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Bruce	Bruce posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 18, Visits: 432	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 giving me more than a few ideas 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 20120717_161745 by brucemilburn, on Flick 20120717_161903 by brucemilburn, on Flickr 20120717_161729 by brucemilburn, on Flickr Tags carbon fibre repairs aston martin Edited 13 Years Ago by Bruce
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