The reason I ask is I'm planning to make a large flat splitter soon. It has a beveled, leading edge in the design and I'm thinking I need to make a mold of the top AND bottom? It will be constructed around divinylcell. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.




Hi, I normally do splitters like this it one hit but in this case the customer wanted a gloss finish on both top and bottom. A peel ply finish on the bottom is normally acceptable to most people.

I infused the top section and removed the peel ply but left the part in the mould. At the same time I infused some flat sheet. This was then trimmed slightly over size. 10mm closed cell foam was then cut to fit tightly inside the top section, epoxy adhesive applied to both surfaces, the flat sheet positioned on top and the whole thing re bagged and left to cure under vacuum. once cured the bottom sheet was trimmed flush with top using a router and a bearing guided cutter.
Hope that helps.

Warren

Carbon Copies Ltd