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111mattin111
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Hi guys just about to take a mould of my roof the only bit that concerns me is near the door, as in the picture will the mould lock in this little bit?
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111mattin111 - 12/5/2018 7:43:06 AM
Will it have to be split mould?
It's been done in the past
The necessity for a split-mould seems pretty obvious - if you stood at the front of the car looking down the middle of the roof, the rebates for the door and the weather channel seem to undercut quite distinctly (just picture trying to lift that mould off the roof and door rebates!) which means you would need to either split the whole mould down the middle of the roof-line or have bolt-on/removable barriers at the edges that form the rebate and weather channel.
Looking at the detail of the pressed steel around the door closure area and the weather tracks I would have thought that you might even need to do some smoothing out and simplifying of that detail too.
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111mattin111
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7 Years Ago
Definitely.
Hanaldo
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7 Years Ago
Will it have to be split mould? It's been done in the past
111mattin111
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7 Years Ago
The necessity for a split-mould seems pretty obvious - if you stood at the front of the car looking down the middle of the roof, the rebates for the door and the weather channel seem to undercut quit...
Matt (Staff)
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7 Years Ago
Mechanical lock. Yes we’ve all had those. In the 70's I was Project Engineer in charge the design of the inspection media for the T68 ( no it was an Australian Land Train not a Russian tank). Only....
Furrari
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7 Years Ago
I am about to remake my roof, so have similar issues. At the moment my plan is to make a 3 piece mould, with the joins very close to the door recesses. Doing it this way keeps the main roof panel as ...
Steve Broad
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7 Years Ago
This is how I was thinking of maybe doing this mould the roof on one bit then both sides separate
111mattin111
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