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Davidpetty1988	Davidpetty1988 posted 9 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 26, Visits: 89	Hi everyone, Just wanted to start by saying how much I love this forum. The idea of people with mad skills and knowledge in the field of composites dishing out information absolutely free with the genuine inttention of helping people is very commendable, considering how many times I've been told nothing in this life is free. Thanks to the people who answered my questions even though they probably herd them a million times before(standard newbie questions) yet you people still take the time to answer. Anyways....what I'm trying to say is I'm asking and recieveing all this help and due to my limited knowlege and experience in composites I can't give anything back(not for a while anyway) so I thought I'd give people my experience of building my small deticated composites workshop. I started out by building my base out of decking 11ft by 9ft Then I bought my flat pack metal shed I would suggest buying a lot of silicone sealant and expanding foam to fill all joins and gaps otherwise you will get water inside but don't permantly block the air vents or you will get a problem with condensation and humidity. Luckily we had just replaced the flooring in the house so I used that to put down two layers of tounge and groove wood flooring for added insulation Then I built a stud frame all around the inside using 2×2 CLS untreated(cheapest best option) Lined it with rock wool insulation (cheapest best option) will absorb excess moisture Tags Workshop Edited 9 Years Ago by Davidpetty1988
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davro	davro posted 9 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 300, Visits: 2.2K	Nice, these are the type of threads I enjoy, lots more images of the workshop progress please! The workshop is looking good the one thing I say is build a heated glass table somewhere I know I keep mentioning it, but that's because it's cheap and works so well for me with a single £20 Argos heater, it heats the table up and the builtin fan heater sensor turns off the heating element but keep circulating the warm air when it's up to temperate so it hardly uses any power, the fan heater just switches back on once the internal temperature drops so it regulates it's self very nicely. I have never found the need for an oven, I just turn the table on and cover over the mould I am working on with an electric blanket and some old blankets I have cooked some quite large mould/products on this table, can easily get the glass surface up to 80c without a heated blanket And it keeps my chilly garage nice and warm as a by product. This is an old Ikea glass desktop table, I have seen a few on freecycle and local places for cheap, keep your eye out for some toughened glass I use one side for mould making and the other side for making nice flat composite sheets. Also use it to store all my aluminium inventory inside for milling projects, so it holds the heat even more now! David Stevens YouTube: Comment \| Rate \| Subscribe Instagram Composite Projects Body Package for Dax Rush RC Car Touring Body 1/10 Scale Edited 9 Years Ago by davro
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Davidpetty1988 - 9 Years Ago

Then I used 11mm OSB board to line it out I also used 25mm polystyrene sheets and stuck to the...

Davidpetty1988 - 9 Years Ago

Nice workshop. Are you planning on having some form of heating? Most resins are fairly temperature...

Warren (Staff) - 9 Years Ago

Oh yeah ambient temperature is a big factor hence the insulation overkill. Even at -1°c outside my...

Davidpetty1988 - 9 Years Ago

Nice,these are the type of threads I enjoy, lots more images of the workshop progress please! The...

davro - 9 Years Ago

That looks great Dave; I set my workshop up a couple of years ago and unfortunately its already been...

Rich (Staff) - 9 Years Ago

Davro I've seen your heated glass worktop on many occasions(not peeping through your window, but on...

Davidpetty1988 - 9 Years Ago

Never played with OOA prepreg, only ever done resin infusion not really sure about the...

davro - 9 Years Ago

Yeah I got my mate who does house clearance is sourcing me a glass table top of some sort and will...

Davidpetty1988 - 9 Years Ago

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