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So I am doing my first real pre-preg tool. The mould I had made for me has had issues........ loads of stress cracks appeared after only a couple of pulls.. Not looking for answers or reasons why that mould has had issues. I got so pissed off that I looked into a dozen different things and all I got was dizzy with each person giving me a different reason. So I took one I had made and lacquered it to get a good finish and to remove some of the raised areas where the original stickers got left on the tank when it was moulded. I put it back into the mould and have started to remake the mould using pre-preg carbon tooling. So far it seems to be working.. I have done the top section already and although I have not removed the section from the part the flange areas look perfect and if the rest of the mould comes out the same way I will be happy. Having had numerous quotes to remake the mould for me including a quote from the person who made it in the first place (he seems to feel it is other reasons and not his work that has caused the problem). I have bit the bullet with some Tooling from SHD.
I will post updates as I go and hopefully in a few days will have a finished working full carbon pre-preg mould.
This is all I can see of the top section at the moment but it has no issues on the edge and looks like the resin has flowed correctly.
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morepower
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9 Years Ago
What layup you doing as it doesn't look like a 1-8-1 ? what's the thinking behind the peel...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]f1rob (11/01/2016)[/b][hr]What layup you doing as it doesn't look like a 1-8-1 ? what's...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
1-4-1 is very lightweight 1-8-1 is industry standard 20 plus years only ever going up I.e 1-10 or...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]f1rob (11/01/2016)[/b][hr]1-4-1 is very lightweight 1-8-1 is industry standard 20 plus...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
DONT cut the 1st ply into the corners ! Not if you want a mould to last. If you don't 45 strip in...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
DONT cut the 1st ply into the corners ! Not if you want a mould to last. If you don't 45 strip in...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
DONT cut the 1st ply into the corners ! Not if you want a mould to last. If you don't 45 strip in...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
I did cut into the corner then overlay from the flange up onto the part face about 5mm to 8mm as...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
SHD,s owners all come from ACG (now cytec)all the many data sheets they produced over the last 20/25...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
I dont know Paul sadly.. I may have spoken to him. But I know Carl quite well as well as Glen and...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Just done the second section, the side. I did take this off the master to have a look and see how...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Almost done.. Only two small sections left to do... So far it seems to be strong and quite easy to...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
coming along nicely mate, prepreg tooling is fun to work with on big projects :)
scottracing
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]scottracing (18/01/2016)[/b][hr]coming along nicely mate, prepreg tooling is fun to work...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Speaking from a business point of view though, I never charge my customers cost price for the...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (19/01/2016)[/b][hr]Speaking from a business point of view though, I never charge...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Yeh fair enough, I do try to support my customers when something goes wrong. You would hope that...
Hanaldo
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9 Years Ago
Exactly..... If he felt bad and was doing a new mould at a good price especially as he had not fixed...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Done... Just going through post curing now and then loads of sealer and release......
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Another mould that cracked so I had to make a new mould. I have had enough of the wet lay moulds I...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
It could be the moulds cooling as someone said? I have done lots of pre preg parts from wet laid...
Fasta
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9 Years Ago
[quote][b]Fasta (07/03/2016)[/b][hr]It could be the moulds cooling as someone said? I have done...
morepower
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9 Years Ago
Hi buddy,I am from China, I like Honda motorcycle, Indonesian the latest new Honda CBR250RR, I plan...
Asurada
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8 Years Ago
If you use a phenol novolac epoxy to coat the insides of the tank then you won't have any problems...
Hanaldo
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8 Years Ago
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