wheel Wing Stack used. 1 x layer 2/2 twill 3k 199g 3 x Carbon...
davro
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11 Years Ago
That looks awesome. Top job :cool:
FLD
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11 Years Ago
Perfect ;)
pahanes
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11 Years Ago
Nice :) If your planning on doing more parts for the car it may be worth investing in some spray...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
Thanks for the positive comments, really do appreciate them. Good call wozza, I do need to master...
davro
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11 Years Ago
hi do you used gc50? also how look that biaxal carbon that you put more layers? also how you cure...
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
Hi Tom, The Carbon Fibre Biaxial I am using is this...
davro
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11 Years Ago
for howlong you keep it in after infusion channels are closed.
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
you use any spray glue to fix it in the mold? any gc50 as gelcoat for finish?
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
> I have normal spraying equipment but I assume its no good for gelcoating ? Gelcoats can be...
brainfart
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11 Years Ago
" for howlong you keep it in after infusion channels are closed. " After closing the infusion lines...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Thank you a lot
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
Be careful if you try thinning GC50 it can become cloudy/milky once cured ruining the appearance of...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
Project Daxro - Front Wheel Wing (product 2) Photos of the process of the second front wheel wing...
davro
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11 Years Ago
amazing!!! lots of details!! great! where spiral vent??
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
Hi TomDesign You can see the spiral tubing best in this picture, I usually run the spiral tubing...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Thank you a lot now i see to see images how people do perfect straight overlap
TomDesign
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11 Years Ago
Finally finished and installed both the front wheel guards, whoo hoo!!! :)...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Those look brilliant. Great stuff. Did you spray the clear coat yourself? Do you know the total...
Brian2fast
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11 Years Ago
Thanks Brian2fast Friend of a friend one of the new owners of the Dax Rush Project sprayed them,...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Nice :) Is it M.A.N Motorsport who have taken over the Rush project? Good to see someone willing to...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
Hi Warren, Yes M.A.N Motorsport took it over the chassis building and there building a new rush...
davro
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11 Years Ago
[quote][b]davro (09/11/2014)[/b][hr]Hi Warren, Yes M.A.N Motorsport took it over the chassis...
wozza
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11 Years Ago
these carbon wings look really good, im starting to look into making a set for a caterham CSR that...
scottracing
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11 Years Ago
Hi Scottracing The rear arches are on my list, probably going to do the rear arches pair after I...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Update of the bonnet air scoop ) Added support frame to mould. ) Pulled first product from the...
davro
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11 Years Ago
And what a Christmas present it is! Great job!
Hanaldo
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11 Years Ago
Very nice, great work :)
wozza
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11 Years Ago
Very nice looking scoop! Particularly like the use of the Spread Tow carbon down the middle.
Warren (Staff)
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11 Years Ago
That looks great! Very cool. How did you cut the strip of spread tow? Just with scissors? Craig
Brian2fast
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11 Years Ago
Thanks All Well pleased with the weight reduction of this part, considering I have raised the...
davro
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11 Years Ago
[quote][b]davro (29/12/2014)[/b][hr]Thanks All Well pleased with the weight reduction of this part,...
andygtt
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11 Years Ago
Cheers andygtt appreciate the comment after following some of your awesome inspiring threads. I look...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Is the extra height required for the aluminium supercharger plenum by any chance?........... :)...
Brian2fast
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11 Years Ago
I really like the use of the textreme instead of doing the usual herringbone v. I might have to do...
scottracing
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11 Years Ago
Hi Brain2fast It's like you can read my mind, saving up for a dry sumped 1500cc Hayabusa...
davro
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11 Years Ago
Hi All, New year new mould Side wing mould being created on the glass table :)...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Finally got around to clear coating the bonnet scoop, and installing it :) There where quite a few...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Daxro Side Wing Mould Making Part 1 First part of the side wings showing the creation of the buck...
davro
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10 Years Ago
great work im loving the build. just started my bike bodywork moulds and this post is giving me hope...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Thanks Chris looking forward to seeing your bike project :)...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Good job David, been following your videos for a while now, interesting stuff :)
matthieutje65
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10 Years Ago
Thanks Matthieu that means a lot to me :) Laying up the new carbon sheet for the Bootlid...
davro
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10 Years Ago
You must go through a lot of expensive profinish. Why not use regular carbon for flat sheets and...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Hi Hanaldo, I normally would have used Carbon Fibre 2/2 Twill, but I was running low :( And I had...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Sorry EC, but I've started making my own "pro-finish" ... Startig from a need of some "plain weave"...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
I like the cut of your jib Dravis. Will be making some home -pro-finish once this batch run out ;)...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Fitting the carbon fibre side wings, drilling holes and cutting to shape The driver has four layers...
davro
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10 Years Ago
You could possibly use ATL Heat Reflective Film between the exhaust and panel work but might be...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Hi Davro I started googling ceramic coated manifolds to see if replacing your exhaust wrap would be...
