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Final Mould Layups This Week Print E-mail
Jim welds support frame for mould   

 We are getting very close to finishing up the moulds. In preparation for pulling the moulds off the plug we need to make some sturdy steel frames to attach to the bodywork. These frames won't be so much for reinforcement, but will allow us to do our layups inside the moulds when we are laying up bodies.

 

 DSC01781  Here John Lee is laying up the very last piece of fiberglass mat to the nose of the car. This is a big deal because it means we are finished with the main 12 ounce layups for the mould and only have a few pieces of reinforcing cloth and the steel support frames to bond in.
 DSC01783  We started laying down the top reinforcement layer of glass cloth. It's a heavy bi-axially stranded cloth. If I could remember the name of the stuff, I would tell you what it is called! Embarassed
 DSC01787  We used a ton of resin and rolled the cloth out. The top of the bonnet is FINISHED.
 DSC01789  In other related news: I have almost finished putting together the vacuum thermo-forming machine that will create the headlamp covers. Jason Zwiebel was instrumental in major assembly of this thing with an air tank donated by Bill Kibler. The air tank might be too small, but we'll know by the weekend.
   
   
   

 

 
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