Alright Guys, got another question I cant seem to figure out.

I have made a mold for an access cover for the elise. I want to offer this to companies or Race teams with thier logo indented on the part. Also if possible I would like to use the same mould for diffrent layouts so the lettering on the mould would need to be removable.

Here's my thought, theres this machine my hommies girl uses for scrapbooking. It cuts out perfect little letters from pc font.

I want to tsk these little things about 3mm thick and glue them on to make my mold or part.

This is my insperation:



So I want to put in an indent, I have my blank mould made. Now I want to make a part that says "Carbon Tuner" up the side of the part. I would like to take these letters glue them to the mould then make my part from there. I am pretty sure though these little foam letters would compress so I would have to soak them in a hardener of some sort.

In theroy my part would then have the impression, then I could scrape the letters of my mould and be ready for the next logo/name.

And if you wanted it to be rasied well you would have to put the lettering on the donar part before making the mold.

Sorry for lack of a better picture but it cuts out smaller letters like this. Sorry kid, your gonna be famous some day becasue of this:





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I'm a bit worried about sharp edges on letters, and then bridging. Especially with 3mm thick. Why not make a flat plate of carbon fiber and have waterjet the letters, then glue 'em on your part? Maybe the letters made from something like carbon/red poly twill weave to give a little pop?

Just my 2 cents

 



 


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I dont really want the sharp edges, I want it to look "beveled" in.





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i think that even if all your edges are beveled, that fabric will have difficulties to conform to all of the forms, but now i dont know about the letters sized, but judging by the picture u gave on first post, they are gonna be quite little.

You would have to force the fabric in every corner once vacuum is applied. Meaning your letters volumes would need to support the pressure you'll give without altering shape, and they would need to be well glued so they dont move while you'r applying pressure. Once again, given that you want 3mm thick letters. Maybe you would have to close vacuum line a few mins before the resin feed, to allow more resin in those "strange" areas. Better have too much resin that bridging.

If it was for me I woudl try by cutting letters from stickers that you.... stick to your mold before you make your composite. Okay, it will be a thin "engraving" but it will still show, and it will be less prone to bridging.

 



 


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Well I have noticed that yes the resin will flow in all those little areas, even if fabric does not touch all surfaces the resin wil fill in any little bit that does not conform.

My letters would be at least double that size for sure!



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Hi Carbon Tuner, I've also wanted to do this and the best thing I could think of is "domed stickers" or "lenticular printing". You can basically get custom rounded 3D stickers made. I'm not sure how detailed they can be made as most of the examples I've seen online are large square stickers as opposed to words. It might be worth looking at for you though.

http://www.stickybusiness.com/domed-decals/v-product-details.html

Have you tried cut vinyl lettering applied to the mould surface?

I havent tried but I think the resin would eat that away...



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do a test piece i have done the same on my evo parts ! these are wet layed though

Silicone letters? You can make some really thin silicone badges that would just sit in the mold, this means you could have other logo's if required.