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Tooling.......

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By morepower - 1/11/2016 12:58:44 PM

So I am doing my first real pre-preg tool.  The mould I had made for me has had issues........ loads of stress cracks appeared after only a couple of pulls.. Not looking for answers or reasons why that mould has had issues. I got so pissed off that I looked into a dozen different things and all I got was dizzy with each person giving me a different reason.  So I took one I had made and lacquered it to get a good finish and to remove some of the raised areas where the original stickers got left on the tank when it was moulded.  I put it back into the mould and have started to remake the mould using pre-preg carbon tooling. So far it seems to be working.. I have done the top section already and although I have not removed the section from the part the flange areas look perfect and if the rest of the mould comes out the same way I will be happy. Having had numerous quotes to remake the mould for me including a quote from the person who made it in the first place (he seems to feel it is other reasons and not his work that has caused the problem). I have bit the bullet with some Tooling from SHD. 

I will post updates as I go and hopefully in a few days will have a finished working full carbon pre-preg mould. 


This is all I can see of the top section at the moment but it has no issues on the edge and looks like the resin has flowed correctly. 
By Hanaldo - 4/12/2017 5:49:43 AM

If you use a phenol novolac epoxy to coat the insides of the tank then you won't have any problems with petrol or ethanol attacking the resin.