Few carbon parts for Noble M12

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andygtt	andygtt posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	Hi All Thought Id share with you the project Im doing.. its been underway for some time now and I have been liasing with easy composites for all that time. Hopefully posting on here will allow the experts here to chirp in when they see me making mistakes Basically I have made a new design of rear clip for my Noble, I modified the clip then took a mould from it then cut the modded sections out and tried to re-make the sections in a single piece... however we had concerns due to the size of the sections that it would crack and I want it perfect so that risk is simply not acceptable. sooooooo I have decided to take a mould of the entire rear clip and remake it using the resin infusion method.... its a big project for me as I have never worked with carbon fibre or any kind of resin infusion method... I have however been assured I will be able to cope, and we will see I also have a few other parts to do including light pods (my new design) and a dash binacle. Anyhow some pics of the bucks that will be used... various states of finishes but clip and binnacle are ready for polishing... going to try to do binnacle first as its a simple design and good to start with.
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andygtt	andygtt posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	Ok so time for an update.. dispite the disaster of the bag loosing pressure I went into damage control. Basically I moved the catchpot to a high point and kept the pump on for 24hrs... I also turned the gas heater on full and left that on for 1.5days till the resin had gone off. I am going to paint the clip, BUT I am going to have my trademark strip in laquered raw carbon (changing colour of car), so I spent quite a bit of time making sure the weave in this area were perfect, the last couple of pics show the result So before the pics lets look at the tech spec... wights Old clip without lights or spoiler 38.5kgs but modified to cut areas out... around 5kgs of filler to make a return edge so lets say its 8.5kgs heavier than normal (being generous and will weigh my original) New clip untrimmed.... 10.5kgs So is the part usable... YES Ironically dispite the disater in bagging and pulling the resin the only areas of issue are were I damaged it removing it from the mould... basically Im never using the glue again as it makes it wont release, I had the same issue with the 2nd binnacle were I used glue... so I will be using the spray resin or gel coat method next time. Big thanks to Matt from EC... your products and advice rock!!! bagged up ready to go wheel arch gills Number plate recess close up of number plate recess
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Few carbon parts for Noble M12

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Hi There Looks a big part to do . Im also doing some body panels and have as of last night infused...

Daz - 13 Years Ago

Nice project, Andy. Keep us updated. Daz, nice to hear from you too... but come on, stop teasing...

Joe - 13 Years Ago

Looks interesting! Are you creating a single mould for that entire rear clip? I'm not an expert and...

jamesw - 13 Years Ago

yes it will be a single piece part... the mould will have a lot of breaks and there is no doubt its...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Daz... Im interested in seeing a few pics of your project, maybe share a few ideas, do you have a...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Hi , I havnt got a thread im waiting to finnish all the carbon and then do a build thread, One...

Daz - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]Daz (03/04/2012)[/b][hr]Hi , One other tip i have is when you make the molds make the...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

The binnacle took 3 days to cure lol... anyhow even though the bag lost pressure and the small...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

started laying up the mould for rear clip... huge part, loads of release lines. started with the...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

mould of rear clip is taking more time than I expected... It took 7 hours to do the final filler...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Happy to see things going forward ! Keep us updated ;)

Joe - 13 Years Ago

unfortunatelly an area around the number plate reacted behind the gel coat... I looked at it the...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

I used to make molds from parts but maybe not as big as what you've taken on. I ended up spraying...

Ragece - 13 Years Ago

I will definatelly have to look into getting some of that polyester paint... have you used it with...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Hi, I use polyester filler (2pack) as the coat on which the mold is built. It can be polished to a...

Joe - 13 Years Ago

Pulled the mould from the buck tonight, please to say it came apart without issue :) Will check on...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Nice mould and good job! did you planed to make all this part in visible carbone frame? this will...

SebRS - 13 Years Ago

some parts will be visable carbon and I intend to have a strip over the body in raw carbon with...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Good project. I read this topic since the begining, i must say i'm really fan of your project!...

