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It is a 'pod' that holds 2 90mm hella lights and a turn signal. current one is painted fiberglass. heavily built and I want a light carbon one showing the twill... my unanswered questions so far
- It has negative features because of the headlight tubes requiring a two part or more mold, or what I'm testing now, shore 60A for the headlight tubes and one piece fiberglass for the rest. or shore 60A silicone for the whole part with fiber backing for reinforcement?
- how to get a consistent weave pattern where the tubes transition to the overall body of the part. either have the same fabric piece lay into the tubes and have seams hopefully hidden? or have seams where the tubes join the main body of the part?
- infusion is the method i am gonna try to use. where should the resin feed line(s) and vacuum line(s) be located?
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How would you make a mold of this?
hunterisgreat
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6 Years Ago
There is indeed a reason why they used a multiple part mould and unfortunately you will have to respect that as there is no other way of doing it I think. I Don't think silicone is the way to go here...
matthieutje65
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6 Years Ago
Do you have photos from different angles? To me it looks like you could do it in a two piece mould, if you "cut off" the outer recess on the left side with the second mould piece and demould the main...
oekmont
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6 Years Ago
It's hard to see but if the circle recesses are actually uniform in shape (or close to it) then you could use Profinish cloth on them and make a feature out of it. That way you don't have to precisel...
Warren (Staff)
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6 Years Ago
Well I'm back. I ended up using shore 60A silicone for the headlight and turn signal tubes, and made a silicone vac bag. I set it up so I could do vacuum infusion but elected to do wet layup for the....
hunterisgreat
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6 Years Ago
That looks amazing. One question I have is when you made the silicon bag did you use anything like sheet wax to account for the laminate thickness as your bag will be made to the mould size causing i...
scottracing
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6 Years Ago
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