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by autofetish
Fri Apr 28, 23 11:35 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Dave its a second hand Ender 3 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:




The plan is once the plugs are finished build molds and create carbon parts.

As i want a Clear glass carbon finished the plugs have to be a mirror finish #-o





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by autofetish
Fri Apr 28, 23 6:40 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Next up I’m using a special high build pattern coat primer which will allow me to build up a thick layer and sand back. This is supposed to be applied with a special cup gun as its so thick but there expensive. So I just applied it with a brush like I was fixing a roof leak on grandma shed. The smel...
by autofetish
Fri Apr 28, 23 6:35 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

I was really struggling with low spot so decided to paint everything with a white primer to use as a guide coat.

This will basically be my Bananarama! stop sanding coat as I found in some area I was starting to sand into the 3D printed PLA plastic







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by autofetish
Fri Apr 28, 23 6:32 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Body filler sand

Body filler sand

Sand some more ….







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by autofetish
Fri Apr 21, 23 8:38 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Blue's Barracuda
Replies: 981
Views: 281026

Re: Blue's Barracuda

Not as much texture as I wanted but I have enough hours in now, I can live with it. Decals to add as a finishing touch. UPOL raptor truck bed liner works a treat ! You can get a white version you can tint any colour When i was young and stupid i painted a complete car in it. :reindeer: Keep the upd...
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:46 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Looks like nothing I have ever seen



I hope the computer simulation is correct about this airflow ….









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by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:43 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

The vacuum then sucks all the excess resin out the part in to the cloth and pulls any air out the resin leaving a better surface finish/better layup




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by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:40 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Then poor man’s vacuum chamber !!! 4x for £10 :D and I have used the same bag over and over Make no mistake these bags pull so much vacuum with a standard house hold vacuum cleaner they would crush a pint glass and are on par with commercial setups. My first test part basically imploded it was so st...
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:37 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Then wrap in a breather cloth which allows the vacuum to surround the part.
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:36 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Then wrap in a release film

This has tiny holes in it that allow the resin to be pulled out
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:33 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Layered up fibreglass and resin
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:32 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

I decided to try and reinforce these with fibreglass and then filler and sand back. While they only have to last once We want them strong.





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by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:27 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

While these cost around £20 in material there are very flimsy and worried the molding process could deform them. Ideally I should reprint but after 2 weeks of printing I’m committed now lol Remember these are just the plugs. Moulds Will be taken from these and then from the moulds real duct made :he...
by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:24 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

Using a cheap £250 tiny 3D printer we split the ducting up in parts that would fit in the printer and using cheap PLA plastic printed plugs





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by autofetish
Thu Apr 20, 23 10:23 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fifty shades of Jade
Replies: 895
Views: 183467

Re: Fifty shades of Jade

So next up is to try and make the radiator ducting a reality …. :geek: https://media.giphy.com/media/GIx8QeNbvbehfsu7CX/giphy.gif :geek: :geek: https://media.giphy.com/media/scwqnudO0Xo20roWRg/giphy.gif :geek: :geek: https://media.giphy.com/media/HHwlmPVh3CwSEYSca3/giphy.gif :geek: https://media.gip...