First attempt at "V" / Herringbone Joint with Infusion

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First attempt at "V" / Herringbone Joint with Infusion

First attempt at "V" / Herringbone Joint with Infusion

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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	One of my customers asked if I could make one of my Rear Wings with a V Joint. For some unknown reason I agreed to give it a go. The Wing is fairly tricky to make anyway, being made from two (upper and lower) pieces moulded and then bonded together with strengthening ribs in between. It is difficult to "match" the weave on the join line even without the "V". Anyway after some head scratching here is the result. It certainly isn't perfect but I have learnt quite a lot in the process. (sorry for the poor quality pictures) Regards Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	i see my friend you still want be lucky to join to ways carbon cloth
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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	You will have to tell me the secret of how it's done. The Merc looks very nice. Regards Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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TomDesign	TomDesign posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 454, Visits: 2.5K	Thanxs now i wrapped doors in carbon so got image. dont know where to post more stuff i do almost everyday.
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fgayford	fgayford posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 433, Visits: 1.2K	wozza (14/03/2013) One of my customers asked if I could make one of my Rear Wings with a V Joint. For some unknown reason I agreed to give it a go. The Wing is fairly tricky to make anyway, being made from two (upper and lower) pieces moulded and then bonded together with strengthening ribs in between. It is difficult to "match" the weave on the join line even without the "V". Anyway after some head scratching here is the result. It certainly isn't perfect but I have learnt quite a lot in the process. (sorry for the poor quality pictures) Regards Warren Hi Warren Nice work. It does look nicer with the V joint. So how did you get it to lay down so neat? Is it infused or did you did use prepreg. Thanks Fred
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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Hi Fred. The stack for each half (upper and lower) is 200 grm 2/2 Twill Pro Finish - 190 grm Plain Weave - 2mm Soric - 190grm Plain Weave. I sprayed GC 50 Clear Gelcoat down first but instead of letting it cure as I normally would I waited until it was "tacky". I then laid down the Pro Finish. The Gelcoat acts like spray tack. You can lift the cloth and re lay it a good few times without the gelcoat loosing it's tackiness. Once I was happy with the positioning I continued to lay up as I would for a normal Infusion. Hope that helps. Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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FLD	FLD posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 2.7K	Looks better than my first attempt. Mines just wet lay though. Its interesting to see peoples appraoch to this, I now stiffen the edge of the fabric by sticking a line of masking tape down the edge the acetoning off the tape. It leaves some glue behind which stiffens up the weave allowing for easy positioning but also dissapears nicely. This was my first go:
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wozza	wozza posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	That's the great thing about this forum you can pick up great nuggets of information. As you say it's interesting to see how other people overcome the issues that Composites keep throwing our way. Like the idea for removing the tape may have to give that a go. Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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jamesw	jamesw posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 61, Visits: 558	That's quite a result! especially for a first attempt... Do you join the halves after curing?
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carbonfibreworks	carbonfibreworks posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 292, Visits: 4.5K	The spoiler looks excellent, do you have any pics of the Fantic seat you have been working on ? Chris
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