Brian2fast
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10 Years Ago
Thanks for the feedback. After a drive out I measured on the exhaust wrap area that will be in...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Still waiting for the Kapton tape so I built a new Accelerator Pedal about the same weight as the...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Dave .... You will have to build the walls of your living room in plain weave, otherwise you will...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
Just finished clear coating the accelerator pedal, spraying skills are coming along :)...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Well done! I'd be very proud of that if I were you. How did you make it - i.e. what moulding...
redeye
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10 Years Ago
Thanks redeye, In the video I show the process of making the product. There was no mould only a...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Cool, apologies - the video isn't loading for me - will check it out your your Utoob later tonight....
redeye
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10 Years Ago
Haha, brilliant!! Glad I've made an impression. Pedal looks great now its clear coated. Nice shape...
Brian2fast
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10 Years Ago
No problem redeye, hope you enjoy the vidja later on ;) Cheers Craig :) I just pulled of the...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Good work davro, you must be well pleased with how that's turned out. the shape just looks so...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Pretty decent mate, gotta be happy with that! I am of the opinion that when it comes to...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Cheers Hanaldo, Well pleased with the results of the accelerator pedal! so much so that I have...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Yeh right, not bad! Does it cope with acetone at all?
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Only used 2K clear coat and some 2K black paint with it so far, the packaging says " Solvent Based...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Straight acetone haha. I always clean my guns by spraying 100mls of acetone through it. Gets rid of...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Hi Hanaldo, you spray tooling gelcoats as well with a standard spray gun ? thought you needed a...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Nah 6mm is ridiculous, you could sand blast with that! I use a 2.5mm nozzle on the HVLP gun for...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (08/05/2015)[/b][hr]Nah 6mm is ridiculous, you could sand blast with that! I use a...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Finally cracked the Scuttle two part split mould today after about a week of preparing the pattern,...
davro
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10 Years Ago
looking excellent as always, what plastic did you use as the base? Im making a split mould and only...
scottracing
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10 Years Ago
Hi scottracing, Thanks mate ! For the base I used polypropylene sheet from...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Hi Dave Whats been happening with you? Have you been using your car rather than making carbon for...
Brian2fast
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10 Years Ago
Hi Craig, Well ... I nearly done a lap of the UK in daxro following the coastline. Bought myself...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Hi Dave Wow, that's some road trip you've done! Great stuff! Are you not tempted to chuck your...
Brian2fast
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10 Years Ago
Loved every minutes of the roadtrip, I would like to do a simular thing around the costline of...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Not sure how the dashboard mould and product slipped though without any images, I was in a rush to...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Just done a two live streams showing how to layup a carbon fibre wing, and how to infuse said carbon...
davro
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10 Years Ago
You seem to be making things very difficult for yourself when you bag up Put the sealing tape on...
f1rob
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]f1rob (25/11/2015)[/b][hr]You seem to be making things very difficult for yourself when...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Wow you're crazy! :w00t: You struggled a lot with the vacuum pump, never seen it inside :)...
Jacopo Carbonio
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Jacopo Carbonio (10/12/2015)[/b][hr]Wow you're crazy! :w00t: You struggled a lot with...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Hi all I am after some advice, you can see the bleed over in the video above ^ ^ where some resin...
davro
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10 Years Ago
Time for the headlights to be moulded! if you would like to follow along I am doing a live stream...
davro
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10 Years Ago
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davro
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10 Years Ago
Scuttle mould time!! this part is the key to the roof and all the other interesting parts I have...
davro
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9 Years Ago
looking good mate, cant wait to see how this turns out. Im hoping to do something similar to the...
