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Techniques for bonding parts from a split mould....

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By jamesw - 8/26/2014 3:26:47 PM

I am planning to build a car nose cone with a split mould using infusion. I plan to infuse each half, then bond these halves together (soric core)

I'm looking for techniques and suggestions to accurately cut down and align the components for bonding...  If anyone has tackled this before please let me know!



James
By Hanaldo - 8/29/2014 10:44:13 AM

If you use the excess flange material as a guide, you can get it very close to perfect without needing to trim it in your mould. Use an orbital sander with a 40 or 60 grit disc to sand away the excess material until it becomes so thing that it just breaks off. This is then the exact dimensions of your original part (provided you did a neat job of sanding it away).