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ScottyDave
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by ScottyDave Wed Apr 19, 23 8:08 am
Nice colour choice
73 Charger 318
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by Pete Wed Apr 19, 23 8:16 am
Excellent and stunning as ever!
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by Stu Wed Apr 19, 23 10:11 am
Looks good to me.
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Charger
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by Charger Wed Apr 19, 23 2:42 pm
never cease to be amazed by every installment of this build
fantastic
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by mygasser Wed Apr 19, 23 5:34 pm
bugger the weight, that looks the nuts
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:23 pm
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:24 pm
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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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:27 pm
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
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:32 pm
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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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:33 pm
Layered up fibreglass and resin
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:36 pm
Then wrap in a release film
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:37 pm
Then wrap in a breather cloth which allows the vacuum to surround the part.
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:40 pm
Then poor man’s vacuum chamber !!!
4x for £10
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 strong. Be careful!!!
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autofetish
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by autofetish Thu Apr 20, 23 10:43 pm
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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and I have used the same bag over and over