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Bruce
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Hi All , My name is Bruce and i repair supercars/sportscars/racecars for a living mainly 
Aston Martin , Ferrari ,Lamborghini and Mclaren 
A lot of the repairs are Bonded or welded or riveted Aluminium (or all 3 at the same time ) 
but a fair amount is composite parts bonded onto spaceframes 
and some carbon fibre monocoques on certain vehicles (Ferraris and Mclaren and now Aston martin and lamborghini) 
My main interest is the repair of composite parts ,most of my mould making is done to make repair moulds to remake shapes
in broken parts . Most of my repairs are wet layup ,but we are now in the process of buying a hotbonder to make repairs to 
parts using out of autoclave pre-preg materials .
I am really enjoying looking at the moulds and parts made by some of the members here 
some real dedication going on  Smile
giving me more than a few ideas Smile

Here below is a repair from this week

this is cracked through to the back 
20120711_070708 by brucemilburn, on Flickr
the make up of the part is 3 layers of carbon and then a layer of glass fibre at the back 
the back was repaired first then the 3 layers removed from around the split 
and the entire top layer to the natural join line round the No plate aperture
to the centre line where the twill stipe matches up 
20120711_130301 by brucemilburn, on Flickr
Vac time 
20120713_125317 by brucemilburn, on Flickr
2 layers of fibre in to slightly beyond the area where the fibre was removed 
20120713_141949 by brucemilburn, on Flickr
then sanded back until flush with the surrounding fibre 
and also all the bagging materials are prepped and taped into place above the
repair area 
then one piece of carbon covering the repair area and the whole of the section to the centre 
matched to the twill stipe
20120713_163125 by brucemilburn, on Flickr
then the finished repair clearcoated and polished 
GO

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