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
First attempt at airbrushing in 18 months and I was not any good back then! The design is based on...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Now you're talking! I'm all about custom touches like this, love it. Air brushing is something I...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Thanks Hanaldo :) I am going to try and practice a lot more, have found some decent youtube...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Finished off the black outline and all the clear coats, they look better on the car with all the...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Made 4 carbon fibre retaining rings bonded together for the new headlight bodies with my homemade...
davro
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Passenger side rear wheel arch mould is nearly complete, just need to finish of the edge, make the...
davro
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9 Years Ago
New wing mirror bodies, first attempt at a CNC mould found a little issue with Fusion360 contour...
davro
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9 Years Ago
I can't see the pictures! ;(
ChrisR
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9 Years Ago
Thanks for the feedback ChrisR I have updated the images with new links, seems my google photo...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Hi Dave Brilliant. Now you can make all sorts of cool shaped moulds straight out of CAD with no...
Brian2fast
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9 Years Ago
Started laying up the 2 part scuttle mould :w00t: with the spread two racing stripe design and some...
davro
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9 Years Ago
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davro
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9 Years Ago
Looking very nice especially if the pattern comes out perfect. Is that Bi-axial carbon in the lay...
Warren (Staff)
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9 Years Ago
Thanks Warren,Yes a while back I got a roll of the 10m Discounted Carbon Fibre 45 biaxial 300g...
davro
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9 Years Ago
looking forward to seeing the result!
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
Could not be happier :) the pattern on the product came out perfect no slippage, one of my better...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Here is a video of the making showing some of the process in more detail...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Mate that looks great you must be well chuffed with the part, once finished and fitted, being a...
VVS
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9 Years Ago
Thanks VVS :) definitely going to kick start a lot of other projects ... Just need to finish...
davro
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9 Years Ago
The hole cut nice slowly/slowly I pre-drilled the center hole before using the hole cutter, just...
davro
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9 Years Ago
8 layers deep with 2K clear coat nearly there :) compounding and polishing next....
davro
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9 Years Ago
Gotta be happy with that mate! Very jealous of your access to the CNC machine. There's some things...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Cheers Hanaldo, super pleased with the scuttle just making some carbon brackets for holding the...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Darvo great job with CNC. can you give some more info about CNC project. which stepper motors did...
tomzi1234
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9 Years Ago
Finally the scuttle is finished and installed it's so strong it's like a crash safety cell. Been a...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Nearly finished the CNC wing mirrors just one more plastic mirror to cut out on the CNC mill....
davro
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9 Years Ago
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davro
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9 Years Ago
Fusion360 Keyring CAD/CAM challenge! On Instagram there is a fun challenge going on project put up...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Well, I didn't expect that I won "Top Enthusiasts" in the Autodesk Fusion360 key ring...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Well done David. Excellent work! I love Fusion 360 too. I'm currently using it for designing various...
Ian Mantula
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9 Years Ago
That's great David, Congrats! I really enjoy going through your pages and pages of projects. I still...
Motorious
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9 Years Ago
Wow, where to start! I've got loads of questions. First, are you local to MAN (Kippax)? I'm...
V8-Fetler
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9 Years Ago
congrats on the award dave!!
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
Thank everyone !! I'm based in North London nowhere near Man Motors, I run the 'Enthusiast'...
davro
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9 Years Ago
David, this topic has been really useful as it covers a lot of things I am keen to make for my car....
OliilO
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9 Years Ago
Hi OliilO , Really pleased this thread has been helpful to you. Looking back I didn't take any...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Have been doing some glass fibre test pieceson a couple of hefty aluminium moulds in preparationfor...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Hey dave some really proffesional work coming out here. Who done your machining on the ali parts?
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
Cheers scottracing , looking forward to making these in carbon next, and some nice long tubes of...
davro
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9 Years Ago
This is an Aeroscreen mould that wraps down the side of the scuttle with some nice big flanges, that...
davro
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9 Years Ago
Good work again mate. I have a half finished aeroscreen in the garage. Hopefully i can show you some...
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
The Dax Rush MC, Modified Aeroscreen mould separated from the pattern nicely :) Just need to...
davro
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9 Years Ago
What do you use to polish your moulds prior to their first use? I've just taken a mould from one...
OliilO
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]OliilO (22/11/2016)[/b][hr]What do you use to polish your moulds prior to their first use?...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Nearly ready to layup and do an infusion :)...
davro
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9 Years Ago
[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqr6uAkybg[/YouTube]
davro
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8 Years Ago
[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2QiXkztDhI[/YouTube] Test fitting the new Aeroscreen,...
davro
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8 Years Ago
A couple of images of the aero screen installed just needs a small bead of black silicon to bond it to the scuttle. Have started a new job so most of my time is taken up with this now. But...
davro
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8 Years Ago
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