SebRS - 13 Years Ago

My noble has well over 600bhp... soon to be over 700bhp... it weights 1110kgs full of fuel (hoping...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Fantastic! what amazing cars you have! you may be a bit crazy to drive this rocket on road, but i...

SebRS - 13 Years Ago

this is one of the few videos I have... not very good I admit....

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Haha, nice to see things going forward ;)

Joe - 13 Years Ago

Looking good! Diolen will add some impact resistance. The team at EC experimented with using a foam...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

thought about foam core, but Im not sure how you apply it with the resin infusion... can I just lay...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]andygtt (02/05/2012)[/b][hr]thought about foam core, but Im not sure how you apply it with...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]Warren (02/05/2012)[/b][hr][quote][b]andygtt (02/05/2012)[/b][hr]thought about foam core,...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Looking good :)

Daz - 13 Years Ago

Hi Andy Fabulous job you have done on this so far, makes my small stint in this type of work look...

JohnH - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]JohnH (02/05/2012)[/b][hr]Hi Andy Fabulous job you have done on this so far, makes my...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

use too much bag rather than too little. You will spend on a mould that size probably a good hour or...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

what about the peel ply... can that be baggy just making sure it covers and has no voids... or does...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]andygtt (04/05/2012)[/b][hr]what about the peel ply... can that be baggy just making sure...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

pics of progress last night...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

spoke to matt and he gave me the same advise... the bag is massive, I pulled a vacume yesterday but...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

With the fact you have soric and mesh, you shouldnt have problems with the resin not wetting out as...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

I've enveloped bagged... not gone well, spent all day chasing leaks, I missed a few sharp edges on...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

You could try taping some breather fabric or similar over the joins on the underside where any...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

i had the same problem with my first split mould, i had some advice from here to say that he used...

neilb - 13 Years Ago

to stop any sharps on the back of my molds i have used roofing flashing tape It is self adhesive...

Daz - 13 Years Ago

cheers for the tips.... I managed to cobble together a bag from the bagging materials I had left,...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

this is the back of one of my molds smooth asa babys bum...

Daz - 13 Years Ago

This is an absolutely fantastic read Andy. Been checking for updates daily, and this is my first...

pk_090 - 13 Years Ago

Ok so time for an update.. dispite the disaster of the bag loosing pressure I went into damage...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Thats turned out great despite the problems you had,

Daz - 13 Years Ago

Bloody good work! Some people keep the pump on all the time anyway, so if it can hold a vacuum...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

I just thumbed through your thread and I must say that you did a great job!!!! Glad to see that you...

turbodunn - 13 Years Ago

FANTASTIC!!! just looks as profesional as it can be! Regards, Seb.

SebRS - 13 Years Ago

Awesome !!

Joe - 13 Years Ago

I love this project.. the way you mould it is great Cheers from Indonesia

Leon - 13 Years Ago

I love this project.. the way you mould it is great Cheers from Indonesia

Leon - 13 Years Ago

My car has stripes over it and these are going to be in laquered carbon... this is easy on the rear...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

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Matt (Staff) - 13 Years Ago

[quote][b]Matt (Staff) (16/05/2012)[/b][hr] your project is inspiring a lot of people. [/quote] I'm...

Element6 - 13 Years Ago

Thanks Matt, thats praise indeed :cool: Must say a huge amount of the success I have had is the...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Oh and thanks for all the positive comments from everyone.

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Started to make the inner panels for the rear clip... I was going to remake them but decided it...

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

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andygtt - 13 Years Ago

looks awesome on the car!!

Warren - 13 Years Ago

That is fantastic! Are you going to paint or justLacquerit Andy? Alex

pk_090 - 13 Years Ago

car will be painted however my stripes over it will be raw laquered carbon.

andygtt - 13 Years Ago

Not to bump an old thread or owt but.... I work at the place that makes the carbon fibre bodies for...

CarbonMike - 13 Years Ago

Coming on really good,are you making your own intake ie. air box.

Shaneer22 - 13 Years Ago

In my experience if s*** can go wrong, well it goes wrong. I'm astounded how you're able to pull it...

aza993a - 11 Years Ago

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