How can do a split mould on a saddle bag?

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How can do a split mould on a saddle bag?

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J. P.	J. P. posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 55	Thanks for the advice, I will post when I do it... greetings from Chile
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torsten Ker	t torsten Ker posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
t Group: Forum Members Posts: 59, Visits: 278	and split the sides like this, thats how I did it, sorry no picktures, that was a teenage project for my own bike at the time :-)
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torsten Ker	t torsten Ker posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
t Group: Forum Members Posts: 59, Visits: 278	I just wonder how you gone get the flange on the bottom outside done if you create a single part out of a single mould, 3 way slit I would recomment to do 2 moulds and glue the halves together
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Two sides and the bottom as you said. Split the sides on the radius of opposing corners and you won't have a problem getting the straight draught sections out.
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J. P.	J. P. posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 55	+x Hanaldo - 11/6/2020 12:05:43 AM 3 part mould, no problem. how???
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	3 part mould, no problem.
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J. P.	J. P. posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 55	+x torsten Ker - 11/5/2020 11:15:31 PM have you thought about doing 2 parts , angeling the sides/rounding and glueing them together with glassfibre tape One mould for the back and one for the font A single multipart usuable mould will be a lot of work You could then sand off the seam edges, fill them abit and spray the lot much easier that way I did that on 1989 for bike saddle bags with polyester and hand layup :-) I will try, do you have pics about it?
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torsten Ker	t torsten Ker posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
t Group: Forum Members Posts: 59, Visits: 278	have you thought about doing 2 parts , angeling the sides/rounding and glueing them together with glassfibre tape One mould for the back and one for the font A single multipart usuable mould will be a lot of work You could then sand off the seam edges, fill them abit and spray the lot much easier that way I did that on 1989 for bike saddle bags with polyester and hand layup :-) Edited 5 Years Ago by torsten Ker
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J. P.	J. P. posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 55	+x torsten Ker - 11/5/2020 10:46:52 PM I have 3 and 4 part moulds, created flanges which have a 2cm polished flat (like a U Channel profile) on the edges outside and I seal them with gum tape only having to put a bag into the indise as usual Other people bag a mould like this as a whole mould which is definetly easier but time consuming with more bagging required but this is without bag, is fiberglass no carbon fiber...
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torsten Ker	t torsten Ker posted 5 Years Ago HOT Post Details
t Group: Forum Members Posts: 59, Visits: 278	I have 3 and 4 part moulds, created flanges which have a 2cm polished flat (like a U Channel profile) on the edges outside and I seal them with gum tape only having to put a bag into the indise as usual Other people bag a mould like this as a mould which is definetly easier but time consuming with more bagging required Edited 5 Years Ago by torsten Ker
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