Hello all

Planning my first project.. I have included some photosbelow of the part to be replicated. Having lurked for a while I was hoping todraw on some experience here.. i have the large mould & high temp laminatekit from EC....

Mould construction

• Would you build up the sides of the mould tomake the shape a complete ‘bowl’ and trim after, or using clay, construct anedge/flange following the contours of the shape..
  

Layup

• ·        I had planned in the first instance to followthe wet lay technique shown on the video. What would be the most pleasing tothe eye to lay the fabric.. i planned to use two pieces of fabric due to theshape, firstly cap the top of the cowing using a circular-ish piece and use aseparate piece of cloth to cover the sides.
• ·        Are there any issues with overlapping the cloth ..any special considerations in doing this,, will it look nasty.
• ·        How many layers of fabric would typically beused to achieve the same thickness at the sample in the photos. this will besubject to vibration and heat
• ·        Can i let each layer cure fully before addingthe next or should it all be laid in one sitting
• ·        Can something of this deep bowl shape be doneusing a Vacuum bagging. Is there anything on the web showing this type of shapebeing made this way.. all i have found is flat or shallow panels.

Thanks

How are you getting on with the mold for the TT3?

Hi

Mold for this is done.. and seems good for 1st attempt.. (did an air scoop with the leftovers)... last week i attempted a start.. coated the mould in a layer of resin and allowed it to cure for a couple of hours.. when I returned to it , it lots of what looked like hairline cracks in the resin and bubbles were horrendous.. so decided not to proceed...perhaps it was too cold..?

will now spend some time re-sanding the layer of resin off the mold and try again..

Will update when progress is made

Hi